Hotel Threatened for Role in Search
The Doubletree Hotel in Westwood, site of a weekend effort to find the missing and 8-months-pregnant Laci Peterson of Modesto, received threatening calls Monday.
Callers said the hotel was supporting a drive led by Scott Peterson, the woman’s husband, and therefore “supporting a murderer,” said Brad Saltzman, one of the drive’s organizers.
Modesto police have not identified suspects in the Dec. 24 disappearance.
“The hotel’s involvement is simply an effort to find Laci,” said Saltzman, “but it’s not supporting any individual.”
Modesto police said Peterson reported Sunday night that his home had been broken into while he was in Southern California.
Police declined to say what had been taken, but said they did not believe the break-in was linked to the Laci Peterson case.
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