The grave for Kathleen Peterson sits in the shade of a towering oak tree, attended by mockingbirds, roses and a growing crowd of gawkers. Her tombstone is nearly hidden by bushes and shrubs, but in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jurors in the Mike Peterson trial heard about the head injuries of Kathleen Peterson and Elizabeth Ratliff on Tuesday. Ratliff was Mike Peterson's friend who died in 1985. She was found dead at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michael Peterson was charged with murdering his wife Kathleen in their Durham home in December 2001. The story of Kathleen’s death and Michael’s trial have been told in a Netflix documentary called ...

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 ...

On Thursday, June 13, 2019, Kathleen Peterson a lifelong resident of Old Saybrook, passed away peacefully at Middlesex Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Richard Peterson Sr. for ...