Amber Frey of Laci Peterson Case Tells Her Story

Book Review of Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson

May 14, 2009 Tina Costanza

Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson is one heck of a tale of sex, lies and audiotape.

Written by Amber Frey, the woman whom convicted double murderer Scott Peterson was romancing before and after a massive search for his missing pregnant wife Laci, Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson (published by ReganBooks on Jan. 1, 2005, ISBN No. 0060834137) recounts Frey’s involvement in the case that gripped America and beyond.

The Story of Amber Frey and Scott Peterson

Single-mom Frey met Peterson on a blind date, on Nov. 20, 2002, in Fesno, Calif. It was just more than a month before Laci would disappear in Modesto, Calif., where she lived with Scott. Peterson presented himself to Frey as single and wealthy, and in search of a life mate — he met all the criteria on Frey’s checklist for The One. He was also a horrifically fabulous liar.

Just a few weeks had elapsed into their relationship — which Frey jumped into faster than oil reacting to water — when she began doubting Mr. Wonderful. Peterson never called her from a land line. She never knew when she would hear from him, actually.

To her credit, Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson tells how Frey followed up on her suspicions by conducting an Internet search on Peterson and having a police officer friend perform a background check. Frey called Modesto police when she learned Peterson was the Scott with ties to Laci’s disappearance.

Scott Peterson on Death Row in California

Laci’s remains and that of her unborn boy were found on the San Francisco Bay shoreline in April 2003. A jury, on Dec. 13, 2004, recommended Peterson be executed for double murder, and he is now an inmate on death row in San Quentin Prison, in San Quentin, Calif.

It’s hard not to feel sympathy for Frey in Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson, but any anger she may have harboured toward Peterson for having deceived her from the start is absent in the book. The most she writes about her belief in his guilt or innocence is “justice is served.”

Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson is littered with unnecessary bits: repeated portions of Frey’s taped phone calls with Peterson, and the photos she includes of herself as a child and from a modeling shoot are out of place. The photos of her and Peterson prior to a party, however, are just plain creepy.

Wrapping up the otherwise fascinating story that is Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson, are some of the notes Frey received from the public, labelling her a hero and courageous. True, Peterson may not have been convicted without Frey’s testimony, but then again, she didn’t have many other options.

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