Summary: DATELINE NBC Friday, May 31 at 8pm/7c In a TWO HOUR Dateline, Dennis Murphy reports the fascinating case of Michael Peterson, a novelist in Durham, NC who was released from prison nearly ten years after being convicted in the murder of his wife, Kathleen, in a case that was called “the staircase murder.” It was a sensational investigation and trial that would rip a seemingly perfect family apart. Did a terrible accident lead to Kathleen’s death, or was it something much darker?
