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Michael Iver Peterson (born October 23, 1943) is an American novelist who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his second wife, Kathleen Peterson, on December 9, 2001. After eight years, Peterson was granted a new trial after the judge ruled a critical prosecution witness gave misleading testimony. [ 1 ]
He noted that Scott Peterson had lied about the circumstances surrounding his wife's murder and that such DNA testing was already done in 2013 and again in 2019. [158] In May 2024, a judge granted Peterson's motion to allow DNA testing on one single item of evidence - a piece of duct tape found on Laci's pants during her autopsy - while ...
On August 15, Peterson told a judge that he wanted to withdraw a request for a mistrial. His lawyers said that he wanted the current jury to decide if he killed his third wife. [32] On September 6, Peterson was convicted of killing Savio. [33] On February 21, 2013, he was denied a mistrial and sentenced to 38 years in prison. [34]
Scott Peterson was found guilty of murdering his wife, Laci, in 2004. The case is being reexamined in two new docuseries — on Peacock and Netflix — as he fights to get the conviction overturned.
[This story previously aired on Dec. 18, 2021. It was updated on Dec. 21, 2024.] In 2004, Scott Peterson was convicted and later sentenced to death for killing his pregnant wife Laci and dumping ...
On the day Laci Peterson disappeared. On the morning of Dec. 24, 2002, Scott Peterson told investigators he spent the morning watching TV with his wife in their Modesto, California, home, before ...
Scott Peterson, convicted in 2004 for the murder of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and unborn son, has been granted a DNA retest on crucial evidence. Other evidence retesting was denied, and a ...
In 2004, Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child. The case is the focus of Netflix's "American Murder: Laci Peterson."