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North Carolina: Was released from prison in 2011 and is awaiting a possible retrial. [2013]

Is housed at the Nash Correctional Institution near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where he is serving a life sentence for the murder of his late wife. [2007]

Their financial situation deteriorated in 2000 as Peterson's writing career declined. Michael Peterson began to stray and spend time on adult web sites. Things got worse when Kathleen was slated to be laid off from her well-paying job.

Both were active in community affairs, and in 1999 Michael Peterson ran for Mayor of Durham. His campaign started off well, but his credibility was undermined when it was revealed that his purple heart medal was the result of an automobile accident in Japan, not in combat as he had claimed. He lost badly.

In 1997, he fell in love with a longtime neighbor, Kathleen Hunt Atwater, who was also divorced and a successful executive at Nortel. Their marriage at first seemed idyllic.

In 1992, the Petersons moved into the James Adams Buchanan house at 1810 Cedar St in Forest Hills, a wealthy neighborhood in Durham, NC near Duke University. The death of Kathleen Peterson occurred in the house, which was built by a local prominent business leader in the 1940's. In 1989, filming took place in the house for the film The Handmaid's Tale, serving as the residence of Robert Duvall's character of The Commander. Faye Dunaway and Natasha Richardson descend the real staircase of the crime scene at 54:33 in the film.

But in 1985, Ratliff died of a fall down the stairs in what was ruled an accident. Peterson ultimately became the guardian of Ratliff's two children.

in 1983, During this time, he wrote a novel, "The Immortal Dragon", which became a best-seller. His second novel, "A Time of War: A Bitter Peace", also scored success. Peterson won considerable wealth from those successes.

During the late 1980's, the mixed family moved to North Carolina. In addition to his work as an author, Peterson became a columnist for a local newspaper, writing an opinion column. However, his next novels were less successful and his marriage failed.

The son of a career military officer, Michael Peterson moved with family several times during his childhood. To pass the time while traveling, he became an avid reader. He became a fervent fan of Ernest Hemingway and wanted to be a celebrated novelist in the same vein. He graduated from Duke University in 1965 and got a analyst job a government think tank. His research led him to strongly favor the Vietnam War and shortly after wards, he enlisted in the Marines. He saw combat in Vietnam and won a purple heart. Upon returning to the United States, he became a government consultant and married his first wife, a school teacher. They had two children. He lived overseas for much of their marriage. While they lived in Germany, he became close with a friend of his wife's, a widowed neighbor named Elizabeth Ratliff.