| Detective: Tarp didn't smell of decomposing body By Mercury News staff Monday, September 20, 2004 A detective testifying today in the murder trial of Scott Peterson discounted another investigator's earlier report, saying a tarp found near Laci Peterson's body smelled like "stale seawater and algae'' -- not like a decomposing body. Detective Ian Frazier, with the East Bay Regional Parks Police, testified that he was one of the first officers called to the scene when Laci Peterson's body was found wedged in rocks and broken concrete at Point Isabel at the edge of the San Francisco Bay on April 14, 2003. Defense lawyer Mark Geragos pointed out that one of Frazier's law enforcement colleagues said the tarp smelled of decomposition similar to the smell of Laci Peterson's body. But Frazier disagreed with that assessment, saying all he smelled on the tarp was the familiar bayside odor he's encountered "every time I've been down at the shore.'' Geragos also asked Frazier whether he thought the tarp could be involved in the murder since the tarp and the body both had duct tape on them. "I believed there might be a connection,'' Frazier acknowledged. The prosecution, however, contends that the tarp was just debris blown off a barge and had no connection to the murder. The duct tapes on the body and on the tarp apparently didn't match. The prosecution is in the last two weeks of its presentation before turning the trial over to the defense. HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT TRIAL ALIBI-WITNESS LIST WIRETAPS AUTOPSY LACI'S ALBUM ROCHA FAMILY CEMENT |
| LACI & CONNER "I just want to let the Rocha family know that I am still thinking and praying for them everyday, along with Laci and Conner." SHANNON - NEW YORK - GUESTBOOK |
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