| THE DEFENSE BEGINS THEIR CASE October 18, 2004 Before the defense called its first witness, San Mateo Superior Court Judge Alfred Delucchi showed defense and prosecuting attorneys a letter he said he received from a juror. There was no explanation of the letter's contents, and the trial continued with testimony by former FBI agent and private investigator Carl Jensen. Under questioning from Geragos, Jensen said Scott and Laci went to the coastal city of Carmel, California, a week before Christmas Eve 2002, when Laci disappeared. The couple stayed at the Normandy Inn, and Laci climbed stairs to reach their room, Jensen said. Geragos also established through the testimony that Laci walked 20 minutes to the beach. Prosecutors claim Laci stopped walking the couple's dog weeks before she vanished -- at her doctor's request -- and that Scott set the dog loose to make it appear as if someone had abducted her while she was walking the dog. Prosecutors believe Laci's fetus was expelled after her death while her body lay on the bay floor, weighted with concrete anchors. They contend Peterson made several homemade concrete anchors and used all but one to weigh down his wife's body when he allegedly dumped her in the San Francisco Bay. Police found only one anchor, and believe he used remaining cement on other anchors. Peterson said he used the cement left over from making the one anchor for improvements on his driveway. During Jensen's testimony, photos were shown of the Petersons' home and concrete driveway. Jensen testified the concrete looked different in his September 2003 photos, compared with police photos taken in January 2003. The detective said that, as requested, he collected concrete samples from different sections of Peterson's driveway for testing,and sent the samples to concrete expert Steven Gebler He said he tried to remove a whole cement block in one piece, but the concrete was too brittle. On cross-examination, prosecutor Dave Harris tried to suggest that Jensen's concrete samples, taken at several different dates in September, had been tainted because the Petersons' next-door neighbor had put in a new pool that month. Jensen acknowledged seeing mud on the Petersons' driveway from the neighbor's activities, but did not think the renovations had changed the concrete. HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT TRIAL ALIBI-WITNESS LIST CEMENT WIRETAPS |
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