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| LACI & CONNER "Bless Laci and Conner! I have followed this case from day one and can only hope that justice is done." BJ Peterson (no relation) ~ Virginia ~ Guestbook |
| TERRI WESTERN |
| Selling started soon after case began
Peterson asked about home, later traded in car, witnesses testify September 8, 2004 Scott Peterson explored selling his home three weeks after his pregnant wife was reported missing and succeeded in unloading her vehicle five weeks after she vanished, witnesses testified Tuesday. |
| The day’s most moving testimony came from real estate agent Terri Western, who sold Scott and Laci Peterson their home at 523 Covena Ave. in Modesto for $160,000 in the fall of 2000. Western’s daughter Stacey Boyers, was a close childhood friend of Laci ’s and their friends would often choose to stay at her home because she was a heavy sleeper. She helped establish a volunteer search center shortly after the substitute teacher disappeared. After the possible discovery of Laci Peterson's body, Western said: "It's a bittersweet moment in that we all want this to be a positive outcome. But if it is Laci, there's closure for Laci and her family and friends"; As a friend of the Rocha family, she spoke at Laci's Memorial Service. Western’s voice broke when she recalled speaking with Laci — for what turned out to be the last time — at a holiday party on Dec. 14, 2002. The uncomfortable mother-to-be wore high heels because “she always wanted to look nice and proper,” and she attended alone because her husband’s boss ordered him to a surprise meeting in San Francisco, Western said. In reality, a tuxedo-clad Peterson attended a Christmas formal where he mugged for cameras cheek-to-cheek with his new girlfriend in Fresno, according to previous evidence. The judge handed Western a tissue box, and Sharon Rocha — Laci ’s mother and Western’s friend — appeared to cry in the audience. Sale mentioned at search center Western testified that Scott Peterson asked her about selling the couple’s La Loma area home on Jan. 14, 2003, as he went through e-mail at the volunteer search center. She said Peterson told her, “I can’t have Laci come back there.” Western said she replied, “Well, I understand, however, now is not the time or place to discuss this.” Two weeks later, Peterson traded his wife’s Land Rover. Western acknowledged that Scott Peterson posted a handwritten sign at the search center, reading: “Volunteers: As I see every person come through this door, or out searching, I tell Laci about them, looking for her. Early this morning, I felt she could hear me. She thanks you. Laci’s husband.” Detective Jon Buehler asked Western, Geragos said, “to notify him if you discovered any division of loyalty between Scott Peterson and (Laci’s) family.” Western agreed. Geragos has tried to show that police zeroed in on Peterson to the exclusion of other leads. HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT TRIAL ALIBI-WITNESS LIST WIRETAPS DOGS AUTOPSY SCOTT'S AFFAIRS AMBER PLIERS-DNA PETERSON FAMILY |
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