Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia. This is cbs3 Eyewitness News. He sang one of the most popular christmas songs, fans mourning George Michaels who died suddenly on Christmas Day. Good evening i am natasha brown, the grammy winner died at his home in england. He was just 53 years old. The only details being released at this hour was that he was not ill. Last christmas i gave you my heart. George michaels soared to stardom in wham that he formed as a teenager. The son of a greek immigrant was best known through the 80s and 90s for his twist on post disco dance pop. First solo single care less whisper debuted in 1984 shortly before wham split up. Three years later, his first solo album called faith went on to sell more than 20 million copies. Song writer released several hit singles including i want your sex just as the aids crisis worsened. Off stage he was arrested in 1998 for lewd conduct in a public rest room by an Undercover Police officer. Michael, who was not open
Past. Liz was on the floor, and there was a puddle of blood under the staircase. Two women that appeared to die the same way. Two Women Associated with Michael Peterson. Reporter what are the odds . Yeah, what are the odds . Reporter at trial, one expert this is the scene of a beating. Reporter would make a slamdunk case for petersens guilt. The jurors were captivated by his testimony. Reporter but were his dramatic experiments, legit . Its designed to get a result. Its not scientific at all. Reporter now, in his only network interview, Michael Peterson on the twist that might finally lead to the truth. The most difficult decision i ever made in my life. Reporter a writer at the center of a story even he couldnt make up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with down the back staircase. Reporter you might take him for a retired english professor from one of the universities in the raleighdurham area. Preppy. Witty. Back when a sparkling storyteller welcome at so man
Liz was on the floor, and there was a puddle of blood under the staircase. Two women that appeared to die the same way. Two Women Associated with Michael Peterson. Reporter what are the odds . Yeah, what are the odds . Reporter at trial, one expert this is the scene of a beating. Reporter would make a slamdunk case for petersens guilt. The jurors were captivated by his testimony. Reporter but were his dramatic experiments, legit . Its designed to get a result. Its not scientific at all. Reporter now, in his only network interview, Michael Peterson on the twist that might finally lead to the truth. The most difficult decision i ever made in my life. Reporter a writer at the center of a story even he couldnt make up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with down the back staircase. Reporter you might take him for a retired english professor from one of the universities in the raleighdurham area. Preppy. Witty. Back when a sparkling storyteller welcome at so many of t
In trying to solve one mystery, police may have solved two. Here i have two women who appeared to die the same way. Lightning dont strike the same place twice. Thats a whole lot of women dead at the bottom of the stairs in this guys life, dont you think . But what looked like the end of this story its really stuff made for tv drama. Was just another beginning. I always had hope. It has to be made right. When the cell doors slide shut with a resounding clank i was a wreck during this period. I really was. When the sun will come up through razor wire every day for the rest of your life thats where it begins and ends. A convicts glimmer of a successful appeal and retrial may keep desperate hope alive. I always had hope. It has to be made right. But in the real world of criminal justice, most of the time once youre inside, youre done. This is reality that we couldnt change. But not every case ends the way youd expect. Meet Michael Peterson. His case, which defies all odds, became known as
On the computer. Hmm, big secrets. A simple case of murder. Or was it . A review of the slides showed what . Traces of bird feather . Yes. In trying to solve one mystery, police may have solved two. Here i have two women who appeared to die the same way. Lightning dont strike the same place twice. Thats a whole lot of women dead at the bottom of the stairs in this guys life, dont you think . But what looked like the end of this story its really stuff made for tv drama. Was just another beginning. I always had hope. It has to be made right. Shut with a resounding clank i was a wreck during this period. I really was. When the sun will come up through razor wire every day for the rest of your life thats where it begins and ends. A convicts glimmer of a successful appeal and retrial may keep desperate hope alive. I always had hope. It has to be made right. But in the real world of criminal justice, most of the time once youre inside, youre done. This is reality that we couldnt change. But