Hello and welcome to Till Death Do Us Part, Just Melissa.

All right, guys, there's some crazy stuff happening in the Scott Peterson case.

Now, the Los Angeles Innocent Project has recently filed a petition with the

California Court of Appeal presenting new evidence they claim prove Scott Peterson's innocence in the 2002

murders of his wife, Lacey Peterson, and their unborn son Connor. This development is part of an ongoing

effort to overturn Peterson's 2004 conviction. Now here are some key points from this particular

petition. Alternates and Witness testimony.

The petition includes witness statements suggesting that Lacey may have confronted two burglars near her Modesto home on the day that she disappeared.

One witness allegedly overheard a conversation among the burglars discussing this specific confrontation,

implying that Lacey was alive after Scott left for a fishing trip that morning.

Evidence of a burned van. The L-A-I-P points to a van found burned near the Peterson's home shortly after Lacey's disappearance. Inside the van, there is a mattress with suspected bloodstains. The defense argues that

this van is linked to the burglars and that Lacey may have been killed inside it.

They also allege that prosecutors suppressed evidence related to the van during the original trial.

Now, the blood on the mattress found in this burned out van was tested. A former fire investigator stated

that the van's mattress tested presumptively positive for blood. A judge, however, ruled in

24 that the 2019 testing on the mattress showed no blood.

Now, this is according to NBC News.

The defense argued that the limited testing was inconclusive and requested new testing,

but the judge denied their request, citing the prior results and the lack of a connection between the van and the Peterson

case. There's also disputed forensic timelines. The LAIP challenges the prosecution's timeline,

arguing that the bodies of Lacey and Connor could not have drifted from the area where Scott went

fishing to where they were eventually found. They suggest that the bodies were more likely

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