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Updated: 2:25 p.m. Sunday, May 25, 2003 | Posted: 1:18 p.m. Thursday, May 15, 2003

Judge Seals Autopsy Reports In Peterson Case

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MODESTO, Calif. —

The autopsies of Laci Peterson and her unborn son were completed by the Contra Costa County coroner and sealed Thursday by a judge in Stanislaus County Superior Court, prosecutors said.

Gloria Allred Talks About Frey And Peterson Case The autopsies were completed sooner than expected, but it wasn't clear if a cause of death had been determined in the homicides. Jimmy Lee, a spokesman for the Contra Costa sheriff would not comment, but has said in the past that the cause of death may never be known.

Meanwhile, the Modesto Bee in its Thursday editon reported that Scott Peterson's defense team had identified one or more "credible suspects" in the death of his pregnant wife. But the attorneys would not say who the suspects are, or what their theory is regarding the disappearance of Laci Peterson on Christmas Eve from her Modesto home.

However, a source close to the defense told the paper that the evidence was pointing away from two men arrested for burglarizing a house across the street from the Peterson's Modesto home.

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The paper also reported that a source close to the investigation told reporters that two Berkeley city employees who were working at the Berkeley marina on Dec. 24 may be witnesses in the case.

Police reports indicate the two employees saw someone who matched Scott Peterson's description back a boat into a pylon at the Berkeley Marina on Dec. 24, the source said. When the employees went to assist the man, he refused help.

Peterson, 30, was being held without bail on two counts of murder and could face the death penalty if convicted. He has pleaded innocent.

He was arrested last month after the decomposed remains of his wife and the son they planned to name Conner were found on the shore of San Francisco Bay in Richmond near the Berkeley Marina where Peterson told police he went fishing on Christmas Eve, the day he reported his wife missing.

Police have not revealed how they believe Laci Peterson, a 27-year-old substitute teacher, was killed or any of the evidence they compiled against her husband, a fertilizer salesman.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers asked to seal the autopsy and Judge Al Girolami agreed. The autopsy report could be unsealed at a May 27 hearing in which news organizations are seeking the release of other court documents, including search warrants and police reports.

About a dozen court records, including a wiretap and an affidavit supporting an arrest warrant, have been sealed.

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