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[Lorie Taylor]

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Report: Stacy demanded a divorce

Published: Nov. 29, 2007 at 10:32 AM

CHICAGO, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A demand for a divorce preceded the disappearance of suburban Chicago woman Stacy Peterson, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times.

The source said Peterson, 23, claimed to have told a clergyman in August her 53-year-old husband, Drew Peterson, admitted to killing his third wife and making it look like an accident.

The report also said Stacy Peterson told her police officer husband she was seeking a divorce and wanted him out of the house.

Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson's third wife, was found dead shortly before their 2004 divorce settlement was concluded.

The source also said Peterson booked off his police shift Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. and two hours later met with his stepbrother, Tom Morphey, at a local Starbucks to discussed "the problems he was having with Stacy and how to dispose of the problem." A neighbor reported seeing Drew Peterson and another man loading a large blue plastic barred into Peterson's sport utility vehicle.

He has denied any role in his wife's disappearance and said she is likely still alive living with someone else, the report said.

Meanwhile, police and FBI agents were discussing salvage operations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about dredging a channel where undisclosed evidence led them to believe Stacy Peterson's body might have been dumped, the newspaper said.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Pastor: Peterson told him she feared her husband before disappearance

Associated Press - November 29, 2007 9:14 PM ET

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A church official says the missing wife of a former police officer told a clergy member two months before she disappeared that she feared her husband.

Stacy Peterson requested the late August meeting with a member of the Westbrook Christian Church pastoral staff when the church made a routine call to see why she and Drew Peterson had not attended services in recent months.

Rob Daniels, the church's pastor of spiritual formation, says Peterson "feared for herself because of her husband."

Asked whether Stacy Peterson was afraid her husband would kill her, Daniels would only say she feared "bodily harm."

Drew Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, did not immediately return messages today.

Stacy Peterson was last seen October 28th.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Relative's Pal Tells 'Today' About Peterson
Friend Claims Drew's Step-Brother Was 'In Panic'

POSTED: 7:52 am CST November 30, 2007
UPDATED: 8:34 am CST November 30, 2007

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. -- A new voice is being heard in the case of a missing Bolingbrook woman.

A friend of the relative of Drew Peterson who has said that he fears he helped the former Bolingbrook police sergeant dispose of Stacy Peterson's body is saying that Peterson paid for that assistance.

Walter Martineck Jr. appeared on the "Today" show Friday morning telling Meredith Viera that the man who is being portrayed as an instable alcoholic by Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky is actually a "down to earth" guy who has been Martineck's friend since the two were teenagers.

Martineck said that the man came to his house in a panic the night that he helped Peterson. Martineck said the Peterson relative said, "I know she was in there," referring to Stacy Peterson and a large container he claims he helped his step-brother move from a bedroom to the back of Peterson's SUV.

The man told Martineck that Peterson gave him money to help him move the plastic, rectangular container which, the relative said, weighed about 120 pounds and was warm to the touch.

Information released Wednesday by a family clergyman indicated that Stacy Peterson had gone to the cleric with her own fears, telling him and his wife that she thought Drew Peterson had killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Stacy Peterson's family has said that they were shocked by the clergyman's revelation and that the missing woman had never shared that information with them.

The family has since asked Drew Peterson to take a lie detector test.

"Drew, stand up and take a lie detector test. If you stand by what you say, take a lie detector test (concerning) anything that's been stated," said family spokesperson Pam Bosco.

Appearing on NBC5 News Today on Thursday, attorney Brodsky said in reference to an item that appeared in Michael Sneed's column in the Sun-Times that he had his doubts about the relative's story.

"What we have here is an unnamed, unauthorized source breaking this supposedly devastating news to a gossip columnist," Brodsky said.

The attorney said that there is no evidence to support the relative's claims.

The container is now the subject of new searches by investigators. The search will resume on Saturday, with investigators and volunteers looking not just for Stacy Peterson, but also for Lisa Stebic, a Plainfield mother who went missing since April.

Lisa Stebic's husband, Craig, has been named as a person of interest in her case.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Family wants Drew Peterson to take lie detector test

November 30, 2007 (BOLINGBROOK, Ill.) - Stacy Peterson's family is calling on her husband, Drew, to take a lie detector test.

The missing woman's relatives say the test could prove Drew Peterson's theories surrounding his wife Stacy's disappearance. She was last seen October 28.

Drew Peterson, 53, has denied wrongdoing, saying he believes 23-year-old Stacy left him for another man and is alive. Peterson has since resigned from the Bolingbrook police force.

Volunteers helping look for Stacy Peterson have apparently been told by police to look out for a 'blue barrel' that could been used to dispose of Stacy's body.

"If you stand by what you say, take a lie detector test," said Joel Brodsky, Drew Peterson's attorney.

"It really shows the lack of credibility of these statements that are coming out," said Pamela Bosco, Stacy Peterson's family spokesperson.

According to an Associated Press report, officers responded to Drew Peterson's house 18 times on domestic disturbance calls when he was married to his third wife, Kathleen Savio. But police never arrested him.

Department inquiry apparently found no indication that officers did anything wrong or violated procedure.

Kathleen Savio died in 2004. Police have said her death may have been a homicide staged to look like an accidental bathtub drowning. They are re-examining the case.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Drew Peterson's Attorney Goes 'On the Record'

Friday , November 30, 2007

This is a rush transcript from "On the Record ," November 29, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Earlier, we spoke with Sergeant Peterson's lawyer, Joel Brodsky.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

VAN SUSTEREN: Good evening, Joel.

JOEL BRODSKY, DREW PETERSON'S ATTORNEY: God evening.

VAN SUSTEREN: Joel, have you spoken to your client, Drew Peterson, today?

BRODSKY: Yes, I've spoken to him briefly this morning.

VAN SUSTEREN: How's he doing?

BRODSKY: Well, he's doing as good as can be expected. You know, he's he's in the lion's den, so to speak. He's bunkered down in that house. It's kind of under siege. And he's just, I mean, wondering when the next new story is going to come out. You know, hour to hour, it seems that something new is developing. So he's just living in a state of constant wonderment about what's next.

VAN SUSTEREN: Well, you know, it's sort of interesting. The story today on the front page The Chicago Sun-Times, in which it is stated that Stacy, his wife, spoke to a clergyman a couple of months ago and said that Drew killed wife number three as a practical matter, that's probably something that could never be used against him because it's a hearsay statement. However, waking up this morning to see that splashed across the front page, what did he tell you about that?

BRODSKY: Well, he was totally amazed and in disbelief. And what we have to remember, when you look at it I mean, I talked to him a little bit about it. And when we thought about it for a few moments, what we found was we have an unauthorized, unattributed source leaked talking to a gossip columnist about somebody saying what somebody else said to somebody else. And it was just and there's not one attribution in it and everybody is unidentified. And so we really didn't find, when you really thought about it, that there was much problem in it.

VAN SUSTEREN: Well, you know what? Let me tell you something that's probably going to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, is that we've actually found the source. Mark Fuhrman has spoken to the person directly, and that person has confirmed the content of the conversation to us. So it's not so fanciful. However, as a practical matter, as I noted, I don't think it's particularly admissible, should your client be charged. But don't kid yourself. We've actually spoken to the clergyman. Apparently, the clergyman's going to say that Stacy said that.

BRODSKY: Well, the clergyman then what you're telling me is the clergyman is going to violate his oath of confidentiality. So that's a little bit disturbing but also, I think, goes a little bit to his credibility.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Well, but you've got a problem...

BRODSKY: None of this would be you're correct in that none of this would be admissible in court. But be that as it may, it's just it's disturbing that a clergyman would violate his oath of confidentiality. And I think like I said, I think that speaks volumes about his credibility.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Let's go back to the practical matter that I discussed a second ago, is that your client's in the unenviable position of having to say the clergyman is a liar or violating his oath or whatever, but he's also got to say his stepbrother, who apparently is talking and saying that - his stepbrother apparently is saying that he helped carry a container out of the home on Sunday, the night that Stacy disappeared So now he's got to call a second person either crazy, drunk, liar, mistaken or whatever.

BRODSKY: Yes. Well, the stepbrother there's two things about the stepbrother. One that I just saw this evening was now the stepbrother's story seems to be a tote bag taken out of the house. It started as a 55- gallon blue barrel drum. Then it became a rectangular container, and now it's changed to a tote bag. The it's morphing. It's it's I think what they call it, Transformers. It's incredible the way the story keeps changing.

But Tom Morphey is a very ill (ph) man with all his multiple psychiatric hospitalizations and his problems with alcohol and his multiple suicide attempts. There's no question that he is a very disturbed person. And there's so much, the state's attorney hasn't even brought him before the grand jury because of his memory lapses. So I mean, that's not reaching when we say that there's certainly very large credibility issues with this man.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Has your did your client see Tom Morphey or talk to him on the Sunday Stacy disappeared?

BRODSKY: Absolutely not.

VAN SUSTEREN: Never saw him.

BRODSKY: Never saw him.

VAN SUSTEREN: Never picked him up in a park.

BRODSKY: Never picked him up in a park or anywhere else.

VAN SUSTEREN: Never took him to a coffee shop and put a cell phone down on the table.

BRODSKY: Never, which would it would seem to me that that could be verified by the fact that there's no video of it. In this day and age, you know, every coffee shop, Starbucks or such, has video surveillance in it. And since there's no video, I mean, once again, it goes to prove the lack of credibility of the story.

VAN SUSTEREN: The following day after Stacy vanished, Tom Morphey, it is reported, ended up in the hospital. We have heard suicide attempt, maybe it's an accident. I don't know what it is. But that your client visited Tom Morphey. Did he visit him in the hospital or when he was released?

BRODSKY: I believe he visited him in the hospital a few days after his suicide attempt. You know, he said he felt sorry for Mr. Morphey. He had apparently lost his job and was losing his contact with his family and was that would seem to be the reason he for the suicide attempt.

And you have to remember, Morphey has had several suicide attempts. So you have to put this in the context. When you have multiple suicide attempts, the timing of the last suicide attempt really becomes less nefarious. You know, it's not just he tried once, he's tried many times.

VAN SUSTEREN: Is your client speaking to the police? I mean, are the police coming over and sitting down and going over details with him?

BRODSKY: No. He's given a statement to the Illinois State Police. He gave he sat down with them shortly after Stacy's disappearance. He gave them a full and complete statement, and that's it. They have their statement and he's sticking by it.

VAN SUSTEREN: Can you explain to us what he said about the cars, whether they're in the driveway, out of the driveway, both cars, that Sunday night? I mean, there's some confusion about that.

BRODSKY: Well, I don't think there's any confusion. I mean, the neighbor talks about moving one car from I think it was the following day. But I don't know of any confusion about the cars. They were there. They were at the house.

VAN SUSTEREN: Were they at the house at 11:00 o'clock that Sunday night, when Cassandra, Stacy's sister, stopped over?

BRODSKY: I believe they were. Remember, Cassandra, that's the one that reported Stacy missing at 4:00 o'clock in the morning, correct?

VAN SUSTEREN: Yes.

BRODSKY: And to me, that's a very strange time to report somebody missing, at 4:00 o'clock in the morning. I mean, you know, you would report them, certainly, if they didn't show up right away and you couldn't track them down, which would have been much earlier in the day, or perhaps in the morning when you woke up. But 4:00 o'clock in the morning seems to me a very strange time to be reporting somebody missing. I don't know, was she waiting for the bars to close? Maybe she knows something more about Stacy's habits than she's saying.

VAN SUSTEREN: Was Stacy a drinker, or is she a drinker?

BRODSKY: I don't know. I don't know. All I know is that that's a very, very strange time to make the missing persons call.

VAN SUSTEREN: Now, the reason why we're taping this tonight in advance of our live show is because you're going to meet with your client and some consultants. What kind of consultants?

BRODSKY: Legal.

VAN SUSTEREN: What are legal consultants? Are those lawyers, or what's a legal consultant?

BRODSKY: Well, they certainly are lawyers. And I've always believed that two heads are better than one, and sometimes it's always good to have a lively discussion among lawyers. It helps define the issues and the strategies. So although I think I'm pretty good, I like to always bounce my ideas off of people.

VAN SUSTEREN: Fair enough. And I totally understand that. But the consultants are all lawyers and just brought on to sort of brainstorm the approach to handling the case, is that right? They aren't from other disciplines?

BRODSKY: That's correct. At this time, the only other person we've consulted with an additional discipline Dr. Cyril Wecht on the autopsy issue.

VAN SUSTEREN: And what has Cyril Wecht told you about Kathleen Savio? Does he think it's a homicide or an accident?

BRODSKY: Well, his review of the initial autopsy, which is the only thing we've been able to get we would love to look at Dr. Baden's autopsy report. But looking at the initial autopsy report and the initial testimony before the coroner's jury, he believes that the attribution of accidental cause of death by drowning was certainly supported by the evidence and by what the coroner's what the pathologist found and what the coroner's jury heard.

VAN SUSTEREN: Joel, when you're handling a case like...

BRODSKY: He believes accident was correct.

VAN SUSTEREN: Joe, when you handle a case like this and although no two cases are alike, I agree, and this is an unusual one you have conversations with the prosecutor. Have you had conversations with the prosecutor, and are you worried your client is going to get charged?

BRODSKY: Well, that's a two-part question. First of all, I've called the prosecutor on several occasions to discuss certain issues with him. I've even gone so far as to write him a letter about those issues, and I have not received a return phone call or a returned correspondence, which is highly...

VAN SUSTEREN: Nothing? Nothing?

BRODSKY: Nothing.

VAN SUSTEREN: Absolutely nothing, absolutely zero?

BRODSKY: Zip. And that's highly unusual. I mean, I'm dealing with different types of criminal cases all day, every day, and it's calling up the phone and discussing issues with the prosecutors is something we do on a daily basis. And for me not to even receive a return phone call is highly unusual.

As far as my belief as to whether or not my client is going to be charged, as I sit here today, I still do not see one piece of admissible evidence against my client. There's not one thing that...

VAN SUSTEREN: That's a different...

BRODSKY: ... they could bring into a court of law...

VAN SUSTEREN: ... question, though. That's a different question. Do you think he's going to be charged? I mean, it's I know I know there may be no evidence or whatever, but do you think he's going to get charged?

BRODSKY: No, I don't. And because that's because Jim Glasgow, Mr. Glasgow, the state's attorney in Will County, is a good lawyer. He's a fine prosecutor. And he is not going to walk into a courtroom on a murder on whatever type of charge he may choose to bring when he doesn't have evidence to support it.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. One final question.

BRODSKY: Period, end of story.

VAN SUSTEREN: For some reason, I love asking you this question. I don't know why. But have I treated you fairly tonight?

BRODSKY: Of course you have, Greta. Of course you have.

VAN SUSTEREN: I know. I like to tease you with that. All right. I know you've got to go because you've got to go meet with your client and get the team together. Joel, thank you, and we hope you come back soon.

BRODSKY: Thank you very much, Greta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Two quick things. One, we need to make a correction to my question to attorney Brodsky. We did find the clergyman that Stacy spoke to about Drew today. But apparently, the clergyman did not tell Mark specifically what Stacy said to him or did not say to him. But we're going to continue to work on this to find out more for you.

Now, here's the other thing that just came in. I just got an e-mail. Here's the e-mail content. "I am Tom Morphey's sister, and while watching your show right now, I'm going crazy listening to Mr. Brodsky say that Tom has had multiple suicide attempts. For the record, Tom has never attempted suicide ever before. He has had substance abuse problems. However, he has never attempted suicide before."

Now, assuming that that is the sister, that's the e-mail that just came in, listening to the lawyer. We're going to we're going to follow up on this, as well, to make sure that we get all the information for you there.

[Lorie Taylor]

www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_30_no2nov30,1,137061.story

Peterson relative defended by friend
Pal says relative was allegedly paid by cop

By Matthew Walberg and Erika Slife | Tribune staff reporters
November 30, 2007

Drew Peterson allegedly paid a relative to help him move a large rectangular container from a bedroom Oct. 28, the day that his wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared from their Bolingbrook home, a friend of the relative said Thursday.

Walter Martineck, 40, of Bolingbrook, told the Tribune that on Oct. 29, Drew Peterson's relative tried to get rid of the money he said was payment for helping Drew Peterson remove the plastic tub. Drew Peterson's relative wanted to give it to Martineck, he said. Hours later, the relative allegedly tried to commit suicide, and Martineck said he went to the state police with his friend's story.

Drew Peterson has been identified as a suspect in his wife's disappearance, and state police and the Will County state's attorney's office are reinvestigating the 2004 death of Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio.

The relative's name is being withheld by the Tribune; he has not been charged with a crime nor named as a suspect.

In an interview, Martineck expanded on a prior Tribune report detailing the relative's alleged activities the night Stacy Peterson disappeared. Martineck said he was at home Oct. 28 watching the World Series. "He called me and said, 'I gotta talk to you,'" Martineck said. "It was late, around 10 o'clock. I remember it was the 7th inning. I told him, 'OK, come to the garage door.'"

Moments later, the relative walked up the driveway and into the garage, he said.

"He was real frantic," Martineck said. "I could tell he'd been drinking a little. He put his hands on my shoulders and says, 'You can't tell no one. I know she was in there,'" Martineck said.

When Martineck asked his friend what he was talking about, the relative said he had met Drew Peterson at a local coffee shop, he said. Then Drew Peterson said he had to go, but before leaving, Peterson allegedly told the relative to wait there and gave him a cell phone with instructions not to answer it, he said. The relative waited for some time, and when the phone rang, it showed the name "Stacy" on the caller ID, Martineck said the relative told him.

The relative said when Drew Peterson returned, the two men went to the Petersons' home and removed a large plastic tote that was covered and sealed, Martineck said.

As he spoke, the relative became more and more distraught, Martineck said.

"He goes, 'I know she was in there,'" Martineck said. "I asked him how he knew that, and he said, 'Because it was warm,'" Martineck said.

The following day, Martineck said the relative tried to give him the money he said was payment for helping Drew Peterson. "I told him, no, I don't want that," Martineck said. He said he didn't know how much money it was.

Drew Peterson and his attorney, Joel Brodsky, have repeatedly denied that a container was removed from the home, and Brodsky told reporters that the relative is not to be believed, saying he has substance-abuse problems and "some serious psychological issues."

A source close to the family said Thursday that the relative has been diagnosed as bipolar, but that he has been on medication for the last 10 years.

"I think ... that Drew especially picked [him] because of his substance abuse and his situation of being bipolar," the source said. "People hear that and people automatically think he's crazy. But he's been under care and is not crazy at all," the source said.

What was especially devastating to the relative, the source said, was that Stacy Peterson recently bought $125 in gift certificates for him and his girlfriend after she learned he lost his job.

Martineck also said the attacks on his friend are unfair.

"The police are calling me now and telling me not to say nothing -- I was supposed to go on the "Today" show, and they requested that I not go," Martineck said. "But all I want to do is protect [the relative's] character," he said.

Meanwhile, close friends and family of Stacy Peterson said they were surprised at news reports Thursday that she allegedly confided to a pastor and two friends that her husband told her he killed Savio.

Mont Mitchell, pastor of Westbrook Christian Church, where Stacy Peterson attended regularly until early this year, said she had confided in a pastor not affiliated with the church. He would not disclose that pastor's name or what was discussed.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Stacy didn't tell family
PETERSON CASE | Not even relatives knew of alleged claim Drew killed third wife

November 30, 2007
BY STEFANO ESPOSITO AND DAN ROZEK Staff Reporters

Perhaps it was a secret so dark that Stacy Peterson felt she could confide in a man of the cloth and almost no one else.

That could be one explanation for why a close relative of the missing Bolingbrook mother said Thursday she never heard Peterson say her husband, Drew Peterson, claimed to have killed his previous wife.

"It was all new to us," said Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family. "Anything you printed was very interesting. ... Stacy never said that to any of us."

On Thursday, Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed -- citing a source close to the Stacy Peterson investigation -- reported that the Bolingbrook mom told a clergyman in August that her husband claimed to have killed his former wife Kathleen Savio and made it look like an accident. The source did not reveal the name of the church.

On Thursday, a pastor at Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook said Stacy Peterson requested a late August meeting with church staff there.

"She feared for herself because of her husband," said Rob Daniels, the church's pastor of spiritual formation. Daniels would reveal neither the name of the clergyman who spoke to Stacy Peterson, nor would he disclose details of their conversation.

The church official who spoke to Peterson made a "judgment call" not to alert authorities and did not consult with other church staff, Daniels said. The church's clergy are legally mandated to alert authorities only of allegations of child abuse or if someone threatens to harm themselves or others, he said.

The church official made the decision not to alert authorities based on several circumstances, Daniels said, "in particular, the fear [Peterson] had for herself, not to alert any kind of authorities."

For Savio's family, Stacy Peterson's reported conversation with a clergyman was nothing short of astounding.

"Wow, what a bombshell," said Anna Doman, one of Savio's sisters.

In March 2004, Savio, 40, was found dead in an empty bathtub in her Bolingbrook home. The death was initially ruled an accidental drowning. But now that Stacy Peterson has gone missing for a month, investigators are taking another look at Savio's death.

For Savio's family, desperate to know the truth about Kathleen, Stacy's reported words to the clergyman are both uplifting and troubling. Marcia Savio, Kathleen's stepmother, wonders how long Stacy Peterson might have lived with her secret.

"I don't like the fact that she knew something and didn't come forward, but I also feel sorry for her because she was in fear," Savio said Thursday.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Peterson Investigation Centers On Small Pond

Posted: 2:31 PM Nov 30, 2007
Last Updated: 2:31 PM Nov 30, 2007

In Chicago, the search for Stacy Peterson goes on, the police officer's wife who disappeared a month ago.

The investigation Nov. 30 centered on a small pond near where Drew Peterson lives.

Investigators were out on boats on Nov. 30, searching this channel just a few miles from Drew Peterson's home. But it's littered with rusted cars, submerged in 15 feet of frigid water.

The Army Corps of Engineers has now been asked to clear the water, but it could take days or weeks. This weekend, another massive ground search is planned.

Searchers will focus on a large blue drum Drew Peterson and his stepbrother allegedly carried out of Peterson's home the night Stacy disappeared.

"There never was a drum. The whole thing seems like an ever-growing rumor that started with the comment that Stacy's sister made and has seemed to have grown ever since," stated Joel Brodsky, Drew Peterson's attorney.

"He says there was no barrel. there was a barrel. i saw it with my own eyes. I'll take a lie detector test. I feel that Drew should take a lie detector test also," said Cassandra Cales, Stacy Peterson's Sister

A family friend says, the stepbrother-- who later attempted suicide-- spoke about the container.

"And he had gone upstairs to the master bedroom and brought tote down. A blue tote. A sealed blue tote. And this is where he got really shook up. He goes, 'I know she was in there.' I go, 'What do you mean you know she was in there?' I go, 'It was warm to the touch,'" explained Walter Martinek, friend of Drew Peterson's stepbrother.

Back in August, Stacy Peterson reportedly told a clergyman she feared for her life, and said her husband claimed to have killed his third wife and made it look like an accident.

But her family says she never told them about those claims.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Items belonging to Stacy Peterson's father removed from her home

Associated Press - November 30, 2007 7:24 PM ET

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - Items belonging to Stacy Peterson's father have been removed from the Bolingbrook home she shared with her husband before her disappearance last month.

Peterson's father, Anthony Cales, arranged through a third party to get the items today. A Downer's Grove company took the red Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a large yellow tool storage unit from the home's garage this morning.

The Petersons had been storing the items for Cales. He had also wanted a black family Bible but the company wasn't able to retrieve it.

Stacy Peterson was last seen by her family on October 28th, and the case has been ruled a possible homicide. Her husband Drew Peterson has been named a suspect in her disappearance

[Lorie Taylor]

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Summary of police calls relating to Drew Peterson and his current, former wives

Associated Press - November 30, 2007 11:04 PM ET

The Bolingbrook Police Department has released a summary of calls for service relating to former Sgt. Drew Peterson, his third wife Kathleen Savio, who died in March 2004, and fourth wife Stacy Peterson, who disappeared Oct. 28. The summaries include the location of the conflict, date, type of call, reason for call, and action taken:

Calls for service at 392 Pheasant Chase:

Feb. 2, 2002: Domestic Trouble - Mutual argument between Drew and Kathleen. Drew left the residence. Kathleen's attorney was advised by supervisor.

May 3, 2002: Domestic Trouble - Drew took the vehicle that Kathleen was driving (both were registered owners and still married). Vehicle was returned by Drew at 392 Pheasant Chase.

May 3, 2002: Domestic Battery, Disorderly Conduct - Drew stated that Kathleen struck him, spit at him, and pushed him in the back. Drew did not want Kathleen arrested.

May 26, 2002: Battery - Kathleen punched Stacy in the face because she was in the car when Drew was attempting to drop the kids off. Kathleen was arrested. Independent witnesses. Drew kept children. Kathleen charged and record was expunged by court order.

May 26, 2002: Domestic Trouble - Kathleen complaining that she had sole custody of children. No such specification in court order. Drew kept children.

June 25, 2002: Visitation Interference - Drew claiming that Kathleen would not turn over kids. Logged and referred to his civil attorney.

July 5, 2002: Criminal Trespass, Unlawful Restraint, Domestic Battery - Kathleen claimed Drew broke into the house, and held her against her will. This was reported two weeks after the date of occurrence on 7-18-2002. Kathleen did not wish to file a complaint but report was forwarded to state's attorney for review.

July 11, 2002: Visitation Interference - Kathleen claiming Drew was violating a court order. Logged for documentation.

Dec. 5, 2002: Well Being Check, Visitation Interference - Kathy claiming Drew is outside pounding on door. Kathleen states the kids are sick and she will not give them to Drew. Logged for documentation, referred to their attorneys.

Dec. 5, 2002: Alleged Violation of Order of Protection, Visitation Interference - Drew upset he was not getting kids. No Order of Protection had been issued by the court. Logged for documentation.

Dec. 20, 2002: Notification - Kathleen called advising she sent Stacy a certified letter advising that she will be arrested for trespass for future violations. Logged for documentation.

Jan. 2, 2003: Notification - Kathleen called stating that the kids had a late doctor's appointment and that she would not make the scheduled drop off time to Drew. Logged for documentation.

Feb. 18, 2003: Citizen Assist - Drew wanted to pick up kids. Kathleen stated they were sick and she was not turning them over. Logged for documentation.

June 2, 2003: Residential Burglary - Kathleen believes someone entered the rear sliding glass door and took her diamond wedding ring and a pair of diamond earrings out of her bedroom and a camera out of the kitchen. Drew denies any involvement. No witnesses or evidence.

Sept. 4, 2003: Visitation Interference - Kathleen claims Drew did not drop the kids off on time. Logged for documentation.

Sept. 9, 2003: Visitation Interference - Kathleen upset that Drew is 10 minutes late in dropping off the children. Logged for documentation.

Sept. 9, 2003: Disorderly Conduct - Kathleen claims Stacy called her several derogatory names while Drew was dropping off the children. Referred to the state's attorney's office for complaints.

Nov. 11, 2003: Visitation Interference - Kathleen claiming Drew has children too long. Logged for documentation.

Calls for service at 6 Pheasant Chase Ct.:

April 28, 2002: Domestic Battery - Kathleen showed up at Drew's residence and starting removing items from Drew's truck. Drew came outside and Kathleen started hitting him in the back. Drew filed a report but never followed up with state's attorney for charges.


Source: Bolingbrook Police Department.

[Lorie Taylor]

www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=7435542&nav=1sW7

Police log reveals troubled relationship between police officer's wives

Associated Press - November 30, 2007 10:54 PM ET

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A former police officer's third and fourth wives had a history of animosity, including an incident in which one allegedly punched the other in the face.

That's according to a police call log released today by the Bolingbrook Police Department.

Drew Peterson's ex-wife, Kathleen Savio, was later acquitted of charges that she struck Stacy Peterson in May 2002 because the younger woman was in the car during a child custody exchange.

Police responded to 19 calls for help in less than two years involving fellow officer Drew Peterson, Savio, his ex-wife who was found dead in 2004, and Stacy Peterson, his current wife who is missing and feared slain.

The calls show the three were embroiled in a bitter custody battle.

[Lorie Taylor]

www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/saturday/chi-peterson_01dec01,0,1405313.story

Peterson seeks return of items taken by cops

December 1, 2007

Attorneys for Drew Peterson filed a motion Friday in Will County seeking the return of Peterson's property seized by Illinois State Police as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy.

Among items taken Nov. 1 were Peterson's 11 guns, ammunition, two iPods, a backpack with school supplies, computers and 23 CDs, according to the motion. Police also took the couple's 2005 GMC Yukon Denali and 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix.

The motion alleged that holding onto the vehicles "is done to merely vex the owner, prohibiting him from properly caring for his minor children, thus punishing them."

[Lorie Taylor]

Did Kathleen slug Stacy in '02? Cops say so, nephew denies it

December 1, 2007
BY KARA SPAK Staff Reporter/[e-mail]

Kathleen Savio and Drew Peterson weren't the only ones fighting in the year leading up to their 2003 divorce, according to information Friday from Bolingbrook police.

The reports say that on May 26, 2002, police responded to an incident where Kathleen Savio punched Stacy Peterson "because she was in the car when Drew was attempting to drop the kids off."

Savio's nephew Charlie Doman denied punches were ever thrown.

"She never hit Stacy," he said. "Everything was expunged."

Police released brief summaries of 19 calls to police between February 2002 and November 2003 involving Savio and Drew Peterson. Savio and Drew Peterson divorced after she learned he was having an affair with Stacy Peterson, who was a teenager at the time.

Savio was found dead in a bathtub in her home in 2004. Police are re-examining the suspicious circumstances surrounding her death as they continue to search for Stacy Peterson, who hasn't been heard from since Oct. 28.

Pam Bosco, Stacy Peterson's family's spokeswoman, could not be reached for comment.
www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/6763...stacy01.article

[Lorie Taylor]

www.jurorthirteen.com
05/01/08

Too Little, Too Late...

That was what Sharon Bychowski said in a CBS2 video, linked below, about Drew Peterson offering a $25,000 reward for anyone who can find Stacy Peterson. Of course the catch is that the reward is for information leading to her "safe" return.

This is already being touted as another media ploy, by the Find Stacy Peterson site. Many are curious, including myself, why he didn't offer this in the beginning when Stacy first went missing. (Maybe he was too busy setting up his site for the public to donate funds to him?)

According to PRnewsChannel.com Peterson said he hopes that this reward will bring her home.

“Her mom left her and it’s clear that history has repeated itself and that Stacy does not want to be found either,” says Peterson. “I don’t know whom she left with or where they are. Maybe the money will prompt someone to come forward with a lead. Her children miss her and people believe I had something to do with her disappearance.”

Oh... one more thing, instead of sending any tips on the case to the ISP as the state has requested, he and Brodsky want you to send your tips to [e-mail].

Be for-warned, though. According to Joel Brodsky, Drew's media side-kick and attorney, “All emails that contain harassing, obscene, or threatening messages are warned that such communications are illegal, and all such e-mails will be forwarded to law enforcement for prosecution,.” (NLH)

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[Lorie Taylor]

FOXNEWS.COM HOME > U.S.

Friends of Stacy Peterson Decry Drew Peterson's $25G Reward as Publicity Stunt
Thursday, May 01, 2008

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — Friends of missing woman Stacy Peterson say a $25,000 reward offered by her husband Drew Peterson, the prime suspect in her disappearance, is just another ploy for attention.

Stacy's neighbor Sharon Bychowski, who with a group of the young woman's friends has put out a separate reward for $35,000, denounced retired police officer Peterson's latest move.

"We know that it’s another publicity stunt," Bychowski told MyFOXChicago. "Everything Drew does is not about finding Stacy, ever."

But Peterson's attorney says the reward is a genuine effort to track down his fourth wife, who vanished six months ago and hasn't been heard from since.

"We don't need to do publicity stunts to get attention — we can get it without doing anything," lawyer Joel Brodsky told MyFOXChicago. "This is a bona fide, real attempt to spur interest in finding Stacy."

Brodsky said his client wants to bring her out of "hiding where she does not want to be found."

Peterson has maintained that Stacy ran off on her own. He told MyFOXChicago that tips are already pouring in, including a promising one from a woman who thought she saw his missing wife at an all-inclusive resort in Jamaica.

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[Lorie Taylor]

Stacy Peterson’s father, neighbor testify before grand jury
Posted on May 1, 2008 by gatehousechicago

Stacy Peterson’s father testified Thursday before the grand jury investigating his daughter’s disappearance, saying investigators asked him general questions about his daughter’s marriage to former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson.

Anthony Cales, 53, of Downers Grove, said the grand jury also asked about his daughter’s interactions with her family.

“They asked general questions about ‘Did Stacy ever go anywhere without the kids?’ She never left the kids, they were always with her,” Cales said. “They asked did I know about any marital problems or upcoming divorce, which I didn’t.”

Peterson’s neighbor James A. Mitchem Jr. and his teenage son also testified, but declined to comment.

Cales said he spoke with his daughter every day up until her disappearance. Other friends of family of the missing mom have said Stacy Peterson was the glue that held her family together, organizing family get-togethers and keeping in touch with everyone.

“She called me every day,” Cales said. “If she didn’t get me on the phone she always left a voice message.”

The last message Stacy Peterson left her father is on file with Illinois State Police. In the Oct. 17 message, a cheerful-sounding Peterson gave her father her new cell phone number and told him she loved him.

Stacy Peterson, the fourth wife of Drew Peterson, 54, disappeared Oct. 28 at age 23. Police have labeled the disappearance a “potential homicide” and named Drew Peterson a suspect in the case. Investigators also re-opened the investigation into the March 2004 drowning of Peterson’s third wife Kathleen Savio. An independent pathologist for Will County ruled her death a homicide in February.

A special grand jury investigating both cases has been meeting each Thursday since November and is scheduled to continue through April. In a Jan. 24 statement from the Will County State’s Attorney’s office, authorities said the grand jury could be extended another six months, if necessary.

Peterson has denied any involvement in either case and has not been charged with a crime.

Cales said he and Peterson used to get along but the two have not spoken since Stacy Peterson went missing.

“We actually got along really well,” Cales said. “We tried to do a lot of things together, family things.”

But Peterson’s recent behavior, including offering a $25,000 reward for Stacy Peterson’s “safe return,” have incensed Cales.

“I see him on TV and some of the things he says just burns me,” Cales said.

Monday marked the six-month anniversary of Stacy Peterson’s disappearance. While police, friends and family have spent that time chasing tips and searching for her, Cales said he has taken six months off work to look for his daughter.

“(We take it) day by day,” Cales said. “Some days are better than others.”

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[Lorie Taylor]

Another version of story with additional details:

Drew's lady friend under fire

May 16, 2008

By JOE HOSEY [e-mail]
BOLINGBROOK -- The latest lady in Drew Peterson's life -- a 22-year-old he rescued from a Naperville traffic stop last week -- is keeping an open mind about her older man "friend."

"I've always been the kind of person, I'm not going to judge someone," said the young woman, who asked that she not be identified.

• VANISHED: The Stacy Peterson Case
The woman said she met Peterson about three weeks ago through their mutual friend, Steve Carcerano, who tans at the salon where she works. Since then, they have spoken often and she has spent the night at his home -- but nothing physical took place, she said. Peterson did not seem so sure about that.

"Never 'nothing' physical," Peterson said enigmatically.

The woman lives with her mother, who must not have approved of whatever was going on between the 54-year-old, four-times-married Peterson and the woman 32 years his junior.

"My mom called the police," she said.

The mother found out about Peterson after he picked her up May 3 in Naperville. She was riding in a car the police pulled over. The driver was taken into custody, and she needed a lift. Peterson was there for her.

"We were already on the phone," she said. "We were talking a lot that night."

Peterson remains suspect
State police have identified Peterson as a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, 24-year-old Stacy Peterson. They have classified the case a "potential homicide," and also are investigating the March 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, which was recently deemed a homicide.
The young friend of Peterson said a state police investigator gave her an earful about what he thinks of Peterson's involvement in the disappearance of Stacy and the death of Kathleen.

"They're like, 'We're 100 percent positive he killed them. His family thinks he killed them. You're going to be next,'" she said. "And I'm like, 'Then why isn't he in jail?'"

Relationship under scrutiny
When pressed about the nature of their relationship, Peterson said, "No comment," and added "She has parents to be concerned with."

He did say he took the woman up in his two-seater airplane and that they do draw attention when they are out and about together.

"I don't know if people are looking because it's me or the age difference," he said.

The woman, a Benet Academy graduate, said her relationship with Peterson has caused her some grief.

"It's affecting my work," she said. "The cops were over here for two hours the other day.

"They're like, 'If you talk to us, we won't (call you before the grand jury),'" she said. "And then they were like, 'We're still going to put you in front of the grand jury.'"

The grand jury on Thursday heard from Savio's sister, Anna Marie Doman, and Bolingbrook Patrol Officer Rich Berg. Both witnesses declined to comment on what testimony they provided.

Peterson's friend from the tanning salon was not looking forward to appearing before the grand jury. She also did not appreciate the criticism she has taken for befriending Peterson.

"It sucks," she said, "because I'm not a hooker."

Apparently, Peterson is worth the hassle.

"He's just a nice guy," she said. "He's been nothing but nice to me."

www.suburbanchicagonews.com/bolingbrooksun/news/953059,4_1_JO16_PETERSON_S1.article

[Lorie Taylor]

www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/933445,CST-NWS-boling06.article

Drew pulled over for speeding on way to help 'friend'

May 6, 2008

BY DAN ROZEK AND JOE HOSEY Staff Reporters
Drew Peterson was in such a hurry to pick up a 22-year-old female friend who needed a ride over the weekend that he got stopped for speeding by Naperville Police.

But the former Bolingbrook Police officer avoided a ticket, instead receiving a warning after being curbed about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the western suburb.

Drew Peterson was in such a hurry to pick up a 22-year-old female friend who needed a ride over the weekend that he got stopped for speeding by Naperville Police.
(Joe Hosey/STNG)

Peterson, 54, said he was stopped on his way to pick up a friend who called him for a lift after the driver of the car in which she was riding was taken into custody by Naperville Police.

"I was just being a good samaritan," he said, declining to identify the woman, but insisting she wasn't a girlfriend. "Let's call her a friend," said Peterson, whom police have labeled a suspect in the Oct. 28 disappearance of his wife, Stacy Peterson, 23.

Naperville Police on Monday confirmed that Drew Peterson had been stopped.

A source said Peterson was travelling less than 10 miles over the posted speed when he was stopped.

Peterson was simply helping a young woman who works at a tanning salon he sometimes visits, Peterson's attorney said.

"That's just the type of guy he is," said attorney Joel Brodsky.

[Lorie Taylor]

suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/peterson/876981,4_1_JO04_PETERSON_S1.article

April 4, 2008
By JOE HOSEY Staff Writer
Prosecutors paraded a pair of Drew Peterson's past lovers before a grand jury Thursday.

Peterson's former fiancee, Kyle Piry, and second wife, Vicki Connolly, went before a grand jury specially convened to review the death of the embattled ex-cop's third wife, Kathleen Savio, and the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.

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Connolly, now a resident of downstate Paxton, refused to comment on her testimony. Piry, who lives in Joliet, said she was unable to discuss what she told the grand jury.

"I can't, I can't," Piry said. "Hopefully I'm done with all that stuff. I didn't think I was all that relevant."

Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky did not think Piry or Connolly were relevant at all.

"When are they going to bring in Drew's prom date?" Brodsky quipped.

Prosecutors may in fact do just that. Peterson attended his Willowbrook High School prom with his first wife, Carol Brown. Charles B. Pelkie, spokesman for State's Attorney James Glasgow, would not disclose whether prosecutors indeed planned to subpoena the prom date turned wife. Brown's husband, Dave Brown, said his wife has not yet been summoned.

"No," Dave Brown said. "But I hope they don't."

Piry and Peterson were engaged for about four months in the early 1980s after having dated for about four months. Piry accused Peterson of stalking her, pulling her over and writing tickets for such frivolous offenses as having bald tires on her car after she ended their engagement.

Peterson claims he is the one who halted their relationship and said Piry is merely bitter over both his breaking up with her and then resisting her later attempts to seduce him.

"Everything she's said has been twisted and turned," Peterson said.

Connolly and Peterson married in 1982 after he and Piry split up. They stayed together for 10 years, during which time Connolly reportedly said she suffered physical abuse and threats from Peterson. She also reportedly tolerated Peterson's extramarital affairs, but said they divorced after he took up with third wife Savio.

Peterson has dismissed Connolly's allegations and said, "Vicki is just mad because I cheated on her."

Brodsky also questioned the negative comments from the women in Peterson's past.

"They're an ex-wife and a jilted girlfriend," Brodsky said. "What do you expect them to say? We're not concerned in the least."

Peterson took the appearance of Piry and Connolly as an indication the prosecution does not have much of a case.

"All it tells me is, they're scraping," he said.

Over the course of the last five months, numerous men and women from Peterson's life, ranging from neighbors to former lovers, have appeared before the grand jury.

"We should have had a reunion," Peterson said. "We should have just had a party and done it all at once."

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[Lorie Taylor]

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Peterson: Neighbor 'detained' young son
ONGOING DISPUTE


April 8, 2008
By JOE HOSEY Staff Writer
BOLINGBROOK -- Things were bad enough when it was just alleged Internet threats and a misappropriated garage door opener, but now allegations of an unauthorized photograph of a 4-year-old have sent tensions on Pheasant Chase Court soaring to a new high.

Drew Peterson called the law on Sharon Bychowski, his next-door neighbor and the best friend of his missing wife Stacy, and accused her of "detaining" his young son Anthony, police said. It was the third police report from the neighbors since March 14.

Drew Peterson called the police on Sharon Bychowski, his next-door neighbor and the best friend of his missing wife Stacy, and accused her of "detaining" his young son.

Peterson said he learned of the matter from a neighbor after picking up another of his sons from church early Sunday afternoon.

"They had my 4-year-old, Anthony, surrounded in Sharon's driveway, taking his picture," Peterson said.

"He's a little guy. He's 4, and he's surrounded by them. Kris (his older half-brother) is yelling at him to get in the house."

Bychowski said the boy simply rode his bicycle to Bychowski's driveway to see Stacy's sister, Cassandra Cales, who was there with her friend, Bruce Zidarich, following a volunteer search for the missing woman.

"It was ridiculous," Bychowski said. "We took a picture of him and his Auntie Cassandra.

"You can't arrest me for taking a picture outside," Bychowksi said. "Didn't he used to be a cop?"

Peterson had indeed been a cop for 29 years before he abruptly quit in the wake of his wife's disappearance, dodging an internal affairs investigation. Since then, the state police have labeled the disappearance of Stacy, Peterson's third wife, a "potential homicide" and named Peterson as their sole suspect.

The state police also are investigating the March 2004 apparent bathtub drowning of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio.

At the time, investigators found no indications of foul play in Savio's death, according to special agent Herbert Hardy. A forensic pathologist has since concluded that Savio was the victim of a homicide.

A possible felony charge?

Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, has accused Bychowski and her son, Roy Taylor, of threatening Peterson through Internet postings. Bychowski, for her part, claims Peterson is in possession of a garage door opener she had given Stacy, and that he used it to open her garage.
On Monday, Brodsky said the unauthorized photograph may amount to a felony charge.

"If they cornered the child, as Drew said, that would be (a felony crime of) unlawful restraint," Brodsky said.

"Personally, I think Sharon's lost touch with reality," he said, claiming a witness described the look on her face as "maniacal."

"I really fear for her mental stability," Brodsky said, saying the people in Bychowski's driveway acted "almost like a modern-day lynch mob."

Lt. Ken Teppel of the Bolingbrook Police Department said the matter was referred to the state's attorney's office. An officer on the scene viewed the photograph of Anthony and his aunt, he said, and the child does not look harried.

"In the photo, he doesn't appear he's being held against his will," Teppel said. "They both have their arms around each other and they're smiling."

While he had the cops there, Peterson also complained of Cales peeling out as she drove past his house Saturday night and said she left about 20 yards of tire tracks behind her.

Ribbon dispute

Bychowski said she and other volunteers put out new blue and pink ribbons on the trees of their subdivision in memory of Stacy and Savio. Peterson promptly removed the ones on his property.
"It says he's not supporting both women," Bychowski said. "It makes a big statement about what he thinks, and these are the mothers of his children."

Peterson disputed this.

"No, that means I don't want those raggedy ribbons on my trees," he said. "I take good care of my house."

And above his house, Peterson said, he is concerned about his kids.

"I really don't care what they do as long as it doesn't affect my children," he said.

"My kids can't be kids, because of Sharon and her band of vigilantes."

Contact Joe Hosey at [phone] or [e-mail]