she looked around she noticed something. blood not just where elizabeth lay, but high up along the staircase walls, too. too much blood, she thought, for a slip and fall. if you fell down the stairs, why would there be blood splurted up the side of the walls? it didn t make any sense to me. reporter: and she says there were household details out of order: like the table that liz set out every night with the girls breakfast plates. it was bare. the snow boots she routinely left by the front door, still on her feet. liz never wore her boots in the house. she d always took her boots off. and that was another clue to me that something was wrong. it s obvious that she was either running from someone or trying to escape. reporter: amybeth thought a full-fledged investigation would ensue. but, as she tells it, michael peterson spoke to the authorities that day, relating that elizabeth had a hereditary bleeding disorder. perhaps she d had a stroke and fallen down the stairs.
he said, well, she probably had an aneurysm like her father. when i thought about someone falling down the stairs i thought, well, that s possible those stairs are, you know, pretty steep and, you know, they re slippery and wooden. reporter: but amybeth says as she looked around she noticed something. blood not just where elizabeth lay, but high up along the staircase walls, too too much blood, she thought, for a slip and fall. if you fell down the stairs, why would there be blood splurted up the side of the walls? it didn t make any sense to me reporter: and she says there were household details out of order: like the table that liz set out every night with the girls breakfast plates. it was bare. the snow boots she routinely left by the front door, still on her feet liz never wore her boots in the house. she d always took her boots off. and that was another clue to me that something was wrong it s obvious that she was either running from someone or trying to escape. re
had an aneurysm like her father. when i started to think about someone falling down the stairs i thought, well, that s possible. those stairs are, you know, pretty steep and, you know, they re slippery and wooden. but amybeth says as she looked around she noticed something. blood not just where elizabeth lay, but high up along the staircase walls, too. too much blood, she thought, for a slip and fall. if you fell down the stairs, why would there be blood splurted up the side of the walls? it didn t make any sense to me. and she says there were household details out of order: like the table that liz set out every night with the girls breakfast plates. it was bare. the snow boots she routinely left by the front door, still on her feet. liz never wore her boots in the house. she always took her boots off. and that was another clue to me that something was wrong. it s obvious that she was either running from someone or trying to escape.
aneurysm like her father. when i started to think about someone falling down the stairs, i thought well that s possible those stairs are you know, pretty steep and you know, they re slippery and wooden. but amy beth says she looked around, she noticed something blood. not just where elizabeth lay but high up along the staircase walls, too. too much blood, she thought for a slip and fall. if you fell down the stairs, why would there be blood splurted up the side of the walls? it didn t make any sense to me. she says there were household details out of order. like the table that liz set out every night with the girls breakfast plates. it was bare. the snow boots shoe left by the front door still on her feet. liz never wore her boots in the house. she always took her boots off. that was another clue to me that something was wrong. it s obvious that she was running from someone or trying to escape.