There are some who believe that Peterson is guilty, including Kathleen’s own sisters and Kathleen’s biological daughter Caitlin Atwater. Did Kathleen slip? Was she murdered? Was she attacked by a wild owl hiding in the woods? These are theories posited in “The Staircase,” which have been debated for years. Investigators later discovered that Peterson, who is bisexual, had been having affairs with men.
Kathleen went into the house and was later found dead in a sea of blood at the bottom of a staircase. On December 9, 2001, according to Peterson, he was having a glass of wine with his wife by the pool of his home in Durham, North Carolina after watching a Blockbuster rental, “America’s Sweethearts,” together.
If you haven’t been following the case, the details are out of a mystery novel.
