| Peterson left suspicious message after wife disappeared July 30, 2004 Scott Peterson told police he last saw his wife the morning she went missing, but in a phone message to a close friend, he implied he hadn't seen her for two days, according to a police report obtained by Court TV's Catherine Crier. "Have you or Kristen seen or talked to Laci today or yesterday? I can't find her," the friend, Greg Reed, quoted Peterson as saying in a "panicked" voice mail on Dec. 24, 2002. Reed and his wife, Kristen, found the reference to "today or yesterday" highly suspicious and after listening to it repeatedly, they informed investigators. The Reeds, who lived near the Petersons, are expected to testify at his capital murder trial. Prosecutors may argue that the voice mail indicates Peterson, 31, killed his wife on Dec. 23, but had not locked into an alibi when he phoned Reed at about 5:30 p.m. the next day. About the same time, he phoned his wife's mother, Sharon Rocha, and told her that her daughter was "missing." A short time later, he told a neighbor he spent the day golfing. He was actually fishing in San Francisco Bay that afternoon. Peterson's lawyers maintain he was too distraught to know what he was saying when he made the golfing comment and they may contend the same emotional distress explains the Reed voice mail. Jurors will not hear the actual message. Reed contacted Modesto police detective Allen Brocchini on Jan. 6, but by the time the detective stopped by Reed's office to record the voice mail two days later, the phone system had automatically purged the voice mail. In the same interview, Reed told Brocchini that he found his friend's behavior suspicious for reasons beyond the phone message. He said Peterson regularly talked to him about hunting and fishing, but never disclosed his recent purchase of a boat. Reed found it especially strange that Peterson had phoned him at 3:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve to chat, but did not mention that he was en route home from a fishing trip. He also told the detective he thought it was odd that Peterson would not give media interviews about his missing wife. Brocchini quizzed Reed about the Petersons' finances. "Reed said the only thing he noticed was last year when the fence between Reed's mother's house and Scott's house needed to be replaced, Scott said they didn't have enough money," Brocchini wrote. But, Reed went on to say, "About a month later, Scott was having a swimming pool installed." GREG & KRISTEN REED/REID HOME INDEX TRIAL EVIDENCE & NEWS LACI SCOTT PETERSON FAMILY ROCHA FAMILY MAGAZINES WIRETAPS AUTOPSY INDEX |
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| Please note - Greg Reed has also been referred to as Greg Reid |