American Murder: Laci Peterson

American Murder: Laci Peterson is an American documentary series director Skye Borgman that was released on Netflix on August 14, 2024.

This series features interviews with detectives, lawyers, and jurors involved in Peterson’s trial, and also includes a conversation with Amber Frey, the woman with whom Peterson was living a double life at the time of his wife’s disappearance — and whose willingness to participate with law enforcement led to major breakthroughs in the case against him. And, for the first time since Laci’s death, her mother, Sharon Rocha, agreed to an in-depth interview for the series, offering fresh insight into her loss and the grief she carries to this day.

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"Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant when she vanished, sparking a search that ended in tragedy. This docuseries delves into the 2002 murder case."

—Official Netflix synopsis

From director Skye Borgman (The Girl in the Picture) comes the definitive examination of the murder of Laci Peterson, the bubbly and beloved young woman who disappeared on Christmas Eve of 2002, while eight months pregnant with her first child. The disturbing case captured the nation’s attention, dominating news media night after night as facts slowly but surely led law enforcement to prosecute her husband, Scott Peterson, for her brutal murder — although he pleaded not guilty, and maintains his innocence to this day. 20 years after Scott’s conviction, this three-part documentary series uses news clips, interrogation footage, and courtroom cameras to bring the dramatic disappearance, investigation, and trial into focus. Alongside interviews with detectives, reporters, lawyers, and jurors recounting their experiences in real time, it also features a conversation with Amber Frey, the woman with whom Scott was living a double life at the time of Laci’s disappearance — and whose willingness to participate with law enforcement led to major breakthroughs in the case. And for the very first time since Laci’s heartbreaking death, her mother, Sharon Rocha, and a trio of her childhood friends speak candidly about their memories of Laci, the impact this shocking crime had on their lives, and their hopes that, in coming forward to tell Laci’s story for a new generation, they might empower other women experiencing intimate partner violence to escape a similarly tragic fate.