her mind. it didn t look right she couldn t go there. i still want to believe it was an accident. but all that blood up the walls, could it all be from a fall down the stairs? that s precisely what was gnawing at detective holland. i ve seen falls, i ve had family members fall. and to me, it did not look anywhere like a fall. something to him seemed off about kathleen s body position, too. her body was definitely not in a position that would be in if she came to a time resting position after the fall. they processed the scene. photographing the stairwell. documenting the pool of blood and spray up the wall. outside, drops on the walkway and a smear on the front door. in the kitchen, blood stains on a cabinet and underneath, a drop of blood on the counter and right beside it an open wine bottle and two glasses. it was very, very time consuming.
she s saying something you know, there s dad or i don t know what she is screaming. and so i put some clothes on and i go over to the house. and in fact she s dead. dead at the bottom of the stairs. bottom of the stairs. the story, disturbingly familiar and so are the suspicions. if he fell down the stairs, why would there be blood spurted up the side of the walls. it didn t make any sense to me. when down the back staircase continues. maybe you d mellow out a bit if you got geico to help you with your renters insurance. oh, geico helps with renters insurance? good to know. yeah, and they could save you a lot of money. wow, suddenly i feel so relieved. you guys are fired. get to know geico and see how much you could save on renters insurance.
what type of sexual activities, sir? oh, just about anything under the sun. reporter: 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. and what were you all planning on doing? having sex. reporter: 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 fatal confrontation. it got out of control, and michael peterson snapped. and he was the only one who could have done it, according to the prosecution. reporter: further evidence that michael attacked kathleen ferociously, the prosecution stated, was as clear as the spray of blood up the staircase 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, the smaller the drop. reporter: to take the jury vividly up the b
reporter: dead at the bottom of the stairs. bottom of the stairs. reporter: another good friend in their circle, amybeth berner and her husband, were summoned to elizabeth s townhouse, too. she asked michael what happened. he said, well, she probably had an aneurysm like her father. when i thought about someone falling down the stairs i thought, well, that s possible. those stairs are, you know, pretty steep and, you know, they re slippery and wooden. reporter: but amybeth says as she looked around she noticed something. blood not just where elizabeth lay, but high up along the staircase walls, too. too much blood, she thought, for a slip and fall. if you fell down the stairs, why would there be blood splurted up the side of the walls? it didn t make any sense to me. reporter: and she says there were household details out of order: like the table that liz set out every night with the girls breakfast plates. it was bare. the snow boots she routinely left by the front d
reporter: but amybeth says as she looked around she noticed something. blood not just where elizabeth lay, but high up along the staircase walls, too. too much blood, she thought, for a slip and fall. if you fell down the stairs, why would there be blood splurted up the side of the walls? it didn t make any sense to me. reporter: and she says there were household details out of order: like the table that liz set out every night with the girls breakfast plates. it was bare. the snow boots she routinely left by the front door, still on her feet. liz never wore her boots in the house. she d always took her boots off. and that was another clue to me that something was wrong. it s obvious that she was either running from someone or trying to escape. reporter: amybeth thought a full-fledged investigation would ensue. but, as she tells it, michael peterson spoke to the authorities that day, relating that elizabeth had a hereditary bleeding disorder. perhaps she d had a stroke and