The series is structured to build mystery through specific, shocking revelations: The "Owl Theory" - David S. Rudolf
Argued that Michael beat Kathleen to death with a blunt instrument, possibly a "blowpoke".
### On December 9, 2001, novelist Michael Peterson called emergency services to report finding his wife, Kathleen, unresponsive at the bottom of a back staircase in their Durham, North Carolina, home.