Keith morrison: and laci s mother liked scott, liked him a lot. very charming, very polite, perfect gentleman. bringing roses, that sort of thing. yes, he d had a dozen roses for laci and then a dozen roses for me. so, of course, i was impressed. keith morrison: the courtship was like that, old fashioned, in what seemed a good way. he actually asked our permission to marry laci. and we gave him our permission. keith morrison: there was a big wedding in the summer of 97. and by the turn of the millennium, scott was a fertilizer salesman in modesto, laci a substitute teacher. his job took him on the road a lot. but they were happy. did the three of you get to know the two of them together much before? stacy boyers: mhm. renee tomlinson: mhm. i thought he was a great guy. renee tomlinson: we thought they were great. she was always happy. it was almost a joke of, gosh, does he have a brother. keith morrison: though laci struggled to get pregnant after nearly five years of marriage, that c
Really by laci s best friends. stacey boyers, lori ellsworth and renee tomlinson. they seem to make you feel cheerful. they do. they help a lot. i am glad you are here. it is tough still. it is tough. perhaps, harder than ever to talk about it she said. to talk about her long dead daughter whose case so captivated the country. there are people growing up who probably don t remember or never knew about laci peterson. tell me about laci. i moved in the third grade and i knew nobody. she was one of the first people i met. there was no not meeting her. you get the idea. big personality. it just makes you want to whistle. she made everybody laugh and welcome, just with a smile. she could smile and you would know that is the girl you will be spending the rest of the night talking to or listening
They did a grid search, meaning they would ve they would ve been in eye contact and walked this whole area. reporter: brocchini and his partner jon buehler had a feeling from the start, laci peterson missing wasn t going to end well. because she didn t lead an at-risk lifestyle. she didn t hang around at the bars. and she wasn t out two-timing him or doing anything like that. i mean, she was a girl that was just ecstatic, from everything that i learned about her of being a mother. reporter: so she wasn t someone who would just walk away, and yet in the anxiety, hope. an idea formed in the minds of those who loved laci, that somehow this might turn out all right. we know we re going to find laci. we know we re going to bring her home alive and safe. we were gonna find her. like, i thought somebody kidnapped her. that s what i thought, just for the baby or something. reporter: here s lori, renee and stacey along with another friend in january of 2003.
Begin here with laci peterson s mother sharon rocha surrounded, fortified really by laci s best friends, stacey boyers, lori ellsworth, and renee tomlinson. they seem to make you feel cheerful they do. they help a lot i m glad they re here. but it s tough still, huh? it is tough. reporter: perhaps harder than ever to talk about it, she said, to talk about her long dead daughter, whose case so captivated the country. there are people growing up who probably either don t remember or never knew about laci peterson. tell me about laci. i moved to modesto in the third grade. and i knew nobody. and she was one of the first people i met. and there was no not meeting her. reporter: you get the idea. big personality. it just makes you want to
Stacey, lori and renee tomlinson. they seem to make you feel cheerful. they do. they help a lot. i am glad you are here. it is tough still. it is tough. perhaps, harder than ever to talk about it she said. to talk about her long dead daughter whose case so captivated the country. there are people growing up that don t remember or never knew about laci peterson. tell me about laci. i moved in the third grade and i knew nobody. she was one of the first people i met. there was no not meeting her. you get the idea. big personality. it just makes you want to whistle. she made everybody laugh and welcome, just with a smile. shy could smile and you would know that is the girl you will be spending the rest of the night talking to or listening to. maybe not talking so much.