DAY 10 SUMMARY

So far at Scott Peterson's preliminary hearing:

DAY 1

FBI DNA expert Constance L. Fisher testified about mitochondrial DNA testing; prosecutors want it allowed as evidence.

Laci Peterson's brother, Brent Rocha, apparently won't be called to testify despite family members having said they were all potential witnesses.

Judge Al Girolami ruled that Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred, who represents Scott Peterson's former girlfriend Amber Frey, could remain in the courtroom while other witnesses testify.

DAY 2

Fisher, the FBI analyst, continued to testify. She said a hair found in pliers in Scott Peterson's fishing boat could not have been his but could have come from Laci Peterson.

Defense attorney Mark Geragos attempted to show that the FBI failed to follow its own guidelines. He suggested that mitochondrial DNA analysis is unreliable and should not be allowed in the hearing.

Under questioning from Geragos, Fisher said the FBI received one of Laci Peterson's bones but did not extract DNA to compare with the hair.

DAY 3

Margarita Nava, the Petersons' house cleaner, said she used bleach to clean only the bathroom. Nava said she used water and "a little Pine-Sol" to clean the kitchen's tile floor.

Amy Rocha, Laci Peterson's sister, testified that when she cut Scott Peterson's hair Dec. 23, he said he planned to go golfing the next day, and he offered to pick up a gift basket for her from Vella Farms, near Del Rio Country Club. When he did not collect the basket, Rocha tried to reach him at home and on his cell phone, but he did not answer.

Rocha testified that Laci Peterson was wearing cream or khaki maternity pants and a black blouse with small cream polka dots or flowers at 5:45 p.m. Dec. 23. Photos of Peterson's remains show the tattered remnants of what appear to be light-colored pants around her waist.

Nava testified that Laci Peterson was wearing "what she almost always used to wear," a pair of black pants and a white blouse, when she saw her earlier in the day Dec. 23. The missing person's report indicated that she had on black pants and a long-sleeved white shirt the last time she was seen. Modesto police Detective Jon Evers said that information came from Scott Peterson.

Lee Peterson, Scott Peterson's father, said he spoke with his son the afternoon of Dec. 24, and Scott did not mention being at the Berkeley Marina. Lee Peterson also said he did not know Scott had bought a boat, but that he did not find that unusual.

Sharon Rocha, Laci Peterson's mother, testified that she spoke with her daughter for a few minutes Dec. 23. She said Laci seemed tired, but said there was nothing wrong. Rocha also said her daughter never mentioned serious marital problems.

DAY 4

William Shields, the defense DNA expert, testified that the FBI used a substandard database in its analysis of the hair found in pliers in Scott Peterson's fishing boat. He said the hair was vulnerable to contamination and could have come from roughly one in any nine Caucasians -- not one in 112, as prosecution DNA expert Fisher said the previous week.

DAY 5

Defense attorney Kirk McAllister suggested in court that police could have planted evidence to frame Scott Peterson.

Detective Evers testified that he saw a throw rug bunched up against a door frame, which could support a police theory that Laci Peterson's body was dragged out of the house.

Evers said he did not smell bleach when he entered the home and didn't notice moisture on the floors, undercutting a prosecution theory that someone cleaned after the house cleaner worked there Dec. 23.