A career criminal claims Scott Peterson discussed the kidnapping of his wife with members of a prison gang, according to the criminal's lawyer.
Attorney Frank Muna told ABCNEWS' Good Morning America his client, Cory Lee Carroll, a convicted forger, thief and parole violator, told him the story about Peterson while submitting to a lie detector test administered by Muna's private investigator.
Muna said he called authorities after Carroll passed the test while giving the account. Modesto Police have not commented on Carroll's story, citing a gag order in the case, in which the body of Laci Peterson and that of her unborn son Conner washed ashore along San Francisco Bay in April, after she disappeared Christmas Eve.
Scott Peterson — who is charged with the murders of his 27-year-old wife and their unborn son — is being held without bail in the Stanislaus County Jail. He has pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 20 to let a judge determine whether there is sufficient evidence for a trial.
Chance Meeting at Strip Club
Muna says Carroll, 34, claims he met Peterson in November at the City Lights strip club in Fresno, Calif.
Carroll told Muna that after Peterson found out he had been in jail he first asked him some questions about insurance fraud, including whether he knew anyone who could steal his wife Laci's car so he could report the theft for insurance purposes.
"Actually, what he did was he asked Mr. Carroll if he knew anyone who would steal his wife's car under the pretense that he wanted the car stolen because he wanted to buy a new car for his wife for Christmas and they didn't think they could get very much money out of it," Muna said on Good Morning America. "So they wanted to do an insurance scam."
Carroll then allegedly introduced Peterson to two men, nicknamed "Dirty" and "Skeeter," who were members of a gang which Muna describes as very dangerous. Explained Muna: "Actually, it's a prison gang, a notoriously vicious prison gang that engages in murders and kidnapping, extortion and drug running."
