A guide to key players in the Peterson case
The Daily Review (Hayward, CA)
October 29, 2003 Wednesday
SECTION: LOCAL & REGIONAL NEWS
LENGTH: 311 words
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 de-tective. 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, re-ported 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 prose-cutor since 1985. Previously worked as a policeman and in private practice.
JOHN GOOLD: Chief deputy district attorney since 1999 and former Bay Area po-liceman. Often serves as a spokesman for the Peterson prosecutors.
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