Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Article: Crime History: Scott Peterson arrested for pregnant wife's death

On this day, April 18, in 2003, Scott Peterson was arrested in the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, in one of the most talked about crimes in America.
Lacy Peterson was reported missing on Christmas Eve 2002. Her body, and that of her fetus, were found April 14 in the San Francisco Bay.
Police arrested Peterson at a golf course. He carried $15,000 in cash, 24 packs of sleeping pills, a dagger, rope and a map to the workplace of Amber Frey, his mistress and the prosecutor's star witness.
Peterson also had dyed his hair blond and carried IDs and equipment to go on the run.
He was convicted of killing his wife and unborn baby and sentenced to death.

1 comment:

  1. The state spent $11 million to shovel this nonsense in a pile and yet their own witnesses proved hm innocent.

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