Scott and Laci Peterson
Scott Peterson guilty of killing Laci
Laci Peterson
Nov. 12, 2004: In a case thrust to the national stage by cable news channels, a jury in Redwood City, California, found Scott Peterson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife and second-degree murder for death of his unborn child.
A pregnant Laci Peterson, 27, disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002 from her Modesto home. Her body and the body of her unborn son, named Conner, washed ashore four months later in San Francisco Bay, in the area where her husband said he was fishing.
Prosecutor Rick Distaso told the jury Scott Peterson could not stand the thought of being trapped in a “dull, boring, married life with kids.”
“He wants to live the rich, successful, freewheeling bachelor life,” Distaso said. “He can’t do that when he’s paying child support, alimony and everything
