laci peterson, the beaming young mom to be. please, please, let her come home to us. keith morrison: prosecutors speak out in an in-depth television interview. you put so much of your life into it. it stays with you. keith morrison: laci s husband. finally hear the story he told. his rarely seen police interrogation. we couldn t find anything wrong with this guy. he was that charming. keith morrison: and surprising details from the other woman who helped uncover the truth. it s still affects me emotionally. keith morrison: did scott peterson kill his wife? i do not believe he did. i mean, really? who else could have done it? i m glad you asked that question. keith morrison: once upon a time, in a small california city lived a sweet pregnant woman with a radiant smile. and outside of friends and family hardly anyone knew her name. she would never know, of course, how famous that name of hers was about to become. we have no indication, no significant leads at this point. keith
i literally thought i was going to throw up. i just stood up real fast, because i wanted to get out of there. i wanted to get away from them. i didn t want to hear what they were saying. keith morrison (voiceover): what mother would? i just remember my stomach just turning. and i just saying just crying, he didn t have to kill her. it changed everything you d ever thought about him. it did. keith morrison (voiceover): detective buehler had told sharon about amber because rumors were in the air. the media was sniffing about and getting close. i get to the office. the reporter was right there. oh boy. amber frey: yeah. keith morrison (voiceover): january 24, local news showed up at amber s workplace. the national tabloids were not far behind. keith morrison: did you talk to them? no. i refused to talk to anybody. keith morrison (voiceover): trapped in her office, she called detective buehler. that s when the modesto pd decided that, if amber s story was going to break anyway, they d bre
like exploding your own bomb. keith morrison (voiceover): buehler sent two colleagues to fetch her with a statement all prepared. we were speeding back, in a sense, getting there. and you know, having this statement written out, you know, trying to read a few times so it s not too foreign. keith morrison (voiceover): as they drove to modesto, headquarters gathered the media, big news a comin . again, we are waiting for modesto police to come out any moment and speak on developments in the laci peterson investigation. keith morrison (voiceover): and this is the moment when amber frye burst like a deer in headlights onto the public stage. [sigh] ok. first of all, i met scott peterson november 20, 2002. i was introduced to him. i was told he was unmarried. scott told me he was not married. we did have a romantic relationship. i had a panic attack. i couldn t breathe. i literally could not catch my breath. when i discovered he was involved
on a christmas eve. if you wanted to get away with something, this is a place you could do it. yeah. keith morrison (voiceover): like move a body into a boat, thought the detective. detective: we have a window here in the front, and note that the screen is ajar. keith morrison (voiceover): so police gathered the strands, spun the rope. and everything that happened, happened with a lot of people watching. reporter: where does scott peterson stand in all of this? he s not been eliminated from the investigation, nor has he been identified as a suspect. keith morrison (voiceover): not identified as a suspect, not officially. yet clearly, the only person of interest for the cops and the media. reporter: what you got in the bags there? detective: evidence. reporter: evidence? keith morrison (voiceover): and sharon kept grappling with the depressing truth that she just didn t want to believe. i felt that i should have felt her leave this earth.