so to set you up on a date. a blind date at first. i said okay. a little, like, i wonder who she sees as a good fit for me. he sounded perfect. she had said he had a good sense of humor, good-looking, had a career, he was single and looking for the one, like, soulmate. he was serious about this? yeah. his name? scott peterson. it was late november when they met in person and it was electric. we had a really great first date, really good. you meet someone, you feel like there s no wall between the two of you. was it like that? yeah. was it like he was immediately attracted to you,
questioned her about how much she had to drink on her dates with scott and about how often she and scott had sex and how soon. did the defense rattle you? no. he tried. amber didn t buckle, and the prosecution hit its stride. an expert told the jury, the baby died between december 23rd and december 25th. another expert told the jury that laci s decomposition was consistent with three to six months in the water. and a search dog handler testified her dog picked up laci s scent at the berkeley marina. and, said the prosecutors, it was obvious scott peterson knew laci and conner were gone for good. he had even turned conner s nursery into a storage room. put office furniture and pillows and a locking device from a car in there. scott wasn t expecting conner to ever come home. coming up he s a lying cheat. yes, he was. a cheater, a liar, but a killer? i mean, really, who else could have done it. i m glad you asked that question. when dateline continues.
amber fryee had been working with detectives covertly recording her conversations with scott peterson. in this one, scott told amber he was calling from a continent away, having a ball in paris. of course, it was a big lie. amber, if you can hear me, it s new year s. i know! i can hear you. amber? i wish you could hear me. i m near the eiffel tower, the new year celebration is unreal. the crowd is huge. in fact, the crowd was huge, it just wasn t in paris. it was in modesto, and they weren t celebrating, got called amber from the vigil for laci. the one where he made himself scarce while sharon and her friends pleaded for help, and
them, and let me eat some pizza, and take a shower before i even try to figure out what is going on here. that is concerning. that was concerning to me. and then the detective asked the question that soon everyone would be asking. so, what you re telling me, scott, is there s no you have no idea where laci is? none. most people, in that situation, they re going to have a lot of questions for you. are you guys doing this? i ve heard of this, why don t you do this? we ve got that from sharon, and we ve got that from ron we ve got that from laci s friends. everybody had an interest in trying to get us to go faster. everybody, that is, but scott. now why, they wondered, would that be? coming up hey, beautiful, i just left a message at home. when i listened to that, i thought, if he was leaving this recording for us to hear, scott, under scrutiny. i was afraid to say it out loud he d been involved with