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Who killed Kathleen Peterson?
An owl did it!
And he didnt come up with it until the months-long trial was nearly over.
She moved inside to escape the bird, leaving a bit of blood outside.
She had been drinking, and there were muscle relaxers and anti-anxiety medication in her system.
The most compelling evidence in favor of the owl theory?
He theorizes that Peterson had yanked at her own hair to try and dislodge the owl.
(Pollard contacted experts that agreed.)
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The best evidence against the owl theory, of course, is that itsoundscrazy.
As Michael Petersons brother Bill toldDateline, The cops were making a big joke out of it.
They put a picture of the owl in their most-wanted list.
When Pollard approached the district attorney, he dismissed the idea out of hand.
He also tried approaching Petersons defense attorney David Rudolf, but by that time it was too late.
Even though the owl theory never got its day in court, Rudolf says it has real credibility.
The feather that was in her hand, I just didnt focus on that.
I figured it was from a down comforter.
I take full responsibility for not having thought of that, he said.
I give Larry Pollard credit for coming up with it.
I wish he had realized it six months earlier.
Since the trial, the theory has dominated much of the coverage of the case, especially on theinternet.
(One ofthe most comprehensive articlesabout the owl theory was published byAudubon, the long-running nature magazine.)
However, newer developments rendered the owl theory moot from a legal standpoint.
The purpose of the film was to follow the legal process,Staircasedirector Jean-Xavier de Lestrade told Vulture.
But when I started looking at it and I met with Larry Pollard …
It might be the more plausible explanation.
How can you explain all the cuts and lacerations and the absence of fractures?
