Scott Peterson, who is currently serving a life sentence without parole in relation to the 2004 murder of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, revealed a theory on her death in an effort to clear his name.
Peterson, 49, spoke publicly for the first time in 20 years during Peacock‘s new documentary Face to Face with Scott Peterson, denying that he killed his family and instead suggesting that a “burglary” in their Modesto, California, neighborhood led to his eight-month pregnant wife’s disappearance.
“There was a burglary across the street from our home,” Peterson said during an interview conducted inside the Mule Creek State Prison via E! News. “And I believe that Laci went over there to see what was going on, and that’s when she was taken.”
An earlier preview of the Peacock docuseries showed Peterson claiming he made a “terrible mistake” by having an extramarital affair with massage therapist Amber Frey.
“It’s horrible. I was a total a**hole to be having sex outside our marriage,” Peterson said via PEOPLE.
The former salesman also claimed police and prosecutors ignored leads and used circumstantial evidence during the 2004 double murder trial. Laci was reported missing in December 2002 and her body washed up in the San Francisco Bay in April 2003, near where the body of her unborn son was discovered days later.
Two strands of Laci’s hair where collected from a pair of pliers found on her husband’s boat, which was crucial evidence used in his conviction. Prosecutors claimed that Peterson dumped his wife’s body into the San Francisco Bay and used concrete anchors to weigh her down, while he claimed he was fishing on the day of his wife’s disappearance.
Prosecutors also painted Peterson as a man who regretted becoming a father and claimed he was motivated to kill his wife in order to avoid paying child support. Peterson never testified during his 2004 trial, a decision he said he regrets.
“But if I have a chance to show people what the truth is, and if they are willing to accept it, it would be the biggest thing that I can accomplish right now — because I didn’t kill my family,” Peterson said via PEOPLE.
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