A Modesto realtor has purchased the house of notorious double-murderer Scott Peterson and plans to make it his home. "It's probably the most controversial home in the world," realtor Gerry Roberts said Friday when the sale was finalized. He paid $390,000 -- $10,000 more than the asking price -- for the bungalow where prosecutors believe Peterson strangled or smothered his pregnant wife, Laci, three years ago. Peterson was sentenced to death in March for killing his wife and unborn son, Conner, on Christmas Eve in a case that riveted the American public. Roberts, 54 and the father of three adult children, said that his bid was accepted after he sent Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha, and Scott's father, Lee Peterson, a letter praising the home's charm as "exactly what I had been looking for all this time." "I will honor this home and plan to keep it in my family for many years to come," he wrote. Scott and Laci paid $177,000 for the home in 2000. They had already converted one of the three bedrooms to a nursery for their first-born when Laci went missing. Her body and her baby's corpse were found nearly four months later in San Francisco Bay. During escrow, vandals cut gas lines to a backyard barbecue and the gas meter, and drove into a brick wall on the property, Roberts said. "There was a bit of craziness," acknowledged Roberts, who currently rents a home. "I realize the home and its occupants touched so many lives." LACI'S HOUSE HOME INDEX LACI CONNER ALBUMS TRIAL EVIDENCE-NEWS |
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| LACI & CONNER "My thoughts are with you..... In remembering Laci and Conner" MINDY ~ KENTUCKY ~ GUESTBOOK |
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| Laci Peterson Home Sold To Realtor July 3, 2005 |
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