| DETECTIVE PHIL OWEN TESTIFIES Laci Peterson’s remains were found in April 14 clad in tattered tan maternity pants with a 12- to 18-inch piece of duct tape attached, a police detective testified Thursday afternoon in her husband’s preliminary hearing on double murder charges. Peterson’s sister, Amy Rocha, had earlier testified that Laci Peterson was wearing tan pants the evening of Dec. 23. Laci Peterson was reported missing the next day. Sales records show Laci Peterson or her husband, Scott, had purchased a pair of the same style tan maternity pants, Detective Phil Owen said. Owen stared forward and appeared to clench his jaw when asked if he had viewed the body. “Yes I did,” he said. Owen, a 16-year veteran officer, gave the same three-word response when asked if he had observed the autopsy, then his eyes turned downward. Laci Peterson’s mother, Sharon Rocha, got up and left the courtroom when the questioning turned to the site were her daughter’s body was found, the Point Isabel Regional Shoreline along San Francisco Bay near Richmond. Scott Peterson, 31, is charged with murdering his wife and unborn son, Conner. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. A doctor who examined Laci Peterson on Dec. 23 — the day before she was reported missing — said Conner would have been “a viable baby if the baby was born on that day with some assistance,” Owen said. Peterson’s defense is scheduled to cross examine Owen Friday morning. PRELIMINARY HEARING ALIBI-WITNESS LIST COURT DATES AUTOPSY INDEX HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT AMBER EVIDENCE-NEWS WIRETAPS |
| PRELIMINARY HEARING - DAY 8 Thursday - November 13, 2003 |
| LACI & CONNER PRAYERS FOR HER FAMILY |
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