Laci Peterson's Autopsy: The Verdict Revisited

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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. 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. On November 12, 2004, the jury found Scott Peterson guilty of first-degree murder for killing Laci Peterson and second-degree murder for killing their unborn son Conner. After lawyers argued for new DNA testing in the murder case against Scott Peterson , a California judge ruled Wednesday that only retesting of DNA on duct tape that adhered to his wife Laci. 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. Laci , eight months pregnant, was last seen alive on Christmas Eve, sparking a nationwide search that gripped the country. Her husband, Scott Peterson , quickly became the prime suspect, and while the case seemed cut and dried to many, the details revealed during the investigation told a far stranger story. Scott Peterson is serving life in prison for his pregnant wife Laci’s 2002 murder but has maintained his innocence in a new documentary about the case, which continues to captivate the nation. Here’s everything you need to know about the murder of Laci Peterson , Scott Peterson’s work with the Innocence Project, and the new revelations in Face to Face. Laci , 27, disappeared from her and Scott Peterson’s Modesto, California, home on Christmas Eve 2002, five years after they married. She was eight months pregnant with their son, Conner, at the.