Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Nextel Hit with Search Warrant In Laci Peterson Murder

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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:05:13 -0400

Nextel Hit with Search Warrant In Laci Peterson Murder

Police Look For Pattern To Phone Calls

POSTED: 11:16 a.m. PDT June 17, 2003
UPDATED: 11:19 a.m. PDT June 17, 2003

MODESTO, Calif. -- Modesto investigators have
served search warrants on five cell phone
companies trying to determine if Amber Frey called
Scott Peterson at his home in the days before the
Christmas Eve murder of his wife, Laci, according to
a Newsweek reporter.

The warrants came to light on
Monday when portions of the
documents were released by the
Stanislaus County Superior Court.
Although the released documents
do not indicate what the search
warrants were issued for, they do
say that five telecommunications
companies -- AT&T Wireless,
Nextel, Cingular, Sprint and SBC --
were served between May 29 and
June 5.

According to Newsweek's San Francisco Bureau
Chief Karen Breslau, who was appearing on
Tuesday's Mornings On 2, those warrants were
served for one specific purpose -- to track Frey's
attempts to reach Peterson in the days before
Christmas 2002.

Breslau and her Newsweek colleague Los Angeles
correspondent Andrew Murr came out with a story
on Monday about the wiretaps. The two were
leaked information about the wiretaps before
Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Al Girolami
slapped a gag order on the case last Thursday.

"Amber had been nothing (if not)
persistent in trying to reach Scott
(before Christmas)," Breslau said.
"That is in those phone
records&hellip;They are looking at
the call pattern to see if there
were calls made from her (Frey's)
cell or home phone to the
Peterson home."

Breslau said Newsweek was
leaked information on several
dozen calls between Peterson and
his former mistress. Scott Peterson allegedly met
Frey -- a single mother from Fresno -- in November
and apparently kept his marriage to Laci a secret.

After Laci's disappearance and the highly publicized
search effort to find his missing wife, Peterson
continued to pursue Frey. However, the Fresno
woman had gone to police and was cooperating in
the investigation.

"She was very non-committal (to Scott on the
phone calls)," the Newsweek reporter said. "Don't
forget that Amber knew she was wired for
sound&hellip;knew she was cooperating with
police. She had an agenda."

Peterson was concerned about getting his hands on
photos of the couple together at a Christmas party,
but unbeknownst to him, Frey had "tucked these
photos into her Christmas cards to friends and
family and sent them all over the place," Breslau
said.

On the subject of those Monday search warrants,
the Modesto Bee reported that the court
documents showed that AT&T Wireless was the
only company that provided toll information. That
information was for a cellular phone with a San
Francisco area code.

Meanwhile, Frey's attorney --
Gloria Allred -- kept up her war of
words Tuesday with Peterson
defense attorney Mark Geragos.

Geragos has claimed that Allred
violated the judge's gag order in
the case by making comments on
various television shows. He
wants her charged with contempt
of court.

However, Allred maintains she is not covered under
the gag order.

"This argument has no merit," she said on
Tuesday's Mornings On 2. "The protective order
makes no reference to me and Mark Geragos knows
this."

"I think what it is, is desperation tactics. He's been
trying to remove the prosecution from this case, he
has challenged the judge who authorized the
wiretap and subpoenaed him. Now, he's attacking
me and trying to gag me. These desperation tactics
may be an attempt to try to delay judgment day
for his client."

A date for a hearing on Geragos' request has not
been scheduled.

Meanwhile, Scott Peterson remained in the
Stanislaus County jail being held without bail on
charges he murdered his pregnant wife, Laci, and
the couple's unborn son. He has pleaded not guilty
to double-murder charges that make him eligible
for the death penalty.

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