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From the tragic disappearance of Laci Peterson to the controversy-laden trial and ongoing appeals, this in-depth exploration uncovers the key evidence , media influences, and persistent legal debates surrounding a case that continues to captivate the nation. On December 24, 2002, a woman named Laci Peterson was reported missing from her residence in Modesto, California. Reports indicate that Laci was eight months pregnant at the time of. REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Jurors in Scott Peterson ’s murder trial winced and glanced away Wednesday as they looked at photos of Laci Peterson ’s badly decomposed body cast in. May 30 – Laci Peterson ’s head and parts of her limbs were missing and plastic tape was wrapped around the neck of her child, according to the full autopsy and coroner’s photographs exclusively seen by ABCNEWS. His attorneys are asking the judge to allow new DNA testing and to order certain case evidence be turned over to them as they investigate what they say is Peterson ’s “claim of actual. There was plastic tape wrapped around the neck of her child, the full autopsy revealed, according to ABC News. The autopsy revealed that the cause of Laci ’s death was undetermined. There was no evidence of man-made wounds even though her head and part of her limbs were missing. EERIE images of the chilly beach where the bodies of Laci Peterson and her fetus washed ashore over 20 years ago have ignited old questions about the grisly murder. Laci Peterson was reported as missing from the home she shared with her husband, Scott Peterson, on Christmas Eve in 2002. Laci Peterson’s fetus was expelled from her decaying body after her death, a forensic pathologist testified. Brian Peterson, who performed autopsies on Laci and the couple’s fetus, a male. Despite the lack of direct forensic evidence , the jury found Scott Peterson guilty of first-degree murder for Laci ’s death and second-degree murder for the death of their unborn son. In 2005, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Let’s take a closer look at 10 key facts of the case you may have missed — but first, let’s go back to that cold December day in 2002. Laci Peterson was reported missing on Dec. 24, 2002, after she failed to return from a walk with their dog. Her husband, Scott, claimed he had spent the morning fishing in the San Francisco Bay.