Jan. 3
CALIFORNIA:
Peterson Ex - Mistress Set to Release Book
Scott Peterson's former mistress confesses in a book to be released this
week that she "still thinks about Scott from time to time." She also
confesses that "I sometimes wonder if he thinks about me."
The book by Amber Frey, "Witness For the Prosecution of Scott Peterson,"
is scheduled to be released Tuesday, but was mistakenly sold at a
supermarket in the town of Modesto, where Peterson's wife, Laci,
disappeared 4 months before her body was discovered in April 2003 along
the San Francisco Bay shoreline.
Before the books were removed from shelves Saturday, the Modesto Bee
obtained a copy.
The 214-page book, published by Regan Books, has chapter titles such as
"Oh My God! Laci's baby is due on my birthday!" and "Isn't that a little
twisted, Scott?"
Frey also writes that she had been afraid during the murder investigation,
in which she played a key role by allowing police to tape her telephone
calls with Scott Peterson.
A partial interview with Frey was scheduled to air Monday on NBC's "Today"
show, and the full interview with NBC News' Matt Lauer was expected to air
Tuesday.
Frey testified for 6 days in his 6-month-long murder trial, during which
prosecutors played hours of the taped calls. Though Peterson never
implicated himself in the calls, they were central to the prosecution's
case against him, portraying him as a callous liar who continued to carry
on his affair even as police searched for his wife.
Peterson first told Frey he was unmarried, then claimed he had been
married once but "lost" his wife. About 2 weeks later on Christmas Eve
2002, the 27-year-old Laci Peterson disappeared.
Her remains and those of her 8-month-old fetus were discovered not far
from where Peterson claims to have been fishing alone the day his wife
vanished.
He was convicted Nov. 12 on two counts of murder. On Dec. 13, the jury
imposed the death penalty. Formal sentencing is set for Feb. 25.
(source: Associated Press)
