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Scott Peterson
Two new docuseries highlight how the murders of Laci Peterson and her unborn son have been overshadowed by the celebrity status of their killer, Scott Peterson, and the publics fascination with the crime.
An investigator said it was an enormous red flag that Peterson was ready to eat just after learning that badly decomposed remains found in the San Francisco Bay had been identified as his wife and unborn son.
Peterson, who in 2004 was convicted of killing wife Laci Peterson and their unborn baby, has maintained his innocence while imprisoned in California.
Legal wrangling and surprising developments have renewed the spotlight on the cases of Peterson, Bryan Kohberger, Adnan Syed, Alex Murdaugh and Richard Allen.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
For 20 years, Petersons supporters now including the Los Angeles Innocence Project have relied on baseless claims and shaky witness accounts to try to prove he didnt kill his wife and unborn son.
A nonprofit legal team is reexamining Peterson's 2004 conviction for killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner.
In October, a jury found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder in the 1996 case that was revived after a 2019 podcast.
Ten years after being sentenced to death for the murder of his 8-month pregnant wife, Laci, Scott Peterson is 'comfortably' living on death row on taxpayer money.
Peterson was sentenced to death in 2005 for killing Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant with a boy.
A court overturned his death sentence last year due to revelations about a faulty jury selection process.