death_date death_place children birth_place image_size parents birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
24 december 2002 modesto , california , u.s. -lrb- presumably -rrb- conner peterson -lrb- fetal death -rrb- modesto , california , u.s. laci peterson dennis rocha and sharon rocha 04 may 1975 scott peterson -lrb- 1997 2002 -rrb- murder of laci peterson
 laci rocha peterson substitute teacher
murder of laci peterson

laci denise peterson -lrb- née rocha ; may 4 , 1975 december 24 , 2002 -rrb- was an american woman who was the subject of a highly publicized murder case after she went missing while seven and a half months pregnant with her only child .
she was reportedly last seen alive on december 24 , 2002 .
her husband , scott peterson , was later convicted of murder in the first degree for her death , and in the second degree for the death of their prenatal son , conner .
scott is on death row at san quentin state prison .
