911 Call to Report Laci Missing

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: One to dispatch.

OPERATOR: Hi, can I help you?

RON GRANTSKI, STEPFATHER OF LACI PETERSON: Yes. My son-in-law called. He'd been playing golf this morning. He left at 9:30. My daughter has been missing since this morning. She's eight months pregnant. She took her dog for a walk in the park. The dog came home with just the leash on.

OPERATOR: So the dog came back without your daughter?

GRANTSKI: Right.

OPERATOR: OK, what is your address there sir?

GRANTSKI: Well, I'm at (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: Is that where she is?

GRANTSKI: No, it's over at Maloma (ph) Park is where she went for the walk. What is Scott and Laci's address? I can't remember.

OPERATOR: What's your telephone number, sir, in case we get disconnected?

GRANTSKI: It's 404 -- Jesus, I can't believe (UNINTELLIGIBLE). (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: OK, so what's the address where she lives and she's missing from?

GRANTSKI: Her address is (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: Is that between (UNINTELLIGIBLE) and Edgebrook Drive?

GRANTSKI: Yes.

OPERATOR: OK. Is that a house or an apartment?

GRANTSKI: That's a house.

OPERATOR: What is your name?

GRANTSKI: My name is Ron. I'm her stepdad.

OPERATOR: OK, what is your name, your last name?

GRANTSKI: Grantski.

OPERATOR: G-R-A-N-S-K-Y?

GRANTSKI: G-R-A-N-T-S-K-I. Her husband is Scott Peterson is on his way over to the park to try to...

OPERATOR: What's your stepdaughter's name?

GRANTSKI: Scott Peterson.

OPERATOR: No, no, no, your stepdaughter.

GRANTSKI: Laci Peterson.

OPERATOR: Laci P-E-T-E-R-S-O-N, right?

GRANTSKI: P-E-T-E-R-S-O-N.

OPERATOR: And she's white, black, Hispanic, Asian?

GRANTSKI: She's Portuguese and white.

OPERATOR: How old is she?

GRANTSKI: She's 26.

OPERATOR: What time did she leave the house and didn't come back?

GRANTSKI: That we don't know. We just had a call from our son-in-law that he left this morning at 9:30 to play golf. He came back home about a half hour ago and she's nowhere around.

OPERATOR: OK, so she went to walk the dog where? What park?

GRANTSKI: Walked it in that park, Maloma Park. What's that park over there? What's it called?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

GRANTSKI: Yes, it's (UNINTELLIGIBLE) over there, you know, by the tennis courts. OK.

OPERATOR: That's (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

GRANTSKI: Yes, you got a flashlight. Absolutely.

OPERATOR: And she's eight months pregnant you said?

GRANTSKI: Pardon?

OPERATOR: You said she's eight months pregnant?

GRANTSKI: Yes, ma'am. Can you get a squad car for me over there? Is that possible?

OPERATOR: Is this over there at Dry Creek Park?

GRANTSKI: I'm sorry, go ahead.

OPERATOR: Is that over there at Dry Creek Park?

GRANTSKI: Yes, that's what it is.

OPERATOR: What was she last seen wearing?

GRANTSKI: I don't know. Scott would. I don't know. She's eight months pregnant. There can't be that many people. She's got short, black hair. She's about 5'1".

OPERATOR: Hold on. She's 5'1"?

GRANTSKI: Yes, dark eyes.

OPERATOR: Dark hair and eyes?

GRANTSKI: Yes.

OPERATOR: So the dog came home without the leash, right?

GRANTSKI: The dog came home on the leash without her.

OPERATOR: OK. You're going to -- so her husband is looking for her right now. Are you going to stay here at (INFORMATION WITHHELD)?

GRANTSKI: I'll stay here, yes, if I have to stay here.

OPERATOR: Because we're going to send an officer over there as soon as they're available, OK, where you're at right now.

GRANTSKI: OK, good.

OPERATOR: What's the phone number there, sir?

GRANTSKI: OK, my house number is (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: No, no, where you're at. Is that where you live at Mossey (ph) Way?

GRANTSKI: That's my house.

OPERATOR: OK.

GRANTSKI: That's my house.

OPERATOR: OK, what's your phone number?

GRANTSKI: (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: Yes.

GRANTSKI: (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: OK, and her husband's name was?

GRANTSKI: Scott.

OPERATOR: Scott Peterson. Do you know what he's wearing?

GRANTSKI: No. He just called me from the house. I have no idea. He's walking -- he's going over there looking for her. He's all shook.

OPERATOR: OK. What's her home phone number there?

GRANTSKI: Her house number?

OPERATOR: Yes.

GRANTSKI: It's (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: OK. We'll have someone out there as soon as they're available.

GRANTSKI: Let me give you the cell phone. He might have his cell phone with him.

OPERATOR: OK.

GRANTSKI: (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: Yes.

GRANTSKI: (INFORMATION WITHHELD).

OPERATOR: OK, we'll have someone out there as soon as they're available, Ron. Hello.

GRANTSKI: Yes.

OPERATOR: OK, we'll have someone out there as soon as they're available.

GRANTSKI: OK.

OPERATOR: OK?

GRANTSKI: OK.

OPERATOR: Thanks, bye-bye.