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they made us a family. >> not only did she raise these children and have quite an accomplished corporate career, dinner 50, she would do it. >> but, in the wee hours of a winter night. >> i found them at the base of the stairs. >> kathleen peterson, dead. >> was this a fall, or was this murder? >> a mystery we covered for more than a decade comes to a shattering and. >> it did not look like a fall. >> michael peterson, under suspicion, then, a bombshell revelation about another woman from his past. >> this was on the floor, and there was a puddle of blood under the staircase. >> -- a...

She was separated. michael was raising his two boys and two young girls, margaret and martha. the girls became neighborhood playmates with kathleen's daughter caitlin. >> they played -- oh my god, barbies and those little -- my little ponies and those damn little trolls. all the time, all the time. and then kathleen came over to borrow a book one night. and that's when it began. >> reporter: as the kids spent more and more time together, so did michael and kathleen. it wasn't long before they approached the kids about becoming a family together. >> they sat me down and said, "you know, caitlin...

>> reporter: and that's exactly how michael presented it to his two girls. margaret's the older >> it's really funny i think he put it, "we're gonna have a long sleepover," and we said, "yeah! >> reporter: her younger sister, martha >> of course we want to live with caitlin and kathleen, and play barbies, and, um, be a family together. >> reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended family he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that we...

Becoming a family together. >> they sat me down and said, "you know, caitlin, how would you like it if martha and margaret come to live with you?" and i just immediately thought, "a permanent sleepover!" >> and that's exactly how michael presented it to his two girls. margaret's the older. >> it's really funny. i think he put it, "we're gonna have a long sleepover," and we said, "yeah!" >> reporter: her younger sister martha. >> of course we want to live with caitlin and kathleen, and play barbies, and, um, be a family together. >> so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter bec...

I think he put it, "we're gonna have a long sleepover," and we said, "yeah!" >> reporter: her younger sister, martha. >> of course we want to live with caitlin and kathleen, and play barbies, and, um, be a family together. >> reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended family. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. >> they said, "we're thinking about moving into this house." and they drove us...