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.
liz never wore her boots in the house, she always took her boots off, and that was another clue to me that something was wrong. it is obvious she was either running from someone, or trying to escape. full-fledged investigation would ensue, but as she tells, it michael peterson spoke to the authorities that they, relating that elizabeth had a hereditary bleeding disorder, perhaps she had a stroke and fallen down the stairs. the questions amy beth expected to be asked, never were. i wondered, why are they not talking to people? why they re not asking questions? no one did. later that day, michael peterson phoned her family in the u.s. with the dreadful news. margaret blair s elizabeth sister. he said, margaret, it has been an accident. liz fell down the stairs and died. what are you saying? i just totally went numb. i mean, my sister, he is saying she died. she is young, she has two beautiful children, babies
novelist. but a development wasn t store that would call the heart of the case into question. 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 a jake. happy and some downs? exactly. when dateline continues. es get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. (christine) what you re doing is not just hurting you. if you can t make up your mind to quit for yourself, do it for those who love you. (announcer) you can quit. for free help call 1-800-quit-now. by 2010, seven years after
throughout, the murder weapon used to bludgeon kathleen peterson was the fireplace bar. only place never found it. almost three months into the trial, one of michael suns made a stunning discovery in the petersons basement. he runs up to margaret, who is in the house and said, market, i think i found the poker. that s a blow poke, isn t it? and, court the defense played the moment, getting the lead detective to agree that there was no evidence at all that the petersons blow polk was used to commit a savage crime. see any dense in there? tiny little indentation? doesn t appear to have any dance. that was the blow poke. well, if it is, then what was the murder weapon? lawyer david rudolph that he peppered reasonable doubt all the way through the state circumstantial case. the peterson camp was confident. we were so positive that he was going to get off because in