FOX News contributor and former Washington, D.C., homicide detective Ted Williams does not believe that convicted murderer Scott Peterson's recent victory in the discovery review of the case will lead to his release. do not have.
On Monday, a California judge ruled against Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 and sentenced to life in prison for killing Laci Peterson, his 27-year-old pregnant wife and their unborn child in 2002. Recognized the right to a post-conviction discovery period. It is required by state law for defendants convicted of felonies who have been sentenced to 15 years or more in prison.
When asked what he thought about the decision, Williams simply said, “They got the right people.” “Scott Peterson murdered his wife Lacey and son Connor.”
Williams further added that after covering Peterson's trial 20 years ago, he believed that Peterson “wanted to free himself from both of them in order to continue his relationship with Amber Frey.”
The Los Angeles Innocence Project has reportedly taken up Scott Peterson's case.
Frye was a woman with whom Peterson had been secretly dating Lacey while they were married. After her disappearance, he tried to continue the relationship.
“He did all sorts of things that led people to believe that no one but Scott Peterson murdered Laci Peterson.”
Lacey was seven and a half months pregnant when she disappeared from her and Peterson's Modesto home on Christmas Eve 1994. Four months later, in April 2003, a pedestrian found the decomposing corpse of a fetus in San Francisco Bay.
In January 2003, authorities searched the San Francisco Bay for the remains of Laci Peterson and her unborn child. (Justin Sullivan)
Authorities later discovered Lacey's decomposing body in a bay, coincidentally several miles from where Peterson had gone on a solo fishing trip on December 24, 2002.
Peterson said she returned home to find the house empty and reported Lacey missing the next day.
Amber Frey is in court with her attorney Gloria Allred after a day of testimony in the Scott Peterson double murder trial Tuesday, August 10, 2004, in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City. I left. (San Mateo County Times Photo/Ron Lewis)
After Lacey's disappearance and before his arrest, Peterson was arrested in San Diego after bleaching his hair and carrying his brother's passport, and police believe he may have been trying to flee to Mexico.
“That's very vicious.”
The Los Angeles Innocents Project, which seeks to defend wrongfully accused and wrongfully imprisoned people, took up the Peterson case in January. The L.A. Innocence Project appears to be basing its case on evidence seeking DNA testing, police reports, audio and video recordings, and other material that Peterson's lawyers believe could prove his innocence. is.
Scott Peterson was brought to Stanislaus County Superior Court for arraignment in the April 21, 2003 deaths of his wife, Lacey Peterson, and their unborn son, Connor, in Modesto, California. (Reuters/Pool/Ted Benson)
“Mr. Peterson has been waiting for 20 years for police reports, audio and video recordings to be provided,” Paula Mitchell, executive director of the Innocence Project, said at a court hearing in March, according to the newspaper. ” he said. Los Angeles Times. “We are keen to launch an investigation.”
Peterson's attorney has accused Lacey of robberies by two suspects that occurred at a residence near Peterson's home between December 24, 2002 (the day Lacey disappeared) and December 26, 2002. associated with the disappearance. However, investigators say one of the robbers admitted to the robbery on December 26th.
About 3,000 people gathered at a church to remember Laci Peterson on what would have been her 28th birthday, nearly three weeks after her body washed ashore along with the remains of her unborn child. Ta. (Justin Sullivan)
“There was a robbery across the street from my house,” Peterson told the filmmakers of the Peacock series “Face-to-Face with Scott Peterson” via video call from Mule Creek State Prison. “So I think Lacey went there to see what was going on and was taken there.”
The robbery was not mentioned at Peterson's 2004 trial.
Scott Peterson, of Modesto, California, was found guilty of one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder of his wife, Lacey Peterson, 27, and their unborn child, Connor. (David Paul Morris)
The LA Innocence Project also mentions a van set on fire in Modesto on December 25, 2002, the day before the robbery occurred.
Still, Williams said he doesn't believe this information will “get Peterson out of prison.”
“If you look at what Peterson himself did, two robbers in Modesto murdered Lacey and her son, took Lacey to the San Francisco Bay where Scott Peterson was fishing, and then dumped her. “People must be convinced that it never happened,” Williams said. “It defies logic. I don't think they'll ever prove it happened.”
A still photo of Scott Peterson and Laci Peterson from the upcoming documentary series “American Murder: Laci Peterson.” (Courtesy of Netflix)
Peterson, now 51, was first sentenced to death nearly 17 years ago and remained in prison Wednesday after the Supreme Court vacated his death sentence in August 2020 amid allegations of jury misconduct. He was ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison. Ms Lacey's family was allowed to make a statement on her behalf.
Prosecutors said Peterson killed Lacey and dumped her body in San Francisco Bay from a fishing boat on Christmas Eve. Her body and fetus washed ashore in April 2003. At his 2004 trial, prosecutors also pointed to Scott Peterson's affair with massage therapist Amber Frey, who testified that she did not know he was married.
FOX News' Christina Coulter contributed to this report.
