FORENSICS: The Staircase Quiz

Who fell down the stairs?

• Michael Peterson

• Kathleen Peterson

• Michael Peterson's Daughter

• Kathleen Peterson's first husband

TRUE or FALSE:
Kathleen Peterson was found at the bottom of the stairs in a large pool of blood, with blood spatter approximately 1.5feet up all walls.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE:
The blood spatter patterns found at the crime scene of Kathleen Peterson matches an accidental fall down stairs.

• True

• False

Michael Peterson was found ________ of murdering Kathleen Peterson (at the end of his initial trial).

• Innocent

• Guilty

TRUE or FALSE:
The Forensic Scientist that analyzed and recreated experimental evidence for Kathleen Peterson, made several mistakes.

• True

• False

When EMS arrived at the Peterson's home, Kathleen was not alive, had zero rigor mortis
and the blood was all dried up (which supports Kathleen being dead for quite some time).
But when Michael Peterson first called 911, he said that Kathleen was...

• Alive

• Dead