| Laci Peterson Missing Since Christmas Eve February 18, 2003 Modesto police served a search warrant Tuesday morning at the home of missing pregnant woman Laci Peterson. Police said Tuesday's search came after they made new unspecified findings and obtained a warrant. Modesto police Detective Doug Ridenour said he is not sure what officers are looking for and whether the results will be made public. Detectives with gloves have been going through his new white Dodge Dakota pickup as well as the house. According to reports, Scott Peterson has been going through his daybook, comparing notes, telling detectives where he has been. They say he has been cooperating. Peterson also loaded two travel bags into another car and left the home as detectives continued their search. Detectives have also walked away from the home with a bag of clothes. It's not the first time investigators have gone to the couple's home in search for clues. They have also seized Scott Peterson's truck and boat for evidence. Laci was last seen Christmas Eve when Scott says he was fishing in Berkeley. Laci was due to deliver the couple's first baby this month. Earlier, investigators looking for Laci said they had made some headway. Police did not elaborate -- but said they're looking at new leads in the case. Meanwhile, Scott's mother said attention focused on her son is detracting from efforts to find Laci, who has been missing since Christmas Eve. Jackie Peterson is defending her son, who lives in Modesto but grew up in San Diego County, from criticism over actions that some considered odd. She said Scott tried to sell Laci's SUV because the couple planned to buy a safer car. Tuesday morning, Jackie Peterson reacted to the search warrant in a phone interview with MSNBC. She called the actions of Modesto police "harassment" against her son. She also had more choice words for how they have handled the case. "I always trusted in the police, always believed they told the truth," Jackie Peterson said. "But I've learned that it's legal for them to lie. I had no knowledge of that. I was very naive going into this, and I feel now that they are just harassing Scott and making it impossible for him to even search for Laci like he would like to be doing. He has to go out of the county to search for her. It's making it impossible for him to hold his job, and yet they stand there and say he's not a suspect and that he has cooperated. Those two don't go together." Jackie Peterson continues to say that she does not believe the police conduct is "proper behavior." "I mean, announcing there's a body in the bay and letting that go for three days. I mean, he really didn't go fishing there, but we're searching the bay for three days. Parading out a young girl who had an affair, and they had already cleared her of all knowledge of that affair, of the connection between Laci's missing, putting her out there like a doe in the headlights to the media, ruining her life and her parents' life and her baby's life. How far is this going to go?" Jackie Peterson said. Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant when she disappeared. Scott Peterson says the family believes the 27-year-old woman is being held by kidnappers who wanted to take the baby. The family is holding out hope that Laci and the baby will be returned to them safe. HOME INDEX TRIAL EVIDENCE & NEWS LACI SCOTT PETERSON FAMILY ROCHA FAMILY MAGAZINES WIRETAPS AUTOPSY INDEX |
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