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Murder trial Kathleen's death. On December 9, 2001, Peterson called emergency services on 911, to report that he had just found Kathleen Peterson unconscious in their Forest Hills neighborhood home in Durham, North Carolina, and suspected she had fallen down "fifteen to twenty, I don't know" stairs. He later claimed that he had been outside by ...
- October 10, 2003
- July 1, 2003
- State of North Carolina v. Michael Iver Peterson
- Superior Court of North Carolina
Mar 28, 2024 · Michael Peterson was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife Kathleen, who died on the stairs in their Durham, N.C. home in 2001. He was released in 2017 after a retrial and a manslaughter plea, and now lives in a ground floor apartment with no stairs. Learn more about his background, crimes, and whereabouts.
May 6, 2022 · On a chilly December night in 2001, novelist Michael Peterson found his wife, Nortel executive Kathleen Peterson, lying covered in blood at the foot of a narrow stairwell in their Durham, North...
- Aja Romano
Jun 4, 2022 · November 25, 1985. 43-year-old Elizabeth Ratliff was found dead in her home in Graefenhausen, Germany. She was found in the early hours of the morning by her nanny, lying at the bottom of a...
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May 5, 2022 · The Staircase is a 10-episode series that tells the true story of Kathleen Peterson, a novelist who was convicted of murdering her husband Michael Peterson in 2001 after he found her dead at the foot of the stairs in their home. The series stars Colin Firth as Michael and Toni Collette as Kathleen, and explores the evidence, the trial, and the aftermath of the case.
- Kelsie Gibson
May 7, 2022 · David Smith in Washington. Sat 7 May 2022 01.19 EDT. A woman lies dying in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase. Her husband, a novelist, calls 911. It is 2.40am. “My wife had an...
Mar 20, 2022 · Early in the morning on Dec. 9, 2001, Michael Peterson called emergency services to report that his wife, Kathleen Peterson, had taken a fall down a set of stairs in their home in Durham, North Carolina.
