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The Scott Peterson Case
Modesto, California, United StatesDecember 24, 2002
On Christmas Eve 2002, eight-months pregnant Laci Peterson disappeared from Modesto, California. Her husband Scott Peterson claimed she was alive when he left to go fishing. Her body and that of their unborn son washed ashore in April 2003. Scott was convicted of first and second-degree murder in 2004 and sentenced to death, later commuted to life.