51 Facts About Scott Peterson

Scott Lee Peterson was born on October 24,1972 and is an American convicted murderer.

Scott Peterson's case was put on automatic appeal to the Supreme Court of California.

Scott Peterson was re-sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on December 8,2021.

Scott Lee Peterson was born October 24,1972, at Sharp Coronado Hospital in San Diego, California, to Lee Arthur Peterson, a businessman who owned a crate-packaging company, and Jacqueline "Jackie" Helen Latham, who owned a boutique in La Jolla called The Put On.

Scott Peterson began playing golf at an early age, a result of time he spent with his father.

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In 1990, Scott Peterson enrolled at Arizona State University on a partial golf scholarship.

Couch stated that Scott Peterson had taken Chris out drinking and to meet girls, resulting in a hangover for Chris.

Scott Peterson transferred to Cuesta College, in San Luis Obispo, and later to California Polytechnic State University.

Scott Peterson initially planned to major in international business, but changed his major to agricultural business.

Immediately after meeting Scott Peterson, Laci told her mother that she had met the man that she would marry.

Scott Peterson later called Laci and they began dating, their first date being a deep-sea fishing trip on which Laci got seasick.

Prosecutors have stated that around this time, Scott Peterson engaged in the first of at least two extramarital affairs, though they did not reveal names or details of these relationships.

Scott Peterson graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural business in June 1998.

Contrary to a Los Angeles Times story that reported that Scott Peterson's parents loaned him money to open the establishment, his parents emphatically told the San Francisco Chronicle that they did not, believing that it was a bad investment.

Laci soon took a part-time job as a substitute teacher, and Scott Peterson got a job with Tradecorp USA, a newly founded subsidiary of a European fertilizer company.

In November 2002, when Laci was seven months pregnant, Scott Peterson was introduced by a friend to a Fresno massage therapist named Amber Frey.

In later public statements, Frey said Scott Peterson told her he was single, and the two began a romantic relationship.

The last time Scott Peterson's parents saw Laci was during a three-day weekend they spent together in Carmel, California the week before Christmas.

Prosecutors say Scott Peterson told other people he would be playing golf on the day of Christmas Eve.

Scott Peterson said Laci was watching a cooking television show but was preparing to mop the floor, bake cookies, and walk the family dog to a nearby park.

Scott Peterson said he returned home that afternoon to find it empty.

Scott Peterson found McKenzie in their back yard, and Laci's 1996 Land Rover Discovery SE was in the driveway.

Scott Peterson showered and washed his clothes because he got wet from fishing.

On January 17,2003, it became known that Scott Peterson had engaged in two other extramarital affairs prior to an affair with a woman named Amber Frey.

Amber Frey approached the police about Scott Peterson, who had denied to police that he was having an affair.

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The recordings revealed that in the days after Laci went missing, Scott Peterson told Frey that he had traveled to Paris to celebrate the holidays, in part with his new companions Pasqual and Francois.

At a January 24,2003, press conference, the Rocha family publicly withdrew their support of Scott Peterson, explaining that they did this upon learning of his affair with Frey, in particular upon seeing photos of Scott Peterson and Frey together.

Police later speculated whether this was an indication that Scott Peterson had already decided to kill Laci, which Sharon Rocha agreed was a possibility.

Scott Peterson had suffered two cracked ribs, but Dr Peterson could not determine if this occurred before or after her death.

Dr Scott Peterson concluded that the fetus had died in utero, and determined he had been expelled from Laci's decaying body, though when cross-examined in court the following year, he conceded that he could not determine whether he had been born alive when this occurred.

Dr Scott Peterson found meconium in the fetus's bowels, which is the first stool passed after birth.

Scott Peterson was arrested on April 18,2003, near a La Jolla golf course.

Scott Peterson told police that he was meeting his father and brother for a game of golf.

Scott Peterson's Mercedes-Benz was "overstuffed" with miscellaneous items, including nearly $15,000 in cash, twelve Viagra tablets, survival gear, camping equipment, several changes of clothes, four cell phones, and his brother's driver's license, in addition to his own.

Scott Peterson's father explained that he used his brother's license the day before to get a San Diego resident discount at the golf course and that Scott Peterson had been living out of his car because of the media attention.

However, police suspected these items were an indication that Scott Peterson planned to flee to Mexico, an idea prosecutors would later concur with.

Scott Peterson was charged with two felony counts of murder with premeditation and special circumstances: the first-degree murder of Laci and the second-degree murder of Conner.

Scott Peterson later indicated that he could afford a private attorney, namely Mark Geragos, who had done other high-profile criminal defense work.

On January 20,2004, a judge changed the venue of the trial from Modesto to Redwood City, because Scott Peterson was the victim of increasing hostility in the Modesto area.

Scott Peterson's trial began on June 1,2004, and was followed closely by the news media.

In opening statements, Geragos claimed Scott Peterson was "a cad" for cheating on Laci but was not a murderer.

Scott Peterson appeared frequently on television news programs during the trial.

Prosecutors claimed Scott Peterson made cement anchors to weigh his wife's body down in San Francisco Bay, however none were found when the Bay was searched, even though sonar could locate small objects on the sea floor.

Scott Peterson added two pornographic television channels to his cable service only days after his wife's disappearance.

Scott Peterson expressed interest in selling the house he had shared with Laci, and traded in her Land Rover for a Dodge pick-up truck.

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On October 21,2005, a judge ruled that proceeds from a $250,000 life insurance policy Scott Peterson took out on Laci would go to Laci's mother, which was reaffirmed by the Fifth District Court of Appeal on October 21,2005.

Scott Peterson arrived at San Quentin State Prison in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 17,2005.

Scott Peterson was reported not to have slept the night before, being too "jazzed" to sleep.

Scott Peterson joined the more than 700 other inmates in California's sole death row facility during the appeals process.

In September 2006, former congressman William E Dannemeyer sent a letter to the California Attorney General and other officials arguing that Laci Peterson had been killed by members of a Satanic cult, not by Peterson.

On September 22,2021, California Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo ruled that Scott Peterson would be re-sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.