with her disappearance. sharon was a frantic mess and she looked at him and he just seemed so detached somehow. never once did he say my god, where is laci. i hope she is okay. you were feeling that panic. even as you talk about it. yes. he didn t have that. he didn t have it. i made out a list of did or didn t here. she didn t want to believe it and didn t want to go there so she didn t. but the detectives were trained to go there and they turned over everything scott said did and didn t do and wondered why. a fake feeling from the beginning, like the voicemail he left laci.
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.
they did a grid search meaning they would have been in eye contact and walked the whole area. his partner at the time had a feeling from the start. laci peterson missing was not going to end well. she didn t leave an at risk lifestyle. we were going to find her. i thought somebody kidnapped her. that is what i thought. here is lori, renee and stacey. in january 2003. there is a $500,000 reward you know for her and the baby s safe return. just take that. take the money. give us laci back. in the first day an exhausted sharon, ex-husband laci s father dennis beside her went on tv and pleaded with a kidnapper. i would like to send a message out there that whoever has her please, please, please let her go.
sharon long time boyfriend called the cops. golfing, on a cold christmas eve? odd but okay. he came home to find the dog in the yard wearing a leash. because of the leash on the dog. yes. we walked together in the park before. i was running around. i was looking at trash cans. i was screaming her name. they spent the early hours looking for missing posters. we had flyers and tape and everything. put make up on. that was the last thing. yeah. didn t have christmas. yeah. that is where i am going to be.
those closest to laci were having trouble grappling with the whole idea of foul play. even sharon told us impossible. they have no doubt he has nothing to do with her disappearance. it is a powerful thing, true belief. when it comes crashing down, my, my, my. coming up, scott peterson down at the station, a rare look at his interrogation. was he okay with that? was there any hesitation? he agreed. didn t ask for an attorney? no. didn t ask for an attorney. was he okay with that? was there any hesitation? he agreed. didn t ask for an attorney? no. didn t ask for an attorney. well, like that s a morning decision. is there something fishy about his story?