Saturday, April 22, 2017

'Dateline' The death of Laci Peterson & her unborn child

"Dateline" (NBC) can be seen each Friday evening at 9/8 p.m. It aired in Albuquerque, NM at 8 p.m. (central time) on KOB 4. Last night's 2-hour episode on April 21, 2017 was called, “The Laci Peterson story.” In the overnight TV ratings it garnered 5.03 million TV viewers overall. It reached 1.0 million TV viewers in the all important 18 to 49 adult demographic (9-11 p.m.). “Hawaii Five-0" (CBS) grabbed 5.87 overall & 0.6 with adults (repeat). “Shark Tank” (ABC) nabbed 4.48 overall & 1.0 with adults.

“Dateline” is an investigative program focusing on crime & murder in the United States. The reporter and narrator is Keith Morrison.

“The Laci Peterson story.” Modesto, California. Laci was 27-years-old and 8 months pregnant. She went missing on Christmas Eve 2002. The community and police began searching for her on Christmas day. Nobody thought Scott Peterson had anything to do with his wife's disappearance. Police interviewed him and he was completely calm and detached. Investigators began to suspect him by New Years Eve. They wire-tapped his phone and put a GPS tracker on his car. Scott was clean cut, handsome and charming with no criminal record. That is until he made a phone call to Amber Frey. The truth began to unfold. He bought a boat when Laci went missing and police thought it was premeditation. That's when the circumstantial evidence began to build against Scott.

Scott faded from public view by April 2003 and moved to San Diego. Amber had asked him not to call her anymore by this time. A baby body was found on the Berkley marina beach. A female body torso was also found. DNA testing proved it was the bodies of Laci and her unborn child. Scott was arrested for murder, but there was no concrete evidence found. Scott's family always believed that he had nothing to do with Laci's disappearance...,

Watch episodes of “Dateline” streaming online at NBC. Click photos.
http://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/the-laci-peterson-story/3503329
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http://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/the-laci-peterson-story/3503329
(Keith Morrison reported on case 2003 & 2017)

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