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>> you havent been watching the news, obviously. >> no. >> i have not been traveling during the last couple weeks. my -- ive -- ive lied to you, that ive been traveling. >> okay. >> the girl im married to, her name is laci. >> mm-hmm. >> she disappeared just before christmas. >> mm-hmm. >> the past two weeks, ive been in modesto with her family and mine, searching for her. >> okay. >> she just disappeared, and no one knows. >> scott had no idea, of course, that amber happened to be in the police...

Peterson, and the scott peterson with the missing wife or one in the same. >> i remember crying. i dont remember for how long i was shaking, the adrenaline, i was in shock. >> amber thought maybe she had met the one, was in the middle of something terrible. coming up. >> we wanted to start recording -- >> hush conversations, hidden recordings. amber was undercover. >> as soon as i plug in her -- rush button and black button. >> who called? >> well be in paris tomorrow. im fine to normandy right,...

Calls. >> she agreed. so they went out and buy a portable recorder. what do you know, as soon as i plug in her -- red button and black button. the phone rang. >> he called. >> oh boy. >> -- harry there? i can barely hear you. >> and their expression, they were just like i cant believe hes calling you right now. >> hail being passed, tomorrow im flying to normandy right now, and hopefully -- >> i was shaking, and controlling, my fingers were just sweaty mess. i was fumbling because i was so nervo...

This >> right. so i was like yes of course. >> did you start to think about, wait a minute, i could actually have a life with this man? >> i did. >> and yet even hear december 14th, as they got ready for a christmas party with ambers friends. the little beast of dow was warming its way into her mind. >> i was starting to feel the womans intuition, that something wasnt right. >> really? >> yes. >> while he was in europe, he told her she should write a mighty post office box in modesto. but he had...

>> as the case against scott peterson slowly made its way from arrest to trial, what really happened to laci peterson became a kind of televised courtroom theater. >> the defense is asking that the jury be sequestered for up to five months. >> the cast included legal celebrities like defense attorney mark geragos, who signed on to defend scott peterson. >> scott looks forward to finding out who did this to his wife and to his child, conner. >> and womens advocate -- >> thank you for coming today...

I would say that there was a mutual attraction. >> what did he tell you about himself? >> on the first date he told me about his family and the plans that he had upcoming, like thanksgiving and fishing trips and going to maine with his family in a cabin. he was planning go to europe with some friends. >> he wooed her fast with strawberries and champagne. >> it was early, bright and exciting. >> absolutely. >> eager to bond with ambers little girl. >> he was really sweet with her. she was excited...

Than fair and impartial. >> in a written ruling issued nearly three months later, the court sided with peterson on the jury question. it overturned his death sentence. but the court also affirmed his murder conviction. meanwhile, the california supreme court delivered another ruling. the very same justices who overturned peterson santas, now say they also wanted his conviction reexamined. ordering a lower court to determine if he should get a new trial. at issue, whether a juror conducted presid...

The reporter was right there. >> oh, boy. >> yeah. >> january 24th. local news showed up at ambers workplace. national tabloids were not far behind. >> did you talk to them? >> no. i refused to talk to anybody. >> reporter: trapped in her office, she called detective buehler. thats when the modesto pd decided that, if ambers story was going to break anyway, theyd break it on their terms. >> we believed at the time it was probably best to get her up there, almost like exploding your own bomb. >> ...

The cops? they kept looking. bringing dogs, divers, laceys friends held -- all the wild amber secretly recorded her conversations with scott. how >> i was shaking, and trying to catch my breath, come down, there was just too much nerves there. and i would pays back and forth. one of those calls, of course she didnt know that the time, was going to be notorious. >> new years eve. >> that was the big? one >> yeah. >> coming up. >> first of all i met scott beaters in november 20th 2002. revealing t...

Mention by name. >> i know that someone knows where they see, is and i plead with, you, please, please, please let her come home to us. >> unbeknownst to them, scott was thinking about going public to. he discussed it with, who else, amber. >> i am going to speak to the press. in the coming weeks. >> you have a day? >> im. well. im debating when it should be. tuesday is the state of the union address. so that will take up a lot of time. >> well. >> i want some coverage. >> he got it. a few days ...