1985, elizabeth went to the petersons for dinner. later, michael peterson says he drove her home. she got out and went upstairs. i said, night, liz, you know, see you tomorrow. reporter: the next morning, michael says he was fast asleep when elizabeth s nanny came running with urgent news. i m upstairs in bed. and she s saying something that, in fact, you know, liz is dead or hurt or i don t know. she s screaming. and so i put some clothes on. and i go over to the house. and, in fact, liz is dead. reporter: dead at the bottom of the stairs. bottom of the stairs. reporter: another good friend in their circle, amybeth berner and her husband, were summoned to elizabeth s townhouse, too. she asked michael what happened. 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
despite that gore journalists house gorgeous house, perhaps they i mean, you know, if he wasn t writing a book or had any royalties coming in, he had no income. i saw the seven huge lacerations that basically scalped her, she was murdered. that one picture. that was it. that one picture that was it.
reporter: they processed the scene, photographing the stairwell, documenting the pool of blood and spray up the wall. outside, drops on the walkway and a smear on the front door. in the kitchen, blood stains on a cabinet, and underneath, a drop of blood on the counter. and right beside it, an opened wine bottle and two glasses. it was, you know, very, very time consuming. you don t want to, you know, go through it real speedy. you want to make sure that you cross all your ts and dot all your is. reporter: it would take investigators a couple of days to go through the 9,000 square foot estate. while they did, michael and the kids took refuge at a neighbor s house. just spent most of the time in bed then margaret came in, martha, caitlin, everybody flew in, everybody. reporter: he says from the moment the police arrived at the house, they were aggressive towards him and his family. but even in his haze of shock and grief, peterson says, he thought he knew why.
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