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A decade ago. so first officers had already arrived at the peterson house? right. first officers arrived. ems were arrived. reporter: the medical examiner was called in, too. he looked at the victim and said that a fall down the stairs was possible. he could see some lacerations or feel some of the lacerations on the back of mrs. peterson s head. and he stated that this could be the result of a fall. reporter: by dawn, news of kathleen s fall started rippling through the family. details were still vague when family members reached michael s girls, margaret and martha, at college. she said um something s happened. your mom has fallen down the stairs. you know it was an accident. you know, you should come home. reporter: by the time kathleen s daughter, caitlin, got the word, it was as shocking as it was definitive. her college roommate delivered the news. she looks me straight in my eye and she just says, caitlin, it s your mom. she s dead. those words still ring ....
Gnawing at detective holland. i ve seen falls. um i ve had family members fall and to me it did not look anywhere like like a fall. reporter: something to him seemed off about kathleen s body position, too. her body was definitely not in the position that it would be in if she came to a final resting position after the fall. reporter: 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 opened wine bottle and two glasses. it was, you know, very, very time consuming. you don t want to, you know, go through it real speedy. you want to make sure that you cross all your ts and dot all your is. reporter: it would take investigators a couple of days to go through the 9,000 square foot estate. while they did, michael and the kids took refuge at a neigh ....
Step-sisters margaret and martha, stood strong with their father. dad told me that he didn t do it, and i believe him. i trust him. reporter: the step-sisters never spoke again. caitlin removed her belongings from the house. i ve lost, obviously, far more than just my mother. i thought, you know, i i did lose martha, and margaret, and michael, my family, my home. reporter: could the family agony get any worse? well, it could and by a wide margin because now investigators were picking through michael peterson s past, turning the clock back some 20 years, and taking a peek at his previous life an ocean away. what they would discover was beyond eerie. how can michael have found two women dead at the bottom of a staircase? coming up i go over to the house, and liz is dead. dead at the bottom of the stairs? ....
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 opened wine bottle and two glasses. it was, you know, very, very time consuming. you don t want to, you know, go through it real speedy. you want to make sure that you cross all your ts and dot all your is. reporter: it would take investigators a couple of days to go through the 9,000 square foot estate. while they did, michael and the kids took refuge at a neighbor s house. just spent most of the time in bed then margaret came in, martha, caitlin, everybody flew in, everybody. reporter: he says from the moment the police arrived at the house, they were aggressive towards him and his family. but even in his haze of shock and grief, peterson says, he thought he knew why. i had written some really negative comments. i d i d been a columnist. ....
Details were still vague when family members reached michael s girls, margaret and martha, at college. she said um something s happened. your mom has fallen down the stairs. you know it was an accident. you know, you should come home. reporter: by the time kathleen s daughter, caitlin, got the word, it was as shocking as it was definitive. her college roommate delivered the news. she looks me straight in my eye and she just says, caitlin, it s your mom. she s dead. those words still ring clearly in my head. reporter: kathleen s sister, candace, couldn t believe what she was hearing. michael called her directly. it was still vague or she we couldn t tell if she fell down the stairs or she fell off a ladder, but there was no question i kept saying, are you sure she s dead? reporter: yes, michael was sure. candace headed to her sister s house. the whole thing was sealed off with crime scene tape. and this is a this is a mansion, huge property. so the police kept ....