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Scott Peterson ‘Pins Hope for Appeal’ on Duct Tape Found on Wife Laci Peterson's Body
By Knewz Staff,
2024-08-06
It has been 20 years since Scott Peterson was convicted for the murder of his wife and unborn child, but he is hoping further DNA testing of evidence could win him a retrial — an event a former California prosecutor called “unlikely”, Knewz.com can reveal.
In an order recently filed, a judge mandated DNA testing on a 15.5-inch piece of duct tape recovered from Laci Peterson’s pants during her April 13, 2003, autopsy, Front Page Detectives reported.
Laci, 27, was eight months pregnant with their son Conner when she vanished on Christmas Eve in 2002, five years into the couple’s marriage. BY: MEGA
The test on the tape will be conducted by Pure Gold Forensics, Inc., along with more than a dozen physical pieces of evidence for which the judge granted testing.
The order stated: “The DNA testing shall be conducted within 45 days of this order or as soon as practical.”
Earlier this year, the LA Innocence Project, which provides attorneys to exonerate the wrongfully convicted, announced they would be picking up Peterson’s case.
Peterson will speak out for the first time since his conviction on Aug. 20 in the new Peacock documentary Face to Face with Scott Peterson .
A photograph of Scott Peterson taken during a vigil for Laci Peterson on New Year’s Eve in 2002. BY: Superior Court of California, San Mateo County
While Peterson’s attorneys have succeeded in having his death penalty overturned in favor of life imprisonment without parole, they have unsuccessfully tried multiple times to appeal his conviction.
Attorney Neama Rahmani, the president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, said that even though the judge has ordered additional DNA testing, it is “unlikely” Peterson will get a new trial.
Rahmani noted that in order for that to happen, another person’s DNA would have to show up on the duct tape or other pieces of evidence.
Officials said police recovered Laci Peterson’s hair from the teeth of these needle-nosed pliers, which they found on Scott Peterson’s boat. BY: Superior Court of California, San Mateo County
Janey Peterson, Scott’s sister-in-law, believes that Laci had a fatal run-in with burglars after she witnessed their crime across the street from her Modesto home and confronted them. Janey will also be featured in the Peacock documentary.
Laci disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002, and months later, her body was found in the San Francisco Bay near her unborn son Conner’s remains.
Two strands of Laci’s hair, found on a pair of pliers on Peterson’s boat, were crucial evidence in his murder conviction.
Scott Peterson and Amber Frey attended a Christmas party on Dec. 14, 2002, before the murder of Laci Peterson and before Frey knew Scott was a married man. BY: Superior Court of California, San Mateo County
Police claimed Peterson used the boat to dispose of her body. Peterson, however, claimed he was fishing in the bay the day Laci went missing , close to where her badly decomposed body was eventually discovered.
At the time of Laci’s disappearance, Scott was having an affair with massage therapist Amber Frey.
Rahmani told Fox News: “A lot of it was ‘were his actions the actions of someone who lost his wife and unborn child. The guy shows no remorse when she disappears, doesn’t help in the search, doesn’t participate in any of the visuals. He’s trying to get out of his marriage , he’s having an affair, he’s racked up debt — I feel that there is plenty of evidence that implicates Scott Peterson.”
However, Rahmani said for the LA Innocence Project to pick up his case, they must “believe there is something there.”
Rahmani added: “I’m not saying that it’s impossible that Scott Peterson was wrongfully convicted. [But] there’s a ton of circumstantial evidence.”
He just happened to go “fishing” the day his pregnant wife disappeared oh and the same body of water where Laci and Connor were found. Come on now he should have been executed!
Mary Kirsten
08-08
just because he was cheating doesn't mean he killed her. the police did a s**t job investigating that case. and the media convicted him as soon as they learned of an affair. I hope he gets a retrial
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