In this booking photo provided Thursday, May 7, 2009 by the Will County Sheriff's office in Joliet, Ill., former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson is shown. Peterson was indicted Thursday charged with two counts of first-degree murder... Read Full Story
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Home / In the News / Prosecutor Says Drew Peterson Tried To Hire A Hit Man For Third Wife-Kathleen Savio
May 22, 2009
, at least that is what State’s Attorney James Glasgow stated during a bail reduction hearing Friday, May 22nd, 2009. According to press secretary Charles Pelkie, “Peterson tried to solicit a hit man for $25,000 to kill Kathleen Savio.”
That hearing concluded with 12th Circuit Judge Carla J. Alessio-Policandriotes denying Peterson’s... Read Full Story
KAREN HAWKINS
Associated Press Writer
LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) — Drew Peterson, the former police sergeant who went on a high-profile media blitz after his fourth wife’s disappearance more than 1½ years ago, is facing murder charges in the death of a previous wife.
Peterson, 55, was scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, who was found in an empty bathtub at home.
He was arrested during an evening traffic stop... Read Full Story
Peterson arrested on murder warrant
May 7, 2009 6:15 PM | 1 Comment | UPDATED STORY
Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson was arrested this afternoon in connection with the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, according to authorities.
On March 1, 2004, Savio, 40, was discovered by neighbors in her Bolingbrook home in an empty bathtub with a 1-inch gash on the back of her scalp.
Savio and Peterson were divorced but the details of the divorce settlement were weeks... Read Full Story
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Yeah, what an ass!
Judge Carla J. Alessio-Policandriotes refused to reduce the bond after
State Attorney, James Glagow “said Peterson told a fellow police officer in late 2003 that he would be financially ruined by a pending divorce, and his life would be easier “if she was just dead.”
Glasgow said Savio’s body was found in her bathtub three weeks later.
Peterson hung his head as he left Friday’s hearing, and got into a van to go back to jail.”
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Home / In the News / Drew Peterson Jokes With Media and Chews Gum In Court
May 9, 2009
Drew Peterson Jokes With Media and Chews Gum In Court just like he wasn’t under arrest for murdering his third wife Kathleen Savio. Drew Peterson, was arrested earlier this week.
This pic shows how Drew Peterson, 55, and former police officer flashed a big camera smile engaged in banter and jokes with the media about his jail jumpsuit and handcuffs. In court he... Read Full Story
JOLIET, Ill., July 14 (UPI) --
An Illinois judge agreed Tuesday to postpone the trial of former police officer Drew Peterson on charges of killing his third wife.
Lawyers Joel Brodsky and Andrew Abood said they will also ask for a change of venue, arguing Peterson cannot receive a fair trial in Will County because of the intense publicity in the Chicago area, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The lawyers asked for a postponement of the Aug. 24 trial date, saying they have to digest 40,000... Read Full Story
CHICAGO, July 23 (UPI) --
The third wife of former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson wasn't the victim of an accidental bathtub drowning, the results of a new autopsy indicate.
A re-examination of the body of Kathleen Savio revealed a 1-inch blunt-force laceration on the back of her head and numerous bruises and abrasions all over her body, CNN reported Thursday.
Noted forensic pathologist Michael Baden has concluded Savio's 2004 death was a homicide. Peterson has been jailed since... Read Full Story
