10 Things You Didn't Know About the Laci Peterson Autopsy Pictures

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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 was shocked when a jury convicted him of first degree murder of his wife, Laci , and second degree murder of their unborn son, Connor. But RadarOnline.com has the chilling photos. REDWOOD CITY — Grim photos of Laci Peterson and her unborn child’s badly decomposed bodies were projected on a large screen in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial Tuesday, evoking gasps. Some jurors in the Scott Peterson capital-murder trial quietly wiped away tears as prosecutors showed them gruesome photos Wednesday of the carcass- like remains of Peterson ’s wife, Laci ,. — 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. Let’s take a closer look at 10 key facts of the case you may have missed — but first, let’s go back to that cold December day in 2002. Laci Peterson was reported missing on Dec. 24, 2002, after she failed to return from a walk with their dog. Her husband, Scott, claimed he had spent the morning fishing in the San Francisco Bay.