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From the home, to the bay? I have not heard that yet!

The dogs got Laci's scent and followed it to the bay...

Hmmmm... if that is true then it would kill those thoughts that someone else did it and then waited and planted Laci in the bay at a later date after they found out where Scott Peterson had been. (In order to frame him)

No wonder Geragos is trying to get that evidence eliminated. That's the primary job of a defense lawyer- pinpoint the most damning evidence and get it barred from being used by the prosecution.

The dogs' tracking is extremely damning- as is the hair in pliers on the boat.

He said in no uncertain terms, there is no way possible a dog could track someone's scent that far. He believes once a person is in a vehicle the scent is lost. He bases this on the fact that he is a big hunter, and he has several times gone hunting with dogs to catch coyote (which are plentiful in my area). He said the dogs lose the scent so fast.

He says not to believe this, there is no way it could be true.

So, I think Sam could be right, and it sounds more plausible, that they picked up her scent at her home, and then again at the Bay.

If tracking is so easy then why haven't we found the thousands of missing children and adults?
Fleck the dog handler and his animals must be genius or just another flappin' mouth.

As for the scent of Laci picked up at the bay, I would expect that be possible since Laci apparently rode in Scott's pickup on many occasions and we know the pickup was at the bay on December 24,2002, according to Scott and witnesses.

Also Fleck's 'leapfrog' technique couldn't, wouldn't, leap from Modesto to the bay area. There is far too much geography to cover, rivers, sideroads, trees, private property which sometimes takes a search for the owner and possibly a court order.

* Ref: Dena Raley, missing from Modesto for years and still can not obtain a search warrant or trespass on private property where she may be. The story made headlines when Dena's family decided they would do thier own search...but they were stopped in thier tracks!

Quotes from the site:

"The dogs detect the human scent as it rises through and above the surface. By locating the subjects scent, divers are aided in search and recovery efforts and are subjected to fewer hazards. Water currents, air currents, temperature, and the contour of the bottom all have an effect on the location of scent at the surface."

"Tracking teams can, under certain conditions, follow the path of a subject even though the subject is in a vehicle.

As for scenting a body from a traveling vehicle is possible, however we are talking about the same distance from Modesto to the Berkley marina ( 80 miles m/l ) and to get there through heavy highwya traffic, plus Holiday ( this is not a back road) with similar odors as those above plus the smell of rubber of the tires. That's a smart dog Fleck has.

I personally do not have any idea whether it is possible or not, that is why I offered the research that I could find.

Do I think it is possible? Yes, I do. It would depend on currents, water temp and so on, according to what I have read through research. Conditions have to be favorable, and according to what they are reporting, the dog got a scent above the water in a boat. Sonar picked up something that they referred to as Laci under the water, but conditions were not favorable enough for a diver to go down and retrieve what sonar and the dog hit on.

I am told that dogs can separate scents. One from another. Coffee from Cocaine. Laci's scent from rubber. Laci's scent from salt water. Laci's scent from banana peels tossed out of a car.

I do not train dogs, nor do I attest to know what they are capable of, but I do know what I read, and what they have accomplished. It does seem crazy that they may have done this, but from what I have read and heard, it does seem very possible.

JMO.

Something lead the searchers to the bay. Something lead them to a place not far from where her and Conners body washed up. Does anyone have any other idea what? Do you think it was a lucky guess??