| Peterson's Lawyers: Laci's Killers Could Have Been 'Satanic' Defense Team Suggests New Theory May 16, 2003 Scott Peterson's new legal team has announced a disturbing new theory on how they claim Laci may have been killed. Sources tell NBC News that Peterson's lawyers are looking into the possibility that Laci was killed, then savagely "carved up." Defense Attorneys say that could suggest Peterson was murdered by a satanic cult, not by her husband. NBC News chief legal correspondent Dan Abrams says the defense has been considering this theory for almost a week. He says they'll be taking a look at autopsy documents eagerly Friday to continue preparing Scott Peterson's defense. Abrams said the defense theory posits that Laci's unborn child was not expelled from her body, but cut out as a cult ritual. Defense attorneys say the death could have come at the hands of a members of one of Modesto's known cults. The defense claims to have a credible suspect. The team has poured through the first half of 30,000 documents related to the case. They are planning an "OJ Simpson- like attack" on the police investigation, Abrams reported. He also said the defense says there is only one piece of physical evidence, a piece of hair found on a pair of Scott's pliers. The defense team says there is no blood evidence. Abrams says the defense considers this new satanic theory a "working" one and may not pursue it. However, Abrams says there are a couple of known satanic cults in Modesto, so it is not "completely out there," he said. Though Abrams admitted some would hear the latest claims and say, "Come on, give me a break." Asked about the "mystery woman" the defense had been seeking to bolster their case, Abrams said the defense team is no longer as concerned with finding her because they believe they have a credible suspect even thoughthe woman they sought apparently has not materialized. Peterson's' lawyer,Mark Geragos, had made a plea to find the supposed "mystery woman" who he claimed could help point to another killer and not his client. Thursday, a judge sealed the autopsy report on Laci Peterson just as it was completed. In other developments Friday, police were returning to the scene where Laci's body was recovered on the Richmond Shore. It was not known what police would be searching for at Pt. Isabel. HOME INDEX TRIAL DEFENSE TEAM PRELIMINARY HEARING EVIDENCE-NEWS LACI SCOTT CONNER CULT THEORIES ALIBI-WITNESS LIST |
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