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Dead. Was this a fall, or was this murder . Reporter tonight a mystery weve covered for more than a decade comes to a shattering end. It did not look like a fall. Reporter Michael Peterson, under suspicion. Then a bombshell revelation about another woman, from his past. Liz was on the floor, and there was a puddle of blood under the staircase. Two women that appeared to die the same way. Two Women Associated with Michael Peterson. Reporter what are the odds . Yeah, what are the odds . Reporter at trial, one expert this is the scene of a beating. Reporter would make a slamdunk case for petersen...

Shattering end. Itri did not look like a fal. Michael peterson under suspicion. Then aer bombshell revelation about another woman from his past. Liz was on the floor, and there was a puddle of blood under the staircase. Two people that appeared to die the same way, two Women Associated with Michael Peterson. At trial, one expert would make a slam dunk case for petersons guilt. The jurors were captivated by his testimony. But were his dramatic experiments legit . Ri its not scientific at all. Michael peterson on the twist that might finally lead to the twist. T the most difficult decisioi ever ...

Homicide he has always maintained was nothing but an accident. innocent, he asserts, but the novelist in him knows full well the irresistible appeal of the storyline he says he got swept up in. >> sex, money, murder, my god! what more could you have? >> reporter: tonight, one of the most compelling mysteries we've ever covered as you haven't heard it before. >> the people who believe in you will always believe in you. the people that don't never will. >> reporter: michael peterson in his own words. on the marriage, that fine old house. the blood spatter expert who wasn't. and the family friend...

1985, elizabeth went to the petersons for dinner. later, michael peterson says he drove her home. >> she got out and went upstairs. i said, "night, liz, you know, see you tomorrow." >> reporter: the next morning, michael says he was fast asleep when elizabeth's nanny came running with urgent news. >> i'm upstairs in bed. and she's saying something that, in fact, you know, liz is dead or hurt or i don't know. she's screaming. and so i put some clothes on. and i go over to the house. and, in fact, liz is dead. >> reporter: dead at the bottom of the stairs. >> bottom of the stairs. >> reporter: a...

>> i had money and it's not a matter -- it was not a financial problem. >> reporter: but what about that dramatic trial-within-a-trial the jury had seen? michael, implicated in not one murder, but two -- that friend, elizabeth ratliff's, death long ago in germany so there you are in the court of public opinion this guy with two important women in your life and they're both dead in a heap at the bottom of the stairs >> exactly absolutely has to be guilty >> you're a writer of fiction. your editor would probably take that kind of coincidence out of the book >> well, he would say, "well, you know...