In light of the recent developments in Bolingbrook, Illinois, I thought I would address a similar case from a few years ago, also involving a Peterson.
Laci Peterson vanished between December 23 and Christmas Eve morning, 2002. She was eight months pregnant at the time. With no clues to go on, police could make no arrest although they kept Scott Peterson, her husband, under surveillance. He had reportedly been having an affair with another woman who herself went public on January 24, 2003. Scott had also taken out a $250,000 insurance policy on his wife prior to her disappearance. Finally, in April 2003, her body and that of her unborn son were washed up on the shore at Richmond, California and Scott was arrested and charged with murder of his wife and child the day the remains were identified, on April 18, 2003. Scott Peterson was found guilty of murder for both his wife and child and was sentenced to death.
How any man could take the life of his wife and child, particularly in such a cruel manner, is dumbfounding. The irony in the Laci Peterson case is that Scott Peterson maintained his innocence...yet dyed his hair, contacted his mistress, was on his way to Mexico, and began to make plans for a new life.
In the Drew and Stacy Peterson case, he also maintains his innocence, even though he has a pattern of behavior with THREE OTHER WIVES that suggests otherwise.
One day, Scott Peterson will stand before God to be judged and I wonder what God would say. Scott Peterson destroyed two of God's creations. These men infuriate me. Just some thoughts for this Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Peterson Problems.
Posted by Samantha at 6:55 AM
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I think it's shocking to hear that the leading cause of death among pregnant women is homicide, usually by their partner (boyfriend, husband, whatever). That gives me the chills.
Here's a clip from an article, "Why Pregnant Women are Targeted," from ABC.com:
"A study published in the March 2005 edition of the American Journal of Public Health found that homicide was a leading cause of death among pregnant women in the United States between 1991 and 1999. Data taken from the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the pregnancy-associated homicide ratio was 1.7 per 100,000 live births.
A 2001 study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association said 20 percent of Maryland women who died during pregnancy were murdered. Researchers found the same trend in New York from 1987-1991 and in the Chicago area from 1986-1989. According to the CDC, approximately 324,000 pregnant women are hurt by an intimate partner or former partner each year."
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