| Scott Peterson denied having an affair, polygraph expert testifies July 6, 2004 A day after his wife, Laci, disappeared, Scott Peterson told a state polygraph expert for the California Department of Justice that he was not having an affair and that his marriage was fine, the expert testified Tuesday at Peterson's murder trial. Peterson was, in fact, having an affair with a massage therapist, Amber Frey. Prosecutors have suggested that he killed his pregnant wife so that he could be with Frey. Douglas Mansfield said he interviewed Peterson on Christmas Day 2002. "He said there was no third parties ... involved with him or his wife," Mansfield said. Peterson said his wife had planned to walk the dog in a nearby park the morning she vanished. Mansfield said Peterson spoke of problems the couple had with transients in the park. And Scott said Laci had been worried about sexual assaults taking place in the park and possessed pepper spray, which she carried in her purse. Yet Peterson also said that his wife never took her purse with her when she walked the dog in the park, Mansfield testified. He described Peterson as "very cooperative" during the interview, which lasted nearly three hours. Mansfield was not identified to the jury as a polygraph examiner — he was described only as an employee of the state Justice Department — and the context of his questioning of Peterson that day was not made clear in court. Polygraph examinations are generally not admissible as evidence. The results of Peterson's polygraph were not permitted as evidence. Mansfield was allowed to testify only about the answers Peterson gave during the polygraph examination. On cross-exam, Mansfield acknowledged that Scott had not lied about anything other than the affair. HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT TRIAL ALIBI-WITNESS LIST AUTOPSY BODIES FOUND |
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