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>> 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 didnt 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 boot...

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 didnt 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. >> l...

>> 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 shed had a stroke and fallen down the stairs. the questions amybeth expected to be asked never were. >> i wondered, you know, "why arent they talking to people? why arent they asking questions?" no one did. >> reporter: later that day, michael peterson phoned elizabeth ratliffs family i...

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 didnt 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. shed...

Before they do this? >> if you have a concern about a bleeding disorder, talk to your doctor. you dont need a doctors prescription for this. and they talk about cardiovascular health and brain health being impacted. >> sanjay, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we want to point out many proponents of this receive money from fish oil companies. they believe it works. they also of course stand to profit. you can consider all of that. watch sanjays full report on sanjay gupta md, saturday at 4:3...

blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still dont have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? >> reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. h...