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Kelly-Ann Mills

The Staircase: Lawyers say it was an aggressive owl and not husband that murdered woman

Mystery has surrounded the death of a woman who died at the bottom of a staircase in her own home, with lawyers convinced an owl killed her.

Kathleen Peterson was a businesswoman and philanthropist who lived with her writer husband Michael in Durham, North Carolina, and died in mysterious circumstances in 2001.

Her death has been the subject of documentaries, books, TV shows and podcasts ever since as has been described as the the most captivating real life true crime story you've never heard of.

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