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INTERVIEW WITH THE MONSTER,
THE SCOTT PETERSON CASE STARTS
>> MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN MISSING
SINCE THIS MORNING.
SHE IS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT.
PREGNANT.
HER HUSBAND REPORTED HER
MISSING AFTER HE RETURNED FROM
A FISHING TRIP, A TRIP HE TOOK
BY HIMSELF.
>> PLEASE BRING OUR DAUGHTER
HOME.
>> YOU KNOW IN YOUR GUT THAT
SOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED.
DISAPPEARANCE?
>> I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
HER DISAPPEARANCE.
>> OUR DAUGHTER AND HER UNBORN
CHILD DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE.
>> SCOTT PETERSON HAS BEEN
ARRESTED.
>> THERE WAS NOBODY IN THAT
COURTROOM THAT HAD A DRY EYE.
>> FOR SCOTT PETERSON, HISTORY
IS WHAT MATTERS.
PEOPLE WERE SO FASCINATED AND
DRAWN INTO THIS CASE BECAUSE
SCOTT AND LACEY PETERSON
SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT COUPLE
, STORYBOOK ROMANCE, A
CHARMING YOUNG MAN WHO WAS
VERY ATTENTIVE AND VERY
FOCUSED ON THIS VERY SWEET,
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL.
>> MANY PEOPLE DESCRIBED SCOTT
HE WAS A FERTILIZER SALESMAN
AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED.
HE RADIATED CHARM.
HE WAS THIS HANDSOME MAN WHO
WAS EDUCATED, HE HAD A GOOD
CAREER AHEAD OF HIM AND SEEMED
LIKE HE HAD IT ALL TOGETHER.
KNEW LACEY DESCRIBED HER AS
THIS BUBBLY, CARING, SOCIAL,
FUN-LOVING PERSON.
SHE WAS EXPECTING.
YOU COULD ALMOST FEEL THE
COMMUNITY, THEY WERE ROOTING
FOR THEM.
>> THERE I WAS, DECEMBER 24th
, CHRISTMAS EVE, A YOUNG
COUPLE CELEBRATING WITH THEIR
FAMILIES, NEW BABY BOY ON THE
WAY WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN
LACEY PETERSON VANISHED.
>> LACEY PETERSON IS EIGHT
MONTHS PREGNANT AND SHE IS
MISSING.
MODESTO POLICE SAY SHE WAS
LAST SEEN WALKING HER DOG IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ON CHRISTMAS
EVE.
>> POLICE ADMIT THEY ARE NO
CLOSER TO FINDING LACEY
PETERSON THAN THEY WERE ON
CHRISTMAS EVE THAN THE DAY
SHE'D VANISHED.
>> THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS
EVE, THE LAST TIME ANYONE
HEARD OR SEEN LACEY,
EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL AT
8:30 P.M.
SHE THE CONVERSATION WITH HER
MOTHER AND THEY TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS THE NEXT DAY.
THE NEXT DAY THERE IS THIS
HUGE GAP OF TIME THAT NOBODY
REALLY KNOWS FOR SURE WHAT
HAPPENED EXCEPT FOR SCOTT
PETERSON.
MARTHA STEWART.
>> HE DECIDES TO LEAVE HIS
PREGNANT WIFE AND GO FISHING.
HE TAKES HIS NEW VOTE THAT HE
JUST PURCHASED AND HE COMES
HERE.
>> HER HUSBAND SAID HE WENT
FISHING AT A MARINA THE DAY
SHE DISAPPEARED.
>> THIS IS FUELED BY SCOTT
PETERSON'S ALIBI AND REMAINS
FLIMSY AT BEST.
>> HE COMES HOME LATER IN THE
DAY.
HE FIGURES HE SOMEWHERE ELSE,
RUNNING ERRANDS, DOING
SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS EVEN
TAKE THE TIME TO PUT HIS CLOSE
IN THE WASH, TAKE A SHOWER,
HAVE A SNACK AND THEN REALIZES
MAYBE I SHOULD CALL SOMEBODY.
>> HERE'S WHAT'S UNUSUAL.
HE CALLS LACEY'S MOTHER AND
SAYS
SYS
SAYS, DOESN'T SAY HAVE
YOU SPOKEN TO LACEY OR DO YOU
KNOW WHERE SHE IS, HE SAID
LACEY IS MISSING.
>> THE WORD MISSING STRUCK A
CHORD WITH EVERYONE.
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT MOMENT
DESCRIBED, THE GROUND GOING
OUT AND YOUR HEART SINKING
FROM THE FLOOR, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN MISSING?
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT WORD.
>> MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN
MISSING SINCE THIS MORNING.
SHE IS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT.
>> THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
LACEY PETERSON IS EIGHT MONTHS
PREGNANT.
SHE NEEDS MEDICAL CARE.
HER FAMILY IS DESPERATE TO
FIND HER.
>> WHEN THEY DESCRIBE HER,
SHE'S A MISSING WOMAN, EIGHT
AND HALF MONTHS PREGNANT.
>> HAVING WORKED AS A FORMER
PROSECUTOR IN SAN FRANCISCO,
THIS IS THE TYPE OF CASE AND
MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
MY FIRST REACTION, WHEN I SAW
THE STORY, WAS LET'S GO, IT'S
CHRISTMAS.
THIS WOMAN IS MISSING.
WE NEED TO HELP.
>> I'M A FORENSIC
PSYCHIATRIST.
THE STORY OF SCOTT PETERSON
CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE
PEOPLE WERE SAYING HOW COULD
IT BE THAT SOMEONE WHO SEEMED
LIKE THE BOY NEXT DOOR, YOUR
NEIGHBOR, WOULD DO SUCH A
SPRUNG UP SO QUICKLY WAS THAT
SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE WAS
ATTRACTIVE, SHE WAS PREGNANT.
THAT MADE IT OF INTEREST, BUT
IT BECAME OF MORE INTEREST
EVIDENCE.
>> THE FBI CAME DOWN LAST
NIGHT AND ASSISTED IN THE PROCES
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AN
INVESTIGATION, WHEN YOU BRING
A POTENTIAL SUSPECT IN, HOW
IS THERE CONCERN?
WAS THERE CONCERN?
HE DOESN'T SEEM CONCERNED AT
ALL, NOT ALARMED WHICH TELLS
ME SOMETHING IS VERY OFF IN
HIS DEMEANOR.
>> WHEN YOU BEGIN TO COVER A
STORY LIKE THIS, YOU WANT TO
HEAR FROM THE SPOUSE AND THE
HUSBAND, THE CLOSEST PERSON TO
LACEY IS SCOTT.
FELT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT.
>> WHEN YOU THOUGHT WHAT IT
POUNDING ON THE DOOR, I WOULD
BE CALLING HER NAME.
>> HE WASN'T THE ONE LEADING
THE SEARCH FOR HIS MISSING
WIFE.
YOU SEE IT FROM THE OTHER
FAMILY MEMBERS, THAT DESPERATE
GRIEF, THAT DESPERATE FEAR, IS
SHE COLD, IS SHE OKAY, DOES
SOMEBODY HAVE HER.
>> WE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH
THESE LAST FEW DAYS THAT I'D
LIKE TO MAKE A PLEA FOR THE
PERSON OR PERSON WHO HAS MY
AND YOUR FUN-LOVING
PERSONALITY.
EVERY TIME WE WERE TOGETHER I
COULD FEEL THE UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE BETWEEN THE BOTH OF US.
>> AND THEN YOU CUT TO WHAT HE
>> TODAY, HOW ARE YOU
REMEMBERING YOUR WIFE AND
SON.
>> THAT'S VERY PERSONAL.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> NONE OF IT FELT RIGHT, NONE
OF IT FELT LIKE THIS WAS A MAN
HIS BEING TRUTHFUL.
>> HE HAS MULTIPLE SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS
SOCIOPATHY OR ANTI- SOCIAL
PERSONALITY DISORDER.
I'M NOT DIAGNOSING HIM WITH
THAT IS A LACK OF EMPATHY.
>> PEOPLE CAN HANDLE STRESS
AND/OR GRIEF OR CONCERN IN
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT'S THE REST OF THE STORY
THAT ADDS UP.
>> HE HIRED A LAWYER AND IS
KEEPING A LOW PROFILE AND HAVE
LANDED HIM UNDER THE CLOUD OF
PROFILE.
>> HE WILL BE CONSIDERED AND
IS CONSIDERED A SUSPECT.
>> AT THE TIME, THE PUBLIC WAS
ALREADY BECOMING SUSPICIOUS OF
SCOTT PETERSON AS MORE
INFORMATION CAME OUT ABOUT
HIM.
I'M LEARNING MORE FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THEY WERE
ZEROING IN ON HIM.
>> WE KNEW HIS ACTIONS WERE
CLEARLY HIS STORY WAS NOT
ADDING UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO AS A
REPORTER AS YOU GO UP AND DOWN
AND TALK TO EVERYBODY YOU
POSSIBLY CAN.
I WENT OVER TO THE NEIGHBOR
WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET.
THE NEIGHBOR REMEMBERED SCOTT
COMING OVER AND LOOKING FOR
LACEY.
HE SAID WHERE WERE YOU AND HE
SAID HE WAS PLAYING GOLF.
THE FACT THAT THAT STORY
DIFFERED FROM WHAT WE HEARD
WAS INFALLIBLE ALIBI WAS VERY
UPSETTING.
>> SCOTT WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY
THE PRESS EVERYWHERE.
HIS BEHAVIOR, HIS ACTIONS WERE
DOCUMENTED.
I APPROACHED HIM ONE DAY AND
SAID SCOTT YOU REALLY SHOULD