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
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.
this picture of laci, same night, different party. she went alone. the reason for the murder was he didn t want to be married anymore. 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. mm-hmm. laci and conner 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. 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 backed into the carpo carport. take her out the side door, wrapped up, most likely, load her into the bed of the truck, drive over to the warehouse, move her to the boat, cover the
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.