Did Laci Peterson Autopsy Pictures Reveal a Hidden Truth?

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Jurors in Scott Peterson ’s murder trial winced and glanced away Wednesday as they looked at photos of Laci Peterson ’s badly decomposed body cast in. However, in April 2003 , police discovered Laci’s body on the shoreline of Point Isabel. Correspondingly, they sent the body for an autopsy and found startling details. Per the autopsy report,. May 30 – Laci Peterson ’s head and parts of her limbs were missing and plastic tape was wrapped around the neck of her child, according to the full autopsy and coroner’s photographs exclusively seen by ABCNEWS. Peterson ’s testimony provided support to the bizarre theory – but others reviewed the autopsies on mother and child to find evidence that the infant died in his mother’s womb, and floated. When Laci’s body finally surfaced in the San Francisco Bay, it painted a gruesome picture . Her body was badly decomposed, with the bones separated at the joints, and all her internal organs were missing except for her uterus. The pathologist said no cause of death could be determined for Laci Peterson or the fetus. Laci Peterson’s autopsy photographs were displayed to jurors Wednesday. The family of Laci Peterson on Friday denounced as " incredibly insensitive " the disclosure of sealed autopsy results indicating her unborn son had plastic tape wrapped around his neck and a. REDWOOD CITY — Graphic photographs of Laci Peterson ’s decayed body were projected in the courtroom Wednesday, as prosecutors in her husband’s double-murder trial focused on her autopsy and. (AP) – Jurors in Scott Peterson ’s murder trial winced and glanced away Wednesday as they looked at photos of Laci Peterson ’s badly decomposed body cast in. Conclusion: The question of whether Laci Peterson ’s autopsy pictures revealed a hidden truth remains unanswered. While the autopsy report and the available photographic evidence contributed to the prosecution’s case, the limitations of forensic science, coupled with the advanced state of decomposition, leave room for differing interpretations.