Michael Peterson Dead - Elizabeth ratliff and her husband, george ratliff, were close. 9, 2001, mike peterson, then 58, called 911 to report that his wife kathleen, 48, had fallen down a set of “15, 20” steps inside the couple’s home. He said he’d been sitting. In 2001, kathleen peterson was found dead at the bottom of the stairs in the north carolina home she shared with her husband, the novelist michael peterson. Michael peterson was convicted of killing his wife kathleen in 2003 credit: Getty where is michael peterson now? Following his release from prison, michael peterson, 78, has. The prosecution suggested that michael peterson had murdered his wife following a fight between them, supposedly sparked by kathleen’s discovery of more than 2,000. Elizabeth ratliff, who was a friend of michael peterson and his first wife, patty, died in germany in 1985 with injuries to her head after a fall down the stairs. Focusing on the trial of michael peterson, who prosecutors alleged killed his wife, kathleen peterson, after a vicious fight in 2001, the documentary charts his defense team’s. Yes, unbelievable as it sounds, kathleen's ordeal wasn't the first staircase death that michael has been linked to. Elizabeth ratliff and her husband, george ratliff, were close.
Elizabeth ratliff and her husband, george ratliff, were close.