Scott Peterson Essays

  • The Murder Of Scott Peterson

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    Scott Peterson Kills His Unborn Child and Wife 137 women around the world are killed by their partner or family member everyday (Bloom, 2020). Scott Peterson, a husband, father, and fertilizer salesman went fishing on Christmas Eve when the unimaginable happened. His wife, Laci Peterson, went missing and all the evidence pointed to him, the spouse. The couple had lived in a house about 90 miles away from San Francisco in Modesto, California. On December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson went missing, but three

  • Scott Peterson Case Essay

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    Laci Peterson On December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson was reported missing from her home in Modesto, California by her parents and husband. The Modesto police began their search for Laci Peterson before the standard forty-eight hour limit to file a missing person’s report because she was eight months pregnant. John Buehler, the lead detective on her case, claims there was no reason for her to be missing on Christmas Eve. The police went to the Peterson household and questioned her husband Scott. He claimed

  • The Case Of Scott And Lacie Peterson

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    The Scott and Laci Peterson case is about his wife getting murdered (Laci) with their eight month old year baby. In December 24, 2002 Laci Peterson was called in missing from her home in Modesto, California. Her husband called in to report it; he says when he returned home she was nowhere to be found after his fishing trip. Although, he told Laci’s half of the family that he went golfing at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo where his wife attended college there. Her body was found in the San Francisco

  • Scott Peterson Case Study

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    Laci Peterson the police were constantly tracking him. At the time of his arrest, he was carrying $15,000 in cash, had four cell phones, camping equipment, a gun, a map to Frey's work place that had been printed the day before, the driver's license for John Edward Peterson (his brother), 12 tablets of Viagra, and many other "odd" items. His hair and goatee had been bleached blonde. The police took this as an indication that he had planned to flee, possibly to Mexico. In my opinion, Scott was going

  • Court Case Of Laci And Scott Peterson

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    Laci and Scott Peterson Christmas Eve will ever be the same again. A beautiful family was expecting their first child and the lives of the mother and child were removed permanently from the holiday festivities. Was it his affair that made him do it or was it the future responsibilities of fatherhood? Scott Peterson is a man of mental issues that was sentenced death for a double homicide of his wife and unborn child. Scott was depicted as a man that was loyal and honorable towards his beloved wife

  • Fatherhood In The Scott And Laci Peterson Case

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    Scott and Laci Peterson Case In this case it deals with the death of Laci Peterson which was caused by her husband Scott Peterson. Before her death Scott was cheating on Laci with another women and her name was Amber Frey. she claimed at the time that Scott told her that he was not married and was single. Just one day before Christmas Scott reported her missing from the home in California, where they live while her due date for their child was slowly coming up on February 10, 2003 their unborn

  • Laci And Scott Peterson: Guilty Of First Degree Murder

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    said that Scott Peterson had committed first degree murder on his wife Laci Peterson and second degree murder on his unborn son Conner. In the beginning of Laci and Scott’s marriage, Scott was not a happy person. He started to have affairs and was stressed with work, amongst preparing for a baby. Originally, Scott had wanted to divorce Laci but he found a less expensive route:murder. After he killed his wife and child, according to his friends he wasn't bothered by it. Scott Peterson is guilty of

  • Case: State Of California Vs. Scott Lee Peterson

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    "The State of California versus Scott Lee Peterson (Case number 1056770, 2005)", was an interesting case. This case was interesting because Laci was a very beautiful and seemingly young, friendly, and happily pregnant woman with lots of friends. Her husband, although attractive, had a kind of macho tough guy womanizer type of persona about himself. It is hard to believe or fathom someone being so cruel as to kill their pregnant wife, regardless of their marital problems. Laci came up missing on

  • Scott Peterson Case

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    only way out of such relationship without it highly Impact one life? Well A highly-publicized incident is well know of one which is Peterson was convicted to the death in 2005 for the homicide of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child in California. Scott Peterson has been initiate guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and second-degree murder in the death of his unborn son Conner. The board reached a judgement in the occasion in its seventh day of

  • The Scott Peterson Case

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    Research Paper Scott Peterson, a killer at heart, didn’t think twice before murdering wife, Laci Peterson, and unborn child, Conner. His wife Laci was reported missing on Christmas Eve in 2002. All fingers pointed to husband, Scott Peterson. He had not wanted to be a father and didn’t care for his wife. He was arrested the 21st of April in 2003 and is still on death row till this day. Evidence revealed during the case, Scott Peterson is a coward and was rightfully sentenced the death penalty for

  • Scott Peterson Case

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    Scott Peterson was convicted of the murder of Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Conner Peterson. He has been on death row for over a decade as he tries to get his conviction appealed. Peterson and his family maintain his innocence, even participating in a docu-series titled, The Murder of Laci Peterson. This has caused quite a stir among viewers who now say they have doubts about his guilt. Could Scott Peterson been wrongfully imprisoned for so long because of circumstances he had no control over

  • The Forensic Evidence Of Scott Peterson's Murder

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    Christmas Eve 2002, Laci Peterson was reported missing by her family in Modesto, California. She was a caring, loving mother to be. IT was unusual for Laci, whose family adored, to just disappear, especially since she was eight months pregnant. She, supposedly, was at home by herself while her husband, Scott Peterson, was away on a golfing trip with his father and some colleagues (or so they thought). Scott later admitted to police that he was on a fishing trip. After suspicions surfaced (including

  • Peterson Behavior: The Case Of F. Scott Peterson

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    On April 18, 2003, Scott Peterson was arrested and charged for murder of his wife Laci Peterson and unborn son Conner. December 24, 2002, Scott Peterson reported a missing person report for his wife. During which time Luci was seven-and half-months pregnant. The detective that lead investigator on the case, begin to question Scott Peterson the day he reported his wife was missing. Peterson stated that he went out on his boat fishing about 90 miles from their Modesto home. A search was immediately

  • Scott Peterson Case

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    Scott Lee Peterson was born on October 24, 1972 in San Diego, California. He grew up in San Diego and graduated from San Diego High School. He then went on to spend a semester at Arizona State University, but then ended up moving back to San Diego to go to Cuesta College. He didn’t stay there long though before he decided to Transfer to California Polytechnic State University to major in Agricultural Business. While attending California Polytechnic State University he met Laci Pocha and they later

  • Scott Peterson Case Study

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    Huanchi Chen Ms. Bonner Forensics Period 2 14 January 2016 People of the State of California v. Scott Peterson Scott Lee Peterson, a man who is currently a death row inmate in the state of California was convicted of murdering not only his spouse, Laci Peterson, but also his unborn child in 2002. Peterson’s early life was relatively normal though, he was born in San Diego, California, where his father was a manual labor worker and his mother ran a boutique. He attended high school there as well

  • Scott Peterson Thesis Statement

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    is your thesis statement? Scott Peterson has been convicted of the murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son whom was to be named Conner. Laci was 8 months pregnant with her first child. It has been reported that she was thrilled to be having a baby boy. She loved being a wife and was excited and extremely joyful to become a mom. Together, with her husband Scott, Laci could not wait to start this new journey of parenthood. Little did she know that her husband Scott had other plans. 2. Briefly

  • Scott Peterson Case Essay

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    case of Laci Peterson her husband Scott Peterson should have been not guilty. Based off the evidence there should be no way he should have been guilty. I will like to further your understanding by presenting the evidence. The evidence that was discovered was that the cause of the death was undetermined and his alibi. The reasons should provide a stronger view of the case. Scott Peterson is not guilty because there was no evidence to be found to prove that he was. The case of Laci Peterson is a very

  • Scott Peterson Case Study

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    April 18, 2003, Scott Peterson was arrested and charged for the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner. Scott Peterson reported his wife missing on December 24, 2002. During which time Luci was seven-and half-months pregnant. Therefore, immediately after the report was made the detectives that were the lead investigator on the case, begin their investigation by collecting information from Scott Peterson concerning the where about of his wife. Peterson made a statement

  • Scott Peterson Pros And Cons

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    On November 12th, 2004, after months of jury selection and then a trial, Scott Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder of his 8-month pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and second-degree murder of their unborn son, Connor Peterson (Wakeman). This case quickly became national news, but everything national starts out personal. The Peterson's were from Modesto, California, less than 15 miles away from my hometown. The cruel and tragic fate of Laci Peterson's murder had a huge impact on our community

  • Scott Peterson Trial Research Paper

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    The media and public were attracted to the Scott Peterson case, because of the motive behind the crime. And because of the viciousness that occurred to his wife and unborn son. Scott Peterson’s “motive for the murders was to escape married life and upcoming fatherhood,” according to CNN. (Scott Peterson: A Timeline of the Laci Peterson Murder Case, 2024). Peterson was hiding a secret girlfriend behind his wife's back, telling his new girlfriend that he