# American Murder: Laci Peterson (2024)

> A three-part Netflix docuseries revisiting the 2002 disappearance and murder of Laci Peterson through archive footage and interviews with detectives and those who knew her.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/175260

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 55 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, crime
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Laci Peterson, Scott Peterson, Allen Brocchini, Sharon Rocha, Lori Heintz, Stacy Boyers, Rene Tomlinson, Greg Reed
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33079160/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: somber, tense, grief stricken, methodical

## What critics say

Viewers find the docuseries an interesting but mixed revisiting of the Laci Peterson case, valued for its interviews and investigative detail.

## Synopsis

American Murder: Laci Peterson (2024) is a Netflix true crime docuseries created for a streaming audience and produced by Campfire Studios. Presented as a three-episode limited series of roughly fifty-five minutes each, it revisits the 2002 disappearance of Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant when she vanished from her California home and whose search ended in tragedy. Rather than dramatizing events, the series builds its case from archive footage and on-camera testimony. Modesto police detective Allen Brocchini appears alongside Laci's mother Sharon Rocha and a circle of friends, including Lori Heintz, Stacy Boyers and Rene Tomlinson, each recalling the days that unraveled into a homicide investigation. Scott Peterson appears in archive material, keeping the suspicion of a married couple at the center of the story. Each episode moves through interviews, timelines and case details with a restrained, grave tone, so the emotional weight rests on grief and the search for answers. Fans of The Jinx, Making a Murderer and The Staircase will find the same testimony-driven approach to a notorious American homicide case, presented as a sober, methodical true crime investigation.

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