| From: RICKAMORTI1 (WITH MANY THANKS) NE:Scott Confesses in Writing! December 10, 2003 by Peter Davidson synopsis Partial Letter on legal pad reads (word for word no typo error here): "Could, do it in this place. While mourning is important, I soon realized what is should be doing is looking for ways to say good-bye but more importantly to celebrate their lives, to remember and to honor." Top Doc says words make clear he's the killer! Accused murderer Scott Peterson has confessed to the brutal slaying of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner- in writing. That's the stunning conclusion of Dr. Andrew Hodges, a top forensic psychiatrist from Birmingham, Ala., who studied a letter that Scott wrote to a pen pal while in prison. In it, Scott asks for forgiveness and can't bear to refer to his murdered wife Laci and their unborn son Conner. "After analyzing the letter, I've concluded that it strongly suggests Scott murdered wife Laci and unborn son Conner. "In my professional opinion, the letter is an unconscious confession." Even though Scott is trying to be guarded in his writing, Hodges says the suspected killer can't help but communicate what he's really thinking. "We all have an unconscious mind, and we all communicate symbolically, especially when we write," he explained. "When you put together the symbolic language Scott used, a trained professional can see a clear pattern, and that pattern amounts to a confession." The letter, a page and a half on yellow legal pad paper, was written to Joyce Jensen of Lynn Haven, Fla., on April 27th- just nine days after Scott was arrested. Jensen, a mother of four, had written to Scott on April 18, to express her belief in his innocence. She was startled two weeks later when she received a handwritten reply in pencil from the accused killer in jail. Jensen, who is married to a police officer, sent it to the NE. After verifying its authenticity, we asked Dr. Hodges for his expert analysis. When Scott asks his pen pal to 'forgive" him in the letter he is actually seeking forgiveness for the murder, says Hodges. What's more, Scott says he is finished grieving and wants to celebrate Laci and Conner's lives. He writes: "While mourning is important, I soon realized what I should be doing is looking for ways to say goodbye, but more importantly to celebrate their lives." That's too quickly for someone whose family has been wiped out just a few months earlier, unless he is secretly celebrating that they are gone." And if Scott didn't do it, asks Hodges, why doesn't he say anything to his pen pal about trying to find the real killer? But the most telling aspect of Scott's letter is its overall tone, says Hodges. It's distant and unfeeling, with little concern shown toward Laci and Conner. That is chillingly reflected in the way Scott avoids referring to his slain wife and unborn son by name. Instead, he coldly refers to Laci and Conner as "them." Thats highly significant," says Hodges. "In my professional opinion, an innocent man would have referred to his murdered wife and child by name." "Using their names would cause him to feel over-whelming guilt for their murders", says the expert. Pen pal Jensen agrees that the letter reveals Scott's guilt. "Scott showed no grief," she observes. A few days after the mailman delivered Scott's letter, she received a note on lavender paper from the Peterson Family, thanking her for writing to Scott. The letter included a recipe for Laci's lavender cookies, she told NE. "I was sickened. "No one could bake the cookies without thinking of her murder." HOME INDEX LACI CONNER SCOTT WIRETAPS AMBER PETERSON INDEX PRELIMINARY HEARING ALIBI-WITNESS LIST EVIDENCE-NEWS |
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