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.
walls. the amount of blood, the positioning of the, blood the location of, the blood it was overwhelming. in general terms, the greater the force. to take the jury vividly up the backstairs, the prosecution called the states blood pattern expert dwayne, he told the jury, with, certainty that kathleen peterson had been beaten to death. you testified the chocolate pattern high up the walls was just what you would expect to see with a weapon rising, striking, and casting of blood with each new blow. i believe there is a minimum of four players that have occurred in this. what is more, he testified, this bloodstain was found on the inside of peterson s, shorts he had done tests that he says proves the only way it could have gotten there was if peterson had been standing over his wife beating her. an individual wearing these fans at the time of that impact was in close proximity to the source of blood when it was
used to pay to super mature guy who played lacrosse. i m very by, and that is all there is to it. what types of services did you perform? wow, that is pretty broad. in a sensational revelation, the prosecution called brad the escort to the stand. what types of sexual activities? just about anything underneath the sun. on the witness stand, the escort told the jury that just three months before kathleen s death, he and michael peterson had arranged to meet. we were to hook up. what were y all planning on the hookup never happened, but combine that with the other combustibles in the couple s life, the prosecution, said and you have all the ingredients for a confrontation. it got out of control, michael peterson snapped, and he was the only one who could have done it according to the prosecution. further evidence that michael attacked kathleen ferociously, the prosecution, stated was as clear as the spray of blood on the staircase
before, a tumble down the stairs in a germantown house. i just believed what i was told about the hemorrhage, and presuming that a doctor had you know, made this diagnosis. but when she learned that kathleen had also been found dead at the bottom of his staircase, margaret began wondering anew about how her sister died. she started reaching out to elizabeth old friend from germany. when i spoke to her friend, i found out that blood had been jumping down the walls. well, that does not happen when you have a hemorrhage. authorities in north carolina were thinking the same thing. if foul play had been involved in elizabeth s death, it might also have been in their case. the only way to know for sure, was to take up elizabeth s grave. former assistant district attorney we decided that it probably would be worthwhile to try and exhumed the body, to determine whether the findings in germany were accurate or not.
couldn t tell if she fell down the stairs, or fell off a ladder, but there is no question, i could say are you sure she is dead? yes, michael was sure. candace headed to her sister s house. the whole thing was sealed off with crime scene tape, this is a mansion, a huge property. so the police kept saying you may not want to go in, there is so much blood, this is really awesome really scary. the police were not exaggerating, when candace finally got inside, she says, michael brought her to the back staircase where it happened. my sister s blood is washed and pooled up against the wall. i mean, her blood was everywhere. the image would be seared in her mind, it did not look good. she could not go there. i still wanted to believe it was an accident. i don t think something horrible happened. but all that blood up the walls, could it all be from a fall down the stairs? that is precisely what was nodding at the detective. i have seen files, i have