Post by Lorie Taylor on Jan 4, 2010 11:16:37 GMT -6
Dec 15, 2007 11:08 am US/Central Peterson Cell Phone Records Prompted Canal Search
Crews search for Stacy Peterson on the Sanitary and Ship Canal in Lockport on Dec. 5.
The search of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for missing mom Stacy Peterson is based on cell phone records showing her husband Drew Peterson was near there when he received an anxious call from his sister-in-law, a source said.
The sister-in-law, Cassandra Cales, has said she called Drew Peterson's cell phone about 11 p.m. Oct. 28. Stacy Peterson was last seen that morning. Cales said Peterson sounded out of breath and said he was at his home. But Cales said she was outside his house and he was not there.
Now, a source says, cell phone records show Drew Peterson was somewhere near Romeoville by the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
"When Cassandra called Drew's phone, it pinged near that area," the source said.
Because wireless phone calls usually are sent through the nearest tower, law enforcement can roughly determine where a person was when he made or received a call.
The search of the canal floor, however, does not seem to be achieving much, other than removing abandoned cars from the waterway, said a police source involved in the investigation.
"I think they're just trying to show they looked, she's not in there, and move on to the next location," the source said.
The state police-coordinated search of the canal was scheduled to resume today.
The police source also questioned a claim made by Cales that Drew Peterson fired a shot from his second floor bedroom down to the garage, narrowly missing Stacy as she went to fetch a soda.
"Why didn't that come out the first day?" he said of the alleged August incident. "Now it's like they're just making stuff up."
Cales could not be reached for comment.
The law enforcement source went on to dismiss reports of police searching for rectangular blue containers supposedly missing from the Peterson's home.
"I'm not (looking for them)," the source said. "Nobody else seems to be."
Crews search for Stacy Peterson on the Sanitary and Ship Canal in Lockport on Dec. 5.
The search of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for missing mom Stacy Peterson is based on cell phone records showing her husband Drew Peterson was near there when he received an anxious call from his sister-in-law, a source said.
The sister-in-law, Cassandra Cales, has said she called Drew Peterson's cell phone about 11 p.m. Oct. 28. Stacy Peterson was last seen that morning. Cales said Peterson sounded out of breath and said he was at his home. But Cales said she was outside his house and he was not there.
Now, a source says, cell phone records show Drew Peterson was somewhere near Romeoville by the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
"When Cassandra called Drew's phone, it pinged near that area," the source said.
Because wireless phone calls usually are sent through the nearest tower, law enforcement can roughly determine where a person was when he made or received a call.
The search of the canal floor, however, does not seem to be achieving much, other than removing abandoned cars from the waterway, said a police source involved in the investigation.
"I think they're just trying to show they looked, she's not in there, and move on to the next location," the source said.
The state police-coordinated search of the canal was scheduled to resume today.
The police source also questioned a claim made by Cales that Drew Peterson fired a shot from his second floor bedroom down to the garage, narrowly missing Stacy as she went to fetch a soda.
"Why didn't that come out the first day?" he said of the alleged August incident. "Now it's like they're just making stuff up."
Cales could not be reached for comment.
The law enforcement source went on to dismiss reports of police searching for rectangular blue containers supposedly missing from the Peterson's home.
"I'm not (looking for them)," the source said. "Nobody else seems to be."
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