REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's attorney got a detective to acknowledge that police questioned hundreds of registered sex offenders and parolees as possible suspects in the murder of Peterson's wife, but never found 24 and did not always check alibis.
One potential suspect even confessed to the crime but the man's admission was discounted because he had mental problems, Detective Ray Coyle said Monday under questioning from defense attorney Mark Geragos.
"He said he murdered a female named Lisa Peterson, right? ... He said the only witness was the dog ... He said he broke her neck?" Geragos asked Coyle.
"Yes," Coyle replied.
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