Murderer Trying to Harass Jurors, Prosecutor Says
A Tarzana man convicted of murdering his wife and of later soliciting a fellow inmate in jail to kill his daughter is now attempting to reach the jurors who deliberated his case to harass or harm them, a prosecutor said Thursday.
San Fernando Superior Court Judge David M. Schacter ordered a search of Robert Peernock’s jail cell after Deputy Dist. Atty. Craig R. Richman told the judge that a private investigator hired by Peernock has called at least four of the 12 jurors, including three with unlisted phone numbers.
Peernock was convicted last month of murdering his wife, Claire, and attempting to kill his daughter, Natasha Peernock Sims, by staging an elaborate car crash in 1987 in Sun Valley. The same jury also convicted him of trying to hire someone from his jail cell to kill Sims and her attorney.
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