More articles...

http://a11news.com/1931/stacy-peterson-body-found/

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7642347&page=2

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1584936,CST-NWS-body21.article

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1585923,body-des-plaines-river-dna-052109.article

05-15-09

Grand Jury Winding Down In Stacy Peterson Case

Even if Drew Peterson makes bail in the murder of Kathleen Savio case, would he have enough money to bail out if he's arrested in the Stacy Peterson disappearance?

Thomas Morphey, Len Wawczak and Paula Stark, all testified in front of the same Grand Jury that that indicted him for the murder of Kathleen Savio just days ago. The topic this time is Stacy Peterson.

Peterson's stepbrother, Thomas Morphey, who claims to have helped Peterson carry a barrel containing the body of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, testified for the first time.

Wawczak and Stark, who  testified for the first time.  They had secretly taped their conversations with Peterson with the assistance of the state police.

These three key witnesses could mean the end of the Grand jury session that has lasted 18 months, and the jury will finish their term on May 21.

If the jury does not return an indictment, State's Atty. James Glasgow could continue the investigation with another panel.

All three declined to comment to media waiting outside.

Peterson has been the main suspect in his fourth wife, Stacy's, disappearance since late 2007.

Peterson's bond in the Kathleen Savio murder case is set at 20 million dollars. To be released from jail, he would have to post 10% of that amount or 2 million dollars, unless a judge reduces the amount.

If Peterson does make bond and the jury indicts him for the murder of Stacy Peterson, he may spend many months in jail awaiting trial, if the new bail amount can't be met. (NLH)

Read resource details...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson-grand-jury-15may15,0,1115596.story

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/bolingbrooksun/news/1574260,peterson-stepbrother-grand-jury_jO051409.article

05-12-09

Custody Battle On The Horizon?

Cassandra Cales, Stacy Peterson's sister, hasn't seen her niece, Laci, and nephew, Anthony, for months, now. The family has been concerned about the children's safety since Stacy went missing, and they found out that Kathleen Savio was murdered.

Drew Peterson's adult son Stephen announced Monday that he has taken custody of the children, but relatives of Savio and Stacy Peterson are looking into whether they can change that.

Pam Bosco, the family spokesperson, said, "We'd seen a lawyer a ways back and were told we'd have to wait until he (Drew Peterson) was charged. We have to go back to a lawyer and see what's available to us."

None of us, at the Find Stacy Peterson, site could figure out why they would leave a murder suspect with these children.

Peterson was out partying constantly and throughout the year, now, going on his media campaigns, bringing strange women into his home, and adding other children into the mix. His so-called fiancé, Christina Raines comes to mind.

I can't help but wonder, if he were a single mother of four, her suitability as a mother, certainly, would have been an issue, in my opinion.

I hope Lacy and Anthony go to place where there is peace and less confusion, getting all of the love and nurturing they truly deserve. What a chaotic way to start out in life.

Cloey (IMO)

Resource...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30690170/

05-7-09

Peterson Arrested For Kathleen Savio's Murder!

News Conference and Arrest Videos

BOLINGBROOK – Authorities arrested Drew Peterson Thursday near his Bolingbrook home for the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio, according to police sources.

Police took Peterson into custody at Weber and Lilly Cache roads during a traffic stop.

“I guess I should have returned those library books,” a hand-cuffed Peterson said Thursday evening as he was being led into state police headquarters.

Savio, 40, was found dead in a dry bathtub in her Bolingbrook home in March 2004.

At the time, Illinois State Police failed to find anything suspicious and her death was ruled an accidental drowning by a coroner’s jury.

After Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy, then 23, disappeared in October 2007, officials reclassified Savio’s death as a homicide and gave the state police another opportunity to figure out who did her in.

Savio’s body was exhumed from its grave. An autopsy conducted in November 2007 determined Savio was the victim of a homicide.

Peterson wasn’t named a suspect in Savio’s death, but state police determined Stacy's disappearance is a "potential homicide" and say Peterson is a suspect in the case.

Check out this link for further updates... (more to come)

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1563713,Peterson-arrest-watch-050709.article

MORE.......

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/stcharlessun/news/1563713,Peterson-arrest-watch-050709.article

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=292099

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6802032

05-05-09

Cassandra Breaks Her Silence

As Drew Peterson continued his media campaign, Stacy Peterson's sister, Cassandra Cales, broke her silence by calling in to the “Mancow” Muller radio show, he was "performing on", and basically reamed him a new one, last week.

“You killed her after she got off the phone between 10:15 and 10:59,” she said. “The state police know where you were and what you did and you will pay.”

Stolen ISP documents were found outlining the timeline the day of Stacy's disappearance. The documents were stolen from an Illinois State Police car. Someone, then, photocopied them and sent one copy to Fox News Chicago.

Another copy of the documents found their way into the hands of Charlie Doman, Kathleen Savio's nephew, after the post office discovered them,  saw the Savio name, and delivered them to his mom.

The timeline lays out in great detail what investigators think happened to Stacy Peterson and what Drew did with her body. According to the documents, they note Stacy was dead by 10:59 am on October 28th. That night, they describe Drew removing the body with his step brother Tom Morphey in a "large blue round plastic container weighing approximately 150 pounds with screw on top with clear plastic protruding from outside."

As for what Drew did with the body, the timeline indicates they believe he may have disposed of it in a quarry in the Bolingbrook area.

Read resource details

http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/1552213,drew-peterson-cassandra-cales-wls-043009.article

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/exclusive_peterson_file

Police Search Again For Stacy Peterson In Canal

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/stacy.peterson.body.2.997954.html

04-24-09

Peterson's Freudian Slip Is Showing

During an interview on "Good Day Chicago" Drew Peterson said that he tells his children their mother, Stacy Peterson, is on vacation and is not coming back.

When asked, "Why do you say she's not coming back," Peterson, a suspect in his wife's disappearance, first denied making the comment and that he actually tells his children that "we don't know when she's coming back", all the time looking a little befuddled by his own statement, as he scrambled for the new words.

Then, when pressed, he said it was merely a slip of the tongue.

Peterson still goes on his media campaign interviewing on show after show, drawing the media attention to himself and books written about him. However, he still blames intense media interest for killing his relationships with the young women he's met since Stacy mysteriously disappeared.

Read resource details...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517656,00.html (watch video of interview)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517656,00.html

Peterson's statement about Wrongful Death Lawsuit...

http://www.prnewschannel.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=1358&z=4

04-22-09

Family of Kathleen Savio files lawsuit

Drew Peterson to Face Civil Trial

A high-powered attorney for the family of Peterson's third wife filed a wrongful death suit today, Saying he wanted to pressure prosecutors into filing charges against Drew Peterson, and alleging Peterson murdered his ex-wife and that his fourth wife, who is missing, knew about it.

John Q. Kellyin, a New York attorney who also represented the family of Nicole Brown Simpson in the civil suit against O.J. Simpson, filed the suit alleging that:

1. Peterson killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio, a month before their divorce was expected to be finalized.

2. After Peterson and Savio had separated, Peterson gained entry to the house that Savio had taken sole possession of by using a garage door opener and, on one occasion, by cutting out a portion of wall that he crawled through.

3. The initial coroner's jury into Savio's death heard testimony from a state trooper that never saw Savio's body, did not attend the autopsy and never interviewed Drew Peterson.

4. One of the jurors in the inquest was a police officer from another agency that knew Peterson and, during deliberations, assured other jurors that he personally knew Peterson and that he knew Peterson would never harm his ex-wife.

Also in the suit, it is alleged that on the day of Savio's funeral, Peterson pulled a truck into the driveway of Savio's home and removed personal property that had not yet been inventoried, rather than attend a reception for family and friends.

The suit also claims that Stacy Peterson, who had had an affair with Peterson that caused the break-up of his and Savio's marriage on August 31, 2007. Later she met a pastor and told him she had personal, detailed knowledge that Peterson killed Savio, and she knew about it since the night Savio died. Drew told Stacy that he hit Savio in the back of the head, making her death look like an accident.

While contemplating whether to go to authorities and to file for divorce from Peterson, Stacy disappeared, less than eight weeks after meeting with the pastor.

The suit seeks in excess of $100,000 for three of four counts alleged.

Resources...

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/21/us-police-officers-wife-042109/

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/drew-peterson-sued-for-wrongful-death-of-3rd-wife-kathleen-savio.html

http://www.khq.com/global/story.asp?s=10223286

03-18-09

Thomas Morphey Interview on GMA

Thomas Morphey was interviewed on Good Morning America, Monday and said he's convinced that Drew Peterson killed Stacy Peterson.

“I know he killed Stacy,” Morphey said. “All the circumstances point to it.”

Morphey described the hours before he helped Peterson move a blue barrel into Drew's Yukon Denali.

Morphey asked Peterson, "What about the smell?" He told Good Morning America that he (peterson) said that it was in a blue container.

Morphey added: “I knew it wasn’t good. He was planning on killing someone.”

Read resource details...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29720096/

Partial video...

http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/2009/03/16/Petersons-stepbrother-says-he/1237219202.html

03-13-09

Peterson Wants Control Back

Drew Peterson wants the control of Kathleen Savio's estate back. DrewP's lawyer filed a brief, Wednesday, asking the  Illinois Supreme Court to overturn rulings handed down by two lower courts that reopened Kathleen Savio's estate and made her sister and father joint executors of her will.

Savio had divorced Peterson but before a financial settlement had been reached on their assets - which included a $1 million life insurance policy for her two sons with Peterson.

Savio's relatives moved last March to reopen her estate, possibly as a prelude to filing a wrongful-death lawsuit against Peterson. They also asked that Peterson's uncle, James Carroll, be removed as executor of her will and replaced with Savio's sister and father.

A Will County judge agreed last April to reopen the estate and make Savio's relatives executors.

Last month, the Illinois Appellate Court upheld that ruling.

Read resource details...

www.suntimes.com

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=278366

03-10-09

A Chilling Tale

Thomas Morphey Speaks Out

Although Thomas Morphey hasn't gone before the Grand Jury with his story, yet, he has now spoken publicly about the night he helped Drew Peterson carry out a blue barrel that he feels may have contained Stacy Peterson's body.

According to an article by Joseph Hosey of SuburbanChicagoNews.com, Morphey said the day before the blue barrel incident, Peterson showed up at his home, ostensibly to take him to a nearby Meijer store, where Peterson, the overnight sergeant for the Bolingbrook Police Department, had supposedly lined up a job interview for Morphey.

But Peterson and Morphey never made it to Meijer. Instead, Morphey said, Peterson drove him to a park off Remington Boulevard.

“We went to that park to discuss Stacy cheating on him, and he had to take care of the problem,” Morphey said.

He assumed Peterson planned to murder someone but that his target was Stacy’s supposed boyfriend.

“I didn’t think for a minute he was going to try to kill her,” he said. Then Peterson started asking strange questions.

“How much do you love me?” Morphey said Peterson asked him, and Morphey answered that he did love him, a lot.

Peterson then asked, “Enough to kill for me?” “No, I couldn’t live with myself,” Morphey said.

Peterson pressed on, asking, “Could you live with knowing about it?”

Morphey replied, “Yeah, I guess. We always figured you killed Kathleen.”

Morphey said Peterson then drove him to a storage facility and asked him to rent a unit, using his own name. Morphey had not brought along his required state identification. Peterson, fearing that leaving to get it and then returning would attract undue attention, dropped Morphey at home, Morphey said.

A few hours later, Morphey said, he called Peterson and told him this was something he couldn’t get involved with. Peterson, he said, replied, “OK, I can respect that.”

Morphey said he feared a life was at stake, but did not know where to turn because Peterson was a police officer. “It’s just something I have to live with,” Morphey said. “I grew up Catholic. I believe if you take another life, you go to hell.”

The night after their trip to the park on Remington, and then the storage facility, Morphey said Peterson showed up again. Morphey admits he’d been drinking beer, but claims to have a clear recollection of what transpired.

“He just started driving,” Morphey said. The two men got coffee at a Starbucks drive-through before heading to a park off Weber Road. There, Morphey said, Peterson handed him a cell phone, told him not to answer it, then left.

Morphey said he paced back and forth in the dark, wondering, “Is he killing someone?” About 45 minutes later the phone rang. Then it rang again. Both times, the caller ID showed “Stacy’s cell,” he said. It was then he “got a pretty good idea” that Peterson was not scheming to do in anybody’s boyfriend.

“Really, all I could think when I saw “Stacy” on the phone was he was killing her while I was standing there,” he said.

Peterson returned to the park within an hour of the phone calls, Morphey said, and Drew insisted he help him “at the house moving something.” They went inside the Peterson house, and Morphey noticed all of the children’s bedroom doors were closed. They took the barrel “right out the front door” to Peterson’s Yukon Denali, which was parked in the driveway, Morphey said. Part of a thick plastic bag was protruding from the lid of the barrel, he said.

After loading the barrel, Morphey said, Peterson dropped him off at his home and told him, “This never happened.”

“I said, ‘Don’t worry. I won’t say a word.”

But it did not take Morphey long to talk. Frantic, he left his house and went up the street to see his friend Walter Martineck. He told Martineck everything and stayed at Martineck’s until Alcox called and told him to come home.

Morphey spent the next day at the hospital with Alcox. He spoke on the phone with Peterson, he said, telling him he wanted to hang himself. Peterson, he said, told him not to worry.

When he got home that night, Morphey started drinking again. He spoke on the phone with one of his brothers. He had told the brother some of the details from the past weekend, and the brother told him he called the FBI about it.

Morphey said he hung up on his brother, ate two bottles of pills, and got in bed. He says he tried to kill himself to keep his girlfriend and her sons safe from Peterson. But Morphey’s brother called 911, and soon emergency responders were banging on the door.

On that Tuesday morning, after returning from Edward Hospital in Naperville, Alcox said Peterson showed up at their door, not long after she saw a story on the TV news about Stacy’s disappearance.

She told Peterson about Morphey’s suicide attempt. He offered his help but said nothing about his wife’s disappearance, she said.

Martineck then arrived and drove Alcox to District 5 State Police Headquarters in Crest Hill. Soon after, troopers headed to the hospital in Naperville. But before they got there, Peterson paid his stepbrother a visit, one Morphey remembers only through the haze of medication. Martineck said the state cops just missed him.

The next day, Morphey got his offer of immunity. Glasgow showed up himself to grant it. He had a couple state troopers with him, and they talked to Morphey in a coffee room.

“It was the first of many interrogations,” Morphey said. “They went easy on me there.” But the grilling got tougher, he said, with police accusing him of killing Stacy. Morphey figures he underwent about 40 hours of interrogation that included threats to pull his immunity.

Morphey said he spent about five months away from his family for his own protection. The state police first put him and Alcox up in a motel about two hours from his home. Alcox returned after a long weekend.

“I was put at various locations,” he said. “I didn’t know where I’d be staying from one night to the other.” In December, the state police found a permanent location for Morphey out of state, but by “February or March, I just decided enough was enough,” he said.

Police, he said, reluctantly agreed to let him return home.

That was a year ago. And Morphey has yet to speak a word to the ongoing grand jury convened to hear evidence about Stacy¹s disappearance and Savio’s death.

“All contact’s pretty much been broken,” he said. And Morphey feels “betrayed.”

Charles B. Pelkie, spokesman for the state¹s attorney¹s office, said he was precluded from discussing Morphey’s story. “I can’t comment on any aspect of a pending investigation,” he said.

The state police have told Morphey to keep his mouth shut, Morphey said. But he wants to know what the police are waiting for. “I just feel like the truth needs to be told at some point,” he said. “...I don¹t know if I’ll get my day in court.”

Morphey doesn’t know if Peterson will have his day in court, either.

“I know what I know,” he said. “Drew knows what I know.”

Read full resource details by Joseph Hosey...

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/genevasun/news/1468257,Peterson-stepbrother-talks_jo030909.article

03-09-09

Immunity Deal For Morphey

Thomas Morphey was kept out of the public eye after he told investigators about the night he helped Drew Peterson carry out a blue container that was warm to the touch, and putting it in Peterson's SUV.

It's reported, now, that State's Attorney James Glasgow had signed an immunity deal for Morphey who fears that he may have unwittingly helped Peterson dispose of Stacy Peterson's body.

Glasgow signed the immunity agreement more than 17 months ago, yet sources say Morphey has never appeared before the grand jury investigating the disappearance of Peterson's wife, Stacy Peterson.

Glasgow made the agreement offer on Halloween 2007, three days after Stacy, who is Peterson's fourth wife, was last seen alive and likely while Morphey was still hospitalized following an Oct. 29 suicide attempt.

Read resource details...

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/stcharlessun/news/1463485,Joliet-exclusive-Peterson-case-immunity-JO030509.article

02/15/09

John Morphey Defends Brother In Peterson Case

(John Morphey left) Thomas Morphey was in hiding for months an attempted suicide attempt in October of 2007, after reportedly helping Drew Peterson carry out a blue container to Peterson's Yukon Denali containing the body of Stacy Peterson.

Many consider Tom Morphey the linchpin in the Peterson case, against missing Stacy Peterson.

Tom Morphey has been ordered by investigators not to talk to the media. So, his brother, John, is talking for him. The brother said his sibling's conscience is bothering him.

"He realized what he had done that night by helping dispose of Stacy's body and realized that Drew would probably do whatever it took to keep him quiet," John Morphey said. "He thought he would kill him or his family."

Peterson says that's ridiculous and that Tom, who is his step-brother, has mental health issues.

"He's attempted to take his own life a few times," Peterson told CBS 2 recently. "And now all of a sudden he's become a hero to his family when before he was nothing but a loser to his family."

John Morphey says that's a lie and his brother never tried to kill himself before that day. And he says Peterson never showed any real concern for Tom until after his suicide attempt when he showed up at his step-brother's hospital bed on the same day Stacy was reported missing to police.

"On the day his wife went missing, what motivated him to go to the hospital to visit my brother?" John Morphey said. "Everyone can draw their own conclusions."

Does Tom Morphey think Drew Peterson murdered Stacy?

"He doesn't think -- he knows that (Drew) murdered Stacy," John Morphey said.

Peterson denies everything.

Read full resources...

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Peterson.Morphey.witness.2.935043.html

02/11/09

Drew Loses Estate Control

Drew Peterson/Kathleen Savio

Drew Peterson has been fighting to keep his uncle in control of his murdered third wife's estate finances, but an appellate court has shot that down.

His third wife, Kathleen Savio, and Peterson were in the midst of a bitter divorce when she ended up murdered in a dry bathtub in 2004. The case was considered an accident at the time, but after Savio's body was exhumed and another autopsy was done the death was ruled a homicide.

Within weeks of Savio's death, Peterson happened to find a will naming his uncle as the executor. The uncle went on to award Peterson control of virtually all of Savio's assets.

The appellate justices questioned this in their written opinion, saying, "Even from an objective standpoint, we can think of no just or fair reason why Carroll, as executor of the estate, would relinquish all of Savio's interest in the marital property to Peterson individually."

Carroll was removed as executor of that estate.

Peterson was trying to block the family of Kathleen Savio from taking control of her will and reopening her estate.

Peterson's legal team appealed a Will County judge's decision to remove Peterson's uncle, James Carroll, as the executor of his third wife's will and to reopen her estate.

The argument was heard last month before the state's third district appellate court and the court affirmed the original decision.

The path has now been cleared for the Kathleen Savio family to file a wrongful death suit.

"Absolutely, it's alive and well," said Joliet attorney Lawrence Varsek, one of the lawyers representing the Savio family. "It's going to go forward. The only question is when."

Read resource details...

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/Peterson_Savio_Estate

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/bolingbrooksun/news/1421594,Drew-Peterson-Savio-estate_jo020909.article

01/30/09

I Smell A Rat!

Something is just wrong with all of the recent news about Drew Peterson. The news on his case concerning his new so-called girlfriend is a set up for us (Joe Q. Public) to buy books.

According to the PRESS RELEASE by Armstrong: Mandatory Credit must go to: Derek Armstrong, author Drew Peterson Exposed and show book cover of Drew Peterson Exposed, in order to use the releases he sends.

No matter how much Drew P. denies it I can't help but wonder if he isn't making money or profiting in some way from the possible sales of this book.

Peterson reportedly stated "This is what the media always does to me. As soon as the story got out on Chrissy, I knew it would be a problem for us."

Come on folks... Glenn Selig is Peterson's PR guy... has been for months. Armstrong wrote his story. Caylee's story has taken the spotlight. (Loss book sales).

Now supposedly Peterson and his new girlfriend got in a huge fight and her daddy came and got her with the police. And her daddy is suppose to be on Dr. Phil today. Oh... and Drew P. was on Larry King last night. BS... I think it's all staged.

Drew P. complains about the media, yet he hires them to put it out there... You decide.

I'm not going to post about anymore of Peterson's antics because I'm not going to have these clowns profit off of me doing that.

The only news I will post will be about Kathleen Savio's murder or Stacy Peterson. If you want to hear about his stupid media blitz campaign... Google it!

The Peterson Circus needs to get the hell out of town!

Cloey (This is my own personal opinion!)

01/23/09

Grand Jury Resumes in Peterson Case

The Grand Jury hasn't convened since last November, but has reconvened and listened to two new witnesses in the Drew Peterson investigation.

On its first day back in action, Alexander Beck, who represented Peterson in his unresolved divorce from slain third wife Kathleen Savio, was called. So was Charlie Doman, Savio's nephew and a former employee of Peterson.

Doman worked in Suds Pub, a Montgomery bar Peterson had owned, as a maintenance man and disc jockey.

While the grand jury proceedings have been dormant for weeks, the investigations of Savio's death and Stacy's disappearance have been anything but, said Charles B. Pelkie, a spokesman for the state's attorney's office.

"This by no means indicates a lack of activity in the case," Pelkie said.

"Things are moving forward. Things are full-steam right now and they have been for several months."

Read full resource (Joe Hosey) details...

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1392995,4_JO22_Peterson-grand-jury-resumes-with-.article

01-13-09

Peterson's Girlfriend Moves In

There are now 6 children under the age of 15 living at the Peterson household. And Ernest Raines said his daughter, Christina, 24, has told him that her weekend move into Peterson's home is only the first step.

"She's planning on living there, and they're planning on getting married -- after he gets divorced," Ernest Raines said Monday.

Peterson wouldn't comment Monday, nor would his attorney. Christina Raines couldn't be reached for comment.

This information came from the Chicago Sun-Times. I've been getting a lot of information from Peterson's publicity agent, Glenn Selig and author Derek Armstrong. They want their names and Armstrong's book mentioned if you use their information.

I don't know how much all of this publicity is about selling books, but I think it has more to do with it than any information they provide. I guess this hint to me was them wanting the book cover to be shown, too, if you quote them.

The Chicago Sun-times gets their own information without the help of Peterson's publicity agent and press releases.

Read full details...

www.suntimes.com

01/01/09

Prosecutor confident in Peterson cases

The new year should bring new information that will help investigators determine what happened to at least one of Drew Peterson's wives, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said Tuesday.

Though Glasgow made a similar, still-unfulfilled prediction two months ago, he remains upbeat that authorities will solve the 2007 disappearance of Stacy Peterson and the 2004 drowning death of Kathleen Savio.

"I'm very positive. I'm very encouraged by the work the police have done,'' said Glasgow, speaking about the cases for the first time in several months. "We are not at a dead end by any stretch of the imagination.''

Read resource details...

www.suntimes.com

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/31/Official_hints_at_new_Peterson_evidence/UPI-92111230744390/

12/19/08

Father fights his daughter's engagement to Drew Peterson

Drew Peterson Saga Continues

Although Drew Peterson and Christina Raines deny their engagement to each other, Christina's father, Ernie Raines says it is her.... and he's hopping mad.

"That ain't going to happen," Ernie Raines said. "I'm doing everything I can to try to get her away from him. . . . I'd like to say to him: Stay away from my daughter, take his ring back and look for his wife before he's out trying to get another young girl."

Peterson's lawyer confirmed the 54-year-old former Bolingbrook police sergeant is engaged to be married. Peterson refused to say who accepted his proposal, but denied that it's Raines' daughter Christina, 24.

Christina Raines, a waitress, also denied that she's the one, saying she's friends with Peterson but never dated him or got a marriage proposal.

But a police source said she is the bride-to-be, and her father insists, "It's her."

Ernie Raines said his daughter is trying to avoid the publicity that has followed Peterson since his wife, Stacy, disappeared in October 2007. Peterson has been named as a suspect in her "potential homicide" and is being investigated in the 2004 homicide of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Ernie Raines said his daughter told him about Peterson's proposal when he spotted a ring on her finger Friday.

"I said, 'You need to take that back. If you don't want to, I will,' " said Ernie Raines, 53. "I said, why would you want to marry someone like that anyway? He's my age for Christ's sake."

Read resource details.....

www.suntimes.com

News Video... Click Here!

12/17/08

Peterson Engaged to 23-year-old

Drew Peterson confirmed he proposed to a much younger woman today, even as his wife is missing and he’s under scrutiny in the death of his third wife.

The engagement continues his pattern of courting women less than half his age and proposing while still married.

Peterson confirmed that the woman has accepted, despite the fact he’s a suspect in the death of his third wife Kathleen Savio and implicated in the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy—to whom he is still married.

“Yes, we’ve been dating four months,” he said.  Peterson also admitted to rumors that he has dated various women in the last few months since Stacy disappeared October 28, 2007. That remains an open case and under investigation by the Illinois State Police and the Will County State’s Attorney Office.

Peterson described his fiancé as beautiful, but refused to disclose her identity. “The media will do its best to break us up and confront her if they know her name,” he said in an interview today.

When asked how his four children felt about his new fiancé, Peterson answered, “Both the kids and I need a woman in our lives.”

When asked how the family of his fiancé felt, he replied “No comment.

”No date has been set for a marriage, according to Peterson.

Still technically married, Peterson says he will file for a divorce on the basis of “abandonment,” a move that angers Stacy’s family and many people following the case.

”When asked how he thought the media and public would take the news Peterson said, “Who cares? This is my life. I’m entitled to be happy.”

This is a news release from the author, Derek Armstrong, who recently wrote a book about Peterson. Another release was done through Glenn Selig, Peterson's publicist.

12/09/08

Peterson Must Prove Where Stacy Is

Suspected wife killer Drew Peterson wants to get a divorce from his missing wife Stacy, but first he’ll have to prove where she is – something the police would love to know.

Under the law in Illinois, where Peterson lives, a divorce can be granted for desertion or abandonment after a spouse has been gone more than a year – but a judge must be convinced that one party willingly walked out.

“Until Drew can show that Stacy definitely deserted him or is dead, a judge is not going to do anything,” Chicago divorce attorney Dion Davi told The ENQUIRER.

Read full resource details...

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/drew_peterso_divorce_stacey/crime/63467

Sheriff: Wis. remains unlikely Stacy Peterson

www.suntimes.com

11/29/08

Peterson's Law

Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow has been trying to build a case against Drew Peterson for months and a big legal weapon for doing that was having the hearsay law come into effect last week.

Senate Bill 2718 is an amendment to the criminal code that broadens the circumstances under which courts can admit hearsay evidence against an accused person.

Basically, if a suspected evildoer kills a witness to prevent that witness from testifying against him, then previous statements that witness made to others may be introduced as evidence.

Will this new law go against the 6th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that a person accused of a crime has the right "to be confronted with the witnesses against him."

This guarantee is to give the accused the "opportunity not only of testing the recollection and sifting the conscience of the witness, but of compelling him to stand face to face with the jury," as the U.S. Supreme Court wrote in 1895. It allows the jury to "look at [the witness], and judge by his demeanor upon the stand and the manner in which he gives his testimony whether he is worthy of belief."

The 1895 case was one of many in which the high court has tried to define exceptions to the general prohibition on hearsay. One of them, as suggested by Drew Peterson's Law and already part of our common law, is that a defendant gives up the right to confront a witness if he has committed an act, such as murder, intended to prevent that witness from testifying.

The key here is intent. It's circular to argue that a defendant murdered his victim to prevent his victim from testifying at his murder trial. And it's perverse to presume someone guilty of murder in order to slip in evidence designed to prove him guilty of murder.

Read full resource details...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-zorn-25-nov25,0,5845320.story

11/21/08

Gun Charges Dropped

Is there an indictment coming for Drew Peterson in the Kathleen Savio murder?

According to news reports Judge Richard Schoenstedt ruled, Thursday, that internal documents that were compiled concerning the felony gun charges against Drew Peterson, be turned over to Peterson's defense team. The prosecutors refused to turn over these documents so Schoenstedt dismissed the two gun charges against him.

According to Thursday's Nancy Grace show, there may be an indictment for the murder of Kathleen Savio coming down on Drew Peterson at anytime, now.

Now that the House has passed the new hearsay law in Illinois, evidence may come in from a pastor of Stacy Peterson who contends that Stacy told him that Peterson had killed his 3rd wife, Kathleen Savio.

Resources...

www.suntimes.com

http://www.wbbm780.com/Judge-Dismisses-Gun-Charges-Against-Drew-Peterson/3357888

11/20/08

Hearsay Law Passes House

Will County prosecutors on Wednesday received a new legal weapon they can use to investigate the murder of one of Drew Peterson’s wives and the disappearance of another.

But it’s not clear if the measure overwhelmingly approved by the Illinois House will lead to criminal charges against the former Bolingbrook police sergeant — or if the law will pass constitutional muster.

The change in state law allows prosecutors to use at trial so-called "hearsay" evidence from witnesses who may have been murdered by a defendant to stop them from testifying.

The law might also come into play in Savio’s 2004 drowning death. She sent a letter to a prosecutor that said Peterson "knows how to manipulate the system, and his next step is to take my children away. Or kill me instead."

Glasgow insisted the law isn’t designed to target Drew Peterson or any specific individual, but said he intends to "aggressively" use the new measure.

Read full resource details...

www.suntimes.com

11/17/08

Divorce for Desertion

Drew Peterson, suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy, secretly met with high-profile attorney Jeffery Leving to consult on a possible divorce, 'Crime Report USA' reported today.

Drew Peterson confirmed to the crime web publication that he met with Leving—famous as the champion of father’s rights—to determine if Stacy’s “desertion” of him would be sufficient cause for divorce action in Illinois.

Reporter Derek Armstrong says he confronted Peterson by phone, asking for confirmation prior to releasing the story. He says Peterson repeatedly denied the meeting, until reminded he had disclosed his intention to divorce Stacy in an interview for the tell-all book 'Drew Peterson Exposed,' authored by Armstrong and published in October.  Armstrong says Peterson told him: “I’m just getting information right now. I’m exploring options.”

When asked how he could apply for a divorce in the circumstances, given he is a suspect in her disappearance, Armstrong says he replied, “Desertion. She deserted me. I’ve always said I’m mad about that. But I’m looking into this for the kids. This neighborhood is not healthy for my kids.”

Pressed on whether he intended to sell the house and marital assets, Peterson offered no comment, but when asked if he would like to move away, he said, “(Getting) out of the neighborhood is important for the kids. Some of the people around here are nuts.”

Pending Gun Trial May Limit a Move Out of Illinois

Peterson may find moving away limited because of a pending trial where he faces felony gun charges for allegedly possessing a modified assault rifle with a barrel of less than 16 inches and therefore a violation of Illinois law, the state has charged.

Leving is known for championing father’s rights and is not afraid of controversy himself.  He represented Elian Gonzales’ Cuban father who eventually won his battle for custody of Elian from Elian’s Miami-based family who were raising him and fought to keep him.  Elian’s mother died fleeing Cuba; Elian survived the journey. 

Leving had no comment beyond confirming that Peterson came to his office.

In several previous interviews with Armstrong, for the book Drew Peterson Exposed, Peterson indicated he felt persecuted by continual media coverage.

When asked if he expected Stacy Peterson to ever return, Armstrong says Peterson replied, “Why would she return to all this?” Armstrong says Peterson declined to comment on whether he’d sell the house he shares with Stacy or dispose of any marital assets.

Peterson, 54, is also as suspect in the alleged homicide of his third wife Kathleen Savio.

Resource...

http://www.prnewschannel.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=990&z=4

11/13/08

"Vindictive and Selective" Prosecution

Drew Peterson Felony Gun Case

Just as expected from the leak about Drew Peterson's defense team strategy during a mock-trial, authorities used the "vindictive and selective" prosecution in their gun case against Drew Peterson, in court on Wednesday.

Joel Brodsky, questioned the timeline of how the gun case unfolded. In February, police revoked Peterson's firearm owner identification card after a judge ruled that his firearms should be returned to Peterson granted that he had a valid FOID card.

Brodsky is requesting that prosecutors turn over documents leading up to the charges against his client.

"This timeline proves with more than sufficient evidence that the reason to do this is to punish Mr. Drew Peterson for exercising his Constitutional rights," Brodsky said.

Read full resource details...

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/11/peterson-questions-gun-case-timing.html

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6502928

11/06/08

DrewP's Gun Defense Leaked

If you believe the author of a recent book on Drew Peterson, Derek Armstrong, then, according to his very own press release, Peterson's defense strategy has been leaked for his upcoming felony gun charge trial, on December 5th.

A mock trial was held at Michigan State University in advance of the real trial. Peterson's defense attorneys, Joel Brodsky and Andrew Abood, acknowledged the mock trial took place but declined to comment on the leak of the documents.

According to the documents Armstrong obtained, the defense will pursue three arguments, including:
• “vindictive prosecution”
• “prior knowledge of the Bolingbrook Police Department that Drew Peterson used the AR-15 as a secondary duty weapon”
• “State and Federal exemptions” for law enforcers.
 
Based on the juror questionnaires, Armstrong expects Drew Peterson to testify at the actual trial to take place Dec. 5.  Jurors commented that his testimony was “convincing” or “compelling.”  
 
Among those who voted “guilty,” the “vindictive prosecution” defense was rated as not convincing and the most common reason for the guilty verdict was “the defendant knowingly installed an illegal length barrel.”
 
Mock jurors voting “guilty” considered the fact that the Bolingbrook Police Department knew the AR-15 was Peterson’s secondary duty weapon as “not important.” These jurors were more likely to regard the argument “that no other police officer has ever been charged for this offense” as not relevant.

The documents show that jurors were asked to rate the arguments of both prosecution and defense, then to render a verdict. All eighteen of the mock jurors stated in questionnaires, that they “were able to set aside any bias" against Peterson in the homicide of Kathleen Savio and the disappearance of Stacy Peterson in reaching their verdict.
 
This lack of bias likely led to a defense decision to pursue a jury trial over a bench trial, Armstrong says.
 
In the mock trial, a few jurors objected to closing arguments from the prosecution to the prejudicial statement that Drew Peterson “is a suspect in his wife’s homicide.”  Some jurors requested more information on why Drew Peterson gave his guns to his son Stephen and one asked for more testimony from the officers who initiated the warrant.
 
Demographics  and psycho-graphics of the jury included more men than women, and an equal mix of republicans and democrats, but there was no obvious trend between political affiliation, age or sex in verdicts. Just under half of the jurors were gun owners or members of the National Rifle Association, but no jurors had ever worked in law enforcement or the military.
 
Five of the eighteen jurors, who came down with “guilty” verdicts, indicated a very solid presentation from the defense team, in their comments. Those coming down with a “not guilty verdict” pointed to “vindictive prosecution” as a key factor and that the People didn’t prove their case “beyond a reasonable doubt.”  The prosecution statement “that just because it (the gun) was overlooked didn’t make it legal” was rated as the most effective argument for the People. The defense’s arguments and opening and closing statements were overall rated, varying from simple “okay” ratings to “solid and on point” to “very convincing.”

Resource....

http://www.prnewschannel.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=967&z=4

11/05/08

Thomas Morphey Appears

Many of us have wondered where Thomas Morphey had gone after his encounter with Drew Peterson on the night of Stacy Peterson's dissappearance October of last year. Well, he showed up at a vigil in honor of Stacy since her disappearance one year ago on October 28, 2007.

Morphey reappeared this past week but could not be located for an interview. His girlfriend, Sheryl Alcox, wouldn't say where he was or why he's back at the couple's Bolingbrook house.

We had heard for a couple of weeks, last year, that there was a missing blue barrel that had been placed, by Drew Peterson, in the back of his SUV, along with another man.

On November 28th, 2007, an article broke from the Chicago Tribune, that gave more detail into what happened that night.

Drew Peterson was scheduled to work at 5 p.m. Oct. 28, 2007, but called in to take a personal or sick day, said Bolingbrook police Lt. Ken Teppel.

A source familiar with the investigation said that at about 7 p.m., Drew Peterson picked up Morphey from a park and the two went to a local coffee shop.

After a short time, Drew Peterson told Morphey he had to go somewhere and left Morphey at the coffee shop with a cell phone, along with instructions that Morphey should not answer if it should ring, the source said. The relative waited for some time, and the phone rang, showing the name "Stacy" on the caller ID, the source said.

A brief time later, Drew Peterson returned to the coffee shop, the source said. Drew Peterson and Morphey then drove to the Petersons' home on Pheasant Chase Court, the source said. Drew Peterson asked Morphey to help him move something from the home into the Petersons' sport-utility vehicle, the source said.

The two men went to an upstairs bedroom and removed a large covered and sealed 4-foot-long rectangular plastic container and placed it in the SUV, the sources familiar with the case said.

They left the home about 10 p.m., and Drew Peterson then dropped Morphey off at his home, at which point Morphey contacted a friend, saying words to the effect of, "I think I just helped Drew dispose of Stacy," the source said.

Morphey allegedly told the friend the plastic container was warm to the touch and may have weighed about 120 pounds, a source said.

Two days later, Morphey was treated at Edward Hospital in Naperville after an apparent suicide attempt. From that time there has been questions about Thomas Morphey's where-a-bouts, until now.

Resource...

www.suntimes.com

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/nov/28/news/chi-peterson_28nov28

10/25/08

Felony Weapons Trial Draws Near

Drew Peterson Jury Details Worked On

As the felony weapon trial for Drew Peterson draws closer, prosecutors and attorneys worked out the details for jury selection Thursday night.

Judge Richard Schoenstedt said that 150 potential would be summoned for December 5, and would be subjected to a questionnaire prior to actual jury selection. The trial is scheduled for December 8th.

Joel Brodsky blames the election year on, Will County State's Attorney, James Glasgow's statement that there would be a resolution soon in either the Kathleen Savio case or Stacy Peterson case soon.

"There is an election in a couple days. I think it has more to do with that than anything else," Brodsky said. "We have heard an arrest is imminent for many months now. I don't believe any of that."

Charles Pelkie, spokesman for the state's attorney's office, said, "State's Attorney Glasgow is confident that at least one of these investigations will come to a resolution at some point in the near future."

Resources...

http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/3192302.php

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/10/petersons-lawyers-meet-with-judge-in-gun-case.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443795,00.html

10/23/08

Resolution in near future says Glasgow

Stacy Peterson, Kathleen Savio Investigation

The investigations into both Stacy Peterson’s disappearance and Savio’s murder "have been highly productive," Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow  said. "I fully expect there to be a resolution in at least one of these investigations in the near future."

The Illinois State Police continue to conduct "exhaustive" investigations into Stacy Peterson's disappearance and Savio's murder, a release from Glasgow's office said.

The Illinois State Police continue to conduct "exhaustive" investigations into Stacy Peterson's disappearance and Savio's murder, a release from Glasgow's office said.

A special grand jury convened in November 2007 to hear testimony and evidence regarding Stacy Peterson’s disappearance and Savio’s murder and is still receiving evidence, the release said.

Glasgow said his office is "committed to making certain that justice is served for (the families and friends of Peterson and Savio)."

"My office continues to work hard to assist the Illinois State Police in advancing both investigations under intense national and local media coverage.

"We have done our best to respond to legitimate media queries without jeopardizing the integrity of these investigations or the secrecy of the Special Grand Jury. While this has proven difficult at times, I respect the professionalism displayed by the press during these investigations."

Press Release...

http://www.willcountysao.com/press_room/2008_10/20081022.htm

Read more...

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7699904&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

10/08/08

Hearsay Bill vs Drew Peterson

I read, in the Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, that Governor Rod Blagojevich sent a bill back to legislators, Tuesday, that could affect the possible prosecution of Drew Peterson.

So many people have wondered, for almost a year, now, why police haven't arrested Peterson for the murder of his two wives, if they have evidence. Many have speculated that they don't have enough evidence to arrest him.

It's possible that one of the reasons they are waiting is for this bill to pass the legislature. Should the bill pass, it would allow hearsay evidence to be heard in first-degree murder cases if the prosecution proved that the defendant killed a witness to prevent his or her testimony.

This bill could take effect immediately upon signing, and is scheduled to be taken up in the November veto session.

Remember, Drew Peterson hasn't been arrested yet, so this bill would cover his trial, should there be one. Once someone is charged with a crime, the clock starts ticking and a person's rights for a speedy trial kicks in. The prosecution has to share the evidence they've found with the defense within a short period of time. Maybe, among these possibilities lies some of the reason's for the delay.

Does anyone know if the grand jury is still convening each week? I haven't heard that their session has adjourned, yet.

Let me know what you think!

Resource...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_bill_amendedoct08,0,6796689.story

10/06/08

DREW'S TIMELINE

Drew Peterson Details Timeline

In the new book "Drew Peterson Exposed," the former Bolingbrook cop for the first time provides his own detailed account of his actions Oct. 28 -- the day his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared:

5:30-6 a.m.: Came home from Bolingbrook Police Department, talked to Stacy, who said she was going to visit her grandfather, and went to sleep.

10-10:30 a.m. (or 11 a.m.): Awakened by children, Stacy gone and kids home.

Noon-1 p.m.: At home with kids.

1-1 :30 p.m.: Children at home (Tom and Kris watch Anthony and Lacy), runs errands.

2 p.m.: Calls Bolingbrook police to take the night off. (He was retiring in December and had sick time to use or lose.)

3: 15 p.m: Tom, his 14-year-old son, is picked up by friends for a band concert.

6 p.m.: Takes Kris, Anthony and Lacy to McDonald's. They have dinner and play at the playground at McDonald's.

7 :30 p.m.: Returns home with Kris, Anthony and Lacy.

8 p.m.: Tom gets home from band concert.

9 p.m.: At home, receives call from Stacy that she found someone and is leaving.

9: 15 p.m.: Leaves home to go and look for Stacy.

11-11: 30 p.m.: Returns home and gets call from Stacy's sister, Cassandra Cales while still in the driveway. Tells her Stacy called and said she left with another man and took her passport, money and clothes.

11: 45 p.m.: Walks and gets Stacy's car and drives it home.

Midnight: Gets home and goes to bed.

Around 2:30 a.m.: Gets call from Bolingbrook police telling him Cassandra Cales is filing a missing-persons report regarding Stacy. Vaguely recalls getting another call, maybe from Cassandra's friend Bruce Zidrach. (Very tired and does not have a clear recollection of call).

Full Resource...

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1204601,4_1_JO06_DREWTIMELINE_S1.article

09/30/08

Peterson Polygraph Tests Show Deception

Drew Peterson showed up on the CBS Early show, this morning, in an interview with Maggie Rodriguez. Rodriguez asked some hard questions concerning 3 deceptive answers that were revealed in the polygraph examination.

You were asked if the last you saw Stacy was before you went to bed, you said, 'Yes.' The machine says you were deceptive. Why?"

"I have no idea," Peterson replied. "I answered the questions truthfully and why it showed up that I was deceptive, I have no idea.

"When asked if you know where Stacy is, you said, 'No.' Do you know where she is?"

"I have no idea."

"No idea?"

"No idea."

"Did Stacy call you and tell you she was leaving? You said, 'Yes,' the machine says 'deceptive.' "

"Again," Peterson answered, "that's what happened, and why it came up deceptive, I just can't answer for that."

"You said she called you the night she disappeared and said she had run off with another man?"

"Correct."

"Do you feel she's out there with another man, hasn't called anyone, left her children behind? Dropped off the face of the planet, and no one's has each seen her?"

"I believe that a hundred percent without a doubt."

"Do you realize how far-fetched that sounds?"

"It sounds far-fetched, but it happens, so I really can't answer for where she is or what she's doing or anything like that."

Read Full CBS Article here...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/earlyshow/main4486038.shtml

09/19/08

Gag order denied

Drew Peterson Hearing--Judge confirms wiretapping

Prosecutors lost the motion for a gag order Thursday on the felony gun charge case against Drew Peterson. They felt the gag order would help to make it easier to pick a jury.

"I don't think it's appropriate to have a gag order on what's going on here," said Peterson's attorney Andrew Abood. "I think it's appropriate for the public to know the nature of the charges, the nature of the defense, and what the government's doing. That should all be scrutinized, and I don't think it's inappropriate for us to help you guys (the media) understand what's going on, because you guys are going to communicate that to the public."
 
Judge Richard Schoenstedt confirmed that there are an extensive" number of Cd's, DVDs and tapes related to the surveillance of Peterson. Peterson's legal team had asked for information regarding any electronic surveillance that police may have conducted on him.

"We know the tapes exist," said Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky. "What we don't know is the length and breadth of the tapes, whether they bugged him inside his house, they bugged him inside his car, whether anybody was wearing a wire. That we don't know, and we didn't find out."

Peterson's next hearing is scheduled for October 23, 2008.

Read Resource details...

http://www.nbc5.com/news/17503938/detail.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson-both-19-sep19,0,6548034.story

09/13/08

Bikers To Raise Funds

Stacy Peterson Update

Bikers in the Chicago area are raising funds to help find Stacy Peterson on Saturday, by doing a "Poker Run".

The group Friends of Stacy Peterson has organized a motorcycle poker run, which will lead bikers on a 75-mile route through the Joliet area and four of its area businesses. Participants will meet at Brunswick Zone, 735 N. Center Blvd., Romeoville, Saturday morning and head to Conrad’s Harley-Davidson in Joliet.

Participants will be given a poker card at each of the five stops, with the top three hands winning prizes. The event  also will include food, entertainment and an auction when the riders gather again at Brunswick for the end of the run.

Len Wawczak went to court last week to face his battery charge for shoving Drew Peterson in July.

In exchange for his plea, Wawczak was hit with a $250 fine and six months court supervision, leaving him wishing he had done more to Peterson.

"If I'd known that's all it was going to be, I would have popped (him)," said Wawczak, who accused Peterson of being a murderer.

Read resource details.....

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/darien/news/x1213463186/Bikers-to-help-raise-funds-for-Stacy-Peterson-search-effort

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1156900,6_1_NA11_PETERSON_S1.article

08/29/08

Trial Date Set

Drew Peterson's trial date has been set for the felony gun charges he was arrested for in May. He'll be going to trial on December 8, and will have a pretrial hearing on September 18th, 2008.

Peterson was arrested on two charges. One charge alleges Peterson "knowingly possessed a rifle, namely a Colt model Sporter Lightweight, 223 Remington rifle . . . with a barrel less than 16 inches in length," in violation of state law, the Will County state's attorney's office said.
 
The other felony charge is for unlawfully transferring the rifle to his son. 
 
Each charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
 
Resources.....
 
www.fortmilltimes.com
 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,412782,00.html

08/21/08

Drew Peterson's Story Get's A Boost

Drew Peterson Update

A fellow student, named Mike,  had drinks after class, at Joliet Junior college, with Stacy the night before her disappearance.

According to Joel Brodsky, an affidavit from one of the first search warrants contained a paragraph where "Mike" told authorities that Stacy Peterson said she wanted out of her marriage, and he advised her to "take the cash money and not use her credit cards to preclude being found".

Brodsky said he got the affidavit Wednesday as part of discovery in a felony gun case pending against Drew Peterson. He said it shows that by Oct. 31, authorities talked with someone who backed up his client's claims.

"I think it's certainly corroborates Drew's version of events," Brodsky said. "And what's disturbing about it is we've heard almost everything else that's negative about my client—why have we never heard one peep about this? Maybe I'm asking for equal-opportunity leaking, but if they're going to leak all the negative stuff, they should at least leak some positive stuff."

See full resource details...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson-both-21aug21,0,2374421.story

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6340746

http://www.wthitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8875942&nav=menu593_2

07/29/08

A Call For Help

Drew Peterson and Illinois State Law

We are starting a campaign tomorrow to flood the Governor's office to "encourage" him to sign the heresay bill into law and help bring about an arrest of Drew Peterson and end the insanity in this case.

Ask the governor of Illinois to sign the hearsay bill and make this a law!

Spend 10 minutes of your time making the call, writing the note, telling your friends, posting it on forums or blogs or myspace, or just sending it to your email list.

You can make a difference, even if you aren't fully aware of the situation, or even if you haven't heard about it at all, just know that there are two women, and four children who need your help. And hundreds of others will be effected in it's wake.

For those of you who have followed the case, now is your chance to put your money where your mouth is! Take a few minutes away from watching the stories on television, from reading the blog posts or articles written, and do something!

Not everyone can be there to search, can be there to help take care of the children, some can't send money, some aren't able to hand out pictures or put up signs, but anyone who is receiving this email can click that link and ask that the hearsay law be signed.

Tomorrow is go day. An effort is being made to have everyone call or write today and tomorrow, if the governor is listening we want to be heard loud and clear.

Sign the hearsay law. Let Kathy and Stacy be heard. No one listened when they were alive, let them have a voice now!

Thanks a lot for all you can do! (Delilah)

Call or write to give your voice...

217-782-0244  or  312-814-2121       

http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm

Thank you, Delilah, for writing and suggesting this!

07/26/08

Peterson "egged" Wawczak On

To Drew Peterson... "You don't mess with my kid"

Drew Peterson was intimidating  Len Wawczak's 20-year-old son at a barber shop, according to Len Wawczak, so he wanted to have a little chat with him about it.

They got in a shouting match outside of the barber shop which was witnessed by about 20 people.

After Peterson told Wawczak that he had slept with his wife, Paula Stark, Wawczak ended up shoving Peterson in his back.

Witnesses said Peterson "was egging him [Wawczak] on, sort of in his personal space," said Bolingbrook Police Lt. Ken Teppel. "But Lenny admitted he shoved him."

But, Wawczak said that wasn't the reason for the confrontation. "It started with my son, Colin, calling home and letting us know that he was in a barbershop that Drew had come into to get a haircut and was staring my son down, giving him dirty looks. I said, 'Do you feel he is starting with you?' He said, 'No, but he is trying to intimidate me,'" Wawczak said.

"You don't mess with my kid," he said. "I'm a parent who's going to stand my ground."

Wawczak said he doesn't have a problem with Drew Peterson and Peterson's lawyer, Joel Brodsky, trying to slam him or his wife because "that is their technique."

"They can continue to do it, and I'm sure this will fuel the fire for them. I'm good with that. What I'm not good with and won't be, is trying to intimidate one of my kids. So, if him and Joel continue to do what they are doing, which is slander me and Paula, it is OK. We can battle it out in court. If they try to intimidate one of my three kids, you [the news media] will be back here again. I expect next time I will get a state charge instead of a local charge because next time I will knock his [expletive] out," Wawczak said.

Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky said he did not know why the incident started and did not know whether his client claimed to have had a sexual relationship with Stark.

"I don't know, I don't want to know, I don't need to know," Brodsky said.

"All I know is that my client is at home, and the state's confidential informant is charged with misdemeanor battery."

Bolingbrook Police Chief Ray McGury said, "We started getting statements. Both Mr. Wawczak and Mr. Peterson agreed to come down to the police department to sort it out. In taking some of the statements, independent witnesses came forward and stated that Mr. Wawczak allegedly had shoved Mr. Peterson in the back at least one time. Based on that information and based upon an interview with Mr. Wawczak, he was charged with a local ordinance charge of battery."

Wawczak paid a $100 bond and let go after Peterson filed charges. "Best $100 I ever spent," said Len Wawczak.

Resource details...

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1075142,JO25_PETERSONFIGHT_WEB.article

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-drew-peterson-wawczak-both_2jul26,0,3667032.story

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6287575

Fun read.....Drew Peterson: Our Cowardly Lion by Rebekah Price...

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/69554

07/25/08

Everybody's lying but Drew P.

Len Wawczak pretended to have an on-line romance with Drew P.

A  bedraggled looking Drew Peterson did an interview on the Today Show, responding to the reports that his good friends of 16 to 25 years were taping his conversations with him over the past several months.

Peterson and his attorney, Joel Brodsky, have always claimed that all of the friends who have turned on Drew were out to make money and are a bunch of liars. Now, he's added his bosom buddies Len Wawczak and Paula Stark to the mix.

Peterson starts out by saying he didn't trust Wawczak because 25 years ago he arrested him a couple of times. He said something similar about Ric Mims when Mims first turned on him, too.

He must have trusted them somewhat, as he had them babysit the kids for him.

Brodsky said that Paula Stark had filed bankruptcy 5 times on the last 9 years. I have to question that because most states only allow you to file bankruptcy every 7 to 10 years.

Peterson and Brodsky say Wawczak and Stark are only after money and maybe want a book deal.

One question for Joel Brodsky.... how's YOUR book deal going. It's no big secret that one's in the works. You don't deny it.

Drew got more than he bargained for when he chatted online with a young woman named Ashley, for 2 months, starting last March. He got Len Wawczak. (see 07/11 update)

"Ashley" posted on the blog that she was saving the best for last... and now "he has".

What is Len Wawchak's responce to all of this???

"New Thread to follow until I can post something - everyone should try to watch channel 2 WBBM news this morning at 6:53 AM ( I will be coming forward to show who I am ) then try to watch Good Morning America at 7:00 Am this morning ( Paula will be on there live ) ... Just so you 2 stooges know that hat was put on ebay by Arkhyn and the proceeds were going to the Savio & Cales family , I know you will say differently but thats OK - we all know you two lie , I will be proving you wrong again Joel about me being evicted - you as a Lawyer should know that if this was the case that there would be court proceeding against me in will county ( the county I live in ) and there isnt ( its public info - I encourage anyone to check it out - you'll see Ole Toliet Bowl Joel dont know shit ) as for you Drew ? I'll be proving your comment about arresting me all the time for being drunk & disorderly to be bullshit as well - I'm going to the BPD to get the proof on that - so now what ? You 2 should put your heads together so you can make a whole ASS !!!"

You can check out Len's post and the other Ashley posts here......
 
http://drewpeterson1.blogspot.com/

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1072926,na24_ashleyweb_s1.article

Video of Peterson's response to friends being wired....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25829038#25829038

07/23/08

"We got him!"

Drew Peterson's BUSTED!

It looks like Drew Peterson's goose is pretty well cooked. Drew P.'s long time friends did him in by wearing a wire for 7 months and recording his intimate conversations while working with the Illinois State Police.

“We got him,” said Len Wawczak.

Len Wawczak and his wife, Paula Stark were two of the only people who still appeared to be Peterson's friends. They even babysat for him. But, like all of his so-called friends before them, they turned on him when the idea of him murdering his past two wives became the focus.

Wawczak said he had no reservations about turning informant for the police.

According to reports from the Chicago Sun Times, Peterson mocked the investigators as "idiots," called his third wife “a bitch” whose body he should have had cremated and predicted he’d be tried and acquitted long before his fourth wife’s remains were found, Wawczak said.

According to Stark, when Kathleen Savio's death was ruled an accidental drowning, in 2004, Peterson mocked the cops doing the investigation and said.“‘She was in a dry bathtub, what a bunch of f------ idiots.’”

As for Stacy Peterson's disappearance... Wawczak said,"He said, he wasn’t worried about them finding Stacy’s remains down the road because he figured by that time he would have been tried and acquitted, and you can’t be tried for the same case twice because of double jeopardy or something.”

Early on in the investigation, Wawczak said that Peterson used to sneak out of his own back door, crawl through the yard and jump into their waiting van, in case the cops might come for him, and he wanted a good place to hide.

Wawczak said he had his own uncomfortable moments. He said he balked when Peterson asked him to prove his loyalty by torching a bunch of plants a neighbor assembled in memory of Stacy and sabotage a boat that was being used in searches.

What was Peterson’s motivation?

“‘It would just be funny,’” Wawczak said Peterson told him.

What is Peterson's reaction to all of this???

Well, basically it's the old "everybody's lying" but him chatter.

He said his friends stormed off mad one day when he wouldn't lend him money. "They wanted some big money from me," he said.

Peterson also disputed Wawczak’s claim that the words recorded by the wire would be his undoing.

“No,” he said, “They’re wrong.”

Peterson even said whatever he uttered in the presence of Stark and Wawczak would help clear him.

“I’m almost glad,” he said. “Good.”

Read full story details here...

www.suntimes.com

07/17/08

Drew P. and Joel Brodsky caught in a Lie?

Drew Peterson lied to police about his folding gun

Early in the investigation, Ric Mims, an ex good friend of Drew Peterson, told the National Enquirer and Fox News, that Peterson had showed him a folding gun that he had hidden from police during a warrant when his other 11 guns were seized.

Last March Mims was called into an Illinois State Police station and asked to identify that particular gun. He identified the pistol as being Peterson's and said, It's the same one that he pulled out when I was staying at his house. They'd already seized his other guns."

Of course Peterson and his side-kick attorney Joel Brodsky called Ric Mims a liar and were making fun of Mims on the "Nancy Grace" show, last March.

On the show, Brodsky called the claim "simply another fabrication of slick Ric Mims."

"He's trying to sell another story to the National Enquirer now that he's run out of money," Brodsky added.

Now, some friends (?) of Peterson's, Len Wawczak and his wife, Paula Stark, say that Peterson signed the folding gun, a North American Arms .22-caliber revolver, over to Paula Stark the day after the State Police pulled Peterson's firearm owner's identification card in February.

There was a handwritten contract for the gun from Peterson to Stark dated February 28, 2008. The contract was written the day after he returned home from appearing on the "Today" show. Stark and Wawczak watched Peterson's children while he was in New York, according to Joe Hosey of the Sun Times. ( Hosey's book on the Drew Peterson case called "Fatal Vows" is suppose to be out in September).

"It was written before me, her, Drew and Kris," Peterson's teenage son, Wawczak said, at Drew's desk at his home office.

Stark and Wawczak said they took the gun home. Less than a month later, State Police took the gun when they came to their home to seize Stark's Ruger .357 Magnum revolver after her FOID card was suspended because it listed an inaccurate date of birth and outdated address. The State Police also found the .22, which folds into its own handle, and pegged it as Peterson's, Wawczak said.

It was "basically just a way for the State Police to break our balls because we're friends with Drew," Wawczak said.

I wonder how crow tastes, Peterson and Brodsky? You've been eating a lot of it lately. (IMO)

Speaking of guns, the grand jury handed down an indictment last Friday, on 2 counts of unlawful use of a weapon.

Drew Peterson's lawyers think a federal law allows the retired police officer to own a rifle with a shorter barrel.

But a state prosecutor did not agree. The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 doesn't permit officers to own weapons that would be illegal under state law, he said.

In a nutshell, those were the topics argued during a hearing that lasted a little more than an hour Monday afternoon in Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt's courtroom.

The next hearing on the gun charges is scheduled for July 30.

Resources....

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1055951,6_1_NA15_STATE1_S1.article

www.suntimes.com

07/14/08

Quick update...

Peterson's felony gun hearing postponed until July 30.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/bolingbrooksun/news/1054991,jo14_peterson_web.article

07/11/08

Drew Peterson Shenanigans

The grand jury convenes on his case every Thursday. 
 
Peterson's 15-year-old son, Thomas, testified a couple of weeks ago, and this Thursday his 13-year-old son Kris testified.
 
Peterson's not too happy about it, either. He said he was promised that his boys wouldn't have to testify before the grand jury if they were interviewed at the county's child advocacy center, which they did last November.
 
I placed a post on Stacy Peterson's message board area a few month's ago. It was from an article from the Chicago Tribune on February 28th.
  
The murder suspect and his side-kick attorney, Joel Brodsky have done nothing but make a media frenzy out of his situation.
  
Most lawyers tell you to shut up when you're a suspect, but not this lawyer... but then I left my opinion about Brodsky on my message board area, too!
  
Personally, I think he's nothing more than an ambulance chaser.
  
While everyone was thinking how stupid it was to be so vocal and in the spot light, so much, there was one person who wasn't that happy about it....... Joel Brodsky's law partner, Reem Odeh.
  
She said....
  
I'm concerned that there's more emphasis and more of an effort to cater to the media frenzy than there is to looking into the issues surrounding the investigations," Odeh said. "It just seems to me that when there's nothing going on with the investigation and things are quiet in the media, it seems like sometimes either Joel or Drew says something to start the media frenzy all over again."

Brodsky has mounted an aggressive campaign for media coverage.

Asked whether she discussed those issues with Brodsky, Odeh said, "Absolutely. I don't think it's appropriate. I think it is in the client's best interest to keep it quiet and focus on the case. But he just says the case is going to make us famous and we're all going to get book deals."

Odeh said she plans to meet with Peterson and tell him that she believes he should behave in a more professional manner, and if that doesn't happen, she will push to have him dropped as a client.

Of course Brodsky poo-pooed this like he does everything else.... but then what's this about???

"In a June interview, crime author, M. William Phelps said he and his agent were on a conference call with Peterson, his attorney Joel Brodsky, and Selig, his public relations manager,  when Peterson seemed to allude the possible book should blame the March 2004 homicide of Kathleen Savio, Peterson’s third wife, on Stacy Peterson.

Brodsky and Selig said there were discussions about a possible book but that no one asked Phelps to blame anyone for Savio’s death."

I had already heard Peterson, himself, alluding to the possibility that his missing wife, Stacy.... the one he's suspected of in  her so called disappearance ..... may have done wife no.# 3 in. He and Brodsky implied it on one of their TV interviews.

So sorry Peterson and Brodsky.... IMO the author was probably telling the truth.

Now, let's move on to the Ashley Blogs.

A Blogger named Ashley has been posting chats and other information that was exchanged between her and Drew Peterson.

She seems a bit miffed about something. She also said she had set him up.

The flirtatious posts were allegedly done in March and April of this year.

What I found interesting is that .... out of one side of their mouths Selig and Brodsky say the posts are forgeries, and then out of the other side Brodsky says that Ashley was a woman scorned.

There was always mention of a missing computer that the authorities didn't confiscate... uh.... could this be it.... the one he was messaging with.

I'd love to know what they found on his other computers.

I have the link on one of his updates so, if the site's still up, you can check it out.

This is one you'll have to decide for yourself. Let me know what you think!

IMO (NLH)

http://drewpeterson1.blogspot.com/

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/bolingbrook/peterson/x518434013/Blogger-claims-to-have-flirted-with-Drew-Peterson-online

07/11/08

Senate passes legislation that may allow hearsay in Peterson case

Drew Peterson Update

During a a special session called by Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Illinois state Senate passed legislation that could affect the prosecution of Drew Peterson, should he be charged in Stacy Peterson's murder.

Will County State's Atty, James Glasgow, declined to say on Thursday if the legislation was directly related to the Peterson case. But he did say the measure would help authorities aggressively prosecute offenders in domestic violence cases.

Sen. A.J. Wilhelmi (D- Joliet) sponsored a measure—which was pushed by Will County State's Atty. James Glasgow—that would allow a judge to decide at a pretrial hearing whether hearsay testimony could be admitted into court.

The prosecution would have to prove to the judge by a preponderance of evidence that the witness who made the statements was unavailable to testify because the defendant murdered the witness.

"I think justice was well served today," Wilhelmi said. "This was an important bill to ensure that the jury hears the whole truth about the facts and circumstances of an alleged crime."

Read story details....

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drewslaw_11jul11,0,5955816.story

06/27/08

Drew Peterson Updates

Drew Peterson's son testifies, Savio estate, guns and stuff

The Will County grand jury continued it's investigation Thursday with the testimony of Drew Peterson's son Thomas Peterson. The grand jury is investigating his mothers death, in 2004, and the disappearance of his stepmother, Stacy Peterson, last October, 2007.

Speculation has been going on for months, by people interested in how the case is progressing,  whether the Peterson boys would actually be testifying or not. Thomas, age 15, and his brother, Kristopher, age 13, were interviewed by a child's advocate last November.

Peterson said he was concerned about the welfare of his son, saying, "He's been at the grand jury for what? Four hours? That's concerning (to me that) they'd put any 15-year-old through all that grilling."

Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for James Glasgow's, state attorney in Will County, office said, "What I can say is that any time young people are questioned with regard to any investigation, I'm speaking broadly here, we take every extra step to make sure they're treated properly and respectfully. We do everything that we can to limit the stress and the anxiety that may be caused in any interview."

Meanwhile, the state wants Drew Peterson's subpoena to get police evidence in the court proceedings involving a felony gun charge, quashed.

Joel Brodsky, one of Peterson's lawyers, argues Peterson used the gun while working as a police officer and that made him exempt from the law. On May 22, Brodsky filed a subpoena asking that the Bolingbrook police turn over a series of records detailing Peterson's use of firearms while on the department.

But the subpoena is "overly broad" and doesn't seek information related to the felony gun charge, Osterberger argued in the motion to quash.

Peterson will return to Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt's courtroom at 9:30 a.m. June 30.

In February, some members of Savio’s family asked a judge to reopen her then-closed estate so they could investigate the possibility of a wrongful death lawsuit. They also wanted to remove Carroll as executor.

They got their wish in April. Will County Judge Carmen Goodman chose Henry J. Savio and Anna Doman — Savio’s father and sister — as new executors and threw out Carroll. The judge also ordered the case reopened.

Brodsky then asked a higher court to overturn the decision. He also asked Goodman to stop the court proceedings in the newly reopened probate case until the 3rd District Appellate Court made a decision. The judge will hold a hearing on the issue at 10 a.m. July 17.

As Goodman mulls the possibility of stopping the proceedings, she’ll be guided by case law, Varsek said. And she’ll take a good look at Carroll, the executor, as she makes her decision, he predicted. Under the case law, the judge must decide if opening the estate will cause any prejudice — meaning problems — for Carroll.

“It is not as if he is going to lose anything there,” Varsek explained. “There is no hardship for Mr. Carroll if we proceed to administer the estate.”

When Brodsky asked the judge to stop the proceedings, he mentioned prejudice but wasn’t specific and didn’t explain, Varsek said. But that’s not the real reason behind the Chicago lawyer’s motion. Brodsky wants to delay the proceedings and a wrongful death lawsuit because he trying to  help Peterson, his now-infamous client, Varsek implied.

“Drew Peterson doesn’t matter in this,” he said. “What happens in the estate of Kathleen Savio is not the affair of Drew Peterson.”

Resource details...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson_27jun27,0,1841014.story

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1020712,4_1_JO24_PETERSON_S1.article

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1012334,jo18_savio_web.article

06/12/08

"I think Sharon wants to see me naked"

Drew Peterson's neighbor says "Bite me"

Drew Peterson and Joel Brodsky think the state police have installed surveillance cameras at Sharon Bychowski's home.Peterson says they're aimed at his front yard and backyard swimming pool

"I think Sharon wants to see me naked," Peterson said. He then laughed.

"How would you feel if the state police had video surveillance of your front yard?" Brodsky said, accusing the cops of putting the cameras on Bychowski's house. State police did not return calls for comment, but Bychowski says the cameras are all hers.

"No. They're mine," she said. "Tell (Brodsky) I said, 'Bite me.'"

"The first thing we have to do is figure out who's doing it. I'm not taking (Bychowski's) word for it," Brodsky said. "If it turns out it is her, I'll take action. I promise you."

Read resource details...

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/plainfieldsun/news/998661,4_1_JO11_PETERSON_S1.article

06/06/08

Stacy Peterson's Brother Is Home

Drew Peterson's guns go to his son

Yelton Cales is Stacy and Cassandra's brother. He finished a stint in prison and was released and returned to the unincorporated Lisle Township home of his sister, Cassandra Cales, and her boyfriend, Bruce Zidarich, on Wednesday afternoon, according to an article in the Bolingbrook Sun.

Yelton Cales served part of his 4 1/2 sentence for aggravated criminal sexual abuse when he violated probation and had to finish out his sentence.

Yelton was back in prison when Cassandra, Zidarich and Stacy planned to meet to re-paint his home to get him out of his lease Oct. 28, 2007, the last day Stacy was heard from.

According to Anthony Cales, Stacy's father, it's not certain where Yelton will live now that he's out.

State Police investigators, Wednesday, returned eight guns seized last year from Drew Peterson's home. Three others are still in police custody, including an AR-15 assault rifle that has an illegally short barrel. Drew P. now faces a felony weapons offense for possession of that weapon.

Read resource details...

www.suntimes.com

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/bolingbrooksun/news/989077,4_1_JO05_PETERSON_S1.article

06/01/08

Barrel changed a couple of years ago

Drew Peterson - Kathleen Savio tub removed

The Drew Peterson camp filed motions on Friday to have the felony gun charges dropped saying that as a police officer he was exempt from the state's weapon laws. He's also wants the judge to allow him to take the kids out of state on a vacation.

The state says the barrel of the assault rifle has been modified, and is too short.

The lawyers apparently claim that this snapshot taken in 2000 shows Peterson with the assault rifle while on duty, guarding Travolta during a "Battlefield Earth" promo tour.

Interestingly enough, Joel Brodsky told Geraldo Rivera on a video last week, that Peterson didn't modify his rifle until a couple of years ago. (Video link Below... scroll to the Travolta video).

 There will be a hearing on these matters on June 30th.

Meanwhile,"The state police removed the bathtub from the home where Kathleen Savio was found dead," said spokesman Charles Pelkie. "It's our belief that the tub will be a key piece of evidence in the prosecution of this case when charges are filed."

Read resource details below...

http://search2.foxnews.com/search?access=p&getfields=*&sort=date%3AD%3AS%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=my_frontend&filter=0&site=video&proxystylesheet=my_frontend&q=drew%20peterson%20video

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson_webmay31,0,6759782.story

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson_webmay31,0,6759782.story

http://www.examiner.com/x-264-Celebrity-Examiner~y2008m5d29-Drew-Petersons-disappearing-wives-Whats-John-Travolta-got-to-do-with-it

http://www.wbbm780.com/Death-Threats-Constant-for-Drew-Peterson/2287102