home to us. prosecutors speak out in an in-depth television interview. you put so much of your life into it that it stays with you. laci s husband, finally hear the story he told. his rarely seen police interrogation. you have no idea of where laci is? no, i do not. we couldn t find anything wrong with the guy. he was that charming. and surprising details from the other woman who helped to uncover the truth. it still affects me emotionally. did scott peterson kill his wife? i do not believe he did. who else could have done it? i am glad you asked that question. once upon a time in a small california city lived a sweet pregnant woman with a radiant smile and outside family hardly anyone knew her name. my daughter s been missing since this morning. she is eight months pregnant. she would never know how famous the name of hers would become. would never know that a curious, sympathetic puzzled nation had cast an eye her way. laci peterson. she was 27
america reports with my partner for this friday, how are you today? i m good, well, thanks for joining us on this friday. welcome to america reports. this has been fascinating to watch, day 2 as the prosecution now cross examinates alex, and what s interesting to me, jonna spilbor said the prosecutor is seemingly getting outlawyered by his own witness here. let s bring in now criminal defense attorney phil holloway to get his take on what we have seen so far, as they take a break there in south carolina. phil, you know, yesterday you said that you thought that he needed to testify. he s admitted to stealing from clients, admitted to lying repeatedly, do you still think that was a good idea? yes, i do, good afternoon. thanks for having me back. i think so far the defendant is doing quite well as a witness in this case and honestly this is a master class how not to conduct a cross examination. open ended questions, and even in law school in trial advocacy classes young
no, i do not. we couldn t find anything wrong with the guy. he was that charming. and surprising details from the other woman who helped to uncover the truth. it still affects me emotionally. did scott peterson kill his wife? i do not believe he did. who else could have done it? i am glad you asked that questio questio questio questio. once upon a time in a small california city lived a sweet pregnant woman with a radiant smile and outside family hardly anyone knew her name. can i help? you my son in law called. he was playing golf. my daughter s been missing since this morning. she is eight months pregnant. she would never know how famous the name of hers would become. we have no indication. no significance leads at this point. would never know that a curious, sympathetic puzzled nation had cast an eye her way. laci peterson. she was 27 years old. and on the night before christmas she was gone. laci, if you are out there and can hear and see us, we
questioned her about how much she had to drink on her dates with scott and about how often she and scott had sex and how soon. did the defense rattle you? no. he tried. amber didn t buckle, and the prosecution hit its stride. an expert told the jury, 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 conner were gone for good. he had even turned conner s nursery into a storage room. put office furniture and pillows and a locking device from a car in there. scott wasn t expecting conner to ever come home. coming up he s a lying cheat. yes, he was. 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.
have enough evidence to support charging him with murder. senior correspondent alicia is following the case. he was charged with first-degree murder, what s going on? it s not entirely clear, prosecutors did downgrade the charge either late last night or early this morning when with this more complicated allegation, george allen kelly s defense requested and was denied a delay in the preliminary hearing. the judge, however, did grant a motion by the prosecution not to allow video of witnesses on the stand. this is the view we have from inside the nogales, arizona courtroom. you can see kelly there no longer in the orange jump suit now that he is out on bond. today kelly s attorney challenged the sheriff s investigator who decided to arrest kelly for first-degree murder, bringing potential bias against the rancher. prosecution hit back claiming it