they made us a family. not only did she raise these children and have quite an accomplished corporate career, dinner 50, she would do it. but, in the wee hours of a winter night. i found them at the base of the stairs. kathleen peterson, dead. was this a fall, or was this murder? a mystery we covered for more than a decade comes to a shattering and. it did not look like a fall. michael peterson, under suspicion, then, a bombshell revelation about another woman from his past. this was on the floor, and there was a puddle of blood under the staircase. appear today the same, way to minnesota shaded with one of the? odds yes, what are the odds? a trial, one expert this is the scene. would make a slam dunk case for peterson s guilt. the tourist or captivated by his testimony. but were his dramatic experience legit? it is designed to get a result, does not scientifical. michael peterson on the quest that might finally lead to the truth.
as for those witnesses who said elizabeth rattle of what s all over the staircase walls, michael insist their memories are wrong. they said, my god, there was blood everywhere. and, well, no, there wasn t. the german police did not see any blood, the chairman doctor did not see any, blood the american military did not see any blood, why did they not see any blood? if you saw all this blood, why did you not say something at the time to someone. he is certain elisabeth ratliff died of a stroke, as for how his wife died years later, michael cannot say for sure, but he thinks is the first instinct was the right one, i guess maybe i m the last person i think she fell down the, stairs i do not know. michael believes alcohol must have played a role in her fall, and even though her blood alcohol levels squared off the, charts he says there may have been another contributing factor, a few months before her death, she had suffered an injury diving into the swimming
to do that, they would have to get the okay from elisabeth s daughters. the girls, who believe in their father s innocence as fiercely as they mistrusted the authorities, struggled with a decision. the hardest thing i ve ever had to do, was to write off on the exit mission of our birth mother. but ultimately, they agreed. i signed off on, it because we wanted to be like, there is no way this could have happened, please look at the evidence. i will do this to free our dad of these accusations. on a beautiful blue sky day, remains of elizabeth are exhumed from the resting place in texas. reporter julia sims of nbc affiliate w r l tv have been covering the story since the beginning. the bill started holding right as they started pulling that casket right out of the ground.