Police images from inside the Drew Peterson home

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Police who searched the Peterson home Dec. 24 found two mops and a bucket outside the couple's front door. Peterson said Laci was using the mops and bucket to clean the floor that morning when he left and he had moved them outside when he arrived home that afternoon. Prosecutors' question Laci's ability to mop when she was eight months' pregnant, and the couple's housekeeper said she had mopped the house the day before.

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The Petersons' housekeeper said she left these dirty rags in
the washer when she left on the afternoon of Dec. 23. When
police arrived the next day, the rags were unwashed on
top of the washer, the clothes Peterson wore fishing were
in the washer, and the hamper in the couple's bedroom was full.

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The first police officers who arrived at the Peterson home on Christmas Eve said there were no signs of foul play, but a few things, including this rug, did arouse their suspicion. The rag rug was originally scrunched up "like an accordion" against a door leading out to the couple's vehicles. When one officer pointed out the rug to Peterson, he said the cat and dog had probably been playing. He then straightened it out with his foot, leaving it in the position that police later photographed it in.

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The Petersons had prepared this nursery for their son, Conner, who was due in February. The theme of the room was nautical, a fact the defense says underscores Scott's lifelong love of fishing and the ocean.

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A curling iron rests on the counter in Laci's bathroom. Scott told his mother-in-law that she was curling her hair as he left the house on Christmas Eve morning for a fishing trip.

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When police arrived on Dec. 24, a phonebook lay open on the kitchen counter. Scott told police he was planning to call hospitals in search of his missing wife.

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This is the Peterson's living room with a view toward the laundry room. Stacey Boyers, a friend of the couple,
said she saw Scott vacuuming in front of the washer and dryer on Dec. 25, about 24 hours after his wife vanished.

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Two policemen testified that they were walking down this hall from the couple's bedroom to their living room when one of them asked Peterson what type of fish he was trying to catch on the bay. According to both officers, he had no answer.

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The bed in the couple's master bedroom was neatly made when police arrived. One of the officers rested Laci's purse on the corner of the bed as he inspected her belongings.

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The closet in the Petersons' spare bedroom. Police noticed
two duffle bags out of place. Scott explained he was "a slob."