In the months leading up to the murder of Laci Peterson, Amber Frey was having an affair with the pregnant woman’s husband, Scott Peterson.
Laci Peterson disappeared from her California home on Christmas Eve 2002, and her body washed up four months later on the shore of a nearby beach. Her unborn son, who the couple planned to name Conner, was found a mile away, despite the fact his mother showed no signs she had given birth.
Scott Peterson was arrested just days later, but it was Frey’s testimony that sealed his fate. In 2004, he was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Laci and the second-degree murder of Conner.
Where is Amber Frey now?
Some 20 years later, Frey remains in California, living a relatively quiet life out of the spotlight. She has two children, both of them teenagers, and even ran her own spa before closing down shop, according to Investigation Discovery. She continues to work as a massage therapist, and her Instagram says she’s a brand ambassador for Bucked Up, a pre-workout supplement.
In January 2005, Frey’s book “Witness: For the Prosecution of Scott Peterson” was published, but she’s not spoken much otherwise about her experiences with Peterson and his high-profile legal proceedings — until now. She appears in the new Netflix documentary “American Murder: Laci Peterson,” during which she opens up about her affair with Peterson and why she called the cops on him.
Back in 2002, Frey reached out to authorities, revealing to them her relationship with Scott. She said he told her he was a widower when they met, and that she only learned the truth when a friend showed her a news article about Laci Peterson’s disappearance.
Frey went on to help police gather information on her paramour, going as far as to secretly record phone calls she shared with him.
“So what, do you want to be together with me?” asked Frey in one of the recordings played in the docuseries’ trailer.
“For the rest of our lives I think we could care for each other,” Peterson replied.
In 2022, Scott Peterson’s lawyers tried to get him a new murder trial, but a judge eventually denied the bid. At the time, attorney Gloria Allred said Frey was ready to testify if needed.
“I would have been willing to testify again,” Frey said in a statement through her lawyer to Fox News. “However, I am relieved that my testimony will not be necessary. If I were called to testify, I would give truthful testimony again, for the truth doesn’t change over time.”
And Scott Peterson has still not given up on fighting for his freedom. The Los Angeles Innocence Project — a nonprofit that works to exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals — has taken up his cause, and have been trying to secure him another trial since January 2024. The Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office, who presided over the case, believes Scott was convicted on “overwhelming” circumstantial evidence, according to KRON.
The Innocence Project has sought DNA testing of physical items of evidence and post-conviction discovery to probe “Mr. Peterson’s claim of innocence.”
In July, a judge agreed for additional DNA testing to be carried out on a piece of tape found on Laci’s clothing, the Modesto Bee reported.
Peterson is currently at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, where he is serving life sentence without the possibility for parole
