laci peterson, the beaming young mom to be. please, please, let her come home to us. keith morrison: prosecutors speak out in an in-depth television interview. you put so much of your life into it. it stays with you. keith morrison: laci s husband. finally hear the story he told. his rarely seen police interrogation. we couldn t find anything wrong with this guy. he was that charming. keith morrison: and surprising details from the other woman who helped uncover the truth. it s still affects me emotionally. keith morrison: did scott peterson kill his wife? i do not believe he did. i mean, really? who else could have done it? i m glad you asked that question. keith morrison: once upon a time, in a small california city lived a sweet pregnant woman with a radiant smile. and outside of friends and family hardly anyone knew her name. she would never know, of course, how famous that name of hers was about to become. we have no indication, no significant leads at this point. keith
i was screaming her name. keith morrison : no sign of her anywhere. lacis friends spent the early hours of christmas morning making missing posters. rene tomlinson: the next morning, i walked in. was it christmas day? we had fliers and tape and everything. rene tomlinson: were going to start passing these out to the family and volunteers. its awesome. just one that another way to get her the cheer out there. stacey boyers: we hit the ground running. we just lori ellsworth: go, go, go. sharon rocha: yeah. stacey boyers: get up the next day and i mean sharon rocha: i know i didnt sleep for days. female voice: yeah, didn t put makeup on. that was the last thing from my mind. female voice: i mean, we pretty much cancelled christmas- female voice: yeah. didn t have christmas with our fam didn t have christmas dinner- female voice: my daughter s first christmas. i was not with her. unidentified man: this is to oakdale. unidentified woman: yeah, thats where im going to be. keith morriso
After following Laci Peterson s case for more than 15 years, the show delivers a comprehensive report with rarely-seen interrogation video, new insight from.
jon buehler: were certainly going to look at scott first. hes the closest to laci. keith morrison: sure. jon buehler: and thats where you start when youre working a case like this. keith morrison: of course. keith morrison : that was behind the scenes. in front of the camera, the official police statements were more circumspect. police officer: lets focus on the fact that we would still like to find laci alive. but we have to understand what the other possibilities are. the other possibilities are, that she could be, you know, a victim of foul play. keith morrison : those closest to laci, who at first were having trouble grappling with the whole idea of foul play, certainly couldnt fathom that scott had anything to do with lacis disappearance. back then, early 2003, even sharon rocha told us, impossible. sharon rocha: people who know scott and laci have no doubt whatsoever that he has nothing to do with her disappearance. keith morrison : its a powerful thing, true belief. but when it
sharon rocha: it does. it does. it absolutely does. keith morrison : laci petersons mother sharon, remembers telling her son-in-law scott, check with the neighbors, call lacis friends. keith morrison : and he did? you all rene tomlinson: yeah. lori ellsworth: mm-hm. rene tomlinson: we all got a call. stacey boyers: yeah. he asked me if id seen her that day. have you seen laci at all today? lori ellsworth: and then he called back. stacey boyers: i said, no, i havent. and hes like, well, shes shes missing. and keith morrison: did he seem frantic, or worried, or what? lori ellsworth: a little bit. keith morrison : worried enough to ask for their help. keith morrison : so, did you all go over to his lori ellsworth: yeah. sharon rocha: yeah. keith morrison: to their place? keith morrison: sharon rochas long-time boyfriend ron grantski called the cops. operator (911 recording): can i help you? ron grantski (911 recording): my son-in-law called he was playing golf. my daughters been miss