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peterson_timeline.sPubDate = "12/14/2004 3:48:21 PM GMT";
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peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 24, 2002","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040601/040601_laci_tease.small.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "Getty Images", "198", "160", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Laci Denise Peterson, a substitute teacher, vanishes Christmas Eve in Modesto, Calif. She is nearly eight months pregnant, due to give birth to a baby boy in February.
Her husband, Scott Peterson, is questioned about her disappearance but never named a suspect, telling police he saw his wife the morning she disappeared as she left their house to walk the dog. He says he went fishing that day at the Berkeley Marina on San Francisco Bay.
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peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 31, 2002","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Nearly 1,400 attend a New Year's Eve vigil for Laci Peterson.
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peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 22, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Scott Peterson's mother, Jackie Peterson, tells MSNBC's Dan Abrams that she disagrees with implications that her son was uncooperative with police in the investigation.
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peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 24, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Modesto police produce a 28-year-old Fresno woman, Amber Frey, with whom they say Scott Peterson had an affair. Frey makes a formal statement, saying Scott Peterson led her to believe he was single and apologizing to Laci Peterson's family. Police say Frey is eliminated as a suspect.
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peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 4, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Scott Peterson trades in his wife's SUV for a new vehicle.
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peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Laci Peterson's family holds a press conference to discuss news that Scott Peterson sold his wife's SUV and announce upcoming searches.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 10, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Family and friends hold a candlelight vigil to remember Laci Peterson on the date her son, Connor, was to have been born.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 15, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Two searches take place in the Lake Don Pedro area near La Grange, Calif.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 22, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Search takes place in the New Melones Reservoir area near Sonora, Calif.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","March 6, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Modesto detective announces that the Peterson investigation has cost the department more than $250,000 in overtime.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 13, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Body of an unidentified baby is found in the grassy shallows along the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 14, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "A dog walker comes upon the remains of a female body in a shoreline park in Richmond, Calif., about a mile south of where the infant body was found. ";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 15, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Authorities say autopsies are inconclusive and DNA analysis is required to identify the bodies and determine if they are related.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 18, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Scott Peterson is arrested at the Torrey Pines golf resort in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. The California attorney general announces that DNA testing has established with more than a billion-to-one certainty that the bodies found along the San Francisco Bay shore were Laci Peterson and her son. Authorities say Scott Peterson will be charged with two counts of capital murder with the special circumstance of double homicide, which would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 21, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Scott Peterson pleads not guilty to two counts of murder alleging that he \"intentionally, deliberately and with premeditation\" killed his wife and their unborn child.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","April 23, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton says during the taping of a TV show that he will seek the death penalty if Scott Peterson is convicted.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","May 2, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Prominent Los Angeles lawyer Mark Geragos, who has represented celebrities and served as a television commentator in coverage of Laci Peterson’s murder, says he will defend Scott Peterson. Geragos waives a bail hearing for Peterson that had been scheduled for May 6.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","May 27, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Twelve jurors –- six men, six women -- are picked for Scott Peterson's trial.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","June 1, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Opening statements begin in the trial.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","June 23, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Justin Falconer, a juror seen conversing with Laci Peterson's brother, is removed from jury service. The judge denies the defense’s request for a mistrial.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","July 6, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Testimony begins by witnesses who found the remains of Laci and Conner. The jury also sees horrific pictures of their decomposed bodies.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 5, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Prosecutors rest their case after presenting 174 witnesses over 19 weeks.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 12, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The judge delays the start of the defense case for a week.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 26, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The defense calls its final witness.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 29, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The judge in the case rules that the jury can consider convicting Scott Peterson of second-degree murder, which would not carry the death penalty. But the judge says jurors cannot consider convicting him of voluntary manslaughter.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 1, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Closing arguments begin.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 3, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Jurors begin deliberating.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 9, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The judge removes a juror who reportedly violated his instructions by doing her own research into the case. An alternate juror is selected, and the jury is instructed to begin deliberations anew.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 10, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The foreman is removed from the jury, and another alternate juror joins the panel. No reason is given for the removal.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 11, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The jury takes a break from deliberations for the Veterans Day holiday.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 12, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Jury convicts Scott Peterson of first-degree murder in the death of Laci and second-degree murder in the death of their unborn son, Conner.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 29, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The California Supreme Court denies a request by the defense to empanel a new jury in a different county for the penalty phase.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 30, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The penalty phase of the trial begins.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 9, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "Both prosecution and defense conclude their presentations in the penalty phase with closing arguments, and the jury begins deliberating.";
peterson_timeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 13, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "right", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
peterson_timeline[i-1].body = "The jury recommends the death sentence for Scott Peterson.
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