When we first heard that Laci Peterson's parents went to the Peterson house this afternoon to pick up her belongings, we assumed the D.A. and defense had finally agreed on the terms of such an entry and property removal.

It turns out that's not what happened. Laci's parents broke into the house (the locks had been changed, the burglar alarm went off and police had to come to the house,) walked over all the house and removed what they wanted.

That was foolish of them. And wrong. The police have speculated Laci was killed in the house. The house is a crime scene. No evidence obtained from the house from today on will have any integrity.

We don't know if Laci had a will. If not, she died "intestate" and without living children, everything she owned at the time of her death legally becomes Scott's property. Her parents had no right to any of the property.

In other words, the Rochas well may have jeopardized the case against Scott Peterson. No matter how these parents are hurting, they are not allowed to take the law into their own hands. What they did today was an act of vigilantiism. The District Attorney's office should make this clear to them and the Court should enter orders preventing them from accessing the house again until the case is over.

As Atrios says, "It's both the man's home and a crime scene, on both counts the family has really f**ked up here."