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.
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.
scene of a beating. reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia. how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony? that blood evidence was critical. here s a guy who has been doing this for years for the state. look at what his experiment showed. it s got to be the truth. reporter: he d been key in other cases, too. the newspaper recounted the story of a man who was sent to prison for murder after deaver s lab report suggested a stain on the man s car was the victim s blood. and it turned out not to be blood. wasn t blood at all. huh-uh, no. and deaver knew, and didn t disclose it? deaver knew that that was not blood and didn t disclose it. reporter: that man s conviction was overturned. gregory f. taylor is innocent of the charge of first-degree murder. reporter: and th
duane deaver. remember him? my opinion is that this is scene of a beating. reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia. how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony? that blood evidence was critical. here s a guy who has boon been doing this for years for the state. look at what his experiment showed. it s got to be the truth. reporter: he d been key in other cases, too. the newspaper recounted the story of a man who was sent to prison for murder after deaver s lab report suggested a stain on the man s car was the victim s blood. and it turned out not to be blood. wasn t blood at all. huh-uh, no. and deaver knew, and didn t disclose it? deaver knew that that was not blood and didn t disclose it. reporter: that man s conviction was overturned.
reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony that blood evidence was critical here s a guy who s been doing this for years for the state look at what his experiment showed it s got to be the truth reporter: he d been key in other cases, too the newspaper recounted the story of a man who was sent to prison for murder after deaver s lab report suggested a stain on the man s car was the victim s blood. and it turned out not to be blood. wasn t blood at all huh-uh, no. and deaver knew, and didn t disclose it? deaver knew that that was not blood and didn t disclose it reporter: that man s conviction was overturned. gregory f. taylor is innocent of the charge of first-degree murder reporter: and there was more evidence of questio