He Said He'd Lost His 8 Months Pregnant  Wife — 15 Days Before She Vanished: The Scott Peterson Case

He Said He'd Lost His 8 Months Pregnant Wife — 15 Days Before She Vanished: The Scott Peterson Case On December 9, 2002, Scott Peterson told his mistress he had lost his wife. There was just one problem with that story: his wife was still alive. Laci Peterson was 27 years old and 8 months pregnant with a son they had already named Conner. On the morning of Christmas Eve 2002, she vanished from her home in Modesto, California — and what began as a missing-persons search became one of the most scrutinised murder investigations in American history. This is the full story — from the first warning sign to the final verdict, and past where the headlines stopped. You'll hear the police interrogation, the recorded calls with Amber Frey, and the Diane Sawyer interview — alongside the lead detectives, Al Brocchini and Jon Buehler, in their own words. Scott Peterson was convicted in November 2004 of first-degree murder in the death of Laci and second-degree murder in the death of Conner. That conviction stands today. As of 2026, his case is the subject of an active post-conviction challenge filed by the Los Angeles Innocence Project — a petition the court denied in April 2026, and which his attorneys say they will appeal. This video is drawn from court records, police files, and on-the-record reporting. Claims of innocence are presented as the position of his legal team, not as established fact. If this story was worth your time, a like and a subscribe genuinely help us keep making them. New cases every week. Sources: court filings (San Mateo County / California Supreme Court · People v. Peterson); Modesto Police Department case file; AP, Reuters, CBS News, ABC News, KCRA, and the Modesto Bee on-the-record reporting; LA Innocence Project habeas petition (filed 2025; denied April 2026). We made this to do right by Laci and Conner Peterson — to remember them honestly. If you have a case you'd like us to cover, leave it in the comments. #LaciPeterson #ScottPeterson #TrueCrime #ColdCase #WhenTheyKilled laci peterson, scott peterson, laci peterson case, scott peterson case, laci peterson documentary, scott peterson documentary, amber frey, modesto california 2002, peterson murder case, conner peterson, scott peterson interrogation, scott peterson trial, brocchini buehler, la innocence project peterson, scott peterson appeal, scott peterson 2026, true crime, true crime documentary, when they killed, missing pregnant woman, christmas eve disappearance, berkeley marina, circumstantial evidence trial, cold case, murder case true crime, homicide, murder cases, true crime narration, cold cases, crime documentary, real crime stories, murder mystery, criminal cases, homicide investigation, when they killed, true crime, crime stories, real homicide cases, homicide case, homicide, homicide hunter id, homicide investigation, homicide investigation series, homicide hours to kill, horrific murder cases, criminal cases, homicide hours to kill live, cold cases, true crime cases, homicide hunter lt joe kenda, decades old cold cases, homicide hunter full episode, killer cases show, 12 cases true crime, homicide documentary marathon, crime cases that shocked police, solved cases, most shocking cases, high-profile cases, twisted cases, sinister crime cases