| Laci's Mother Enters Peterson Home May 30, 2003 Against the advice of her attorney, Laci Peterson's mother Sharon Rocha has entered the former home of her slain daughter and is gathering her belongings. The home is the one Laci shared with her husband, Scott Peterson, who is charged with capital murder in the deaths of his 8-months pregnant wife and their unborn son Conner. Scott Peterson's defense attorney, Mark Geragos, warned Rocha that going in to the home could be tainting a crime scene. Rocha's lawyer Al Clark replied that it was already tainted, because Scott's parents had previously been inside. Geragos apparently called Clark Friday morning after hearing the Rochas were going to the house and said: "if you want a war, you've got a war." Although Geragos was furious Rocha had entered the home, Clark said the argument that their presence may taint the crime scene "may not hold water." "If one person was in that house, it tainted it as a crime scene," Clark said. Clark had advised Rocha against entering the home, saying he wanted to work with defense attorneys and the court to abide by proper legal procedure, "and just do it the right way," Clark told Fox News Friday afternoon. "It just went beyond what we wanted to do." The Rochas took everything from lamps to Christmas presents to furniture from the residence. Meanwhile, Scott's former girlfriend Amber Frey has said that she will most likely testify for the prosecution in the preliminary hearing of the Peterson murder case on July 17, a source told Fox News. The source also said that Frey is the complete motive behind the murder, and that the tape recordings and tapped phone calls will be very vital to the case. On Thursday, prosecutors in the case filed a motion to unseal the autopsy reports on Laci and Conner after news leaked that the body of the fetus had a significant cut and plastic tape wrapped around his neck. Through their spokeswoman, Kim Petersen, Laci's family said they learned the autopsy details from television, without warning. "No family should ever have to learn the autopsy results of somebody they love on national TV, and that's exactly what happened," Petersen said in a televised interview on Friday. She said Laci's mother was "devastated" by the public news. "She asked me to go out and convey the pain that was inflicted on their family. ... She just implores the media to be sensitive and remember that this isn't a story, this is their life," Petersen said. Clark told Fox News Friday that the anger the Rochas felt over the leaking of the graphic details of their daughter and grandson's death was the impetus behind them going into the Peterson's home on Friday. The family is now wholeheartedly supporting the district attorney's push to get the full autopsy report released to the public. The child was found with one-and-a-half loops of plastic tape wrapped around his neck and a large cut on his body, believed to have come from a knife or some sort of sharp object. Since the autopsy report and a graphic addendum was leaked to news outlets Thursday, the blame game has been going full force as to who exactly leaked the documents. Sources on Scott Peterson's legal team told Fox News that it wasn't them but said the documents are very supportive of their case. On the flip side, the prosecution said if there was something substantial to the report, they would have had a search warrant to scour Scott Peterson's house, either if there was something suggested further that he murdered his wife and child or if information points to somebody else. The prosecution said there was nothing in the autopsy that helped the case one way or the other. Both bodies washed up along the shore of San Francisco Bay in late April. HOME INDEX TRIAL PRELIMINARY HEARING LACI'S FAMILY PETERSON FAMILY ALIBI-WITNESS LIST WIRETAPS AUTOPSY DEFENSE TEAM |
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| RELATED STORIES ******* JACKIE SPEAKS OUT about Sharon May 31, 2003 SHARON ENTERS LACI'S HOUSE JACKIE RESPONDS May 30, 2003 Defense: 'Unbelievable' that Rochas would remove items 'If You Want War, You'll Get War' May 30, 2003 Geragos' office threatened to file a burglary report May 30, 2003 *MATT DALTON, "There's a burglary .. in this house. May 30, 2003 SHARON LOCKED OUT of Laci's Home? Further Grief May 29, 2003 LARRY KING DISCUSSION |
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