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A Guide To Key Players in The Scott Peterson Case

Scripps Howard News Service
October 27, 2003, Monday

SOURCE: Modesto Bee
SECTION: DOMESTIC NEWS
LENGTH: 320 words

DATELINE: MODESTO, Calif.

For The Defense:

DR. HENRY LEE: Forensic authority who has testified in more than 1,000 legal proceedings, including for the defense in the O.J. Simpson double-murder case. Also consulted in JonBenet Ramsey murder and President Kennedy’s assassination.

DR. CYRIL WECHT: Nationally recognized forensic expert who examined remains of Modesto’s Chandra Levy; coroner of Allegheny County, Pa., which includes Pittsburgh.

BILL PAVELIC: Private investigator and former veteran Los Angeles police detective. Previously worked on O.J. Simpson’s defense team.

GARY ERMOIAN: Local private investigator retained when Modesto police began focusing on Scott Peterson. Authorities secretly monitored part of one of his calls to Peterson.

For The Prosecution:

STEVE JACOBSON: Investigator with the Stanislaus County district attorney’s office and former police officer. Supervised wiretaps on Peterson’s phones.

JON BUEHLER: Modesto police detective. Amber Frey, Peterson’s girlfriend, reported to Buehler after telephone conversations with Peterson, which continued at least a month after Frey went public with their romance.

CRAIG GROGAN: Modesto police detective and lead investigator in the Peterson case. Previously named in a federal lawsuit filed by the family of 11-year-old Alberto Sepulveda, who was killed by another officer during a raid.

AL BROCCHINI: Modesto police detective. Helped escort Peterson from San Diego to Modesto after his arrest in April. Defense lawyers say Brocchini mishandled a hair found in Peterson’s boat.

JAMES BRAZELTON: Stanislaus County district attorney since 1996 and a prosecutor since 1985. Previously worked as a policeman and in private practice.

JOHN GOOLD: Chief deputy district attorney since 1999 and former Bay Area policeman. Often serves as a spokesman for the Peterson prosecutors.