FBI Expert Says Hairs on Pliers Probably Victim’s

Two strands of dark hair found on a pair of pliers on Scott Peterson’s boat could not have come from him and are consistent with strands taken from his slain wife’s hairbrush, a prosecution expert testified Wednesday.

Karen Korsberg, an FBI trace evidence expert, took the stand as testimony turned to the hairs, a key piece of physical evidence to bolster the prosecution’s contention that the boat was used to dispose of Laci Peterson’s body.

Laci Peterson, eight months pregnant, vanished just before Christmas 2002 from the couple’s home in Modesto. Her remains and those of her unborn son washed ashore along San Francisco Bay several months later, not far from where Scott Peterson claimed that he was fishing alone the day she disappeared.