| Prosecutors Want Laci Peterson Autopsy Unsealed Friday, May 30, 2003 Prosecutors in the Scott Peterson murder case have filed a motion to unseal the autopsy reports on Laci Peterson and the couple's unborn child after news leaked that the body of the fetus had a significant cut and plastic tape wrapped around his neck. A source close to the case who requested anonymity confirmed information in the autopsy report to The Associated Press, but prosecutors responded later in the day by saying it was misleading. "The information being leaked has clearly been skewed in favor of the defense," wrote Deputy Stanislaus County District Attorney David Harris. "By releasing the autopsy reports the court will allow the media to seewhat the actual facts are and then accurate information may be reported to mitigate recent adverse publicity." Through their spokeswoman, Kim Petersen, Laci's family said they learned the autopsy details from television, without warning. "No family should ever have to learn the autopsy results of somebody they love on national TV, and that's exactly what happened," Petersen said in a televised interview on Friday. She said Sharon Rocha, Laci's mother, was "devastated." "She asked me to go out and convey the pain that was inflicted on their family. ... She just implores the media to be sensitive and remember that this isn't a story, this is their life," Petersen said. Laci Peterson's unborn child was found with one-and-a-half loops of plastic tape wrapped around his neck and a large cut on his body, believed to have come from a knife or some sort of sharp object, an investigation source told Fox News. The 25-page autopsy report on the fetus, which has been obtained by Fox News, was delivered to prosecutors and defense lawyers for Scott Peterson, who is charged with capital murder in the deaths of his 8-months pregnant wife and their unborn son. Both bodies washed up along the shore of San Francisco Bay in late April. HOME INDEX SEARCHES OF BAY ATTORNEYS COURT DATES EVIDENCE & STORIES ALIBI-WITNESS LIST AMBER SCOTT PETERSON FAMILY WIRETAPS MAPS |
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