Laci Peterson Autopsy Pictures: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied?

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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. 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. Scott was denied a request for a retrial in 2022 but still did not give up on his innocence. Laci Peterson , 27, vanished from her home in Modesto, California, on December 24, 2002. After a months-long search, her husband Scott was arrested for murder. Here are key developments in the case. 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. Peterson jurors viewgraphic autopsy photos REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Jurors in the Scott Peterson murder trial winced when prosecutors showed them graphic photos of Laci Peterson ’s badly decomposed body during testimony from a criminalist who helped collect evidence from the remains. 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. — 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. – 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. Images of the fetus were displayed Thursday on a large white-wall screen on the same day that a forensic pathologist testified the fetus was expelled from Laci ’s Peterson ’s decaying body after.