The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story - Lifetime

I think everybody sitting at home wants the answer to the same question did you murder your wife I I'm aware that suspicion has turned to me and it's turned to me one because I am her husband and that's natural thing um and I've heard all the the uh statistics on all the news programs uh about how uh someone a husband ex-husband boyfriend uh is someone uh who statistically would be one who would be responsible for her disappearance and um um I'm sorry I forgot your question River South Park where that [Music] [Music] I I left

about 9:30 this morning Martha Stewart had just come on I think I I went fishing on the bay got to the marina maybe 11: or so I launched my boat uh she was going to walk McKenzie our dog and go shopping we had dinner plants tonight with her folks Christmas Eve dinner I got back about 4:30 and the dog was already in the backyard his lease was on still it was all muddy and it just it doesn't make sense you she wouldn't just leap she would never just leave and then I called all our friends

and then I called uh mom uh Sharon Lacy's mom I called her cell phone's here her keys and her purse are here her car is in the driveway I mean obviously something is happened why are we just standing around here we need to work out a timeline look I told you I told you what we know already Scott called and said Lacy's missing Ron called you and we came we came and we should be in the park looking she could have fallen and hit her head she could be unconscious my God she could be in

labor please we have got to get there please sh you're her father stepfather brother and sister yeah I'm Brent this is Amy okay look I know this is hard on all of you but we have officers in the park we are not losing time I promise just finish please just finish asking your questions have you thought me did um did you argue no no no no has she ever left before never I'm I'm sorry Mr Peterson I have to ask these questions Mr Peterson don't ask me ask ask anything the two of you had no

problems and your marriage is secure our marriage is perfect we're having a baby so there's no reason to think that Mrs Peterson has left you no no reason to think that Scott would give her cause to go no no Scott LS here perfect they're the couple everybody wants to be let them ask their question Shan come on dad they're beautiful together are we done I'm just trying to help come on Crash okay watch out you're dring too much I'm not drunk up that's the problem you're just a cheap date Tommy no I'm a drunk date

would you get up all please don't take advantage come on actually scratch that no please do to take advantage I love nothing more than what a pregnant woman take advantage of me hi hey what are you doing up buddy come on woke up said he had a dream oh no no no leave it Linda leave it all right I told him you guys would be home soon but just wouldn't go back to sleep come on Cowboy let's go here go h on here we go got it I'll be right hold on tight all right here

we go hey give her a little extra where we were later than we said mm okay you have five new messages no saved messages hey guys it's me Scott uh I just want to double check that we're on for New Year's uh call me up byebye uh it's me again you guys seen Lacy she's not here and she didn't leave a note uh let me know hello what whoa whoa whoa slow down Donna inter Scott Peterson a Modesto resident told police that he left his pregnant wife something happened to Lacy go fishing at the Berkeley

Marina his wife had said she was going to take the family dog McKenzie for a walk in East Loma Park no we see we see she's on the news right now tall with dark hair she is 8 months pregnant and was last seen wearing black slacks and a white top if anyone has any information regarding her whereabouts got get over Poli immediately God look how many people are here oh man I can't believe this there's Donna and Angela what are the police saying I don't know they talk to the roaches but we don't know what

happened yet I don't understand no one's seen her all day no Amy saw them both last night at the salon I called this morning but I got the machine are you sure you're up for this is Lacy in the park what they think so but I'm up for [Music] it detective Ross is handing you a recent photo of Mrs Peterson now she was last seen wearing black pants and a white pull over also Mrs Peterson is 8 months pregnant now the park runs about 5 mil east to west a mile north to south I want

the 18s take the West Side be the East we got to cover every square inch of this place all right let's move out I um smelled bleach when I was back at the house could have been coming off the pool yeah yeah it could have been [Music] nor on it's Christmas it's Christmas it's Christmas it's Christmas go get a present go what is Merry Christmas baby but for this Modesto family the holidays are now filled with fear Lacy Peterson is 5'1 140 she ands my head back over okay she got to had her head she

could be hurt in the hospital somewhere you know somebody could have don't think the worst don't do that to yourself somebody could have think you know we don't know we don't know what happened but what I don't think she's in the park officer it's okay he's with us what can I do hey how's Kate she doing okay yeah just going to leave Sammy with my folks come back later she needs to rest yes try stopping her no need getting any sleep till we find Lacy how you holding up kind of numb are your folks coming

up from San Diego yeah I talk to them so sorry it's okay that's okay I saw her you saw her where where did you see her man I saw her walking her dog right on this street when when did you see him yesterday Christmas Eve a a pretty pregnant woman very pregnant you need to tell the police ma'am uh could you have them call me um all right if somebody hurts her swear to God if somebody hurts her she's going to be fine Brent we just have to she should have been there to protect her

damn I should have been there yeah me too what the hell hey what's going on got a warrant to search your home Mr Peterson and your vehicles why just routine we're looking for any indication of where she might have gone well she she didn't go anywhere you know she didn't just just run off somewhere no I mean she's not here at the house either okay she's she's taken or or she's hurt somewhere out there not it easy right listen to me we're not going to stop looking all right this is just procedure what we're doing

we're here to find Lacy we're here to help you I'm s I'm sorry okay yeah I just you why don't come down to the station with us we'll run over a few questions well don't you guys want me to stay here and help you find whatever is you looking for Mr Peterson get in the car please why you take Mackenzie inside yeah sure I'll be right back the sun Carrington Foundation was established in 1999 after Julian Carol Sun were abducted in eede we worked with the ladies last year when Shandra went missing we have strong

ties to the community we are an advocate for families of the missing my job is to help you through this the foundation's job is to get Lacy back safely the first thing we need to do is set up a search center we use this room for the volunteers oh we're the Petersons were Scott's parents Jackie Lee oh Sharon I'm so sorry so so sorry how could this happen how could this happen has anyone called is it it isn't a kidnapping no no calls no notes nothing no she's just gone Scott said goodbye yesterday morning she

was gone when he got back we'll find her Ron find her and bring her home Sharon where's Scott did you speak to anyone Scott at the marina I didn't have conversations with anyone did you see anybody I might have nodded to a few people before I launched uh I don't know see we need to confirm your whereabouts Marina receipt you gave us doesn't have time stamp guys we've already been through this I towed the boat to the marina I got to the Bay around 11: uh I motored out to Brooks Island I can't just take

your word for it nothing was biting it was getting choppy I headed back back in but what time was that I already told you what time that was stop asking me the same questions over and over and over again you use bleach on your floors uh we have a someone who cleans for us a cleaning woman she doesn't use straight bleach we asked did you mop up when you got home last night uh yeah yeah it was dirty cleaning woman said she just washed them we have a dog they get money what were you fishing

for um sturgeon yeah big fish what' you use for me I I don't know your neighbor across the street told us that Lacy would open the blinds every morning no likes to let the sun in she didn't open yesterday though uh yeah yeah yesterday they were down it was uh cold outside it was like 40° 40° man it must have been freezing out there on the bay can't remember what bait he used I remember the bait I used when I was 5 years old first time my dad took me fishing Frank hey detective Ross hey

Tommy now's really not a good time this woman she saw Lacy walking her dog yesterday yesterday she saw her in the morning go check it out okay say hi to Kate Scott Scott excuse me excuse me can I talk to you for a second Scott hey I don't think they believe me you think who doesn't believe what they should be out there looking for her not asking me about bait and [ __ ] they they are looking hey Scott they got a whole Army on no they're question me like I'm a suspect but that's what

they do you say you went fishing they confirm it could have left something in the house search hey no no no no no no Scott come on no way look come to the restaurant all right calm down just calm down I I I I can't stay in one place man I don't I don't know what I'm going to do I just I don't yes now Mr Peterson claimed he went fishing on Christmas Eve yes yes he produced a boat launch receipt from the Berkeley Marina dated December 24th Mr Peterson paid the feed to launch his

boat but has anyone reported seeing him on the water no at this point no yes ma' there's no proof he actually went fishing then we're asking for the Public's help in confirming Mr Peterson's Alibi is Scott Peterson a suspect in his wife's disappearance no has he been cleared no ma'am no he has not been cleared yes what was she wearing the last time she was seen uh black pants with a white pullover do you have any suspects listen to the questions they're asking Tommy I mean they're saying that he did it no they're starting down

that road they're implying insinuating they didn't do anything oh but it would make such a great story wouldn't it you know what they're going to do they're going to take a perfect couple and they're going to turn them into a horror show watch them Scott doesn't have any skeletons watch them Tommy these people come to town expecting the worst Scott is there anything else you can think of anything that can help us if there was anything else to say he would have said it there are things husbands wives keep between them we can't afford Secrets

no there's nothing I told everything I can't think of what else to say I don't think it's it's not going to help me talking to the Press Scott they can only learn about Lacy through us I won't make it I'll fall apart then let them see that let them see how much you love her they don't want to see that you heard them today they don't care the the Press has a victim they want want a villain now hello hey it's me I miss you are you back no no I'm still out of town sweetie

sorry we couldn't spend Christmas together me too you know what I'll be home soon and after January 2 6 I'm like all yours stie good I can't wait I'll talk to you later okay bye bye Dixie find her find her something wrong with the hound no dog's fit this woman didn't leave on foot husband has her walk into the park sometime after 9:30 morning of the 24th if she went anywhere she went in a car her scent stops here the first time I heard about Scott Lacy called me from college and she said she'd met

the man she was going to marry I drove down to S Louis bispo to meet him we had dinner plants with Scott and he met us at the restaurant door and he says it's a pleasure to meet you Mrs roacha and he escorts us and there are two beautiful rose bouquets on the table white for me and red for Lac they're a fairy tale couple and he's the prince I love Scott for how he's taken care of lacy the person I know would not hurt my daughter did you hear the reward fund went up to

$500,000 I logged a 100 new volunteers since 9 this morning we've got folks coming in from all over the place dozens more searching up and down the twam and Merced sanen people just they just need to help her have a seat Scott here I don't know he was but um he comes in the mornings before work checks the website talks to the volunteers before work he's working he's not going on the road he I don't think but you know he's just working on the phones how could he keep working because he knows Lacy's coming home

Mr vat H yes sir Todd Dy KBS out of Oakland wonder if we might do an interview with you hey guys hey K hey coming to going sorry going I got a to a house I was just telling Donna Lacy wouldn't believe it all this for her no she'd never believe it we should have never moved here Lacy wanted to raise Connor here with her family but if we hadn't maybe she'd still be here Town didn't take Lac he's got you know everybody's desperate to find her it's not that it's I don't you want to

think about what it is I can't think about anything else I can't sleep I'm thinking about it so much every time I go home I walk in that house you know what me and Tommy will come over and we'll make you a meal okay you don't have to be alone stot you don't I I appreciate it but you don't have to do that you and Lacy do less for us there are reporters Kate they're camped out on my street you have to go past them there cameras everywhere you know The Whole Town's under a microscope

reporters are going to call you they could bother Sammy let them call me I'll answer whatever they ask I'll tell them anyone who knows Scott Peterson believes in him thank you come on have a seat right here Mr vgat how long have you known uh Lacy and Scott um my wife and I have known Lacy since we were kids we used to play together on our dad's Farm Scott we met uh when I started dating friendly with Scott yeah he's one of my best friends so you don't buy into the speculation if you knew him

like I did you wouldn't even ask Scott loves Lac I've seen how they are with each other seen how he is with my son he's going to be a wonderful father you want to say anything about Lacy Town's really rallying around her well she uh to know Lacy is to love her and everyone in Modesta knows her so you shocked at all this media attention no no why not she's pregnant she's gone missing on Christmas Eve it's a nightmare you good okay okay it's going to be just like that all right you ready yeah okay

okay in can I talk to you Scott yeah sure Den just get rid of this guy why don't you uh wait inside I'll be right in [Music] have any idea what they were looking for that that's that's all we know right now please you know something I got to take care of right now excuse me SC any I don't know wait hey Scott son of a [ __ ] he just drove off said wait in the house and drove off off she's my daughter you think he just forgot I was inside how many things does

Scott have on his mind how many things do I have how many do you have I got a friend tells me he's seen Scott out on the golf course I saw him on the back nine playing he's playing golf Dad how's he afford a private Country Club anyway his parents have money Scott's Too Proud to take handouts wasn't that the line Scott's working three jobs to pay his way through college I trust him hello you'd feel better if you confess go to the police station and get this off your chest go to hell take them

to Lacy show them where she is is spare her family I am her family she's my wife why don't you spare me you hear me hello [Music] hello hey it's me hi what's wrong you sound funny um I have to tell you something I have to confess something I lied when I told you I'd never been married I lied I was married once but my wife went missing a year ago and I lost her I don't understand what do you mean she's gone she she just she's gone why would you not tell me this I

just I don't want to talk about her it hurts too much to talk about her I want you to be able to tell me everything I I I want to Amber I I I will I will I'll tell you I just not tonight okay I love you I promise Amber I'll never lie to you again I love you too good night good night come here let's get you ready for bed [Music] come on let's go Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound [Music] the roach and Peterson families have come together tonight with their extended family thousands

have come here on New Year's Eve to pray for the safe return of lacy Peterson this local story is now rapidly grabbing the attention of California and the nation as a whole volunteers have arrived from across the region donations from across the country the reward fund has B to $500,000 we can all see our own daughter our own sister in the face of lacy Peterson that she is pregnant and missing since Christmas Eve makes this tragedy all that harder to Bear her husband Scott Peterson has been consistently media shy so far police refused to call

Peterson a [Music] suspect listen to this one we have prayers for Lacy in our hearts we know she will be found alive in well Goldsboro North Carolina Bridgewater Massachusetts my heart goes out to you whenever I see Lacy's face on the TV I can't help think my own daughter my thoughts and prayers are with you come on guys you're shooting before it gets cold these people signing on the website they're from everywhere Kate seriously come on you haven't eaten since this morning I'm fine mom don't worry I went to the doctor yesterday and the baby

is fine baby's she's just fine I don't have to see her again till next month Lacy's shower was supposed to be Saturday we'll just have to do our showers together when she gets back Donna what was that he asked how much his house was okay who Scott he asked how much he could get for his house it doesn't mean anything doesn't it why would he ask me that huh why what did he say exactly oh he said he doesn't want Lacy coming home to all this all what what sense does that make what else is

Lacy going to come home to a new house a new town I don't know Christ Donna think about it what if she was taken out of the front yard you'd want to come home to that you'd want to relive that every time you went outside for the newspaper think about it I have don't you think I've gone over every possible scenario maybe Scott is just protecting her maybe he knows she's not coming home we're sorry we have to do this we have to confirm your story you think she's dead you think that's got um do

you think that he we haven't cleared him yet yes we think he killed her I I had no idea I didn't know that he was married we believe you Amber could you tell them that could you tell that to her family tell them that I didn't know yes of course of course I promise you did the right thing you called us I want to help them I'll just tell me how I'll do anything Amber how long did you know him we met um a couple of months ago uh November a friend introduced us at a

party so it wasn't serious I thought it was I thought that he might be the one I should have suspected something I should have known you're a victim in this he lied to you he was out of town all the time he traveling he'd be in Europe sometimes in Mexico but it was like he would lose track today of where he said he was the day before is this your daughter yeah she really loves Scott Amber you say you'll do whatever you can to help us so Amber Scott still calling you Amy hey Kate I

just needed to catch my breath we're going to find her you just have to keep telling yourself I know and I do it's just I have this picture of her in my head you know they went to their Salon the night before um I know I Scott's hair but I couldn't stop looking at Lacy and her belly and thinking I get to be there when Connor is born I get to hold my nephew in the hospital and I keep seeing her there [Music] smiling like she can't turn it off she was happy and safe she

was safe we heard from a Fresno woman she claimed she was romantically involved with Scott no we asked him about that he said no she passed the polygraph she produced [Music] these I'm going to be sick now we know why he didn't want to be on TV found one guy back in ' 87 fish picked away out bad there wasn't anything left of him cop's good that D donated him to science it cut it TR something wrong skip I'm getting a picture here what is that is that a body hey can you let us bu

excuse me why are you standing coming it's our club I one of the month came today I was going to open it but I figured I'd wait till she got back hello Mr Peterson can I ask you for an interview what interview he no I said I'm not I'm not giving any more interviews okay can you comment what consistent with what authorities now say that sonar pinpointed something in the waters off the Berkeley Marina but have refused to speculate as to what it was a retrieval attempt will be made within 24 hours Lac Peters not

saying it's a body when her husb reported her I don't know if it's a body in recent days the investigation has focused its attention on the waters where Scott Peterson was known to be fishing on Christmas Eve it's consistent that's all he said his shape it's consistent with the body Lacy Peterson has been missing since Christmas Eve she was last seen I kept asking myself why that word why on Earth would he use that word why would he say missing why wouldn't he say Mom Lacy's not home I can't find her he said missing like

he thought it through it's not her Scott you got to know that I know I'm going to go down to La San Diego too set up more searches good why so far south Lacy's not in the bay Tommy she can be anywhere by now I think I'm going to stay down there a couple of days and get away from the press and stay away from the Press pretty good as is got go grieving mother is much better than a grieving husband Tommy [ __ ] Scott talk like that you sound like people say you are

but how do people say I am just tell you come across not talking to the media how do I come across cold if I do an interview it's all about me trying to figure me out so what the media gets its ratings by making me guilty they'll twist what I say and how I say it the public will see Scott let's see what we see I can't cry on Q Tommy got nothing to say com he's worried starting to feel trapped going to run hope so he runs he's guilty well we nail him the press

leaves town they love this pretty white girl with good teeth pregnant Christmas Eve Perfect You're Going Down Scotty we don't know how long we expect to wait but once they have a visual the news should come quickly of course if this does turn out to be a body it may be hours before we received confirmation okay now wait a minute we're hearing what we're hearing is that they have not found a body not a body no they have not found a body but it's a ship's anchor that they've found did you hear yeah it was

wasn't her what they found what's matter I'm going to ask you one time Scott did you cheat on Lacy no why would I Amber fry I loved Lacy BR you loved her I love her but I was unfaithful I had an affair I I told her about it you should have told told us why didn't you why didn't you tell us how's that look how does it look now if I admit to having an affair it looks worse Scott it looks worse if you lie I would like to confirm that on January 16th Scott Peterson

did admit to me that he was having an affair with a Fresno woman I confronted him with this allegation after viewing pictures of him with this woman I met Scott Peterson on November 20th I was introduced to him I was told he was unmarried Scott told me that he was not married we did have a romantic relationship I would like Scott to know that I trusted him and stood by him in the initial phases of my sister's disappearance when I discovered that he was involved in the dis Lacy Peterson disappearance case I immediately contacted the

Modesto Police Department Lacy the last month has been the most disturbing and emotional time of my life as your older brother I only wish that I had the opportunity to be there to defend you from the person that decided to take you away from me where ever you may be I hope you know how much I love you and how important you are to me my search for you will never end I'm very sorry for Lacy's family and the pain that this has caused him and I pray for her safe return as well since Scott

is no longer communicating with anyone in Lacy's family I am no longer supporting him Scott has not been forthcoming with information regarding my sister's disappearance I'm only left to question what else you may be hiding from me hello hi I've been trying to call you I left messages I called you back Scott your voicemail was full yeah the Press keeps calling I can't delete the messages fast enough I had to take my phone off the hook on account of the reporters I'm sorry Amber I'm sorry you're going through this I told the truth and I

had to tell the truth that's good it's good I I don't blame you Amber I never blame you God I'm in trouble why you didn't do anything now I can count on one hand the number of people who don't think I did I love you Amber I love you too I have some some jewelry that I'd like to give to you you can't come over here Scott there's press all over the place Scott you can't come over here now I I got to go okay but but I'll I'll call you later okay bye is that

okay perfect did you know Tommy did I know yeah about that other woman no absolutely not I've known Lacy since first grade you think he'd put me in that kind of position you what about the position you put Lacy in she thought she knew him she thought she knew Scott as well as I think I know you you do know me would never lie to you I wouldn't know how to Scott no problem lying to Lacy no problem lying to us to his family everybody he loved and everybody who who loved him he lied to

we never asked him about other women Jesus Tommy we shouldn't have to you cannot defend this I am not trying to she is pregnant with his son and he's out screwing I'm not defending him okay I'm pissed off at him as much as you are then why don't you show it I'm trying to un understand it would you just let me Mr roacha I can't believe you kids have had this place so long and I've never been would you like a beer no a glass of water okay sit down yeah I almost missed her wedding

you remember that yeah I was working a job working and I almost missed it I've been thinking about that all I've missed after Roo Lacy's alive she is alive Mr Roa if I'm going to represent you you don't say another word to the police without me at your side ever again I've made a lot of mistakes Mr Whitman and and my behavior but I would never hurt my family Scott you don't know how to act in a situation like this I mean no one does but that doesn't mean that you're guilty now the police sure

think I am well police work from percentages and the percentages point to you of course they going to charge him it's a matter of time I'm not even saying the guy's guilty they could charge him for being such a callous prick you know for that alone they teach innocent until proven guilty of Journalism schoolers at the other way around no Tommy you had to write the first way yeah way you've been reporting it it's hard to tell we report what we verify Tommy where do you get off my friends call me Tommy you're not one

of them Scott is your goddamn righty is I know him you don't he's a good man a good man yeah I'm sure Amber thinks so he cheated on his wife he didn't kill her have him take tell him to take poly you know you are making mad to be some monster he's a victim in this they're going to charge then why don't they do it they have enough to why don't they do it because they want the body [Music] how long have you known stop back up tell us what happen Tommy Tommy tell us [Music]

why you it up it up [Music] ma'am ma'am uh have you spoken to the police yet you never told them they never came I had to phone them myself what's so important we had a meet out here on the street why didn't you follow up you want to tell me what you're talking about the woman who saw Lacy I gave you that information weeks ago tone nobody followed up change your tone somebody saw Lacy doing exactly what Scott said exactly what he said that clears him a lot of people say they saw Lacy there are

others and they contradict one another that's why we had to rule them out all of them it wasn't her who says so look we're not a bunch of amateurs here we say so people saw her you can't you can't peg him a killer on day one and then ignore evidence that proves he's not that's not what's happening we've received over 8,000 tips we're going through them every last lead one by one have you looked at anyone else Tommy we have questioned and cleared over 200 suspects we can't clear Scott I don't believe it Frank I

know the guy I know him you don't you do not and the best advice I can give you is to turn your back on him I don't turn my back on my friends all right look come I'm going to give you a hypothetical here what if I told you that we found Lacy's hair in his boat what if I told you that we found a tarp and a loaded gun in his truck but if I told you that the jewelry Scott gave to his girlfriend turns out to be lazies what do you say then I'd

say none of it means anything even if it is true not if people saw her and you can't prove they didn't God how are you I'm I'm doing fine mom what yeah no you don't have to come back up no I'll come down I'll come to you we're worried about ma mom I worry about you okay you're not supposed to worry about me no has come by no uh mom tell Dad I'll call him later what you don't look well Scott you sleeping okay my wife is missing I don't sleep yeah yeah look I'm going

to be straight with you okay we found blood in your truck and Lacy's hair in your boat that's a lie really H Where'd I start the blood or the boat it's all lies you're just a liar you're making this harder on everyone involved you realize that right excuse me I have a front door you know I can press charges for trespassing they can't just walk into my backyard like that they tried to scare you I got a call from the DA's office Scott they're offering a deal if you lead them to where the bodies are

they'll take the death penalty off the table death penalty I didn't know that was on the table special circumstances apply here they won't call me a suspect but they want me to confess that was the purpose of their visit they figure if they put the fear of God in you you might make their life is easier for them confess to something I didn't do they why you scared oh I'm scared Mr Whitman I'm like an outcast the whole country thinks that I murdered my wife my son that is that is a change I have to

change that I think everybody sitting at home wants the the answer to the same question did you murder your wife no no that's just and I had absolutely nothing to do with her disappearance and you you use the word murder and uh yeah that's a a possibility but it's not one we're ready to accept and it creeps in my mind late at night and early in the morning and during the day all we can think about is the right resolution is to find her well but as you know increasingly in the public suspicion is turned

on you yes definitely did you ever hit her did you ever injure her no no my God no um violence against women is unapproachable is the most disgusting act to me um and I I I'm aware that suspicion has turned to me and it's turned to me one because I am her husband and that's natural thing um and I've heard all the the uh statistics on all the news programs uh about how uh someone a husband ex-husband boyfriend uh is someone uh who statistically would be one who would be responsible for her disappearance and um

um I'm sorry I forgot your question yes ma'am uh I have your daughter's car out here y why do you have Lacy's car what's wrong U your son-in-law Mr Peterson traded the car in at my dealership he traded her car in I just don't feel right making a profit from your Misfortune well we could buy the car back from you no sir I I just want you to have your daughter's car that's all I don't want any money thank you I I told lazy I was having an affair we were trying to work through it

she didn't tell me she didn't tell her mom she didn't want to ruin Christmas you had no problem ruining her so did you I don't know why I did it I don't know why you did it either Scott you married the most wonderful person in the world and you risked that I'm I'm ashamed of it I you betrayed her you hurt her you should be ashamed that's the least you should be Kate all I can do now is say I'm sorry if there was anything else I could do I would do it I'm going to

go out of town uh again for a few days I have a conference in Mexico how many's a few three or four a few do you know what day it is I mean do you even know what day is coming up yes and Kate it's for work you know what screw your work your work is finding Lacy and Connor that is your work Scott I'm doing all I can I don't know who the hell you are I'm doing all I can it'll look bad Scott yeah I know that it'll look bad you not being there

for her due date what if they find her Scott she's out there she's waiting what are we supposed to tell her Kate what sorry Lacy Scott's in Mexico he figured you'd understand Kate they've had divers in the water for weeks you look underwater you're looking for a body that was Mexico Scott it's fine what's going on uh we have a few more things we're curious about you guys have already been up and down the house read the warrant Scott I need your keys going to take your truck too you guys bring him back the Ford

I'm afraid not not yet no what the hell am I supposed to drive guys are killing me can't right now here we go in now Amy come on it'll be fine you'll be [Applause] okay very head good I don't want it falling off it hits a pothole or something he go he was pissed off as all hell did you tell him he'd have it back in a few hours nope what I'm supposed to play Mr Nice Nice yeah sometimes gate you're a real [ __ ] yeah what happened I went by the house today I

was um I was just going to drive by and see if Scott was back police were there yeah they checked the house again heard on the news I tried to call Scott Amy was there too she was she was waiting in the back of a police car then you talk to her no they waited for Scott to leave and then they took her inside Kate what are you thinking Amy saw Scott and Lacy at the salon the night before she she disappeared yeah what does that mean the police brought Amy there to find the clothes

that Lacy had on that night she came out of the house crying Tommy she couldn't find him she couldn't find him Tommy she couldn't find him because Lacy died in them look that could be we don't know that could be anything no no you know what no it couldn't be anything this it's specific those clothes are in the bay with her Scott hit I'm not much in the mood for this come on Tommy feels good should have gone golfing what had a tea time on Christmas Eve I went fishing instead Scott of course if I'd

gone golfing played nine holes unless he'd gone missing then it'd be what [ __ ] goes golfing on Christmas Eve it wasn't a holiday that bothered people was leaving her pregnant and alone ready to deliver Le he wasn't worried she's only at 8 months they measured our house today my lawyer tells me that's because they think that Lacy died there in our house they'll make all kinds of diagrams when they take me to trial what are people saying in town I'm in the kitchen I don't hear press bothering you they talk I don't listen you

pay a penalty these days being friends with me I don't know what I'd do without you and Kate you and Lacy wouldn't do any less you can ask you know any questions you have I appreciate that you don't but you can why don't you take the lie detector test my lawyer advise me not to you'll pass that'll prove something polygraphs can give you false positives you're innocent machine says you're guilty why don't you talk about Connor it's too painful it's just too painful to talk about him hey Scott John from CFI what did you do

with your wife No One Believes your story you know where she is why don't you tell us where she is you're not foly anybody with your phony story we just have one question where did where did you put your wife and babies you're searching for the truth why don't you just come and talk to us and tell us the truth yeah Scott we found Connor's body in the bay it's only a matter of time before we find Lacy [Music] [Music] The Remains were found to miles from the body of the infant discovered yesterday both bodies

were found within miles of where Scott Peterson claimed he went fishing on Christmas Eve the remains of a woman believed to be Lacy Peterson were discovered today just miles from husband Scott autopsies are being performed but positive IDs will likely depend on DNA analysis why is that well due to the condition of the bodies we're not able to lift fingerprints or check dental records fingerprints wear off in the water why not dental records we'll update you as soon as we know more they don't have her head I miss you are you okay I saw on

the TV then can I come see you now right this minute it's not a good idea I need to be with you Amber the Press will find you I don't care Scott I know you're hurting I want to see you too but it will look bad for you can't look any worse doesn't matter they found them they found him I don't know what I'm going to do what am I going to do Scott do you have anything that you want to tell me what do you mean should I be AF afraid should I be afraid

of you no no no no no please don't don't even say that don't be afraid that would kill me you had nothing to do with this I I had nothing nothing to do with it SC I swear I swear I had nothing to do with it but I know who did what I can't tell you right now but I will I'll tell you when I see you I promise I promise promise I won't lie to you Amber I'll tell you I'll tell you when I see you I swear I had nothing to do with it

but I know who did I know who did what the hell does that mean that mean nothing [ __ ] Scott bragging to his girlfriend let's see where he going got over here [Music] you don't [Music] Fresno pulled off from Fresno [ __ ] he's going to that what the hell are you doing getting unit over to her place wait wait a minute you heard Scott on the phone I know who did it and I'll tell you when I see you Frank we could be just minutes away from a confession he could hurt her he

won't hurt her not now he's not insane we think he killed his wife and kid that's say I'm telling you we're going to get the son of a [ __ ] now I'm not willing to risk her safety why are you I'm not going to risk her safety we'll have the price cover but we'll have the price covered but we're going to n him we're going to nail him now [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] they put a satellite tracker on your truck that's how they found you when is this going to end look if they had

the evidence to arrest you they would they don't so take some comfort in that where's he going hey why aren't you taking this thing off he he can't he can't look they had to get a warrant to do this they did it legally what so I can't legally remove it just don't go near the crime scene the police think I live in a crime scene Scott go inside get a juice box okay mommy be right in go inside shut the door hey Tommy home no is he going to be home later tonight I don't know

will you be here did you just tell Tommy I came by I'm going out of town again probably won't see you guys for a while where you going in where would you go the whole world thought you were murderer depends on what if I was no matter what happens Kate or what you think of me just know that I wanted what you have [Music] Gates his truck just sitting there in San Diego hadn't moved in 24 hours he may be gone guy was in Mexico once already he didn't run there we hadn't found the bodies

then found San Diego I want some live eyes on him down there why not pick him up when we match to the DNA when we know for certain that it's lacy and Connor I'll put the cuffs on myself he said we wouldn't see him for a while he'll be back the cops will bring him back pray him down McKenry I think he was saying goodbye for good Tommy I think he's going to run run if he killed her if he was going to run he would have if he was guilty he would be in Tommy

come on please he would have stayed the first time he wouldn't have come back Tommy Lacy is dead and Conor is dead he killed them Scott killed them no it doesn't make any sense everything he said and done has been suspect says who how are you how are you supposed to act when your wife goes missing how are you supposed to act like a husband acts Tommy like a father acts me come on if I went missing you would be crazy you would go to the ends of the Earth you confessed every sin that you

never committed I've seen but you've seen you've seen how he is with Sammy maybe she found out about the affair maybe she found out and she threatened to leave and maybe they fought maybe it was was an accident I don't know people saw her that morning Kate the police talk to those people La just like Scott said they ruled them out it Kate I saw I saw him in the nursery I hope I helped him put that crib together he wanted that baby does the chief want to wait on the final corology report yeah we

wait for the final we could lose a day it'll leak if we wait it will leak Ross yeah it's positive okay thanks prelim matched placeing car we need to stop for gas we're going to San Diego [Music] W right there got Peterson show us your hands show us your hands it was with the preliminary DNA report in hand that Modesta police authorized the arrest of Scott Peterson he was arrested in San Diego a 30m Sprint from the Mexican border with his brother's ID and what has been reported as a large sum of money on his

person disguising himself by dying his hair and beard modestal detectives are returning Peterson to the sis low County Jail here in downtown mano to be held pending arment [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all [Music] right on December 24th 2002 shortly after 5:15 p.m. I received a phone call and heard the devastating words that would forever change my life Lacy's missing I knew in my heart that something terrible had happened to my daughter and my grandson my world collapsed around me since receiving the phone call we've been living a terrible nightmare I love my

daughter so much I miss her every minute of every day no parent should ever have to think about the way their child was murdered this is Tommy and Kate and Sammy We're not here right now we'll get back to you if you leave a message bye hey guys uh Tommy Scott uh just I just wanted to tell you um I'm in jail so uh I won't be able to talk to you guys for a while I'll try to call you when I get a chance and uh [Music] [Music] about three years ago at our grandmother's

funeral Lacy had mentioned to me well you know when I I die I don't want people to be sad I don't want people to be missing me I want people to be happy so I'm up here to convey that to everyone here that Lacy would want us to have happiness in our hearts for her and that we had the opportunity to know her [Music] [Music] [Music]