witness against scott, he said, didn t see anything really related to a murder. but nonetheless forever tainted scott in the eyes of the public. and the jury. once you started looking at that case through an amber lens, everything he did was wrong. because he s a lying cheat. yes, he was. reporter: the affair with amber, said cole, made everything scott did look sinister, but didn t prove he killed laci. scott peterson was behaving pretty oddly? his behavior does look odd. he backed in himself into a horrible position. sure. he s thinking if anyone ever finds out about this woman, not only will it look bad for me, but that will become what this story is about, and he was exactly right. so he, very foolishly, and not very well, tried to keep her at bay with lies, thinking laci will be home next week. reporter: and that would
way different, by intent, clearly. when you arrested him, did he express anything that would suggest he understood that that was it, he was going away? i went to search his car. he said, john, can you tell me if those bodies were my wife and son? and i just told him, scott, you already know the answer to that. as they drove north of modesto with their prisoner in the back seat, buehler got confirmation that the dna was in. the bodies were conner and laci. they told scott. now, he s wearing sunglasses at the time. i look and he doesn t make hardly any reaction whatsoever. and just a few minutes later, they stopped by a roadside burger place to get something to eat. given the news he d just received, buehler assumes scott wouldn t have much of an appetite. he was wrong. and he goes, i ll have a double-double with cheese, a small fry, and a vanilla shake. like we were coming back from
photos that helped him get caught. and then they showed the jury this picture of laci, same night different party, she went alone. then they showed the jury this picture of laci, same night. different party. the reason for the murder was he didn t wanna be married anymore and he didn t want to have a child. he wanted a different life. and amber was just a symptom of that. he didn t want what he had. and he wanted to be rid of what he had? he did. one way or another. uh-huh. laci and conner were were responsibilities, and he didn t want that. he doesn t care about anyone but himself, he can be very smooth, but there s something underneath the surface that is truly evil. reporter: so, said the prosecutors, scott strangled or suffocated laci on christmas eve early in the morning or possibly the night before. and then after that, after he had done that? dragged her from the bedroom, out to the carport, pickup truck
off his chest, scott gave her a new cell phone number where she could reach him when he took a long planned trip to europe over christmas. that is if you still wanna talk to me after, you know, because reporter: after i ve told you this. right. and so i was like, yes. of course. reporter: did you start to think about, wait a minute. i could actually make a life with this man ? you know, i i did. reporter: and yet even here, december 14, as they got ready for a christmas party with amber s friends, the little beast of doubt was worming its way into her mind. i was starting to feel that woman s intuition. something just wasn t right. reporter: really? yes. reporter: while he was in europe, he told her, she should write to him at a post office box in modesto. but he had told her he lived in sacramento so why modesto? why these odd questions she couldn t answer? she had a cop friend. she called him. could he check up on
know, his controlled, you know, demeanor. reporter: what they found in the car with scott was fascinating. camping gear, four cell phones, his sister s credit card. his brother s driver s license and cash. almost $15,000 in cash reporter: in cash. he also looked different. way different. by intent, clearly. when you arrested him, did he express anything that would suggest he understood that that was it, he was going away? i went to search his car, he said jon, can you tell me if those bodies were my wife and son? and i just told him. i said, scott, you already know the answer to that. reporter: as they drove north to modesto with their prisoner in the back seat, buehler got confirmation that the dna was in, the bodies were connor and laci. they told scott. now he s wearing sunglasses at the time. i look and i can t he doesn t make hardly any reaction whatsoever. reporter: and just a few minutes later they stopped by a roadside burger place to get