The LA Times weighed in on the Clark Rockefeller saga Saturday, interviewing former editor Dana Farrar who once knew Christopher Chichester and even played Trival Pursuit with him.

Here’s an interesting excerpt:

The last time she saw him was that night she and Farrar played Trivial Pursuit at the guest house where Chichester was staying, she said.

Both Farrar, a former Los Angeles Times editor, and Gallegos said that that night they noticed much of the backyard of the Sohus’ home was dug up. At the time, neither thought much of it.

“He said there were plumbing problems,” Farrar said.

Meanwhile, my newspaper, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune (also a former employer of Farrar) has this story written by me and Nathan McIntire. Police say they are going to research the grounds of the Sohus home where they hope to find more than sprinkler pipe. Here’s an excerpt:

Amy Jersild Palmer, 48, of Janesville, Wis., said she was interviewed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives who had mistaken her for a woman of the same maiden name who married Christian Gerhartsreiter in 1981 and provided him with a green card.

“They wanted to know if I knew where he was in February of 1981,” Palmer said. “I told them I had no idea where he was then, because I’ve never met him.”

Palmer said her husband got angry with the detectives when they insisted the woman knew more than she would admit.

“I just kept telling them, I don’t recognize these pictures at all,” Palmer said. “Finally they left.”

The woman who actually married Christian Gerhartsreiter, Amy Jersild Duhnke, 49, of Milwaukee was unavailable for comment. In a telephone interview Friday, her husband, Eric Duhnke, confirmed that the marriage took place, but said it lasted only a day.