With its snappy theme songs, soap-operatic continuities (Laci Peterson, runaway brides, the life and death of Anna Nicole Smith), and a cast of characters ranging from photogenic newsreaders to egomaniacal pundits, contemporary television journalism rivals, in its shallowness and sensationalism, the finest works of the late Aaron Spelling.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Strange Bedfellows'

Rocha and others slowly grew suspicious of Laci's husband, Scott Peterson.

CNN: For Laci Peterson's mom, the holidays mark a time of sorrow