Scott Peterson
| Scott Peterson | |
|---|---|
2011 mugshot by
California Department of Corrections |
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| Born |
Scott Lee Peterson October 24, 1972San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Sales/Fisherman |
| Criminal penalty | Death sentence |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison |
| Spouse(s) | Laci Peterson (m. 1997–2002) (her death) |
| Parent(s) | Jacqueline Helen Latham (died 2013) and Lee Arthur Peterson |
| Relatives | Thomas Bird (nephew) |
| Conviction(s) | First degree murder in the death of Laci; second degree murder in the death of Conner |
Scott Lee Peterson
Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972) is an American prisoner currently on death row in California, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, in Modesto, California, in 2002. He was convicted of first-degree murder in 2004 and sentenced to death by lethal injection the following year. He remains on death row in San Quentin State Prison while his case is on appeal to the Supreme Court of California.
Peterson was born in San Diego, California, to Jacqueline Helen Latham (1943–2013) and Lee Arthur Peterson (b. 1939). His father worked for a trucking company, and later owned a crate-packaging business. His mother owned a boutique in the community of La Jolla, called "The Put On". He attended the University of San Diego High School (now Cathedral Catholic High School) and studied briefly at Arizona State University and Cuesta College before transferring to California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, where he graduated with a BS in agricultural business in 1997. He worked in a café as a waiter while attending Cal Poly, where he met Laci Denise Rocha.
On December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson was reported missing from the Modesto, California home she shared with Scott. She was eight months pregnant with a due date of February 10, 2003. The couple had planned to name the baby boy Conner. The exact date and cause of Laci's death were never determined. Peterson initially reported her missing on Christmas Eve, and the story quickly attracted nationwide media interest.
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