Death of novelist Michael Peterson’s wife Kathleen is focus of An American Murder Mystery

An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase is a three-part special on Investigation Discovery examining the case of novelist Michael Peterson, who was accused of murdering his wife. Michael Peterson was born in 1943 and attended Duke University, where he received a degree in political science and was also editor of the student newspaper. After worked for Department of Defense and later served in the marines during Vietnam and later as a military policeman in Japan. He married Patricia Peterson in 1965 and the pair had two children, who were later augmented with two more when the Peterson’s close friends died […]