>Murder most foul
>
> Medical researchers now believe that homicide, not
> medical complications, is the leading cause of
> pregnancy-associated death.
>
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>By Mary Papenfuss
><http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/27/pregnancy_death/index.html>
>
>Feb. 27, 2003 | Laci Peterson was due to give birth to
>a baby boy -- her first child -- this month. Instead,
>the 27-year-old Modesto mother-to-be is presumed dead.
>Her body is missing; her husband, though not an official
>suspect in his wife's disappearance, is under intense
>scrutiny by detectives in the case. Weary volunteers,
>scouring land and water since Peterson's disappearance
>Christmas Eve, focused on the New Melones Reservoir last
>weekend. Police searched the Peterson home for the
>second time early last week, removing several bags of
>evidence. Any hope that Laci and her baby are alive has
>nearly evaporated. "When we're looking in places under
>water, we're looking for a body," reported Police Chief
>Roy Wasden.