Current Status of The Parties
- In October 2002, acting as administrator of Kathleen's estate, Caitlin filed a wrongful death claim against Michael. In June 2006, he voluntarily filed for bankruptcy. Two weeks later Caitlin filed an objection to the bankruptcy. On February 1, 2007, Caitlin and Michael settled the wrongful death claim for $25 million, pending acceptance by the courts involved; finalization of the settlement by the court was announced on February 1, 2008. In the settlement, Michael did not admit that he murdered Kathleen. Caitlin is unlikely to ever collect a significant amount of the judgment.
- Caitlin Atwater recently graduated from Cornell University.
- Peterson's younger son, Todd Peterson, lives in San Diego, after relocating from Dubai.
- Peterson's older son, Clayton Peterson, was married in 2004.
- Martha Ratliff lives in San Francisco.
- Margaret Ratliff is studying documentary filmmaking at Columbia College in Chicago.
- Following the trial, one of Peterson's lawyers, Thomas Maher, resigned from the firm that bore his name (Rudolf, Maher, Widenhouse & Fialko). He is now Peterson's court-appointed attorney.
- Lead defense counsel David Rudolf mentions the Peterson case on his website .
- This case was featured in the episode "A Novel Idea" of Forensic Files.
- This case was featured in the episode "Murder, He Wrote" of Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice on TruTv.
- On December 15, 2011, Peterson was granted a new trial and released on a $300,000 bond while remaining under house arrest.
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