People's Exhibit 207A-9
RECORDED PHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN LEE PETERSON AND SCOTT PETERSON: JANUARY 11, 2003 AT 1301 HOURS
(phone ringing)
Lee PETERSON: Hello.
Scott PETERSON: Hi Chief.
Lee PETERSON: Hey, big guy, where are you?
Scott PETERSON: Uh… Bakersfield.
Lee PETERSON: Oh, how’s your job going?
Scott PETERSON: It’s going pretty good. Everything’s working real smooth right now so…
Lee PETERSON: Well good.
Scott PETERSON: We should be okay.
Lee PETERSON: Yeah, good deal. So you’ll be done today?
Scott PETERSON: Yeah, yeah, if everything continues as well as it is right now.
Lee PETERSON: Oh, okay. You should have let me come with you. I’m a hell of a mechanic.
Scott PETERSON: Oh, I know it.
Lee PETERSON: Ha…Ha…Ha…
Scott PETERSON: Yeah. Too many chiefs.
Lee PETERSON: What?
Scott PETERSON: We only need one chief down here.
Lee PETERSON: Oh, okay. Did you know Joan’s having Choppino tonight?
Scott PETERSON: Yeah, yeah, I talked to her earlier today.
Lee PETERSON: Oh, okay. So we’re gonna plan on that, huh?
Scott PETERSON: Yeah.
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Lee PETERSON: Okay. Is Mike and Heather still in town?
Scott PETERSON: No, they decided to leave.
Lee PETERSON: Oh yeah.
Scott PETERSON: How stinking big was this anchor?
Lee PETERSON: I don’t know, that’s what I'm wondering. Ha… Ha.. Susie said gee what a surprise to find in a marina, an anchor.
Scott PETERSON: Yeah.
Lee PETERSON: Must have been some anchor.
Scott PETERSON: Yeah.
Lee PETERSON: Well, at least they can get out of there now and start looking at other leads and stuff.
Scott PETERSON: Yeah, that’ll be good.
Lee PETERSON: That’s the good news.
Scott PETERSON: Definitely.
Lee PETERSON: But uh… how are you holding up? You okay?
Scott PETERSON: Yeah, got a lot of nice calls today so…
Lee PETERSON: Did you, good.
Scott PETERSON: Definitely.
Lee PETERSON: I guess a lot of people are still coming in and …
Scott PETERSON: Yeah, I’d say. It’s been through the news and they keep talking about it so it’s great.
Lee PETERSON: Yeah, yeah, it is. But anyway, well, at least they’re out of Berkeley and they’ll be looking at other stuff.
Scott PETERSON: Yeah, hopefully they know where to look next.
Lee PETERSON: Well they got a ton of leads I guess so…
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Scott PETERSON: Yeah, great.
Lee PETERSON: You know, I kinds, you know, they’ll probably find…they’ll probably uh…the Chief said he thinks there will be a break, you know, he said that I don’t know a week ago or so or something.
Scott PETERSON: Yeah.
Lee PETERSON: We gotta hold good thoughts.
Scott PETERSON: Definitely.
Lee PETERSON: That she’s okay. I think she is.
Scott PETERSON: Yeah. Okay. Chief.
Lee PETERSON: Okay, you take care big guy.
Scott PETERSON: Yeah.
Lee PETERSON: Love ya
Scott PETERSON: Me too
Lee PETERSON: Bye-bye
Scott PETERSON: Bye
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