Laci's loss revives fetal-slaying bill

Her family lends its name to the drive for federal legislation formerly sidelined.

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Mourning Laci
MODESTO -- Outside the large downtown church where folks arrived early to find the best seats, Cherie Holton stood with a camera strapped around her neck.

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Convicting Peterson of murder no cinch
Scott Peterson may have been tried and convicted by the jury of public opinion, but it may not be so simple to win a murder conviction -- let alone a death sentence -- at trial.

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Peterson's friends saw no hint of a criminal path
SAN DIEGO -- In his high school yearbooks, Scott Peterson displays his "pulverizing" golf swing and tells his classmates to "watch for me" after his 1990 graduation.

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Peterson home called key probe site
With the arrest and arraignment of Scott Peterson in San Diego, the focus of Laci Peterson's death shifts to Modesto, where police believe the 27-year-old pregnant woman was murdered in the home she shared with her husband.

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Legal experts: Peterson trial may be moved
Legal experts say the outpouring of grief for Laci Peterson in Modesto is likely to result in Scott Peterson's capital murder trial being moved to an area of California where jurors are far less familiar with the Petersons.

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Laci Peterson's family plans for funeral
Family members of slaying victim Laci Peterson secluded themselves in Modesto on Tuesday to make funeral plans for Peterson and her unborn child, Conner.

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Scott Peterson pleads not guilty
MODESTO -- Scott Peterson, in a steady and sober voice, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he killed his wife and their unborn son, starting a legal process that could lead to the death penalty if he is convicted.

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2 bodies identified; Peterson arrested
MODESTO -- Scott Peterson was arrested in San Diego County Friday morning, the same day investigators identified the remains of a woman and infant as his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, capping a week of extraordinary developments in a four-month national saga.

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Rumors leave lives in limbo
In the search for a missing Modesto woman, about the only thing police will say publicly is that her disappearance on Christmas Eve is suspicious and they suspect foul play. And her husband isn't a suspect.

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Husband is urged to tell all to police
Family members of a missing Modesto woman, saying they now believe her husband has lied to them, are urging him to cooperate with authorities. They said Friday that police have told them he took out a life insurance policy on the missing woman and that he had a girlfriend.

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Anchor, not body, is found by divers
BERKELEY -- A suspicious underwater image off the Berkeley Marina proved to be an anchor and not a missing Modesto woman, divers discovered on Saturday.

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The search for Laci
MODESTO -- For the first time since Laci Peterson disappeared from her Modesto neighborhood, Jordan Visola stepped from her home on the same street Wednesday, leashed her dog and went for a walk.

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