The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 4

Sacramento case in shadow of Laci focus daughter Kimberly Evans spent hours driving up and down Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento sometimes sleeping in her car rather than leave the street where her only child last was seen She and a niece other relatives had to work would post fliers by themselves peared: She is blond 5-foot-10 the seasoned mother of five She was on welfare and had dropped out of Hiram Johnson High School She mingled with a rough crowd and Sacramento police say she worked as a prostitute said her grandmother Delores Holden 70 was still a person and she was dynamics of each case is so Pasqualini said Police investigations into reports of missing people often are hampered when the victim has a volatile lifestyle or a history of unpredictable behavior she said Likewise the ability to attract media attention to a missing person can be difficult for some families especially those bogged down with other problems she said Those most vulnerable to violence generally middle-class people with stable lifestyles she said "But it is unfortunate that it takes a Chandra Levy or a Laci Peterson case to grab the she said Levy also a Modesto woman had just finished a federal internship in Washington DC when she disappeared in 2001 Her remains were found in a Washington park on May 22 No cause of death could be determined and no one has been arrested in her murder In hopes of finding clues about her Family determined to find woman gone since 2001 By MS ENKOJI THE SACRAMENTO BEE a missing woman eight months pregnant and hardly anyone knows her name On an uncomfortably warm May night in 2001 26-year-old Angelina Evans took a walk from the Sacramento motel where she was staying and never came back So when the bodies of an adult female and an infant boy washed ashore in Richmond earlier this week family thinking of Laci Peterson just been so said Pam Innen aunt In so many ways Evans bears little resemblance to the petite dark-haired Modesto woman who was eight months pregnant on Dec 24 when she disap on Stockton Boulevard when she disappeared her relatives said Investigators say she was last seen on the boulevard getting into a pickup painted black with primer about 12:30 am on May 22 2001 Sacramento detectives followed what leads they had even working with state and federal agencies said Sgt Justin Risley a department spokesman Hospitals were notified about condition he said do as much as you can and hope that something comes he said She would never leave her children and she never failed to call her relatives even if it was just to ask for diaper money Innen said was a good big-hearted her grandmother said was special to There are 38300 missing adults nationwide according to federal statistics said Pasqualini Of those 3745 are missing women between ages 22 to 29 including Peterson and Evans A mother in anguish Kimberly Evans 45 cannot talk publicly about her missing daughter because her emotions overwhelm her when she does her relatives said She has been living with her sister Innen and her mother Holden since she lost an eye in an accident a few years ago and could no longer work at her print shop job Her husband died from cancer a few years before their daughter disappeared gets angry and upset and then said Holden who routinely calls coroners up and down the state about unclaimed bodies Angelina Evans was living in a motel A lonely vigil to find woman The frenzied focus on the missing Modesto woman the scores of volunteers who searched for Peterson and the scrutiny of dozens of authorities never came way said her family who have soldiered on to find her kind of said Holden I know not the only How the names of some missing children and adults come to be ingrained in the national consciousness while others can be grossly unfair said Kim Pasqualini president of The Missing Children Organization Center for Missing Adults DNA: Peterson attorney says client still holding out hope STUDENT: Detectives claim hacking intruded on records CONTINUED FROM A-1 Scott Peterson has not been CONTINUED FROM A-1 dollars of liability they could have been exposed to if someone had used this information for illegal the attorney said Because the student is a juvenile and facing criminal charges The Bee is not identifying him Forkner said that with the boy set to graduate soon he does not expect the high school board to reverse its decision against expulsion The next regular meeting is scheduled May 6 Investigators have said that the student felt challenged to breach the computer system after the network administrator Jay Dunn insisted that it was secure Dunn has submitted a letter of resignation effective June 30 He could not be reached for comment Thursday and Christensen declined to talk about the matter Bee staff writer John Holland can be reached at 667-1227 or jholland modbeecom being suspended for most of February Last week detectives said they asked the Stanislaus County district office to proceed with felony prosecution because they determined that the student had obtained detailed confidential information about students This included addresses Social Security numbers parental information medical conditions and emergency contacts they said The investigators working out of the Turlock office of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force said their suspicions deepened when they examined personal and laptop computers used by the student They recommended three charges of network intrusion and one count of grand theft Forkner said his defense has not changed potentially saved the Turlock School Districts millions of named as a suspect nor has he been cleared police repeated this week His attorney Kirk McAllister of Modesto would not disclose where his client was Thursday but he said they speak daily know his whereabouts and yes in regular McAllister said thought is that certainly for somebody this represents a McAllister said Peterson was holding out hope that his wife and their child would come home he has (rrl been for the InC DCSt last several months he is hoping to find Laci and the baby can CIO is McAllister said is lroor h0ping this NCcjy mean that his busy baby is McAllister said he had Ltppti not been contact with police about the bodies discovered earli-hv flip er this week Uy Iflc en forcement phone and 1 are not Dennis McAllister Rocha said 0 Laci Police have father searched the home on Covena Avenue twice since Laci Peterson was reported missing After the second search in February Scott Peterson only has been seen a few times at the home neighbors said He has vacated a Modesto warehouse that he used in his work as a regional sales representative for Tradecorp a Spanish fertilizer company Police searched the warehouse on Emerald Avenue in January Forrest Aarvig who owns the warehouse property confirmed Thursday that the warehouse is empty He said Peterson moved out weeks ago but Tradecorp has the property leased through October TED BENS0NTHE BEE People continue to drop off stuffed animals candles and other keepsakes at the home investigator in the Laci Peterson case and Detective Phil Owen who flew to Richmond to observe the recovery of the remains on Monday met with prosecutors from the district office in the chamber of Judge Wray Ladine The group remained inside for 20 to 30 minutes None would comment as they left and it was not known if they were meeting in regard to the Peterson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ADRIAN MENDOZATHE BEE The warehouse space on Emerald Avenue in Modesto that Scott Peterson used to store ag supplies is now empty said the owner Pope John Paul II seen here celebrating Holy Thursday at St Basilica in Rome issued a special letter warning Catholics against taking communion in non-Roman Catholic churches Father keeps busy While investigators waited for DNA test results Laci father Dennis Rocha went back to work best thing I can do is keep Rocha said Thursday hard to keep waiting by the Rocha runs a trucking business out of his Escalon home He said he recently was hired for an 1 1-month contract for a construction project in Tracy be on the job for a while which is Rocha said Bee staff writer Patrick Giblin can be reached at 578-2347 or pgiblin modbeecom Bee staff writer John Cote can be reached at 578-2394 or jcote modbeecom POPE: Encyclical letter takes conservative doctrinal stance never met the Aarvig said adding that another company manages the property for him when I opened the paper a few days after Christmas and saw police searching my unit I thought to myself that I was going to have a vacancy Detective Doug Ridenour a police spokesman said by law police cannot restrict movements Peterson is not a Ridenour said have no restrictions on him We cannot have restrictions on him The only institution that can restrict Fourth Amendment right is a judge or the Ridenour said he would not discuss whether police knew whereabouts He also downplayed meetings by detectives and representatives of the Stanislaus County district office in Superior Court on Thursday Detective Craig Grogan lead CONTINUED FROM A-1 ADVICE: Attorneys say clients need to brace for legal fight CONTINUED FROM A-1 Thorman represented Mike Blatt the Stockton developer and sports agent who was tried twice for conspiracy in the murder of a business associate in the early 1990s Thorman represented Blatt during the first of two trials that both ended with hung with celebrations of prayer with other Christians or participation in their liturgical services Roman Catholics respecting the religious convictions of these separated brethren must refrain from receiving the communion distributed in their he said Lutheran Church said the interpretations underscored the rift among Christians Berlin will play host to a major ecumenical conference next month must soberly be recognized that a common view about communion does not appear possible at this said Christof Vetter a Lutheran Church spokesman German Cardinal Karl Lehmann who heads the German Bishops Conference acknowledged there were obstacles" to closer Christian unity pope knows of the pain that Christians feel about this But he pleads urgently not to let hopes for the unity of the church dim because of the cardinal said Vatican teaching forbids divorce and considers Catholics who remarry after divorce to be living in sin Although the pope did not specifically cite the plight of divorced Catholics experts said his intent was clear is what the Vatican is saying for years about the nonadmission of public sinners to the Eucharist whether they be divorced or Mafia or people who are notorious said the Rev Thomas Reese editor of America a Jesuit magazine The pope who consistently has been conservative on doctrinal matters said Roman Catholics must examine their conscience to determine whether they have sinned but church law holds that those who persist in manifest grave be denied communion He wrote that cases of outward conduct which is seriously clearly and steadfastly contrary to the moral norm the church in her pastoral concern for the good order of the community and out of respect for the sacrament cannot fail to feel directly John Paul also sought to tighten practices in some communities where he sees the line blurring between strict church teaching and popular practices He reminded faithful that only priests can celebrate Mass even in parishes short of priests The pope also branded as the practice of substi ooei And of course there will be legal fees Advice might be cheap from everyone else Attorneys however have another term for advice It is called Yet amassing cash can cause problems too Burris said Selling major items homes and other real estate cars boats and other assets can draw the wrong kind of attention should not make an effort to he said makes you look like a flight risk If you can show ties to the community a better chance get bail although chances for bail are not high if looking at a double There have been cases in which possible suspects have fled Perini cited an ongoing murder case in New York where the wife of a murdered man suddenly went on an extended vacation in England going to have to get her back here (through extradition) if they want to indict he said cannot tell a client to flee to avoid prosecution" Perini said can't tell him to flee once (arrest) warrants are But without charges or probable cause a client with a valid passport cannot be stopped from leaving the country Perini said Bee staff writer Jeff Jardine can te reached at 578-2383 or jjardinemodbeec6m Your job? Protect your client This is the task of Kirk McAllister a Modesto attorney who represents Scott Peterson The Modesto man has been at the center of a media storm for much of the time since Christmas Eve when his pregnant wife Laci was reported missing McAllister has not discussed his strategy but other criminal defense attorneys offered insight into how they would handle such a case gain nothing by talking to law enforcement or veteran New York attorney Raymond Perini said would clearly shut him Attorney John Burris of Oakland who recently represented San Francisco Police Chief Earl Sanders in an obstruction of justice issue agreed And Burris a frequent guest expert for CNN and other cable networks said he has followed the Peterson story closely Damage control is important he said now I would make sure he do any talking" Burris said already given statements to the police What said said You talk your way out of it You just have to wait it Attorney Michael Thorman of Hayward meanwhile said he prefers to have clients take private polygraphs I I like the results nobody eke has i to know" he said Lining up resources All three attorneys said it is important to brace a client for the worst would let the client know that a good chance be getting charged and to start marshaling Thorman said need to get the proper amount of resources together certainly need to think about money for bail And generally consider an independent It is the same advice that Thorman gave to Blatt three months before the former Seattle interim general manager was arrested in 1990 Blatt ignored it Thorman said never expecting to be charged Independent investigations can accomplish two things: They can at least create the perception that the suspect is looking for the real killer Thorman said And they might turn up evidence that can contradict or cast doubt on police evidence Police investigations focus on gathering evidence for a conviction not helping a defendant Investigations Thorman said SETTING IT STRAIGHT We want to make sure the information in this paper is accurate Please call mistakes to our attention so we may correct them Local news J578-2330 State nation world 578-2359 Work Money 578-2336 Features 578-2379 Seen 5782312 Sporfc 578-2300 tuting obligatory Sunday Mass.