Many people are already familiar with the tragic death of Kathleen Peterson, who in 2001 was dead at the bottom of a staircase in her North Carolina home. Authorities identified her husband, novelist ...

Prosecutors continue to try and link Mike Peterson to the death of two women. On Thursday, a medical examiner told jurors Peterson's wife and a family friend were both murdered. Kathleen Peterson was ...

In December 2001, authorities shocked the nation by accusing novelist Michael Peterson of murdering his wife. They got married in 1997 and experienced a happy life until it all changed drastically. On ...

HBO Max has released its new series “The Staircase,” a dramatic retelling of the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the Durham murder trial of her husband, Michael — the longest murder trial in North ...

An owl might have killed Michael Peterson’s wife, his defense attorney said Wednesday night. David Rudolf, the attorney who defended the novelist after his wife Kathleen died in 2001, launched a world ...

Can blood drops tell if Kathleen Peterson died from an accidental fall or if she was murdered? In a special hearing outside the presence of the jury, a blood spatter expert suggests Kathleen Peterson ...

The Medical Examiner's office has released photos of Kathleen Peterson taken after her death, just two days after releasing the autopsy report. Lawyers for Mike Peterson, who is charged with killing ...

Mike Peterson and his wife, Kathleen, had run up $142,728 in credit-card debt before she died, a witness testified in court Tuesday. For the second day, Lawrence Young, a special agent for the State ...

The medical examiner who first looked at Kathleen Peterson's body said he believes she died from a beating, not an accidental fall. Dr. Kenneth Snell, the medical examiner who first looked at Kathleen ...