| Gwendolyn Temple, cousin of Sharon Rocha's, said she talked to Peterson about his pending fatherhood on Nov. 12, 2002, about six weeks before his wife disappeared. His remarks puzzled her when she asked him if he was prepared to play football with his son. "No, I don't play football," said Peterson. Pressed further about whether he was prepared to toss a baseball around with his son, Peterson replied, "I have friends to do that." Harvey Kemple's wife, Gwendolyn, also testified she told police that on the morning of Dec. 25, 2002, the day after Laci vanished, Scott Peterson "did nothing' as others gathered at the house distributing fliers and searching the nearby park as they had done the evening before. She said Peterson seemed indifferent and did not appear to be panicked. However, on Tuesday, Laci's brother, Brent Rocha, testified that Peterson actually left the house, drove to his warehouse to retrieve duct tape, and returned to help post fliers throughout the neighborhood that same day. The two accounts of Peterson's actions conflicted. Defense attorney Mark Geragos attacked Gwendolyn Kemple's statements in an apparent attempt to show inconsistencies. "Why did you tell police he did nothing?' Geragos asked. "I didn't see him doing anything,' she said. "Are you as sure about this as you are about everything else?' Geragos pressed. She hesitated and appeared puzzled. "Yes,' she replied. ************************** COURTROOM TIDBITS Tension flared between the Rocha and Peterson families when Gwen Kemple confronted Scott Peterson's father in the courthouse hallway during a break in the morning session. "What are you grinning at?" Kemple said in a testy tone as Lee Peterson walked by. He stopped. "I can't grin?" Peterson replied. "You always walk by with this smile on your face," Kemple said, appearing more agitated. "I guess you can't grin in this courthouse," Peterson replied as Rocha family members intervened and led Kemple away. HOME INDEX LACI TRIAL NEWS ALIBI-WITNESS LIST SCOTT |
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