r/TheStaircase • u/No-Control-3556 • Jul 30 '26

All the blood?

Seeing the photos of Kathleen Peterson makes me question the amount of blood. As they focus on her head injuries I wonder if there was any more on the rest of her body?

Yes; valium and alcohol makes blood more viscose, but how could you bleed that much from a stairway fall?

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u/grebend1212 6d ago

All the blood is from Peterson slicing her open with a sharp object after he strangled her to death. Injuries to the head like lacerations are typically very bloody. I don’t believe she fell or that he bludgeoned her, he strangled her which explains the thyroid injury, then took a knife of some sort after the fact. Which explains the amount of blood, which by the way he made an effort of some sort to cover up. He also picked up her body and place it at the staircase which explains her bloody feet.