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The Staircase vs. the True Story of Kathleen Peterson's Death In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her home in Durham, North Carolina with lacerations on the back of her skull. Her husband, Michael, thought she had fallen after mixing alcohol with Valium, and the police initially ruled her death an accident, saying that the cuts on her head must have been caused by the banister. But they soon revised their conclusion after the coroner said the lacerations were likely "a result of beating." And despite never finding a murder weapon that could have caused the distinctive 2q00pattern, police arrested Michael Peterson for her murder. ⁠ ⁠ But years after Michael Peterson was sentenced to life in prison, an independent forensic analysis of Kathleen Peterson found traces of feathers, wood splinters, and cedar needles in her hair. It also uncovered the fact that she had been holding a clump of her hair in her hand when she died, leading to a s...