Trivia

Son-in-law of Elta Gann and Cliff Anderson.

Step-grandfather of Conner Peterson, Antonio Rocha and Sofia Rocha.

He knew his stepdaughter, Laci Peterson since she was 2 years old.

Stepfather of Laci Peterson and Brent Rocha.

Former stepfather-in-law of Scott Peterson.

He didn't know what he thought of the defense attorney, Mark Geragos. He was not too happy with some of the way he handled cases.

After boot camp, he married his high school sweetheart and they moved to Hawaii and had a son name, Darrin Grantski.

At nineteen, he joined the Navy.

He was introduced to his wife, Sharon Rocha by Gwen Kemple and her husband, Harvey Kemple, at a local hang-out.

Father of Darrin Grantski.

In 1967, Grantski, a US Navy intelligence technician, was injured during a ferocious attack on his spy boat, the USS Liberty, by Israeli war planes and torpedo boats in the Mediterranean Sea. Suffering from napalm-singed hands and shrapnel in his backside, Grantski later was awarded a Purple Heart and shared the harrowing story less than a year ago with now-retired Modesto Bee columnist Jeff Jardine. He was an avid fisherman and loved going to the horse races.

Ron Grantski, of Modesto, CA and a stepfather of Laci Peterson, passed away in April 8, 2018 at home in his sleep at the age of 71. He will be buried in an Escalon cemetery next to Laci and Conner Peterson.

Brother of Donna Barnhart and Caro Frazier.

Son of Don Grantski and Sarah Grantski.

Brother-in-law of Ron Barnhart and Phil Frazier.

Uncle of Zachary Zwald and Sam Barnhart.

Grandfather of Massi and Giorgio.

International politics kept the incident largely in the background, Grantski and others believed. But he and other members of Laci's family were thrust in the spotlight after she vanished on Christmas Eve 2002, sparking a massive search.

On the witness stand, Grantski - an avid fisherman - said Scott Peterson's fishing alibi was fishy. Endowed with a quick wit, Grantski brought a light moment to the dour courtroom when an attorney asked if he or Scott had caught anything the one time they fished together, a year before Laci disappeared.

Grantski was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived in Nebraska before heading west with his family as a young child and settling in Sacramento, said his sister, Donna Barnhart.

Grantski had helped raise Laci from age 2 as his own daughter, although she also spent time with her biological father, Dennis Rocha.

Grantski's only son from a previous marriage, Darrin, died in 2008.

Grantski testified at the 2004 blockbuster trial of Laci's husband, Scott Peterson, who was found guilty of double murder and remains on death row pending appeals.