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Scott P. Varner California

Scott P. Varner
Joanna Lorraine Peterson
Scott P. Varner is an inmate on death row in the state of
California..

Crime

Varner and his 17-year-old accomplice, Joanna Lorraine Peterson (who took a plea and testified against him) carjacked a Redding woman, Jeanette Mariedth and forced her to drive them to a remote area where he strangled her to death and robbed her.

In the taped statement made on November 6, 2008 (the one expressly referenced in the plea agreement), defendant said that on November 26, 2005, she was at the Travel Inn with two individuals named Casey and Jasmine when Varner came in through the bathroom window around 7:30 or 8:00 p.m. He introduced himself as "Kevin" and was wearing a gold tracksuit and black gloves. Defendant left with Varner to obtain methamphetamine. They were behind the Ready Inn when Varner encountered a man named Brandon, with whom he fought after Brandon called him a child molester. During the fight, Brandon dropped a knife and Varner picked it up.

Defendant and Varner went to State Street to see a man named "Butch," from whom they intended to purchase methamphetamine, but he was not home. As they sat in the parking lot of the apartment complex to wait for Butch, Mariedth drove into the complex and began unloading her groceries. Varner asked her for a ride to the Shasta Lake area and Mariedth agreed to accommodate them after she unloaded her groceries. Defendant had seen Mariedth previously when defendant used to live nearby and had helped her with her groceries once, but defendant did not think Mariedth recognized her. She denied she or Varner entered Mariedth's home while they were waiting, and could not explain why the groceries were strewn all over the floor when the police arrived later.

When they got into Mariedth's car, Varner sat in the front passenger's seat and defendant sat in the backseat. As they approached Redding, Varner told Mariedth he had a gun and a knife and would kill her if she did not cooperate. Defendant thought that Varner intended to take Mariedth's car. Varner demanded money, Mariedth gave him $20, and defendant used the money to buy cigarettes for Varner at a Circle K store. Sometime later they stopped at an In-N-Out Burger for food.


Address

Scott P. Varner AC8910
San Quentin State Prison Death Row
San Quentin, CA 94974



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