those blood drops on the walkway. blood dropping from the murder weapon, as it was potentially disposed of somewhere outside the dwelling. but the state thought some of its most powerful evidence was what the medical examiner found on the top of kathleen s head, seven tears to the scalp. do you recall any case where someone died falling down steps and there were multiple lacerations? no. were you able to determine in your opinion what the manner of her death was? the manner of death in this case is homicide. injuries that were eerily similar to those suffered by the peterson family friend from germany all those years before, elizabeth ratliff. and the jury, almost in a trial within a trial, heard that story. the long-ago friends from germany testifying to their suspicions about michael peterson s involvement in another stairway death, another one with so much blood. the blood was up so high, that i couldn t figure out how did the blood got up there.
attack. if he had, that could explain those blood drops on the walkway. blood dropping from the murder weapon, as it was potentially disposed of somewhere outside the dwelling. reporter: but the state thought some of its most powerful evidence was what the medical examiner found on the top of kathleen s head, seven tears to the scalp. do you recall any case where someone died falling down steps and there were multiple lacerations? no. were you able to determine in your opinion what the manner of her death was? the manner of death in this case is homicide. reporter: injuries that were eerily similar to those suffered by the peterson family friend from germany all those years before, elizabeth ratliff. and the jury, almost in a trial within a trial, heard that story. the long-ago friends from germany testifying to their suspicions about michael peterson s involvement in another stairway death,
the german police didn t see any blood. the german doctor didn t see any blood. the american military didn t see any blood. why didn t they see any blood? reporter: was the writer of fiction, making up yet another story, covering up murder as an accident? but, if kathleen was bludgeoned to death as prosecutors thought, problem. investigators hadn t found the murder weapon. prosecutors believed it was a hollow fireplace tool called a blow poke, seen here in family photographs. it had been given to kathleen by her sister, candace, as a gift. i d given it to her about ten years prior. that s for sure. and that thanksgiving when i was at her house, the i definitely saw it by the fireplace. reporter: prosecutors thought peterson had ferreted the blow poke out of the house that night after the attack. if he had, that could explain those blood drops on the walkway. blood dropping from the murder weapon, as it was
blood everywhere. well, no. the german police didn t see any blood. the american military didn t see any blood. and then a clash outside the courtroom. pleading guilty actually, we re not you re pleading guilty. here again, dennis murphy. hollow fireplace tool seen here in family photographs. it had been a gift of candace to her sister a decade before. i just found it to be a great gift. i definitely saw it by the fireplace. prosecutors thought peterson had ferreted it out of the house that night after the attack. if he had, that could explain those blood drops on the walkway. blood dropping from the murder weapon as it was potentially disposed of
camp at 14,000 feet. i really didn t have many problems with the altitude. part of the effect of the bad weather is we got pinned down in certain camps and that slowed down our progress and more gradually introduced me to the altitude on this climb. i don t mean to playoff at you because i know it s serious and you could die if you screwed it up. you set up oxygen deprivation tent in your apartment? well, my house, yeah.รง my girlfriend called it the michael jackson tent. what did the neighbors think. my neighbors don t come into the bedroom. my girlfriend thought it was weird and poked a lot of fun at me. essentially what you do is you force poor quality oxygen into your bed while you are sleeping and that makes your body start kicking out red blood cells. the interesting thing now that i m back at regular altitude it s hard to breathe. the air feels oppressive. i got used to the extreme altitude. you think it would be super charged like blood dropping. i get to the want to s