The Laci Peterson Case: The Investigation, Evidence, and Trial Record

By: Albritton, Hahn S.

She was eight months pregnant. She vanished on Christmas Eve. Her husband said he had been fishing.

Four months later, her remains and those of her unborn son were found on the shores of San Francisco Bay - the same body of water her husband had placed himself on the day she disappeared.

What followed was one of the most extensively documented criminal investigations in American history. A missing persons report filed on a holiday evening became a capital murder case that held the attention of an entire country, produced a nationally watched trial, and generated legal proceedings that continued for nearly two decades.

The Laci Peterson Case: The Investigation, Evidence, and Trial Record is a documentary nonfiction account drawn entirely from the public record, court documents, forensic reports, trial transcripts, and appellate decisions. No speculation. No psychological analysis. Only what was investigated, documented, evidenced, and decided.

This account covers: The investigation and the evidenceThe trial and the verdictsThe appeals and the post-conviction recordThe legal impact on California law and federal legislationA case that began with a missing persons report on Christmas Eve 2002 and produced one of the most extensively documented legal records in California's criminal history examined here in full, from the first day of the investigation to the final day of court.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GV61V85Q
• ISBN13: 9798253879283
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"