Stacy Peterson Case Updates

[impqueen]

I thought this thread might be helpful to those following the case of Stacy Peterson, the Illinois police officer's wife who has been missing since October.

Drew Peterson, Stacy's husband, is considered the prime suspect in what police believe to be Stacy's murder. Stacy is Drew Peterson's fourth wife - his third wife died suspiciously in a bathtub. Those of you following the case, feel free to post links, your thoughts, or just snarky comments about Drew's thing for very young girls here.

Police now say that a body found in South Side Chicago is not Stacy Peterson (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325823,00.html).

[sweet_misery]

"An attorney for Drew Peterson has turned over new photos exclusively to FOX News that he says might be of Peterson's missing fourth wife Stacy.

The lawyer told FOX News' John Gibson and Heather Nauert of "The Big Story" that he got the pictures from a retired police officer who said he saw Stacy Peterson in Thailand.

Drew Peterson says he can't be 100 percent sure that the photos are of his missing wife, who vanished in October and is presumed dead. Peterson is a prime suspect in her disappearance."

Here is the LINK (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327350,00.html) to photo and the rest of article.

[AB@DD]

Peterson's Children to Testify at Grand Jury
:eek:
By JIM AVILA, TERI WHITCRAFT, LAUREN PEARLE and SCOTT MICHELS

Feb. 28, 2008 —


Two of Drew Peterson's children from his marriage to Kathleen Savio have been subpoenaed to testify in front of the grand jury investigating his possible involvement in her death and the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacey Peterson, ABC News has learned.

The two boys, Tom, 15, and Christopher, 13, were served with subpoenas Wednesday and were granted immunity in return for their testimony. They are currently living with their father.

A coroner's inquest had previously ruled the 2004 death of Savio, Peterson's third wife, an accident, but an autopsy report last week determined that Savio was killed in her Bolingbrook, Ill., home, a few weeks before her divorce from Peterson was complete.

Peterson, a former Bolingbrook police officer, has not been named as a suspect in Savio's death, but he is considered a suspect in Stacey Peterson's disappearance. Authorities reexamined Savio's death after Stacey Peterson disappeared in November.

Drew Peterson has denied any wrongdoing in both cases.

For years, Savio's relatives have suspected Peterson of being involved in her death, telling the 2004 coroner's inquest that Savio was terrified of her former husband, whom they said threatened her and hit her.

"We've been waiting for this," Savio's sister, Anna Doman, told ABC News. "We didn't think it would ever happen."

Now, in an exclusive interview with ABC News Senior Law & Justice correspondent Jim Avila, a juror on the coroner's inquest that initially determined Savio's death was an accident says he wishes he had listened to her family.

"If we would have come back with murder instead, maybe Stacey Peterson would still be here today," Jim Pretto told ABC News. "There is a little bit of guilt that because of that, maybe somebody else was murdered because of that. That maybe could have been stopped."


Found Dead in a Bathtub
Savio was found facedown in the empty bathtub of her home on March 1, 2004, a few weeks before the property settlement from her divorce from Peterson was scheduled to be finalized. She had a one-inch gash on the back of her head.

An autopsy at the time of Savio's death found that she had drowned and speculated that she may have slipped and hit her head on the tub. A state police officer testified at the inquest that there was no evidence that Savio had been murdered.

Pretto faulted investigators for failing to present enough evidence at the inquest and said that if he had known all the facts about the case in 2004, he would have called Savio's death a homicide.

"There was no evidence at all to point toward it being a murder," Pretto said. "There was nothing presented at all."


Kathleen Savio's sister Susan Savio told the coroner's inquest that Kathleen was terrified of Peterson and that Kathleen had said "if she would die, it may look like an accident, but it wasn't," according to a transcript of the inquest.

Though a police officer at the inquest said police had received domestic disturbance calls from Savio, the jurors did not hear that police were called to Savio and Peterson's house 18 times. Peterson was never arrested.

The jury also did not hear that Savio in 2002 asked for a restraining order against Peterson. The papers read, "he has restrained me, held me down, knocked me into walls & left marks on my body all the time."

A police officer who testified at the inquiry did not go to the scene of Savio's death or attend her autopsy. He testified that he was not aware of any insurance policies on Savio, though she did have life insurance.


Told Family Members of Fears, Beating
Doman and Savio's brother Henry Savio told ABC News that Peterson hit their sister, giving her a black eye at one point.

"It was huge, it was purple," Anna Doman said. "And I said, 'what happened?' I said, 'Did Drew hit you?' And she looked at me and she said, 'yeah.'"

They said their sister was afraid in the months before her death. "You wouldn't believe how scared she was," Henry Savio said.

"Over and over she'd say, 'I'm never gonna make it to the end of the divorce or the property settlement,'" Anna Doman said. "'He's gonna kill me.'"

Pretto said that though the jurors on the coroner's inquest were suspicious, they did not have enough evidence to call Savio's death anything but an accident.

"We had no other alternative," he said. "I think more evidence should have been presented, more investigation should have been done at the time."

James Glasgow, the state's attorney for Will County, said when he reopened the case that evidence indicated that the circumstances of Savio's death were staged to hide a homicide.

Doman sympathized with Peterson's sons, who now face the prospect of answering difficult questions about their mother's death.

"What a horrible, horrible position to be in. That's got to mark you for life," she said. But she added that the family hopes the grand jury investigation will offer some answers to the questions surrounding her sister's mysterious death.

"I think we're closer" to justice, Doman said. "I just wish it was four years ago."


Copyright © 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures

[skeptical]

"An attorney for Drew Peterson has turned over new photos exclusively to FOX News that he says might be of Peterson's missing fourth wife Stacy.

The lawyer told FOX News' John Gibson and Heather Nauert of "The Big Story" that he got the pictures from a retired police officer who said he saw Stacy Peterson in Thailand.

Drew Peterson says he can't be 100 percent sure that the photos are of his missing wife, who vanished in October and is presumed dead. Peterson is a prime suspect in her disappearance."

Here is the LINK (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327350,00.html) to photo and the rest of article.
I don't think that's her in the picture. Doesn't look like her at all to me.

[AnalBreeze]

How in the world does this guy think he can get away with this, Again!? :mad:

[crimenthusiast]

It appears that they have started to search for Stacey again. Our weather here has been cold and snowy, so they post poned the search. Eveytime I see Drew's face, I just want to smack that smug look off of it. I know people are presumed innocent, but come on, the deck is stacked against him.





http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343177,00.html

[Mom of 4]

Well he got himself arrested...just not for what I had hoped for.:p

http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/05/21/ap-state-il/d90q89080.txt


BOLINGBROOK, Ill. - Months after naming former police sergeant Drew Peterson a suspect in his wife's disappearance, authorities arrested him Wednesday on an unrelated weapons charge.

Peterson turned himself in to police and was released hours later, after an adult son posted 10 percent of a $75,000 bond to secure his release. Peterson left the Will County Jail without commenting.

The weapon, a semiautomatic rifle, was one of 11 seized during a search of Peterson's home Nov. 1, shortly after Stacy Peterson disappeared in late October, authorities said. Illinois State Police said the rifle's barrel was too short under Illinois law.

Brodsky said Peterson still was a police officer when the weapon was seized and officers are exempt from the length provision of the law. Peterson retired from the force about two weeks after Stacy Peterson's disappearance.

Brodsky said the arrest was part of an effort by the state police to harass Peterson.

"Any inconvenience they can cause him, so much the better," Brodsky said as he waited outside the jail. "They might believe it's a tactic to shake him up."

Police also are investigating the death of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio. She was found dead in a bathtub in 2004. Her death was initially ruled an accident.

After Stacy Peterson disappeared, Savio's body was exhumed and an autopsy determined she was the victim of a homicide. Peterson has not been named a suspect in her death.

The investigation into Stacy Peterson's disappearance has drawn worldwide media attention. Authorities have said they believe she is dead, and extensive searches have been conducted in forests, marshes, lakes and other areas in suburban Chicago.

The felony gun charge, unlawful use of a weapon, carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.

Brodsky has been trying for months to convince a judge to order the Illinois State Police to return the seized weapons to Peterson. The judge already ordered police to return Peterson's vehicles and other belongings.

A court hearing was scheduled for Thursday on a proposal from Brodsky that ownership of the guns be transferred from Peterson to his adult son.

[petrina]

"Any inconvenience they can cause him, so much the better," Brodsky said as he waited outside the jail. "They might believe it's a tactic to shake him up."

couldnt they also be trying to gain access to some of his property or whatnot to see if they can find clues to stacey's disappearance? or do they need to search his stuff anymore?

[Mom of 4]

I think they did it because he was about to go to court again to see if the judge would release his guns to his son. In general I think they are trying to make his life as miserable as possible. ;)

[petrina]

might i suggest a hot poker in the anus? have they tried that yet?

[Mom of 4]

might i suggest a hot poker in the anus? have they tried that yet?




OOOOHHHH I like they way you think! I would like to watch that. I am so sick of seeing his smug ugly face playing for the camera!

[petrina]

lets demand an apple in his mouth then when they do it.

[Mom of 4]

http://i28.tinypic.com/mkypf9.gif

Well the crime he is charged with so far isn't the one I am waiting for but.....I am thrilled the prick now has a mugshot! :eyebrows::photo:

[TheLittleFriend]

http://i28.tinypic.com/mkypf9.gifWell the crime he is charged with so far isn't the one I am waiting for but.....I am thrilled the prick now has a mugshot! :eyebrows::photo:


It's about time!!! :thumb:

[~Absynthe~]

ASSOCIATED PRESS
06/27/2008

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Drew Peterson's 15-year-old son has testified before a Will County grand jury investigating the 2004 death of his mother, Kathleen Savio, and the Oct. 28 disappearance of his stepmother, Tracy Peterson.

Thomas Peterson gave his testimony Thursday.

For months, the grand jury has been investigating the death of Savio, who was found dead in an empty bathtub only weeks before her divorce from Peterson would have become final. Her death was originally ruled an accident, but authorities reopened their investigation after Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, disappeared and Peterson was named a suspect in that case. In February, Will County State's Atty. James Glasgow said Savio had been murdered.

Drew Peterson said by phone Thursday that he was concerned that the grand jury had been grilling his son for four hours.


http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/C6E25EC90E20104586257475003C7E90?OpenDocument

[hunibuni]

excuse me, wtf would she be doing in thailand? has anyone come up with a plausable explanation to that question? when one runs away from home, thailand is not generally the first place one thinks of as a great escape.
:suspicious:

[Lynntoast]

He is a nasty disgusting pig. He really thinks he's something. Every woman wants him, don't ya know? :puke:

[hunibuni]

He is a nasty disgusting pig. He really thinks he's something. Every woman wants him, don't ya know? :puke:

I wouldn't fuck him with Scott Peterson's demented dick!
:yell:

[petrina]

I wouldn't fuck him with Scott Peterson's demented dick!
:yell:

oh, now that is am image i could not pass up.

[RaVen Blackehart]

" (CNN) -- Drew Peterson has met with a prominent divorce attorney more than a year after his wife, Stacy, disappeared, his lawyer confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
Drew Peterson's behavior after his wife disappeared deepened suspicion, but he says she ran off.

Drew Peterson's behavior after his wife disappeared deepened suspicion, but he says she ran off.
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Peterson, a former Bolingbrook, Illinois, police sergeant, has not filed divorce papers, said his attorney, Joel Brodsky.

But Peterson told an author he would look into a divorce after Stacy had been missing for a year. He said he was considering divorce for the sake of their children.

"I can confirm that Drew Peterson did have a consultation with Jeffrey Leving," Brodsky said, adding that no divorce papers have been filed.

Leving, who bills himself as a father's rights lawyer, represented Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez's uncle and ultimately helped reunite the boy with his father

Police have said that 54-year old Peterson is a suspect in his wife's disappearance, which investigators have labeled a "potential homicide."

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/18/peterson.divorce.lawyer/index.html

Oh, how I hate this sack of shit and hope there is justice SOON. http://i35.tinypic.com/kbdrox.gif :argh::rant:

[Nell]

I think he may have finally fucked himself here. He looks callous as fuck and filing for divorce just draws attention to him again now that the story had wained. LE will perk right back up now.

[DarkPrincess]

That man is a Lifetime movie waiting to happen. They'll air it during one of their "men are abusive scum" marathons.