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>> i know i did not kill kathleen. so at a certain point, you think, well, this is just -- crazy. >> reporter: to understand the case, he says, you have to go back to the very beginning, to the moment police arrived at the is scene and recognized him as the same michael peterson who liked to publicly criticize them in the local paper. >> you think the cops had it in for you, thats what set this in the motion? >> oh absolutely, no question about that. >> that framed the narrative. >> they were de...

>> im just thinking that, that my case is getting a whole lot better. >> reporter: kathleens sister candace thought that peterson had killed both women. >> i have a better chance of being struck by lightning than finding two people who i intimately know at the bottom of a staircase. >> reporter: but to martha and margaret, the whole thing seemed absurd. the fact that michael was being accused of killing kathleen, the woman they called mom, was bizarre enough. but now, their birth mom, too? what ...

Versus michael peterson was a national spectacle. >> was it surreal, michael, to be in a courtroom charged with murder? >> well, it was surreal from the first moment. i mean, you know, is there surreal beyond surreal? i dont know. >> reporter: reporter julia sims covered the proceedings in court. >> every single day of that trial the courtroom was packed, and not packed with just media, and not packed with just lawyers, but people off the street. people took vacation to come in and watch that tr...

>> everywhere they went, people noticed. michael looking at kathleen with the kind of pride that you just dont fake. >> reporter: under cross-examination, even brad the escort said peterson had told him how much he loved his wife. >> in his e-mails unlike most of my clients he indicated that he had a great relationship. most clients dont want to say anything about the relationship. he indicated he had a warm relationship with his wife and nothing would ever destroy that. >> reporter: michael had...

Somewhere outside the dwelling. >> but the state thought some of the most powerful evidence is what the medical examiner found on the top of kathleens head. seven tears to the scalp. >> do you recall any case where someone died falling down the steps and there were multiple lacerations? >> no. >> were you able to determine in your opinion what the manner of her death was? >> the manner of death in this case is homicide. >> injuries eerily similar to those suffered by the peterson family friend i...

That would call the heart of the case into question, and no one, not even michael peterson, could have seen it coming. coming up, dramatic revelations about the scientific evidence against peterson. did the blood expert manipulate one of his experiments? >> his assistant does little jig. >> reporter: a happy end zone dance? >> exactly. roxy sure is having fun. partys over, six legs, shes got simparica now. simpari-what? simparica is what kills tick and fleas, like us. kills? kills! studies sho...

Said, from a brain hemorrhage, natural causes. so the story lay buried for nearly two decades. but when detective art holland heard it, his head spun. >> i was overwhelmed with, you know, here i have two women that appeared to die the same way. two women that are associated with michael peterson. >> reporter: detectives wanted to dig a little deeper. what would they find? coming up -- for investigators, a risky move. >> a lot of people were very antsy about that. >> will it pay off? >> im just...

Capable of murdering my sister? no. did i know hed already found another woman dead at the bottom of a staircase? no. did i know he lied about his military awards? no. hes a writer of fiction, and thats what i found. he makes things up as he goes to suit the situation. >> reporter: when the case went to the jury, three days passed without a verdict. finally on day four -- >> they came out and one of them said, you know, "we have a verdict." your heart stops. >> reporter: a hush, then, the clerk ...

Intriguing story, the suspected golden state killer, that man right there, accused of 12 medical records, dozens of rapes and more than 120 burglaries back in california in court today as the judge is waiting to unseal the arrest warrants. investigators found the allusive suspect joseph dangelo, former police officer, after submitting his d.n.a. to a free public genology website called ged match or ged match. its a technique sparked ethical debate over how this technology is used with growing is...