Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 24 - From Starry Eyed to Star Witness - full transcript

AMBER FREY WAS JUST A
SINGLE MOM TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET

WHEN SHE WAS SWEPT OFF HER FEET

BY THE HANDSOME AND CHARMING
SCOTT PETERSON.

HE WAS FUNNY AND SMART
AND GOOD-LOOKING...

DEFINITELY, THERE WAS CHEMISTRY.

SHE FELL IN LOVE.
IT WAS THE REAL DEAL.

BUT WHEN
AMBER DISCOVERED HER NEW LOVE

WAS AT THE HEART OF
A HUGE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION...

HE WAS NOT THE PERSON THAT
EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS.

IT WAS ABOUT ADULTERY.
AND IT WAS ABOUT MURDER.

...AMBER WOULD
FIND HERSELF A STAR WITNESS



IN ONE OF
THE MOST HIGHLY PUBLICIZED

AND HORRIFIC CRIMINAL CASES
THE NATION HAD EVER SEEN.

I WAS JUST IN SHOCK.
I JUST WAS SHAKING AND CRYING.

WHEN IT COMES
TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

AS A SINGLE MOM,
27-YEAR-OLD AMBER FREY

KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT SHE WANTED IN A MAN.

I WAS DOING MASSAGE THERAPY.

AND MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT QUITE 2.

I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY
THAT WANTED A COMMITMENT.

JUST SOMEBODY
TO SPEND MY LIFE WITH.

SO IN THE WINTER OF 2002,

WHEN A FRIEND SAID
SHE'D FOUND THE PERFECT GUY,

AMBER WAS HOPEFUL.



30-YEAR-OLD SCOTT PETERSON
WAS HANDSOME AND CHARMING

AND, BEST OF ALL,
HE WAS SINGLE...

OR SO HE CLAIMED.

SHE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE
THERE WOULD BE A CONNECTION

OR A GOOD FIT.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE TO SPEND HIS LIFE WITH.

THAT NOVEMBER,
AMBER AGREED TO MEET SCOTT

IN FRONT OF A LOCAL BAR
IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

WHEN SCOTT WALKED UP, AMBER
COULD HARDLY BELIEVE HER EYES.

I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

I THOUGHT HE WAS HANDSOME
AND NICE SMILE AND POLITE.

FROM THERE,
THE TWO WENT OUT TO DINNER

AND FOUND
THEIR CONVERSATION FLOWED

AS FREELY AS THEIR DRINKS.

I SHARED
THAT I WAS A MASSAGE THERAPIST.

I SHARED ABOUT MY DAUGHTER.

AND HE WAS INTERESTED
HEARING ABOUT HER.

I FELT THERE WAS A MUTUAL
INTEREST IN ONE ANOTHER.

DEFINITELY, THERE WAS CHEMISTRY.

SCOTT TOLD AMBER
HE WAS A FERTILIZER SALESMAN

WHO TRAVELLED FOR WORK

AND LIVED ALONE IN A BIG
1940s HOUSE IN SACRAMENTO,

ABOUT THREE HOURS AWAY.

I SAID, "WELL, THANKSGIVING'S
AROUND THE CORNER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS?"

AND HE HAD SAID
HE WAS GOING TO GO FISHING

WITH HIS UNCLE AND HIS DAD
IN ALASKA.

CHRISTMAS,
HE HAD PLANS WITH HIS FAMILY.

HE ALSO HAD
A BUSINESS TRIP PLANNED.

HE WAS GOING TO EUROPE.

HE SOUNDED LIKE HE HAD
A VERY BUSY HOLIDAYS COMING UP.

THE DATE WENT WELL.

AND THE NEXT MORNING,
SCOTT TOLD AMBER

HE WAS WOULD BE LEAVING
FOR ALASKA SOON

BUT HE PROMISED TO CALL.

I WOULD SAY
ALMOST DAILY WE TALKED.

EVERY TIME, IT WAS ALWAYS
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

SCOTT WAS JUST EVERYTHING.
HE LOOKED GOOD, PHYSICALLY FIT,

POLISHED,
SAID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS,

DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.

HE WAS PERFECT.

A COUPLE WEEKS LATER,

SCOTT INVITED AMBER AND HER
DAUGHTER ON A PICNIC AND HIKE.

I WAS EXCITED
HE'S GONNA MEET HER.

HE HELD HER HAND.
AND SHE HELD MY HAND.

HE WAS VERY SWEET WITH HER.

THAT WAS BIG IN HER MIND.

SHE JUST WAS VERY EXCITED
AND VERY HAPPY

THAT HE WAS TAKING
AN INTEREST IN HER DAUGHTER.

THE NEXT EVENING,
AMBER INVITED SCOTT OVER

TO HELP HER DECORATE
FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

WE WERE JUST
HAVING CASUAL CONVERSATION.

AND SCOTT HAD TOLD ME
HE'D NEVER BEEN MARRIED.

AND I ASKED IF HE HAD CHILDREN.
HE SAID NO.

I DEFINITELY WAS FEELING
CLOSER TO HIM

AND FEELING THAT
THERE COULD BE SOMETHING MORE.

SO WHEN SCOTT SHOWED
UP AT AMBER'S HOUSE A WEEK LATER

IN TEARS, SAYING
HE HAD A CONFESSION TO MAKE,

AMBER'S HEART SANK.

HE WAS
NOT THE SCOTT THAT I'VE SEEN.

HE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND UPSET

AND SAID THAT HE HAD
LIED TO ME ABOUT SOMETHING.

THROUGH TEARS,

SCOTT ADMITTED TO AMBER
THAT HE HAD BEEN MARRIED BEFORE

HE HAD SAID
THAT HE HAD LOST HIS WIFE

AND THAT THIS WOULD BE
THE FIRST HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HER.

HE WAS VERY UPSET. IT DEFINITELY
TOOK ME BY SURPRISE.

SCOTT SEEMED SO DISTRAUGHT

THAT AMBER DECIDED
NOT TO PRESS HIM ANY FURTHER.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

IF MAYBE SHE HAD DIED IN A CAR
ACCIDENT OR IF SHE HAD CANCER.

I HAD TOLD HIM, WELL,
I COULDN'T IMAGINE, YOU KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND
WHY IT'D BE DIFFICULT.

AMBER COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER

IF SCOTT WAS READY FOR
ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP SO SOON.

AND HE REASSURED THAT HE DID.

I STILL WANTED TO
CONTINUE OUR RELATIONSHIP

AND SEE WHERE THINGS WOULD GO.

SO AMBER CARRIED ON
WITH THE RELATIONSHIP.

SHE WAS SURE SHE WAS
FALLING HARD FOR SCOTT.

BUT BEFORE THE YEAR WAS OVER,

AMBER'S HOPES
FOR A PERFECT PARTNER

WOULD BE DESTROYED
IN A MOST UNIMAGINABLE WAY.

ON THE NIGHT
OF DECEMBER 29, 2002,

AMBER WAS VISITING
SOME FRIENDS OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

IT WAS A COUPLE DAYS
BEFORE NEW YEAR'S,

AND I WAS OVER AT MY FRIEND'S

CELEBRATING
THEIR DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY.

AND I GOT A CALL FROM MY FRIEND.

HER FRIEND
WAS A FRESNO POLICE OFFICER.

AND HE HAD
URGENT NEWS FOR AMBER.

IT SEEMED THAT HER
NEW BOYFRIEND, SCOTT PETERSON,

WAS HIDING A HORRIBLE SECRET.

AND WHAT
HER FRIEND TOLD HER NEXT

WAS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE.

THIS WAS A MAN
WHO WAS LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE.

I COULDN'T TALK.
I WAS COMPLETELY DISTRAUGHT.

IN DECEMBER OF 2002,

NEARLY A MONTH BEFORE
A TERRIFYING PHONE CALL CAME IN,

AMBER FREY'S NEW BOYFRIEND,
SCOTT PETERSON,

HAD JUST CONFESSED
THAT HE HAD BEEN MARRIED BEFORE

AND HAD RECENTLY LOST HIS WIFE.

I DIDN'T ASK
ANY DETAILS ABOUT HIS LOSS.

I UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, THAT
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING DIFFICULT,

AND I WOULDN'T KNOW
HOW TO HANDLE THAT.

AMBER FORGAVE SCOTT
FOR NOT TELLING HER SOONER

AND TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD

BY INVITING HIM
TO HER CHRISTMAS PARTY.

WHEN SCOTT ARRIVED
FOR THE OCCASION,

HE BROUGHT AMBER
SOMETHING SPECIAL.

HE SHOWED UP WITH A DOZEN ROSES.

AND HE SAID ALL HE COULD
THINK ABOUT WAS ME.

AND THEN HE WENT BACK OUTSIDE

AND CAME BACK IN WITH
TWO MORE DOZEN ROSES FOR ME.

THEY WERE VERY BEAUTIFUL.

SO IT DEFINITELY
PUT A SMILE TO MY FACE.

BUT AFTER
THE NIGHT ENDED IN INTIMACY,

AMBER HAD AN INTERESTING
CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT

ABOUT CHILDREN.

HE HAD SAID THAT
IF THINGS DEVELOPED

THAT MY DAUGHTER
WOULD BE ENOUGH.

HE HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING
ABOUT GETTING A VASECTOMY.

IT DEFINITELY DIDN'T SETTLE WELL

TO THINK
THAT HE WOULD HAVE A VASECTOMY

AND NOT EVER
WANT ANY MORE CHILDREN.

I DEFINITELY WAS
OPEN TO HAVING MORE CHILDREN.

BUT SCOTT TOLD AMBER

HE WAS WILLING TO
DISCUSS THE MATTER FURTHER

BEFORE MAKING
A FINAL DECISION.

AMBER WAS RELIEVED.

THINGS STILL FELT REALLY GOOD
AND WHERE THINGS WERE GOING.

HE WANTED TO ACCEPT HER DAUGHTER
AS HIS... A FAMILY SITUATION.

JUST A COMPLETE PACKAGE
IS WHAT HE WAS OFFERING.

AMBER KNEW
THAT IN THE WEEKS COMING UP

SHE WOULDN'T SEE MUCH OF SCOTT.

SO IN AN EFFORT
TO STAY IN TOUCH,

SHE ASKED HIM
FOR HIS ADDRESS OVERSEAS.

HE SAID HIS FAMILY AND HIM

WERE GONNA SPEND THE HOLIDAYS
IN MAINE.

AND THEN FROM THERE HE WAS
GOING TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE.

I HAD ASKED HIM,

"IF I WANTED TO SEND
YOU SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE AWAY,

HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THAT?"

AND HE HAD SAID,
"I HAVE A P.O. BOX NUMBER,"

BUT IT WAS
BEING SENT TO MODESTO.

AND I HAD ASKED HIM,
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

"HOW IS IT
IF I SEND IT TO MODESTO

IS IT GONNA
GET TO YOU IN EUROPE?"

SCOTT EXPLAINED THAT HE
PLANNED TO USE A COURIER SERVICE

TO DELIVER HIS PACKAGES,
BUT AMBER HAD HER DOUBTS.

IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

I REMEMBER I GOT
VERY TEARY EYED ABOUT IT.

I WAS FEELING
VERY SENSITIVE AT THAT POINT.

BEFORE LONG,

AMBER BEGAN TO NOTICE
A FEW MORE THINGS

ABOUT HER INTERACTIONS
WITH SCOTT

THAT SEEMED A LITTLE OFF.

SEVERAL TIMES,
WHEN I TALKED TO HIM,

HE WAS LIKE OUT IN THE JACUZZI
OUTSIDE IN THE WATER,

OR HE WAS GETTING READY
TO TAKE A SHOWER.

AND THOSE THINGS
WEREN'T REALLY SETTLING WELL

AFTER IT WAS MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND WHEN SCOTT
CALLED AMBER ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT,

SHE HEARD A FEMALE VOICE
IN THE BACKGROUND

CALLING HIS NAME.

AND HE SAID,
"THAT'S MY MOTHER.

I WAS QUESTIONING
WHETHER THAT WAS HIS MOTHER,

OR MAYBE IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE,
AND I DEFINITELY HAD DOUBTS.

THERE WAS
ABOUT A ONE-WEEK PERIOD OF TIME.

IT ALL CHANGED.

THERE WASN'T BUBBLY,
HAPPY AMBER.

AMBER WAS
DISTANT FROM EVERYBODY.

FIGURING IT WOULDN'T HURT

TO RUN A QUICK BACKGROUND CHECK
ON SCOTT,

AMBER ASKED
A FRIEND OF HERS FOR HELP.

THINGS WEREN'T
MAKING SENSE TO ME.

I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE,

BUT WASN'T SURE
HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.

AND SO I CONTACTED
ONE OF MY FRIENDS

THAT WORKED
AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS A MOVE THAT
WOULD CHANGE AMBER'S LIFE FOREVER.

I WAS AFRAID TO GO HOME.

I WASN'T SURE
WHAT I MIGHT WALK INTO.

SHE WAS DEVASTATED
WITH WHAT SCOTT TRULY WAS.

IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2002,

AMBER FREY
SUDDENLY HAD A FEW DOUBTS

ABOUT THE MAN
WHO HAD STOLEN HER HEART.

WHEN SHE ASKED A FRIEND
AT THE FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT

TO LOOK INTO SCOTT PETERSON,

SHE WASN'T SURE
WHAT HE WOULD FIND.

I SHARED THE DIFFERENT
THINGS WITH MY FRIEND

ABOUT WHAT I WAS QUESTIONING.

AND HE THOUGHT, "YEAH, IT SOUNDS
A LITTLE... LITTLE SHADY."

HE GOES,
"I'LL MAKE SOME CALLS."

ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 29th,

AMBER WAS CATCHING UP
WITH HER GIRLFRIENDS

WHEN HER FRIEND CALLED BACK
WITH DISTURBING NEWS.

HE CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE

AND SAID, "I'M NOT SURE
WHAT TO MAKE OUT OF IT YET,

BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD
AND BRING IT TO YOU."

THE ARTICLE WAS IN REFERENCE
TO A MISSING PREGNANT WOMAN

IN MODESTO
AND THE DETAILS OF HER HUSBAND.

HIS NAME WAS SCOTT PETERSON.

AND WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME
WAS JUST THE DESCRIPTION,

THAT HE WAS
A FERTILIZER SALESMAN.

I CAN'T SAY THAT IT LOOKED GOOD.

ALTHOUGH
IT WAS ALMOST 2:00 A.M.,

AMBER IMMEDIATELY
CALLED THE MODESTO POLICE

TO SEE IF IT WAS
THE SAME SCOTT PETERSON.

I GAVE THEM MY INFORMATION,
SO I WAS ON HOLD.

SECONDS SEEMED ENDLESS.

AND THEN SHE GOT BACK TO ME
AND SAID, "YES."

AND I SAID,
"YES, IT IS THE SAME PERSON?"

SHE SAID, "YES."

AT THAT POINT,
I THINK I WAS JUST IN SHOCK.

I JUST WAS SHAKING AND CRYING.

LATER THAT MORNING,
DETECTIVES INTERVIEWED AMBER

AND TOLD HER WHAT
THEY KNEW ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND.

ACCORDING TO POLICE,

SCOTT WAS STILL
VERY MUCH MARRIED

TO A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
NAMED LACI

WHO WAS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT
WITH THEIR UNBORN CHILD.

WORST OF ALL,

LACI HAD BEEN MISSING
SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE.

AND DETECTIVES NOW SUSPECTED
THAT SCOTT WAS INVOLVED.

WE DID LEARN FROM SCOTT

THAT HE CAME HOME
FROM FISHING ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

HIS WIFE LACI WAS NOT THERE.
EVERYBODY WAS JUST GOING CRAZY.

SCOTT WAS
THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS CALM.

HE SEEMED LIKE
JUST THE PERFECT GUY...

UNTIL AMBER CAME ALONG.

10 DAYS BEFORE LACI WENT MISSING

SCOTT TOLD AMBER
THAT IT WAS GONNA BE

THE FIRST HOLIDAY
WITHOUT HIS WIFE.

THAT WAS EITHER
AN INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCE

OR A PREMONITION
THAT DEFIES LOGIC.

WITH LACI STILL MISSING,

DETECTIVES HOPED
THAT AMBER WOULD ASSIST

IN THEIR INVESTIGATION.

WE ASKED HER
IF SHE'D BE WILLING TO LET US

PUT A RECORDING DEVICE
ON HER CELLPHONE,

SO THAT ANY CONTACTS
THAT SHE HAD WITH SCOTT

WOULD BE RECORDED.

THE BIG PICTURE WAS THAT
THERE WAS A MISSING PREGNANT WOMAN.

I WAS OPEN WITH THE POLICE
TO DO WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY

IN HELPING FIND HER.

AMBER DID MAKE COMMENT

THAT SHE WAS GONNA
WORK WITH THE POLICE.

WE WERE TOTALLY SCARED FOR HER.

IF HE COULD
MAKE HIS WIFE DISAPPEAR,

WHAT COULD HE DO TO AMBER?

IMMEDIATELY,
AMBER BEGAN RECORDING

EVERY CONVERSATION
SHE HAD WITH SCOTT,

CAREFULLY WALKING THE LINE

BETWEEN GIRLFRIEND
AND INFORMANT.

WE TALKED QUITE A BIT,
LIKE NOTHING HAD CHANGED.

IT WAS NERVE-RACKING.
I WAS DEFINITELY VERY NERVOUS.

ON DECEMBER 31st,
SCOTT CALLED AMBER

AND CLAIMED HE WAS IN PARIS
AT A LARGE NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY.

WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO ME
ABOUT PARIS AND NEW YEAR'S,

HE WAS, IN FACT, IN MODESTO
AT A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR LACI.

IT'S JUST SO UNREAL.

HE WOULD CALL
AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND SHE WOULD
JUST HAVE TO REACT.

SHE HAD AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF COURAGE.

SUDDENLY, ON JANUARY 6, 2003,

TO EVERYONE'S SURPRISE,
SCOTT CAME CLEAN TO AMBER.

HE CONFESSED THAT
HE HAD A PREGNANT WIFE

WHO VANISHED FROM THEIR HOUSE
WHILE HE WENT OUT FISHING.

AND HE TOLD AMBER
HE HADN'T GONE TO EUROPE...

HE WAS OUT SEARCHING
FOR LACI INSTEAD.

I DEFINITELY
WAS CRYING AND ANGRY

THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING...

JUST THE LIES
THAT HE HAD TOLD ME.

MY RESPONSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN,

"I FIND VERY LITTLE INNOCENCE
IN YOUR BEHAVIOR."

A TEARFUL SCOTT STILL
HOPED FOR A FUTURE WITH AMBER,

BUT IT WAS FAR TOO LATE.

AMBER KNEW
THE TRUTH ABOUT SCOTT.

AND ON JANUARY 24, 2003, THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY DID, TOO.

THAT DAY,
AMBER GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE

THAT SHOCKED THE NATION.

OKAY, FIRST OF ALL,

I MET SCOTT PETERSON
NOVEMBER 20, 2002.

SCOTT TOLD ME
HE WAS NOT MARRIED.

WE DID HAVE
A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP.

SHE LOOKED VERY FRIGHTENED.

SHE LOOKED ANXIOUS.
SHE LOOKED STRESSED.

I COULDN'T CATCH MY BREATH.

AND I KEPT SAYING,
"I CAN'T BREATHE.

I'M HYPERVENTILATING.
I CAN'T BREATHE."

NOW THAT SCOTT KNEW AMBER
WAS WORKING WITH INVESTIGATORS,

POLICE WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT HE MIGHT DO.

THERE WAS ALWAYS A CAUTION

THAT WE FELT
THAT AMBER COULD BE IN DANGER.

SCOTT WAS UNDER SURVEILLANCE
ALL THE TIME.

INCREDIBLY, OVER THE NEXT MONTH,

SCOTT CONTINUED TO CALL

AND AMBER RECORDED
THEIR CONVERSATIONS.

SCOTT ACTUALLY WAS
COMMENDING ME FOR MY BRAVERY,

AND THAT HE WAS SORRY
THAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS.

INVESTIGATORS
HOPED SCOTT WOULD SAY SOMETHING

THAT WOULD LEAD THEM TO LACI.

BUT AS THE EVIDENCE
MOUNTED AGAINST HIM,

SCOTT SEEMED
MORE CAUTIOUS WITH HIS WORDS.

I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
IT REALLY WAS GOING ANYWHERE,

OR I WOULD GET
A STRAIGHT ANSWER.

BUT TWO MONTHS LATER,

WHEN A STORM HIT
THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA,

AMBER AND THE NATION

WOULD FINALLY HAVE
THE ANSWERS THEY NEEDED.

AMBER JUST FLIPPED.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
AN ACT OF GOD FOR US.

ON APRIL 13, 2003,

TWO MONTHS AFTER AMBER FREY
STOPPED RECORDING

HER PHONE CALLS
WITH SCOTT PETERSON,

A COUPLE WALKING THEIR DOG
NEAR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY

MADE A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

TWO BODIES HAD BEEN
DISCOVERED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY...

A UNBORN CHILD

AND THEN THE NEXT DAY,
AN ADULT FEMALE.

THE BODIES CAME TO SHORE,

WE BELIEVE,
IN RESPONSE TO A STORM.

THE BODIES WERE FOUND

NEAR THE AREA WHERE SCOTT
HAD CLAIMED TO BE FISHING

THE NIGHT
OF LACI'S DISAPPEARANCE.

INVESTIGATORS FELT CONFIDENT

THAT THEY WERE LACI
AND HER UNBORN CHILD,

BUT THEY NEEDED
DNA RESULTS TO BE SURE.

FINDING
BOTH BODIES WASHED ASHORE

PRETTY MUCH CINCHED IT FOR ME

THAT SCOTT
WAS PROBABLY INVOLVED IN THIS.

I WAS AT WORK,
AND I GOT A CALL THAT

THEY MAY POSSIBLY
HAVE FOUND LACI'S BODY.

I REMEMBER
I WAS VERY TEARFUL THAT DAY.

MEDICAL EXAMINERS COULD
NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE OF DEATH

BUT INVESTIGATORS
HAD THEIR THEORIES.

THERE WAS AN ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE

OF A VIOLENT STRUGGLE
IN THAT HOUSE.

BUT THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF WAYS
THAT HE COULD HAVE KILLED HER.

THERE WERE
REMNANTS OF CONCRETE ANCHORS.

WE NEVER FOUND THE ANCHORS.

WE CAN ONLY SPECULATE

THAT THEY WERE USED
TO WEIGH DOWN THE BODY.

AS INVESTIGATORS
WAITED FOR THE DNA RESULTS,

THEY CONTINUED TO FOLLOW SCOTT.

HE GOES PRETTY QUICK
ON THE FREEWAY.

AND AS WE CONTINUED
TO FOLLOW HIM,

WE STARTED TO GET WORRIED

THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE
THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH

WAS GONNA GET HURT,
TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH HIM.

SO THE DECISION WAS MADE

THAT WE WERE
GONNA PLACE HIM INTO CUSTODY.

ON APRIL 18,

POLICE ARRESTED SCOTT
IN SAN DIEGO,

EVENTUALLY CHARGING HIM
WITH TWO COUNTS OF MURDER.

A FEW HOURS LATER,
DNA RESULTS CONFIRMED

THAT THE BODIES
WERE LACI AND HER UNBORN SON.

SCOTT'S REACTION
DIDN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME

BECAUSE THE GUY
IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL.

HE SHOWED VERY LITTLE EMOTION.

DURING A SEARCH
OF SCOTT'S VEHICLE,

POLICE WERE SURPRISED
BY WHAT THEY FOUND.

THERE WAS OVER $14,000 IN CASH.

HE HAD FOUR CELL PHONES
IN THERE.

HE HAD HIS BROTHER'S
DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH HIM.

HE HAD, LIKE, A FILET KNIFE
AND CAMPING STUFF.

LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUND
A MAP TO AMBER'S WORKPLACE...

AND ROPES AND OTHER ITEMS

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED
TO KILL HER.

AND SO,
OUR WORST NIGHTMARE CAME TRUE,

IN THE SENSE
THAT WE HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED

THAT THERE WAS
A RISK OF HARM TO AMBER.

EVEN
SCOTT'S APPEARANCE HAD CHANGED.

NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE
WHAT SCOTT WAS PLANNING,

BUT POLICE SUSPECTED
HE WAS ON HIS WAY OUT OF TOWN.

IT WAS POSSIBLE
THAT HE WAS THINKING OF

FLEEING THE UNITED STATES
AND GOING TO MEXICO.

I MEAN, NOTHING REALLY WOULD
HAVE SURPRISED ME AT THAT POINT.

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2003
SCOTT WAS ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL

FOR THE MURDERS
OF HIS WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD.

HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR,
I AM INNOCENT.

AMBER BECAME
THE PROSECUTION'S STAR WITNESS.

I WAS DEFINITELY NERVOUS.

ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS THEY ASKED ME TO DO

IS TO POINT AT SCOTT PETERSON.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE I DON'T KNOW
THAT PERSON SITTING THERE.

AND THAT'S HOW
I FELT IN MY HEART.

AS AMBER
CONTINUED HER TESTIMONY,

THE PROSECUTION PLAYED
THE TAPED PHONE CONVERSATIONS.

SCOTT PETERSON WAS A LIAR.

AND I THINK
THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE,

FOR MANY ON THE JURY,
A TURNING POINT.

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2004,

TWO YEARS AFTER AMBER
FIRST MET SCOTT PETERSON,

HE WAS FOUND GUILTY
OF BOTH MURDERS.

I WAS RELIEVED THAT I FELT

THERE'S JUSTICE
IN THE COURT SYSTEM.

IT WAS DEFINITELY
A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY FOR ME.

PROSECUTORS BELIEVED
SCOTT WANTED TO BE A BACHELOR,

NOT A FATHER.

AND THEN HE MET AMBER.

I THINK HE DID NOT WANT TO
LOSE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH AMBER.

I THINK HE WAS LIVING
HIS FANTASY LIFE.

HE WANTED TO BE DON JUAN.
HE WANTED TO BE MR. ROMANCE.

I DON'T FEEL THAT
I WAS ANY DIFFERENT THAN LACI...

BEING SWEPT OFF HER FEET,

AND THIS POSSIBLY
BEING THE MAN OF MY DREAMS.

HE WILL ALWAYS BE
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.

ON MARCH 16, 2005,

SCOTT PETERSON WAS SENTENCED
TO DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION.

TODAY, AMBER IS NOW
THE SINGLE MOTHER

OF TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

MY DAUGHTER IS NOW 10,
AND MY SON'S 7.

THEY KEEP ME VERY BUSY.

BEING A SINGLE MOM,

THAT DEFINITELY
COMES FIRST IN MY LIFE.

AMBER KNOWS HER NAME WILL
ALWAYS BE ATTACHED TO SCOTT PETERSON'S,

WHICH HAS MADE FORMING
NEW RELATIONSHIPS A STRUGGLE.

I DON'T THINK SHE'S REALLY
QUITE CAPABLE OF HAVING

A COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
WITH ANYBODY RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK IT GETS MUCH WORSE

THAN WHAT SCOTT PETERSON
DID TO HER.

THAT WAS THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.

AMBER IS STILL
A MASSAGE THERAPIST

AND SPENDS HER DAYS
BEING ACTIVE AND HEALTHY,

FOCUSING ON HER FAITH
AND FAMILY.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO A PLACE
THAT HAS CARDIO KICKBOXING.

AND SO I DO THAT
ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY
THE FIRST TIME IN MANY

THAT I FEEL MORE MYSELF.