The Laci Peterson Autopsy: Pictures That Shook a Nation

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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. 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. 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. 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,. 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. (AP) – Autopsy photos of the fetus Laci Peterson had been carrying before her death brought her husband, Scott, to tears and drew gasps from jurors in his murder trial. (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. – 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. The murder of Laci Peterson and her unborn son shocked the nation and ignited widespread media coverage. Laci was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in December of 2002 from her home in Modesto, California.