buckle, and the prosecution hit its stride. an expert told the jury that the baby died between december 23rd and december 25th. another expert told the jury that laci s decomposition was consistent with three to six months in the water. and a search dog handler testified her dog picked up laci s scent at the berkeley marina and said the prosecutors it was obvious scott peterson knew laci and he d even turned connor s nursery into a storage room. put office furniture and pillows and a locking device form a car in there. scott wasn t expecting conner to ever come home. coming up a cheater, a liar, but a killer? i mean really, who else could have done it? i m glad you asked that question. when dateline continues.
like al brocchini had hidden evidence. he asked him on the stand. did you delete information from a police report about laci visiting scott s warehouse december 23rd? the answer was, i did. and then, okay, we re done for the day. and it s like, you know, can i answer? and that was a very good point for him to make, because it would create the impression that, in fact, laci did know about the boat as scott said she did, and it lent credibility to the rest of his story as a result. well, maybe, maybe not. but he could have got the whole story. reporter: of course, the whole story wasn t what the defense attorney wanted, that the information was in another cop s report. that nothing had been hidden. but what did the jury think?
the prosecution. geragos, who believed the modesto pd had it out for his client, tried to make it look like al brocchini had hidden evidence. he asked him on the stand. did you delete information from a police report about laci visiting scott s warehouse december 23rd? the answer was, i did. and then, okay, we re done for the day. and it s like, you know, can i answer? and that was a very good point for him to make, because it would create the impression that, in fact, laci did know about the boat as scott said she did, and it lent credibility to the rest of his story as a result. well, maybe, maybe not. but he could have got the whole story. reporter: of course, the whole story wasn t what the defense attorney wanted, that the information was in another cop s report. that nothing had been hidden. but what did the jury think? what was your sense of how well that prosecution was going? i was a bit concerned. i felt that their burden of
she and scott had sex and how soon. did the defense rattle you? no, he tried. reporter: amber didn t buckle, and the prosecution hit its stride. an expert told the jury that the baby died between december 23rd and december 25th. another expert told the jury that laci s decomposition was consistent with three to six months in the water. and a search dog handler testified her dog picked up laci s scent at the berkeley marina and said the prosecutors it was obvious scott peterson knew laci and he d even turned connor s nursery into a storage room. put office furniture and pillows and a locking device form a car in there. scott wasn t expecting conner to ever come home. coming up