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.
absolutely appalled, this is the last thing she would have ever wanted to happen to her husband. it was hardly the christmas that the peterson family had so look forward to. kathleen, dead, their father in jail. it was just as kids, in the house, by ourselves, trying to piece together christmas. but soon, another bombshell, and this one would blow the family apart. two months after christmas, the coroner released the result of the official autopsy. multiple lacerations to the back of the head. severe, long, linear, lacerations. not consistent with the fall? not consistent with a fall. if kathleen sister candace had been harboring suspicions about what had really happened to her sister, the medical examiner s report was the thing that pushed her over the edge. how is their seven huge lacerations that basically
suspicious death, and for good, recently he fell to take a close look at michael peterson. reasons he said, had nothing to do with peterson s very public criticism of the police. he may have had some issues with the pd, i my perception of that is that i don t pay much attention to, it i don t like politics anyways, therefore did not affect me one way or the other. the detective wanted to know more about what was going on inside the peterson home. in addition to the forensic evidence you are gathering, you have to ask this question, what is going on in this marriage? that is a big part of the investigation. right. detectives pulled aside kathleen sister candace to ask if she had noticed any trouble in her sister s marriage. the police took me in a police van to interview me privately. in her grief, she was hesitant to say anything bad about her not widowed brother in law. she had always liked him. he was a fun person, to sit and chat, with across the
it had been given to kathleen by her sister candace as a gift i had given it to her about ten years ago, and that thanksgiving when i was at her house, i definitely thought by the fireplace. prosecutors thought peterson had out of the house that night after the attack, if he had, that could explain those blood drops on the walkway. blood jumping from the murder weapon as it was potentially disposed of somewhere outside the dwelling. but the state thought, some of its most powerful evidence was what the medical examiner found on the top of kathleen s head, seven tears to the scalp. do you recall any case where someone died falling down the stairs and then multiple lacerations? no. we able to determine what the manner of her death was? the manner of death in this case is homicide. injuries that were eerily similar to those suffered by the peterson family friend from
there. it was just wonderful. i always thought, this is what i will register as the happiest day of my life. kathleen s younger sister candace says, kathleen was over the moon as well. she was thrilled to be hearing michael, all three girls were bridesmaids in her wedding, i will remember the wedding the three ghosting, and we are going to the chapel. the day they married, my sister glowed. and, candace watched in amazement us over the next several years, kathleen did it all. not only did she raise these children, and half quite an accomplished corporate career, dinner for 50, she would do it. and so, it was, on that mild december evening 2000 and, one with kathleen juggling all. she had been preparing for the holidays, fending off the latest crisis network. michael says, she made dinner, they sat down to watching, movie then headed out back to enjoy a midnight glass of wine. we went to the pool, and we talked. what time would you guess