'I wasn't the last one to see Laci alive': Scott Peterson denies murdering wife and unborn son in death-row interview

Scott Peterson

Scott Peterson claims that multiple people saw his wife Laci after she reportedly went missing in a new interview from San Quentin State Prison, where he is currently sitting on death row.

It is the first time Scott has spoken publicly about the case since 2004, when he was convicted of first-degree murder for the death of Laci as well as second-degree murder for the death of Conner Peterson, his unborn son.

'I wasn't the last one to see Laci that day. There were so many witnesses that saw her walking in the neighborhood after I left,' Scott says in the interview, which was conducted over the phone from his California prison this past June by his sister-in-law Janey.

That claim is supported by over 11 witnesses, who say they spotted Laci out walking her dog after the mother-to-be, 27, reportedly went missing on Christmas Eve back in 2002.

This interview, never-before-heard eyewitness testimony and new bombshell claims about the relationship between Scott and his mistress Amber Frey will all be featured in the new A&E docuseries 'The Murder of Laci Peterson,' premiering Tuesday night at 9pm on the network.

Prosecutors successfully argued that Laci was killed some time between the evening of December 23 and the following morning during Scott's murder trial.

The eyewitnesses tell a much different story however, including Mike Chiavetta who claims to have seen Laci's dog walking around the neighborhood on Christmas Eve - after Scott had left for the office.

'After I had talked to the police man and given my statement that I had seen the dog in the park nothing was followed up,' says Chiavetta.

'There was over 11 witnesses who saw Laci that day, this is all while Scott is at the office and on his computer, so he's innocent,' argues Janey, who has been Scott's staunchest defender from the start.

It was three days after the discovery of his late wife's body that Scott was arrested by police, who picked him up in a parking lot where he claimed to be meeting his father and half-brother John - who is Janey's husband - for a round of golf.

At the time he was in possession of multiple cell phones, $15,000 in cash, 200 sleeping pills, his brother John's ID, a dagger and a gun.

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Source: Mail Online, Chris Spargo, August 14, 2017

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