abstract:Kathleen Hunt Atwater Peterson (February 21, 1953, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA – December 9, 2001, Durham, North Carolina, USA), daughter of Veronica Hunt, was an accomplished student, engineer, volunteer and civic leader. She is well known as the subject of the documentary series The Staircase which addresses the circumstances surrounding her death.
And the families of KathleenPeterson and Liz Ratliff face uncertainty once again, wondering if they will have to endure the legal and emotional ordeal of a another trial resurrecting the pain and grief they have tried to put to rest for the last ten years.
Ten years ago this month, New York Times bestselling novelist Michael Peterson murdered his wife Kathleen in the stairway of their home in Durham, North Carolina.