Laci Peterson Autopsy Pictures: A Nation's Grief, Revealed

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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. 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. On December 24, 2002, a woman named Laci Peterson was reported missing from her residence in Modesto, California. Reports indicate that Laci was eight months pregnant at the time of. EERIE images of the chilly beach where the bodies of Laci Peterson and her fetus washed ashore over 20 years ago have ignited old questions about the grisly murder. Laci Peterson was reported as missing from the home she shared with her husband, Scott Peterson, on Christmas Eve in 2002. — Scott Peterson wept Thursday while jurors in his double-murder trial looked at autopsy photographs of his dead wife’s fetus displayed on a large screen. Scott Peterson wept, his chin to his neck, dabbing his eyes with tissues, while jurors at his murder trial looked at autopsy photos of the fetus his wife had been carrying before her death. Photos taken at the crime scene, where her body was found and corresponding evidence, depict a desperate search for the mother - to - be — Laci was eight months pregnant when she disappeared. After 11 hours and 30 minutes of deliberations, the jury decided Monday that Peterson , 32, should die in San Quentin’s death chamber for murdering his wife and their unborn child. – Jurors in Scott Peterson ’s murder trial on Wednesday were shown graphic photos of his dead wife’s badly decomposed body and unborn son while a criminalist testified about evidence collected from the remains. The discovery of Laci Peterson ’s body revealed the gruesome way her body was discarded. The doctor who performed the autopsy could not determine Laci and the baby’s cause of death, but her body was found beheaded and missing all limbs, as reported by ABC News.