| Monday ~ July 12, 2004 Modesto police Detective Ray Coyle testified he examined the Petersons' home for "blood spatter and blood drops" after search warrants were served on Dec. 26 and Dec. 27, 2002. He testified Monday that he found "a couple of small spots" that "could be blood" on a comforter in Scott and Laci Peterson's bedroom two days after the expectant mother disappeared. Detective Ray Coyle said he saw the spots on the bedding, but another investigator, Detective Rudy Skultety, testified he seized the potential evidence. There was no testimony on whether the spots were forensically tested and what the results might be. The detectives' statements highlighted a day of testimony that focused largely on the extensive search for evidence. Officers used a special vacuum to collect cement residue from the bottom of Scott Peterson's boat, and an FBI forensic team also searched the Peterson home for blood traces, the detectives said. But there was no testimony Monday that any of the searches turned up blood or other evidence that directly points to Peterson as his wife's killer. Coyle also testified that as the search for Laci Peterson unfolded, he was charged with tracking down 390 registered sex offenders and parolees living in the area of the Petersons' home. Investigators were able to contact 285 of the 390 sex offenders and parolees, Coyle testified, adding that nothing led him to believe any of them were involved in Laci's disappearance. Defense lawyer Mark Geragos then showed jurors a list of the offenders provided by Coyle that showed most of them had not been eliminated as suspects. Coyle said the list had simply not been updated. HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT TRIAL ALIBI-WITNESS LIST EVIDENCE PHOTOS |
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