autopsy performed at the u.s. military hospital in germany. elizabeth died, the examiner said, from a brain hemorrhage, natural causes. so the story lay buried for nearly two decades. but when detective art holland heard it, his head spun. i was overwhelmed with, you know, here i have two women that appeared to die the same way. two women that are associated with michael peterson. reporter: detectives wanted to dig a little deeper. what would they find? coming up for investigators, a risky move. a lot of people were very antsy about that. will it pay off? i m just thinking that my case is getting a whole lot better. i think the reception
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was beaten to death. reporter: but caitlin s childhood playmates, her step-sisters margaret and martha, stood strong with their father. dad told me that he didn t do it, and i believe him. i trust him. reporter: the step-sisters never spoke again. caitlin removed her belongings from the house. i ve lost, obviously, far more than just my mother. i thought, you know, i i did lose martha, and margaret, and michael, my family, my home. reporter: could the family agony get any worse? well, it could and by a wide margin because now investigators were picking through michael peterson s past, turning the clock back some 20 years, and taking a peek at his previous life an ocean away. what they would discover was beyond eerie. how can michael have found two women dead at the bottom of a staircase? coming up i go over to the house, and liz is dead. dead at the bottom of the stairs? bottom of the stairs. the story disturbingly familiar, and so were the
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the escort had been revealed in a search that was deemed illegal. the search warrant that resulted in the seizure of the computer was found to be invalid. reporter: furthermore, that dramatic trial within a trial about michael s long-dead friend in germany? well, a change in north carolina state law regarding the admissibility of evidence meant a second jury might not hear that story either. the male escort is gone, the death in germany is gone, the expert blood testimony is gone. you re left with the autopsy pictures. reporter: yeah? the medical examiner s testimony. and maybe the prosecution s theory for motive. is that enough? reporter: the stars seemed to be aligning for michael peterson. perhaps vindication was at hand. but one final twist was on the way. i said, well, that s just not going to happen. i would go back to prison before that happens. i won t do it. coming up, michael makes a
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