The Michael Peterson Case

C-Money said:
There's no way a fall down the stairs or an owl could cause that amount of blood at the scene, the way the blood splattered, and the deep lacerations to her head. You don't need an expert to tell you that.
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I don't have an issue with the blood or lacerations. Owls have powerful sharp talons and as you know, head wounds bleed like hell. If this were near a park or somewhere an owl might nest, I could believe an attack. If there was a blood trail to the staircase where she died in the stairwell, I could believe it. I don't see the owl being in the staircase where the blood seems to indicate it happened.
 
To be clear some people think an owl flew into the house and attacked her on the staircase. In defending herself Kathleen was unable to pull out a single large feather? An owl with feet and abdomen smeared in blood then deftly flew through the house without a trailing blood everywhere? Also how does the owl account for the splatter in the stairwell?

The thing I see in Michael’s favor is there was not much recoil/wind-up splatter.
 
C-Money said:
How often do owls fly into homes?
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See the link I posted above. The theory is that the owl swooped down and “attacked” her while she was out in the yard. Then she ran into the house and went upstairs in an attempt to get into her bathroom where she had first aid. Here is some of the pertinent info from the link I posted above:

“Here is the circumstantial evidence that supports the theory that Kathleen went out to the front yard, perhaps to place the small reindeers seen in the photos of the scene taken by the police, and that a barred owl inflicted those injuries:
  • Barred owls were living in the woods by the Peterson house
  • Barred owls are aggressive and can be dangerous, as explained in: Was an Owl the Real Culprit in the Peterson Murder Mystery?.
  • Barred owls have attacked people on numerous occasions
  • There were drops of blood on the outside walkway leading to the front door of the house, as shown in police photos
  • There was a large smear of blood on the outside of the front door frame as shown in police photos
  • At least two of the wounds on Kathleen Peterson’s scalp are in the shape of the talons of a barred owl, as shown on autopsy photos
  • The tiny wounds on Kathleen’s face are consistent with the tip of an owl’s beak
  • A feather was found on Kathleen Peterson’s body
  • A twig was found in dried blood on Kathleen Peterson’s body
  • There were numerous strands of Kathleen Peterson’s head hair, which the roots indicated had been pulled out (not cut), found in dried blood on her hands
  • Kathleen’s head injuries are not consistent with her having been beaten by a blunt object or on a stair, as she had no brain injury or swelling, no subdural hematoma, and no skull fracture.@
 
pspsps said:
To be clear some people think an owl flew into the house and attacked her on the staircase. In defending herself Kathleen was unable to pull out a single large feather? An owl with feet and abdomen smeared in blood then deftly flew through the house without a trailing blood everywhere? Also how does the owl account for the splatter in the stairwell?

The thing I see in Michael’s favor is there was not much recoil/wind-up splatter.
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That’s not the theory. See above.
 
Since we continue with this
The story had a nice ugly fight over her estate as I recall
 
Icky Mettle said:
See the link I posted above. The theory is that the owl swooped down and “attacked” her while she was out in the yard. Then she ran into the house and went upstairs in an attempt to get into her bathroom where she had first aid. Here is some of the pertinent info from the link I posted above:

“Here is the circumstantial evidence that supports the theory that Kathleen went out to the front yard, perhaps to place the small reindeers seen in the photos of the scene taken by the police, and that a barred owl inflicted those injuries:
  • Barred owls were living in the woods by the Peterson house
  • Barred owls are aggressive and can be dangerous, as explained in: Was an Owl the Real Culprit in the Peterson Murder Mystery?.
  • Barred owls have attacked people on numerous occasions
  • There were drops of blood on the outside walkway leading to the front door of the house, as shown in police photos
  • There was a large smear of blood on the outside of the front door frame as shown in police photos
  • At least two of the wounds on Kathleen Peterson’s scalp are in the shape of the talons of a barred owl, as shown on autopsy photos
  • The tiny wounds on Kathleen’s face are consistent with the tip of an owl’s beak
  • A feather was found on Kathleen Peterson’s body
  • A twig was found in dried blood on Kathleen Peterson’s body
  • There were numerous strands of Kathleen Peterson’s head hair, which the roots indicated had been pulled out (not cut), found in dried blood on her hands
  • Kathleen’s head injuries are not consistent with her having been beaten by a blunt object or on a stair, as she had no brain injury or swelling, no subdural hematoma, and no skull fracture.@
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Thanks for the summation. I do not think that is more plausible than notorious liar with money issues kills wife but it does come together somewhat neatly amidst a case full of questions. The video of the owl attack does further the possibility while also making me wonder why Kathleen’s alleged owl went for the kill.
The owl in the video dives and immediately retreats. Kathleen’s injuries seem only plausible if she was literally holding the owl on top of her head.
 
heelinhell said:
Deaver's testimony was not crucial to proving the case against Peterson. If the prosecution had known his history they would not have to have had his testimony to prove their case.

Regarding finding the poker in the garage at the end of the trial by the defense, if it wasn't staged by the defense then the Durham police were incompetent in investigating the garage with a fine tooth comb and finding no poker.
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Where are you getting the blood splatter testimony wasn't crucial? He was a self-proclaimed blood spatter expert. Half the case was there's no way the splatter could have ended up this way if she had fallen down the stairs.

And yeah, I don't think too many people are going to think that the Durham Police are the gold standard for effective investigations. During the Netflix documentary, Peterson's lawyer in the second case claimed that he was told that crime scene technicians had found the blow poke in the basement, took it outside to photograph it, then put it back in the garage. They didn't think anything of it because it wasn't bloody or dented and it was covered in dust. The prosecution hadn't formed the theory yet that the blow poke was the murder weapon. They also never turned over the photographs which if the photographs did exist was either intentional or a mistake that makes one wonder what other evidence wasn't turned over.
 
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If this one slows down, you may want to expand it to Scott Cooper (Lochmere murder) and Jason Young (out of town but drove back to murder his wife).

I thought Cooper might have been guilty but I don't think the state proved it beyond a reasonable doubt. I thought Jason Young was guilty.
 
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