Scotts Boat

Featured Fact: The Top Ten Facts you need to know about Scott's boat

This article focuses on the facts surrounding Scott's boat, the purchase of his boat, and the anchor he made for it. For this Featured Fact it is necessary to give a little background information on Scott's relationship with Amber Frey and how it pertains to the prosecution's theory.

On November 19th, 2002, Scott had his first conversation with Amber Frey. Scott was given Amber's name by Amber's best friend, Shawn Sibley.

On November 20th, 2002, Scott met Amber for the first time.

On December 6th, Shawn was having lunch with some colleagues and heard that Scott was married. Shawn called Scott and asked him whether or not he was married. He had been caught within 16 days. Scott initially told Shawn he was not married. Then about an hour later, Scott called Shawn back and told her he had been married but that he had lost his wife. Shawn gave Scott until Monday to tell Amber.

On Monday, December 9th, Scott told Amber that he had been married, but that he had lost his wife.

The prosecution alleged that once Scott was confronted by Shawn Sibley on December 6th about being married, he set into motion a plan to murder his wife and unborn son. They suggested that part one of this plan was to research tidal currents in the San Francisco bay to determine where to dump a weighed down body and part two was the purchase of a 'secret boat'. They claimed his motive was a life of freedom represented to him by Amber Frey and her 2 year old daughter.

In this article we will cover the truth about Scott's internet research and the facts surrounding Scott's boat. The prosecution's "freedom" theory as a motive for murder will be covered in a later article.

1. Scott had previously owned boats and had conversations about purchasing another boat before he met Amber.

It was not unusual for Scott to own a boat. Defense attorney, Mark Geragos said in his opening statement that this "was the fourth boat that he (Scott) had owned. He has bought and sold boats his entire adult life." Scott's dad, Lee, testified they had also owned boats Scott's entire childhood. Within one month of dating, Scott and Laci had already gone on a fishing date and a sailing date.

Three of Scott's friends told police that they had conversations with Scott about purchasing a boat:

Guy Miligi told police on January 4, 2003 that he and Scott had discussed purchasing a ski boat together prior to December, but once Scott joined the Del Rio Country Club on December 1st, 2002, he told Guy he's be unable to buy the speedboat.

Jodi Miligi told police on January 4, 2003 that she remembered Scott discussing a boat one to three weeks prior to Thanksgiving.
Brian Ulrich told detectives on January 4, 2003 that Scott had been discussing buying a boat for over three months.

2. Scott did not "research" tidal information on the internet

As pointed out in our previous article "Scott's Timeline", Detective Wall testified that Scott used his home computer to search for boating regulations, Department of Fish and Game Rules and Regulations, to search classified ads for boats and for information on fishing. In all Scott's computer use, there is only about 30 seconds total of material that contained any kind of charts for the San Francisco Bay. The prosecution and many news reports egregiously referred to these 30 seconds as "researching" the currents in the San Francisco Bay.

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