Drews Trial to Start in June

[Lorie Taylor]

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Judge sets June date for Peterson trial


February 24, 2010
By JOE HOSEY [e-mail]

JOLIET -- Drew Peterson is less than four months away from meeting the men and women who will decide whether he heads to prison for what will surely be the rest of his life.

Judge Stephen White on Tuesday set a June 14 date for the start of jury selection for Peterson's murder trial.


Peterson, a 56-year-old former Bolingbrook police sergeant, is charged with drowning his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in March 2004.

Savio and Peterson were in the midst of a contentious divorce when she was found dead in her dry bathtub. She was due to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars of her husband's assets only weeks after she died.

Despite the financial saving's Peterson achieved through Savio dying, and the circumstances of her death, state police investigators quickly determined she accidentally drowned and closed the case.
Stacy's disappearance
State police were forced to open it back up after Peterson's next wife, Stacy Peterson, vanished in October 2007.

Peterson claims his fourth wife left him and ran off with an unidentified lover. If Stacy did indeed abscond with a boyfriend, she has managed to keep such a low profile that she has not been heard from since.

State police do not buy Peterson's story of abandonment and have publicly identified him as the sole suspect in what they have termed Stacy's "potential homicide." Police have not charged Peterson with harming Stacy.

The state police did arrest Peterson in May for the murder of Savio, and he has remained in jail on a $20 million bond while awaiting his trial, which will commence after a jury is picked.

White said two shifts of 35 potential jurors each will be brought through court when the selection starts.

Attorneys from both sides will have 240 possible jurors to choose from. In August, White had the 240 men and women come to court and fill out questionnaires. He also warned them to avoid information about the Peterson case.
Hearsay hearing
A landmark hearing to determine what hearsay evidence will be allowed at Peterson's trial wrapped up just last week.

Seventy witnesses testified during the hearing, which was held under recently passed state legislation dubbed "Drew's Law" for its supposed connection to the Peterson case.

After the hearing, it was left to White to rule how many of 14 hearsay statements made by Stacy and Savio will be admitted at the trial. White's decision will be kept under wraps until the start of the trial.

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