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.
fell. as for those drops in the house and on the walkway outside, suggested he staged the scene, the defense said none of that could be trusted. the blood in that area had been completely altered. the scene at the house had been completely contaminated. but what about those ghastly lacerations on kathleen s head, which estates medical examiner attributed to a beating? defense attorney rudolph knows what he didn t find. because we re deep, therefore no skull or bone fractures. there is absolutely no fractures anywhere. no fractures to her fingers, to her arms, to her skull. there was absolutely no injury to the brain. that is just almost an impossibility if what you re doing is beating somebody with a metal object. for a final exclamation point, the defense had a perry mason moment up its sleeve. the prosecution had insisted
the spray. an injured person can walking, can move, can shake their head. obviously, the blood all around was due to her being alive and moving around for some period of time. it didn t have to do with what inflicted the wounds. reporter: the blood on his shorts, that could have happened, the defense said, while michael peterson was cradling his wife. the fact that some of the blood was dry when first responders arrived, well, michael never said he knew what time kathleen fell. and as for those drops of blood in the house and on the walkway outside suggesting he staged the scene, the defense said none of that could be trusted. the blood in that area had been completely altered. the scene at the house had been completely contaminated. reporter: but what about those ghastly lacerations on kathleen s head which the state s medical examiner
blood, could have accounted for the spray. an injured person can walking, can move, can shake their head. obviously, the blood all around was due to her being alive and moving around for some period of time. it didn t have to do with what inflicted the wounds. reporter: the blood on his shorts, that could have happened, the defense said, while michael peterson was cradling his wife. the fact that some of the blood was dry when first responders arrived, well, michael never said he knew what time kathleen fell. and as for those drops of blood in the house and on the walkway outside suggesting he staged the scene, the defense said none of that could be trusted. the blood in that area had been completely altered. the scene at the house had been completely contaminated. reporter: but what about those ghastly lacerations on
that could be trusted. the blood in that area had been completely altered. the scene at the house had been completely contaminated. reporter: but what about those ghastly lacerations on kathleen s head which the state s medical examiner attributed to a beating? defense attorney rudolf notes what he didn t find though the cuts were deep, there were no skull or bone fractures. there was absolutely no fractures anywhere no fractures to her fingers, to her arms to her skull. and there was absolutely no injury to the brain. and that s just almost an impossibility if what you re doing is beating somebody with a metal object reporter: and for a final exclamation point, the defense had a perry mason moment up its sleeve the prosecution had insisted throughout the murder weapon used to bludgeon kathleen peterson was the fireplace blowpoke, only police never found it