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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

SCOTT PETERSON SHOCK CLAIM: UNBORN SON CONNER PROVES "I'M INNOCENT"

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner, in 2003. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later overturned. He is now serving life in prison without parole.

The Los Angeles Innocence Project has filed a petition to overturn Peterson’s conviction, citing new scientific evidence and witnesses who support his innocence.

Attorneys with the Innocence Project argue that the break-in at the Medina home across the street from the Petersons’ and the subsequent arson of the burglars’ van were not properly investigated. They also allege potential Brady violations by the Modesto Police Department and the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office.

The attorneys further claim that medical research has advanced since Peterson’s conviction and now indicates Conner’s fetal growth was consistent with a date of death later than prosecutors presented at trial. Prosecutors maintain that Conner was likely expelled from Laci’s decaying body shortly before the remains were discovered.

Joining Nancy Grace today,

  • Mike Belmessieri - Juror #4 in the Scott Peterson trial, Former Chief of Staff at Marine Corps, League Department of California, Facebook: @mike.belmessieri
  • Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers, APC; X @TroySlaten
  • Dr. Jorey L Krawczyn - Psychologist, Faculty Saint Leo University; Consultant Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S.
  • Jon Buehler - Former Detective in Scott Peterson Investigation, Former Detective for Modesto Police Department
  • Al Brocchini - Former Detective in Scott Peterson Investigation,  Former Modesto Police Detective
  • Tami Ballard - DNA and Crime Scene Consultant, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Former DNA Criminalist in the San Francisco Police Dept. Crime Laboratory
  • Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet" and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X@JoScottForensic
  • Kristine Lazar - Emmy award-winning investigative reporter at KCAL CBS Los Angeles, cbsla.com, Instagram & Facebook: @cbslakristine

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

0:07.0

Scott Peterson shock claim that his unborn son, his unborn baby boy,

0:15.8

Connor's body proves he's innocent, that he did not murder Lacey Peterson and their unborn child,

0:26.1

Connor. Really? Good evening. I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us.

0:34.1

Hi, can I help you? Yes. My son-in-law called.

0:38.9

He was saying, well, this morning, 9.30.

0:42.0

My daughter's been missing since this morning.

0:44.3

She's eight-month pregnant.

0:45.4

She took her dog for a while from apart.

0:47.3

Mm-hmm.

0:48.0

The dog came all with his police shock.

0:50.4

And the dog came back without your daughter?

0:52.2

Right.

0:52.6

What's your step-daughter's name?

0:55.0

Got Peterson. No, no, no, your stepdaughter.

0:57.0

Lacey, Peterson.

0:58.0

Lacey, P-T-E-R-S-O-N, right?

1:00.0

P-T-E-T-E-R-S-O-N.

1:02.0

And she's white, black, Hispanic, Asian?

1:04.0

How old is she?

1:06.0

She's 26 So what time did she leave the house and didn't come back?

1:12.4

That we don't know We just had a call from her son-in-law

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