True Crime makes a large part of the Netflix offer-be it as a documentary or documentary drama. From the former area the three-part true crime series
American Murder: Laci Peterson, who has been online since August last year.
The fact that this is now in 8th place in the streamers’ series charts should have to do with the brand new sister series American Murder: Gabby Petito, which was just released on February 17, 2025 and made it up to 1st place.
True Crime series at Netflix: The case of the murdered Laci Peterson
In 2002, 27-year-old Laci Peterson from Modesto in California was from her family reported as missing. The case received special attention because the young woman was at the eighth month pregnant at the time. When a few months later her body and that of her unborn son were found in San Francisco Bay, the suspicion quickly fell on the husband Scott Peterson.
In the American Murder series of director Skye Borgman, family members and people who were part of the investigation and the court have had their say. It seems to agree that the jury came to the correct decision at the time when Scott was guilty. Doubts were only raised by the Nonprofit organization Innocence Project in 2024, which wants to reveal new evidence in the event of an days.
The case has been interested in 20 years: Wikipedia alone has listed over 15 True Crime episodes and formats to the Laci Peterson case.
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This is what the series charts on Netflix currently look like
Another true crime title from the Netflix series is American Murder: The picture book family. In the almost an hour-half-hour documentary film, the murder of the also pregnant Shanann Watts and her children is rolled up.