| Peterson Phone Logs Shed New Light on Affair Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - (synopsis) Newly released phone records belonging to accused double murderer Scott Peterson offer a very different account of his extramarital relationship than what his lawyers and family have discussed publicly, Fox News has learned. Though Peterson's defense team and family have suggested that 28-year-old massage therapist Amber Frey was a temptress who doggedly pursued him, the records show Peterson called Frey hundreds of times, even after his wife Laci had been reported missing, sources close to the case told Fox. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 20, though The Modesto Bee reported Saturday that his defense team was looking to postpone it again. Prosecutors believe Frey was Peterson's motive for killing his pregnant wife. Authorities have offered extra security for Frey during the preliminary hearing. Peterson has publicly claimed he never loved Frey, but that isn't what he told her privately, according to sources. On Jan. 6, 2003, after Frey had already begun cooperating with police and prodding Peterson for information, he called her at 11:27 p.m. The two talked for 98 minutes. During that conversation, Peterson told Frey that he was the married man in the news whose wife had disappeared. Peterson said he'd never lie to her again and that he loved her. On Jan. 7, she called him at 4:13 p.m. and they spoke for 100 minutes. Peterson again told Frey he loved her and said he wanted to have a family with her, according to sources' accounts of the taped conversations. On Jan. 25, one day after Frey went public with the affair, Peterson called her at 3:23 p.m. and told her he understood why she'd come forward, the sources told Fox. According to the phone records, Peterson called Frey again at 7:33 p.m. Jan. 28, saying he loved her and wanted to spend his life with her. In fact, there were so many calls between Peterson and Frey that police stopped the wiretaps because they had more than enough tape. Frey and the phone conversations are expected to be centerpieces of the prosecution's case. Earlier this month, Peterson's lawyers asked the judge to exclude strands of hair and other pieces of evidence from the trial, according to documents filed at Stanislaus County Superior Court. Police found a single hair in a pair of pliers at the bottom of Peterson's boat during a Dec. 27 search, according to the defense documents. DNA tests have shown the hair might be Laci's, according to The Modesto Bee. But in February, Detectives Al Brocchini and Dodge Hendee "spontaneously decided to review" that piece of evidence and reported finding a second strand of hair, defense attorney Mark Geragos wrote in the documents. The two hairs were submitted to a state Department of Justice crime lab the next day along with a pair of Laci's hairbrushes, according to the defense documents. Geragos contended that the DNA tests used are unreliable and the detectives shouldn't have examined the evidence alone. The defense also is seeking to exclude testimony from a hypnotized neighbor and evidence from tracker dogs and tracking devices hidden in vehicles Peterson owned, rented or borrowed from family members on the grounds that tracking evidence is also unreliable. HOME INDEX WIRETAP INDEX LACI SCOTT AMBER TRIAL ALIBI-WITNESS LIST EVIDENCE-NEWS |
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