suspect you are the only suspect. there was massive amounts of blood, how do you explain? was this a fall? or was this murder? exactly. what did happen on that staircase? and, what is the truth about michael peterson? a man once sentenced to die in prison for the commission of a homicide, his always maintained was nothing but an accident. innocent, but, the mount novelist nurse for wealthy irresistible appeal of the story line he says he got swept off in. sex, money, murder, my goodness, what more could you add? one of the most compelling stories we have ever covered as you have never heard it before. people believe in you, always believe in you michael peterson in his own words. on the merits, the final house, the blood spatter expert who wasn t, and the family friend found that in another staircase far away in a time and place.
peterson s marriage was murky, investigators thought the story told in blood was becoming clearer. not only was there more of it in the stairwell than detectives would expect to see with a fall, but according to m emts, much of it was dry when they arrived. so you have to wonder when the victim actually goes down those stairs? right, how long she had been there? a blood pattern expert analyzed the scene, when he completed his initial findings, police suspicions were confirmed. he told me that he felt strongly that this was a homicide. just a few days before christmas, michael peterson was charged with the murder of his wife. they had the grand jury, and of course i was indicted, and so i turned myself in. as the officer s book to michael into the county jail, the blended family formed a unified block of support. my mother would just be
it has to be the truth. he had been key in other cases. the newspaper recounted the story of a man who was sent to prison for murder after the lab report suggested a stain on the man s car was the victims blood. it turned out not to be blood. no. no. duane deaver no and didn t disclose it? duane deaver knew that it was not blood and didn t disclose it. that means conviction was overturned. he s innocent of the charge of first-degree murder. and there s more about questionable conduct linked to duane deaver. the newspaper investigation suggested that the methodology behind some of the blood pattern experiments he was involved in was flawed, designed to produce pro prosecution results. like this test. conducted a 2000 and murder case. duane deaver videotaping the experiment, was attempting to match a bloodstain on a shirt of the accused.
stairway in flip-flops. she fell and she bled to death. just as the prosecution had, the defense put the couples marriage front and center. telling the jury it was more or less perfect. everywhere they went, people noticed. michael looking at kathleen with a kind of pride that you just don t fake. under cross examination, even bradley escort said that he told him how much he loved his wife. and his emails, unlike most of my guys, he had a great relationship. most of my clients don t want to talk about the relationship. he said he had a good relationship with his wife and nothing would destroy. that michael had killed kathleen, the defense argued. and he certainly didn t kill family friend, elizabeth ratcliffe. they called their own medical expert, reviewed her autopsy reports, and said it wasn t a murder. his blood and all of the ventricles of the brain
michael peterson would stand trial for the death of his wife kathleen, he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. i m innocent of these charges and we will prove it in court. with gavel-to-gavel coverage on live tv, the state versus michael peterson was a national spectacle. was it surreal, michael, to be in the courtroom charged with murder? it was surreal from the first moment. it was surreal beyond surreal. i do not know. reporter julie estimates cover the proceedings in court. every single day of that trial the courtroom was packed, and not packed with just, media, not packed with just, lawyers but people off the street, people took a vacation to come in and watch that trial.