Chapter 159 Section 8

Candace Zamblini was just about to resume work when two more ladder bearers entered.Candace thought at first they were going to paint the stairs and floors, and thought it would be nice to not have to work on me. Workers are as reticent as photographers.They first drilled a circle of holes in the walls of the upper and lower exits of the stairwell, and then carried in two large wooden boards.After a bang of clanging, the stairwell was sealed. As Candice Zamblini later learned, it was Ronald Gourgett, a private investigator newly hired by Mike Peterson's lawyer, David Rudolph, who had set him to do it.They also need to protect the scene.

Catherine's funeral service was held at Holden-Brianne Funeral Home.Catherine was dressed in black and matched with all kinds of pearl jewelry. Even lying in the open coffin, she looked full of charm and grace.On the table next to Catherine lay the "guest book", Mike Peterson wrote in the inscription on the title page: My next novel will be about love—unforgettable love—and, of course, about you. love you mike On the easels on both sides are many exquisitely framed photos showing Catherine's life, from childhood, adolescence, to youth, and middle age, there are life photos and work photos; there are single photos and group photos; there are photos with Mike and children Ours, and some with relatives and friends.

Mike Peterson and Candice Zamblini had agreed to meet at the funeral home at 4:30, but he didn't show up. At 5 o'clock, the guests arrived one after another, but he still didn't come.Candace had no choice but to bite the bullet and greet these friends and acquaintances of the Petersons, who had never met her, as the host. At 6 o'clock, when Lieutenant Art Holland led the investigators to visit Peterson's home again, Mr. Peterson obviously had no plans to go out, because he was still wearing casual clothes at home.After Lieutenant Holland read out the new search warrant, Mike Peterson said, "If you don't mind, please let me change my clothes and go to the funeral home to say goodbye to my dead wife."

This time, the police confiscated three computers, a hand grenade used as a paperweight - Mike Peterson's Vietnam War memorabilia and a bloody mop in the kitchen. Catherine Hunter Peterson was buried the next day in Maplewood Cemetery, not far from Forest Heights, following a funeral at the Duke's Collegiate Chapel.The tombstone was designed by her daughter Kaitlyn Ewat, and it is engraved with Catherine's favorite roses during her lifetime, and a poem quoted from the poet Colin Hitchcock: As long as you call my name quietly in your heart, I will walk into your heart. Dr. Thomas Polding of the Forensic Laboratory observed an extremely rare red neuron in Catherine's brain tissue samples. Rescue cells that the body's immune system spontaneously produces in response to brain cells in the cerebellum and cerebellum begin to die.It is often accompanied by the victim lying dying where he last fell, blood dripping from his body.It's a slow, painful death that lasts roughly 2 to 4 hours.

The presence of red neuron precursors meant that Catherine did not stop breathing immediately after falling down the stairs (as Mike Peterson said) or being attacked (as the police and first responders speculated), she was still dying The edge hovered and struggled for 2 to 4 hours. Two to four hours was enough time for Mike Peterson to call an ambulance for his injured wife, and even take him to the emergency room and operating table of the hospital, but he didn't do it. 2 to 4 hours are enough to prosecute Mike Peterson, accusing him of neglecting his own life, even intentional homicide, or even premeditated murder.

Immediately after receiving Dr. Paulding's report from Lieutenant Art Holland, Durham District Attorney Janemon Harding asked the court to convene a grand jury hearing.The next day, December 20, 2001, the hearing began at 9:48 am.After hearing testimony from Medical Examiner Dr. Deborah Radish, State Bureau of Investigation Officer Duane DeVille and Lieutenant Art Holland, the grand jury delivered its indictment against Mike Peter at 2 p.m. Xun premeditated murder. The Peterson family got the news almost immediately. At 2:50, Mike Peterson drove his light brown jaguar limousine, led a convoy of five vehicles, and drove out of the forest villa to the center of Durhan. Park in the parking lot across from Khan District Prison.

A lot of reporters who came after receiving their notice had already gathered in the parking lot.Mr Peterson's two younger brothers Bill and Jack, two sons Clayton and Ted, two adopted daughters Margaret and Martha Ratley, and another of his lawyers, David Rudolph's Assistant Thomas Mayer stood on both sides of Mike Peterson in a tight semicircle. Mike Peterson reaffirms his love for Catherine and his innocence in the face of a sea of ​​camera footage and a dozen microphones stretched out.Thomas Mayer said: "We regret the hasty decision made by the District Attorney General's Office. What they allege in the indictment is a crime that does not exist."

About 10 minutes later, Mike Peterson held the lawyer's hand, wished each other "Goodlucky (good luck)", and kissed goodbye to the relatives present one by one, and then walked out of the parking lot without looking back under the eyes of everyone. Cross the street and disappear behind the iron gates of the District Prison. Mike Evel Peterson is the eldest son of Eugene and Elina Peterson. When Mike was born on October 23, 1943, his father had just joined the U.S. Army.A month later, Eugene Peterson set off for Europe, reaching the northern coast of France eight days after the D-Day landings.

The Petersons had two sons and a daughter later. The family of six migrated frequently with the change of defense of the army and the transfer of Eugene Peterson. They were stationed in Washington State, Georgia, Kansas, California, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina as well as Japan in Asia and Denmark in Europe.Mike Peterson is very respected by his younger siblings at home, because he not only leads by example everywhere, but also dares to stand up when his younger siblings are bullied by the school "bully".