Convicted Wife Murderer Scott Peterson Spills Truth In New Docuseries Hoping To Be SET FREE

Daily Report August 15,2024

Scott Peterson — the man accused of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn child more than two decades ago, who was sentenced to death in 2004 and is awaiting a second trial because California’s Supreme Court overturned that conviction last year said on Thursday he will testify at sentencing if reconvicted.

The 49-year-old, who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at Mule Creek State Prison California confessed to being an “a–hole” for cheating on Laci just weeks before she vanished but maintains his innocence.

The wife of Peterson, Laci, who was then eight months pregnant with their son Conner disappeared from the Modesto home on Christmas Eve 2002. Her body would later be found on the San Francisco Bay shore, just miles from where Conner’s remains were recovered.

The case, which mesmerized the country, resulted in Peterson being found guilty of first-degree murder on November 12, 2004 due to a plethora of circumstantial evidence that included two strands from Laci’s hair discovered twisted around one pair of pliers located on his boat.

He shared that the affair with Amber Frey, a single mother and massage therapist from Fresno who testified against Peterson during his trial had obviously been “a terrible mistake,” admitting, “I was a total as—— to be having sex outside our marriage.”

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The confession follows news of a three-part Peacock docuseries titled “Face to Face with Scott Peterson” that will see the accused murderer, now 48, attempt to dismantle what he calls the “so-called investigation” which put him behind bars.

Peterson maintains in the docuseries that investigators disregarded key leads and resorted to circumstantial evidence at his trial.

“But if I have a chance to show people what the truth is, and if they are willing to accept it, it would be the biggest thing that I can accomplish right now — because I didn’t kill my family,” Peterson said.

“I certainly regret cheating on Laci, absolutely. It was about a childish lack of self-esteem, selfish me traveling somewhere, lonely that night because I wasn’t at home. Someone makes you feel good because they want to have sex with you,” Peterson continued.

Prosecutors portrayed Peterson as a callous man hoping to end fatherhood and marriage, saying he murdered Laci because she was on the verge of imploring child support.

In 2020, the California Supreme Court overturned Peterson’s original death sentence by lethal injection. His sister-in-law, Janey Peterson has been outspoken in defending his innocence and suggested that Laci was killed by burglars or drug dealers she surprised while they were robbing the family home.

Peterson’s case has been taken up by the Los Angeles Innocence Project, which argued in January that new evidence might set him free. But even after such an arduous legal fight, Peterson says he’s still determined to get his name cleared of any wrongdoing, adding that one of the biggest mistakes was not taking the stand during his trial—something he would do if given another chance 20 years later.