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| July 7, 2004 Prosecutors rounded out the morning session with four witnesses who testified that the Berkeley Marina was fairly quiet on a cold Dec. 24, 2002. It appeared they were trying to cast Peterson's Christmas Eve fishing trip as uncommon and to show that no one would have been around to see whether the man had a body in his boat. Peterson told police he launched his 14-foot fishing boat from the Berkeley Marina the day his wife vanished. Prosecutors have said he passed up bodies of water much closer to his Modesto house to drive 90 miles to the bay. Berkeley Marina waterfront manager Cliff Marchetti described rainy, cold weather at the bayshore the day Laci Peterson disappeared. Marina workers testified the waterfront was nearly deserted because of cold weather and the holiday when Laci went missing, implying that her husband would have had plenty of privacy at the launch. "There really wasn't much going on that day, I only saw two to three cars parked by the big park," Marchetti told jurors. Recalling chilly, damp conditions on the San Francisco Bay, he added, "It wasn't one of those days I wanted to get out of a car and do anything." Just three people, including Peterson, bought permits to launch boats between Dec. 24 and Dec. 27, he noted. But defense attorneys pointed out that this is the busiest marina in the Northern California an odd place to choose to dump his wife's body, they suggested. "Is it fair to say that there are people who come from all over California to fish in the bay?" defense lawyer Pat Harris asked marina manager Cliff Marchetti. "During various seasons, yes," Marchetti replied. Defense attorney Pat Harris tried to paint the marina as a busy place, even on Christmas Eve. HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT TRIAL ALIBI-WITNESS LIST SEARCH BAY |
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