No weapon. No cause of death. No witness to any crime. Part 4 of our 5-part Scott Peterson series: the 2004 trial — and the verdict built from hundreds of small pieces.

Moved to Redwood City after a year of national coverage, the trial opened June 1, 2004 with no cameras in the courtroom. Prosecutor Rick Distaso told a straight-line story: a husband who felt trapped, a boat bought in secret, cement anchors, and a body in the Bay. Mark Geragos answered with everything the state did not have. Then, in August, Amber Frey took the stand and the jury heard roughly eleven hours of Scott Peterson's own recorded calls. Deliberations began November 3 — and twice, jurors were removed and the panel had to start over. On November 12, 2004, the verdict came in. Part 5 — the penalty phase, the sentence, and twenty years of appeals — drops tomorrow.

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For 110 days, nobody could say where Laci Peterson was. Then, on two April days in 2003, the San Francisco Bay answered. Part 3 of our 5-part Scott Peterson series: the recovery and the arrest.Divers and sonar crews searched the waters off the Berkeley Marina all winter and found nothing — not on Laci's February 10 due date, not when police reclassified the case as a homicide on March 5. On April 13, 2003, a couple walking their dog found a baby boy on the Richmond shoreline. The next day, a jogger found a woman about a mile away at Point Isabel — a few miles north of the marina where Scott said he went fishing. On April 18, DNA confirmed Laci and Conner, and that same day detectives arrested Scott Peterson in La Jolla: hair dyed blond, about $15,000 in cash, four phones, two driver's licenses, and camping gear in his car. Prosecutors said flight. His family said golf. Part 4 — the trial — drops tomorrow.🔔 A new YS Crime episode drops every single day — SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications.CHAPTERS0:00 Intro0:27 Cold Open: 110 Days of Silence1:09 The Winter Search of the Bay2:01 A Due Date With No Answer2:52 April 13: The Shoreline Discovery3:33 April 14: One Mile Apart4:21 DNA Answers: Laci and Conner5:12 The Same Day: An Arrest5:58 Arrested in La Jolla6:40 Flight Risk — or a Golf Trip?7:28 Arraigned: Not Guilty8:14 The Board Is Set for Trial9:06 Subscribe — Part 4 Tomorrow🎧 Can't watch? Listen to YS Crime anywhere: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5gGKchB9mTafFKVdrwmpwa | Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ys-crime/id6820885748 | iHeart https://iheart.com/podcast/347282775/ | Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/628eb3f2-b5c6-4ef4-9604-10de36e4bfcb/ys-crime | All links: https://beacons.ai/youngsteveSOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE- Oxygen and USA Today case timelines (March 5, 2003 homicide reclassification; April 13–14, 2003 recovery; April 18, 2003 DNA identification and arrest; contents of the car)- CNN Scott Peterson Trial Fast Facts (April 18, 2003 arrest, held without bail; April 21, 2003 arraignment in Stanislaus County Superior Court; May 2, 2003 Geragos joins defense)- Case accounts of the Richmond / Point Isabel recovery locations (about one mile apart, a few miles north of Berkeley Marina) and the winter sonar and dive searches of the Bay- Contemporary April 2003 reporting (coroner: no clear cause of death determined, April 15, 2003; Modesto police caution on April 14)FOLLOW ME🔗 https://beacons.ai/youngsteve (all links hub)👕 https://young-steve.printify.me/ (official merch)⭐ https://benable.com/Youngsteve (creator essentials)📸 https://instagram.com/young_steve#truecrime #scottpeterson #lacipeterson

He told the woman in Fresno he had lost his wife — two weeks before Laci Peterson was reported missing. Part 2 of our 5-part Scott Peterson series: the Amber Frey chapter.Amber Frey was a Fresno massage therapist and single mother who was introduced to Scott Peterson on November 20, 2002 and told he was unmarried. On December 9 he told her he had "lost" his wife — the same day he bought the fishing boat. On December 30, after recognizing him in the coverage of Laci's disappearance, Frey went to Modesto police herself and agreed to record his calls. Those recordings captured the New Year's Eve Paris lie — told while he stood at Laci's candlelight vigil — and the January 24, 2003 press conferences that changed the case. Laci was still missing. Part 3 drops tomorrow.🔔 A new YS Crime episode drops every single day — SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications.CHAPTERS0:00 Intro0:12 Cold Open: The Other Life0:56 Amber Frey: The Woman in Fresno1:38 He Said He Was Never Married2:19 December 9: Lost — And a Boat3:03 Two Christmas Parties, One Day3:40 She Recognized Him — And Called Police4:23 She Agreed to Record Him5:05 The Paris Lie, Told at Her Vigil5:47 Different Kinds of Loss6:36 The Family Learns — January 247:20 Still Missing: What the Bay Holds🎧 Can't watch? Listen to YS Crime anywhere: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5gGKchB9mTafFKVdrwmpwa | Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ys-crime/id6820885748 | iHeart https://iheart.com/podcast/347282775/ | Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/628eb3f2-b5c6-4ef4-9604-10de36e4bfcb/ys-crime | All links: https://beacons.ai/youngsteveSOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE- Case timeline and court reporting on the Amber Frey timeline (introduced November 20, 2002; December 9, 2002 statement; December 14, 2002 party; December 30, 2002 police contact)- People, Oxygen, A&E and TV Insider reporting on Frey, the recorded calls, the December 31 Paris/vigil call, and the January 6, 2003 call- Contemporary reporting on the January 15, 2003 family briefing and the January 24, 2003 Rocha family and Amber Frey press conferencesFOLLOW ME🔗 https://beacons.ai/youngsteve (all links hub)👕 https://young-steve.printify.me/ (official merch)⭐ https://benable.com/Youngsteve (creator essentials)📸 https://instagram.com/young_steve#truecrime #scottpeterson #lacipeterson