Paperback: Michael Peterson was a decorated war veteran and bestselling novelist, his wife Kathleen a high-powered executive and devoted mother. They seemed to be the perfect couple until that tragic night of 9 December 2001, in the posh suburb of Forest Hills in Durham, North Carolina, Michael found Kathleen at the bottom of the stairs in a pool of blood.
Aphrodite Jones draws on exclusive interviews and disturbing new evidence to update (latest update: 2013) this classic real-life thriller of marriage, manipulation and murder.
About the author: The author of eight bestselling books, Aphrodite Jones is an internationally recognized authority on true crime. She is the host and co-executive producer of Investigation Discovery's hit series True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, now in its third season. Jones has frequently appeared as a crime expert on The O-Reilly Factor, Dateline NBC, The Today Show, CNN Newsroom, Piers Morgan Tonight, among others. In addition, Jones created and hosted the reality crime-fighting TV show The Justice Hunters that aired on USA Network. Her account of Brandon Teena, All She Wanted (1996), was the inspiration for the Academy Award winning film Boys Don't Cry (1999). A Perfect Husband (2004) was made into the critically acclaimed Lifetime movie, The Staircase Murders (2007), which Jones co-produced with Lionsgate TV. She divides her time between homes in New York and Florida. She is on Facebook and Twitter.
Below is Part One of an eight-part documentary for ABC television - filmed by an award-winning French film crew, Maha Productions, in 2004 - almost exclusively on Michael Peterson as well as his immediate family, his attorneys, his defense team, his court hearings and the trial proceedings. Back then, the presiding judge on Peterson's case was assured that the documentary would not be aired until after the trial verdict and sentencing and was convinced that a documentary of this nature would have educational value. (Warning: the documentary contains dramatic scenes):
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