boat. then, after sending an email and putting together a woodworking tool, law enforcement believed, he headed to the bay. but evidence of murder? that was all circumstantial. they had no incriminating dna, minimal forensics, just all those little strands. and in fact, it didn t always go well for the prosecution. as geragos worked to keep them off balance. we would try and present witnesses in a chronological order, in a way that made sense to our theory of the case, and they were very good at disrupting that and saying, we re not ready for that witness or just trying to throw a monkey wrench into your smooth telling of the story. yeah. if it happened once, maybe it was just coincidence. if it happened every single week, at some point in time, it s a plan. it got worse for the prosecution. geragos, who believed the modesto pd had it out for his
incrementally, needed more. police looking for laci peterson in modesto, california, want to verify her husband s alibi. modesto pd put out a bulletin, had anyone seen this truck, this boat, on christmas eve? they expanded their ground search to the foothills, the reservoirs, even mind shafts, and by mid january, police decided they needed to tell sharon about scott s affair. they said, hey, we ve got information we need to let you know about on this, the best thing we could do is give it to you. they showed her the photo at amber s christmas party, the one scott said wasn t him. i literally thought i was going to throw up, i stood up real fast be cause i wanted to get out of there. i wanted to get away from. them i didn t want to hear what they were saying. what mother would? i remember in my stomach just turning, and i just saying, just, crying, he didn t have to killer. that changed everything you never thought about him? it did.
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
and i asked him, how are you doing? and he said, you know, i m doing ok. and i just remember, it was almost like i was just pulling back from him, thinking, you re doing ok? what do you mean you re doing ok? keith morrison (voiceover): sharon definitely wasn t doing ok, while the cops, moving forward incrementally, needed more. police looking for laci peterson in modesto, california want to verify her husband s alibi. keith morrison (voiceover): modesto pd put out a bulletin. had anyone seen this truck, this boat on christmas eve? they expanded their ground search to the foothills, the reservoirs, even mineshafts. and by mid-january, police decided they needed to tell sharon about scott s affair. we said, hey, we ve got some information we got to let you know about on this. and the best thing we can do is just give it to you. keith morrison (voiceover): they showed her the photo at amber s christmas party, the one scott said wasn t him.
loss, amber. different kinds of loss? now, what did that mean? well, investigators built their case against scott. laci s family was in a world of pain. it was january of 2003, and sharon rocha was still gripping on to a slipping remnant of hope that her laci was still alive, was barely hanging on. the days soon after that new year s eve vigil, when scott walked into the house. and i asked him, how are you doing? and he said, you know, i m doing okay. and i just remember, it was almost like i was just pulling back from him, thinking, you re doing okay? what do you mean you re doing okay? sharon definitely wasn t doing okay. the cops, moving forward incrementally, needed more. police looking for laci peterson in modesto, california, want to verify her husband s alibi. modesto pd put out a bulletin.