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Bolingbrook police sergeant's wife missing

TROOPERS INVESTIGATE


October 30, 2007
By JOE HOSEY Staff Writer

BOLINGBROOK -- State police are searching for the wife of a Bolingbrook sergeant.

"Because he's one of our officers, we thought it would be better to have an independent agency investigating," Mayor Roger Claar said of the state's involvement in the disappearance of Stacey Peterson.



Authorities say Stacy Peterson, 23, the wife of Sgt. Drew Peterson, was last heard from Sunday morning when she called a friend.

It was not clear how long Peterson, the wife of Sgt. Drew Peterson, has been missing. State Trooper Mark Dorencz at first declined to comment on the matter but later said the state is handling the case as a missing persons investigation.

The Bolingbrook department said Peterson was not scheduled to work Monday. A message left for him at the department went unreturned.

Peterson's previous wife, 40-year-old Kathleen Savio, was found dead in the dry bathtub of her Pheasant Chase home in March 2004. Peterson and Savio were divorced and he was returning their two sons to their home after a weekend visit, but no one answered the locked door.

Peterson went to a neighbor's to call a locksmith. Once entry was gained, the neighbor went inside and found Savio's body in a waterless bathtub.

The investigation revealed Savio drowned. Her fingertips showed pruning from being submerged in water and her hair was wet when she was found. While there was no water in the bathtub, it may have drained out over time, as the plug was down, investigators speculated.

A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. State police investigated that case as well. No charges were filed.

According to one official, Savio was Peterson's third wife, and Stacey Peterson is his fourth.

Charges, reinstatement
More than 20 years ago, Peterson was fired from the police department after the village board of police and fire commissioners found him guilty of disobedience, conducting a self-assigned investigation, failure to report a bribe immediately and official misconduct. He had been indicted two months earlier on charges of official misconduct and failure to report a bribe. Peterson was working under the auspices of the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad at the time. Indictments alleged he solicited drugs in exchange for information about his agency.

The charges later were dropped. Special prosecutor Raymond Bolden said at the time that the charges were not provable.

Peterson won reinstatement with the department in March 1986. Judge Edwin Grabiec ruled police and fire commissioners lacked sufficient evidence to find Peterson guilty of the charges.

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Investigation Reopens Into Death of Cop's Third Wife After Fourth Wife Disappears

Wednesday, October 31, 2007



CHICAGO — Authorities reopened an investigation this week into the death of a Chicago suburb police sergeant's third wife after his fourth wife disappeared.
Stacy Ann Peterson, 23, was reported missing Sunday after she didn't arrive to a friend's house. Peterson is married to Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, 53, who is cooperating with police and is not considered a suspect.
"At this time there is no indication of any type of foul play or anything suspicious," said Lt. Ken Teppel, a spokesman for Bolingbrook Police Department.
State police are following up on leads, reviewing voicemails, text messages, e-mails and talking to family and friends in attempts to find the missing woman.

Click here to watch a report by MyFOXChicago.com.

In 2004, Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, 40, was found dead in a bathtub, and a coroner ruled the death accidental. Prosecutors are reviewing the case.
Documents show that Savio filed for an emergency order of protection from her husband, writing in the file that "he wants me dead and if he has to he will burn the house down just to shut me up."
Stacy Peterson's family reported her missing early Monday, asking the state police to investigate.
Drew Peterson won't comment on his wife's disappearance.

FOX's WFLD Chicago and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Originally Posted by SOT uhhhh ohhhh! Interesting 53 year old dude with 23 year old woman.

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Divers Search Pond Near Home of Suburban Chicago Cop in Missing Wife Probe




BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — Divers were searching a retention pond Friday near the the home of a missing mother of two married to a Chicago police sergeant.
Police executed a search warrant Thursday and seized two vehicles from the Bolingbrook, Ill., home of Drew and Stacy Peterson in what is still being described as a missing persons case.
Stacy Peterson, 23, was reported missing Monday after her family grew concerned when they could not reach her. Drew Peterson, her husband, said he last spoke to her Sunday night.
"I believe she's with someone else, but I believe she's safe," Drew Peterson said. He said she told him she was leaving, taking some clothes and money from a safe in the couple's home.
Authorities reopened the investigation into the death of Drew Peterson's third wife after Stacy — his fourth wife — disappeared.
In 2004, Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, 40, was found dead in a bathtub, and a coroner ruled the death accidental. Prosecutors are reviewing the case.

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Drew Peterson said he would never harm his wife but Stacy Peterson’s family and friends disagree.
“I wanted to believe that she hopped a plane,” said Sherrie Mills, friend of Stacy Peterson. “But then when I found out the kids were still at home, no. I fear for the worst.”
Authorities seized several items during the search of the house, including two rifles. Peterson told FOX News he is not a hunter, but has a gun collection.
"He's saying she took off which is not her," Peterson's sister Cassandra Cales told FOX News. "She wouldn't leave those kids. That's what she told me Friday. I wanted to get her out of there — she said she was fearing for her life — she said she wasn't going to leave those kids."
"No criminal charges have been filed and no one has been taken into custody," said Will County state's attorney's office spokesman Charles Pelkie.
Authorities said they have found no indication of foul play and the case remained a missing person investigation.
Peterson, a 29-year police veteran and Bolingbrook police sergeant, said his wife has suffered from what he called "mood issues" since her sister's death from colon cancer last year.
"Ever since then, Stacy has been different," Peterson said Wednesday. "... She's been under the care of a psychiatrist" and is taking antidepressant medication.
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow has started pulling and reading through old files from the Savio case, including police and coroner's reports, Pelkie has said.
Savio obtained an order of protection against Drew Peterson in 2002, alleging a pattern of physical abuse and threats, according to court records.
"In light of recent developments, he's reviewing this with an open and fresh mind ... to determine if further action will be warranted," Pelkie said, adding that Glasgow wasn't in office when Savio died and so hadn't been familiar with her case.
Peterson denied he had anything to do with his ex-wife's death or Stacy Peterson's disappearance.
"It bothers me," he said. "I've led an honorable life, and people are looking at me sideways. It hurts."
The couple celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary last month, Drew Peterson said. Hours before his wife called him Sunday night she had left their home to help another sister and that sister's boyfriend paint their home, he said.
She did not show up, prompting the family to try unsuccessfully to reach her on her cell phone, police said.
Peterson said he thought the couple had a good marriage, "but maybe she didn't," he said.
Stacy Peterson's family agreed she was depressed, but said it was because she believed her husband watched everything she did. They said she had asked for a divorce.
"She just wanted people to know she was unhappy, and she didn't like how she was being treated," said her aunt, Candace Aikin, 48, of El Monte, Calif. "In case she disappeared — if something bad happened to her."
Aikin said she talked to her niece every week and knows she did not have a boyfriend.
"She had a husband who was following her 24/7," she said.
Family members also said they didn't think Stacy Peterson would leave without her kids — Lacy, 2, and Anthony, 4.
"I know damn well she wouldn't go without them kids," said her uncle, Gary Cales, 68, of Hemet, Calif.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — The death of the third wife of a police sergeant whose new spouse has been missing for more than a week should have been ruled "undetermined," a county coroner said on Wednesday.
No charges were filed after a coroner's jury ruled as accidental the death of Drew Peterson's former wife, Kathleen Savio, whose body was found in a bathtub in March 2004. Savio's death is being reviewed since Peterson's current wife, Stacy, went missing Oct. 29.
"Certain aspects of Kathleen Savio's death raised concerns for me, as well," Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil said. "At the very least, her death should have been ruled 'undetermined."'

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At the 2004 inquest, authorities said Savio, 40, drowned, even though there was no water in the bathtub when she was found. Investigators theorized that the water must have drained out.
Savio had gotten an order of protection in 2002, alleging a pattern of physical abuse and threats, according to court records. Drew Peterson has denied involvement with his ex-wife's death.
On Wednesday, searchers looked for Stacy Peterson, 23. Illinois State Police say her disappearance is being investigated as a missing persons case.
Drew Peterson visited the Will County courthouse complex in Joliet for about two hours Wednesday.
"This is an ongoing investigation," his attorney Fred Morelli told the Chicago Sun-Times. "We have nothing to say."
Drew Peterson, 53, a sergeant in the Bolingbrook Police Department, has said his wife phoned him and told him she had left for another man. Her family has said she feared her husband, was making plans to divorce him and would not have willingly left her children.

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Officer a suspect in missing wife case

By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 40 minutes ago


JOLIET, Ill. - Kathleen Savio tried to get someone to believe that her life was in danger. She told authorities, who charged her with domestic battery instead of her husband Drew Peterson. Savio told her family that if she died, no matter what it looked like, her death would be no accident.


AP Photo: An undated photo provided by her family shows Stacy Peterson, 23, of Bolingbrook, Ill.

Now, prosecutors are searching for Peterson's fourth wife Stacy, calling Peterson, a police officer, a suspect in her potential homicide. And three years after she was lowered into the ground, prosecutors now plan to exhume Savio's body in the hopes it will give them clues to how she died.
"There's no doubt in my mind it wasn't an accident," Will County state's attorney James Glasgow said Friday.
Glasgow's petition to exhume Savio's body argues that the "evidence is consistent with the staging of an accident to conceal a homicide."
Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson's current wife, was last seen Oct. 28 and state Police Capt. Carl Dobrich said Peterson is no longer a person of interest in the disappearance of the 23-year-old but "clearly" a suspect. He said the case is now a potential homicide investigation.
"We're sad, but we needed to move on, and this is something we've needed to hear for a long time," said Pamela Bosco, Stacy Peterson's adoptive stepmother.
Peterson has said that his wife phoned him and told him she had left him for another man. His attorney, Fred Morelli, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Authorities said that during their initial visit to the Peterson home after Stacy was reported missing, Drew Peterson gave his consent for a search, but limited the number of officers and the area.
The family of Stacy Peterson, who was studying nursing at a nearby junior college, has said she feared her husband, was making plans to divorce him and would not have willingly left her children, ages 2 and 4.
A coroner's jury ruled the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio, Peterson's third wife, an accident, even though there was no water in the bathtub where the 40-year-old's body was found face-down, her hair soaked in blood from a head wound. Investigators theorized the water had drained.
Glasgow said his office has reviewed photographs of the crime scene and autopsy, the autopsy protocol and police reports.
They determined the blood evidence was not consistent with water slowly leaking out of a tub, that the one-inch gash on the back of Savio's head was not sufficient to render her unconscious, and that abrasions on her body were not consistent with falling on a smooth surface like a bathtub.
Glasgow, who took office more than nine months after Savio's death, also said that indicated Savio had sought a domestic violence complaint against her husband.
Peterson was never charged, but Savio was twice charged in 2002 with battery and domestic battery, Glasgow said. She was found not guilty both times.
Jeff Tomczak, the state's attorney at the time that domestic violence charges were filed against Savio and when she died, did not return a call seeking comment.
Savio's niece, Melissa Marie Doman, said family members support the exhumation. She said relatives have long suspected that Savio didn't drown accidentally.
"Something just was never right," said Doman. "I can't really say who, but someone did something."

According to court records, Savio had gotten an order of protection in 2002, alleging a pattern of physical abuse and threats. Drew Peterson has denied involvement in his ex-wife's death.
Savio's sister, Susan Savio, told the coroner's jury that her sister feared Drew Peterson.
In a transcript of the coroner's inquest, Susan Savio told the six-person jury that her sister told family members "if she would die, it may look like an accident, but it wasn't."
Also on Friday, the Bolingbrook Police Department announced that Peterson has been relieved of duty and placed on suspension without pay pending completion of an internal affairs investigation and hearing.
___ Associated Press Writer Carla K. Johnson in Chicago contributed to this report.

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Illinois Officer Pleads Missing Wife to Come Home

The Associated Press



NEW YORK --
An Illinois police officer suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife pleaded Wednesday for her to come home, even as he maintained that she left him for another man.
"Come home. Tell people where you are," Drew Peterson said on NBC's "Today."
Stacy Peterson was last seen Oct. 28. Authorities say the case is a potential homicide investigation and have identified her husband, a 53-year-old police sergeant in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, as a suspect.
Peterson denied that he harmed his 23-year-old wife or had anything to do with her disappearance, saying that "she found somebody else, those were her words." He also said he had no plans to help search for her because he thought she left willfully. He also said he was a "media sensation" and would attract attention that could harm the search effort.
"Why would I look for somebody who I don't believe is missing? She's just gone. She's where she wants to be," Peterson said.
The interview aired a day after the body of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, was exhumed in Illinois.
Savio was found in the bathtub, her hair soaked in blood from a head wound. A coroner's jury ruled the 40-year-old's death was an accidental drowning, even though there was no water in the bathtub. Investigators had theorized the water had drained out, but now say evidence suggests that someone killed Savio and tried to make it look like an accident.
Peterson acknowledged that there were mysterious circumstances surrounding Savio's death, but said he didn't know what, if anything, the exhumation would accomplish.
"It's a shame her rest in peace has to be disturbed for something like this," he told NBC.
Peterson described his relationship with both women as troubled, saying both came from troubled homes and struggled with depression. But he denied involvement in either case.
"I can look right in your eye and say I had nothing to do with either of those incidents," he said.
Peterson has been relieved of duty and placed on suspension without pay pending completion of an internal affairs investigation and hearing.


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Death of ex-cop's wife called a homicide

JOLIET, Ill. - A nationally known pathologist has examined the remains of a former police officer's third wife at her family's request and determined her death was a homicide, according to a published report.
Former New York City chief medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden examined Kathleen Savio's remains on Friday and determined that she died after a struggle and her body was then placed in the bathtub where she was later found, Savio's family told WFLD-TV.
"She was beat up and placed in the bathtub as a cover-up for whoever done this," Sue Savio Doman, Savio's sister, told the Fox affiliate.
A coroner's jury initially ruled that Savio's 2004 death was an accidental drowning. But now, with Drew Peterson's fourth wife missing for more than two weeks, authorities are re-examining the circumstances of Savio's death.
"There was marks on her hips, her arms, her elbows, on her legs, her feet. ... There was a struggle. She did fight," Savio Doman said.
Peterson, 53, who resigned this week as a Bolingbrook police sergeant, has not been named a suspect in Savio's death. But he is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth and current wife, Stacy, who was last seen Oct. 28 and whose case authorities have called a possible homicide.
Drew Peterson has an unlisted number. He has denied any involvement in either case and said he believes his 23-year-old wife left him for another man and is alive.
Savio's body was exhumed this week at the request of Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow, who has said after examining evidence he believes her death was a homicide staged to look like an accident.
The state's attorney's office allowed Baden to use the county morgue for his work and a state's attorney's investigator attended the autopsy, spokesman Charles Pelkie said.
The results of Will County's official autopsy will not be available for days, authorities said.
Savio's brother, Nick Savio, told WFLD-TV that Baden's report, which Pelkie said would be reviewed by investigators, was a step forward in the case.
"It gives us a little bit of closure ... but we're still far, far, far away from getting the closure that we really do need, and that is if whoever is responsible for this, that person should be put behind bars and justice hopefully will prevail this time for the Savio family."
Steve Carcerano, who says he was there when his friend Drew Peterson first saw Savio's body in the tub, said he was called by a grand jury looking into Savio's death and is to testify next week.
When Peterson first saw Savio's body, he was obviously surprised and distraught, Carcerano said.
"He checked her pulse right away to see if she was dead or alive. Then he was, `Oh my god, what am I gonna tell my kids? What am I gonna tell my kids?'" Carcerano said.
Documents released by Savio's family show she had accused Peterson of once stealing her car while she was in church with one of her children. According to one letter the family said was sent to Will County prosecutors in November 2002, she also accused Peterson of beating her a number of times so severely she "ended up in the emergency room."
She also described in the letter one time she believed he would kill her: "He pulled out his knife that he kept around his leg and brought it to my neck."

Pelkie said it remains unclear if that letter ever came to the office. He said it was not in the files Glasgow read when he began reinvestigating Savio's drowning.
But many allegations in the letter are consistent with those Savio made in an order of protection filed against Drew Peterson in 2002, as well as accounts given by her family members.
Carcerano said he never once saw Peterson strike or shout at his wife in anger, though he said he saw Savio attack Peterson.
"I've seen her slap him in the face right in front of me, seen her spit in his face and chasing him around with an extension cord, hitting him with it," Carcerano said.
Attorney Fred Morelli, who once represented Peterson, said he never heard the knife claims about his former client. "That's the first I've heard of that," Morelli said. "That's crazy. ... (Peterson) was a very pleasant, personable fellow. Other than that, I don't know."

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Ill. sergeant suspected of murder resigns


By Matthew Walberg, Jo Napolitano and Josh Noel
Chicago Tribune

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson "brought shame" to his department, his chief said Tuesday after the village's Police Board, which had no choice, accepted Peterson's resignation.
Chief Ray McGury filed a complaint with the Bolingbrook Fire and Police Commission Nov. 14 seeking disciplinary action against Peterson, who had been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation.
Peterson turned in a resignation letter Nov. 12, but McGury refused to accept it, wanting him held accountable for the internal investigation's findings.
"The board recognizes the seriousness of the charges presented by the chief," commission attorney Kathleen Elliott said, reading a statement. "Unfortunately, the board is without jurisdiction. ... Peterson's resignation was effective immediately when tendered, and therefore he is no longer a member of the Police Department and no longer subject to the jurisdiction of the board."
McGury said he would have "cherished the opportunity" to discuss the internal investigation with board members. He would not discuss the alleged violations, but said they occurred over a year and were serious enough to warrant termination.
Peterson, 53, has been at the center of law-enforcement and media attention since the Oct. 28 disappearance of his wife, Stacy Peterson, 23.
"The criminal justice system now has jurisdiction over this matter," Elliott said in a statement. "The board wishes to express its deep concern for Stacy Peterson, her family and friends, and awaits the results of the criminal investigation."
McGury said he will meet with State's Atty. James Glasgow to discuss the internal investigation. The department charges previously had been described as non-criminal, but the chief said Tuesday that some information in the report may warrant prosecution.
He also said without elaborating that investigators may want to review some cases Peterson handled.
Peterson did not attend the commission meeting Tuesday night, nor did anyone representing him. He has not been charged with any crimes and has denied any wrongdoing.
McGury said Drew Peterson's behavior has tainted the department, prompting numerous death threats toward the chief and accusations he is running a corrupt agency.
"In my mind, he's absolutely brought shame to this department," McGury said. "I wanted him fired."
Drew Peterson was suspended in September for a "serious lack of judgment" in a police pursuit, McGury said. Asked if Peterson was a good officer, McGury said: "Drew Peterson came to work, did his job and went home. Drew Peterson left the department not in good standing."
Last week, the Police Pension Board voted to give the 29-year veteran his $6,068 monthly pension, saying that Peterson met requirements and that state law prohibited the board from withholding the money.
Information learned in the state police search for Stacy Peterson has led Glasgow to reopen the investigation into the 2004 death of Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, who drowned in her bathtub weeks before the financial terms of their divorce settlement were to be finalized.
Savio was found in her dry tub, her hair soaked with blood from a gash on her head. An autopsy determined the cause of death was drowning, and a coroner's jury ruled it an accident. But authorities now suspect she may have been knocked out elsewhere and placed in the tub. Savio's body was exhumed Nov. 13 for another autopsy.
State police have named Drew Peterson a suspect in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, and on Nov. 7 he exercised his 5th Amendment rights when he declined to testify before a grand jury investigating both cases, which also has subpoenaed friends, neighbors, family, records and co-workers.
On Tuesday, the Tribune learned that Harvey police officer Marcus Patterson also appeared before that grand jury Nov. 7. Patterson, 34, was a Bolingbrook police officer from October 1999 to April 2002 and worked on the department's Gang Suppression Unit, headed by Drew Peterson, Lt. Ken Teppel said.
Patterson declined to comment on what he told the grand jury.
State police did not search for Stacy Peterson Tuesday because of weather, and spokesman Luis Gutierrez said he did not know whether searches would resume Wednesday. Investigators will work the case on Thanksgiving, he said.
Meanwhile, her friends and relatives "are just trying to get through the holiday," said family spokeswoman Pam Bosco.
Stacy Peterson traditionally played host to a large Thanksgiving meal that included her sister Cassandra Cales, her father, Drew Peterson's family and friends.
Bosco said she's trying to persuade Cales to come to her house for the holiday. "She doesn't want to do anything. I can't stand to see her this way."
Members of Texas EquuSearch, which has led the volunteer searches, have gone home and made no plans to return.
"They were a great team. I didn't know how long they could stay," Bosco said. "They did bring a lot of energy and resources, so I'd never have anything negative to say about them. We have to work within our means and so did they."
Bosco said she was interviewed at length by investigators for the first time Monday.
"We want to find Stacy, but we have to be realistic," Bosco said.
She found Drew Peterson's growing media presence distasteful.
"This man doesn't take it seriously," she said. "The public is seeing that he is not a man concerned about his third wife being declared the victim of a homicide or that Stacy has disappeared. As long as he keeps showing this side, it's fine. Let him be a joke in front of the media."

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Letter To Drew Peterson Claims Stacy Is Alive


(CBS) BOLINGBROOK, Ill. A mysterious letter has surfaced that missing Bolingbrook woman Stacy Peterson is still alive. A description of that letter was released by Drew Peterson's attorney. But Thursday night, Stacy Peterson's family is skeptical.

Drew Peterson, the man who told People magazine he expects to be arrested, is not talking about the letter. But his lawyer, in a news release, has revealed what's in it.

He calls it "a detailed description of a sighting of...Stacy Peterson." The writer, who did not sign the letter, tells of seeing the missing woman inside a Kroger food market in Peoria on November 12. The writer says she was "Standing in the dairy section. …It appeared that she was trying to be noticed."

The letter also describes a man apparently with her. The writer also questions if Stacy Peterson was pregnant, "because she appeared to have a little 'pudge.'"

"It would be the best news in the world to hear that is exactly where she is and we would find her," said Stacy Peterson's stepsister, Kerry Simmons.

But Simmons is also suspicious about the origins of the letter.

"He just got done talking to the press about Stacy coming forward and going public and all of a sudden there's this letter," Simmons said. "It just seems to be coincidental."

State police will review surveillance tapes from inside the store if they exist.

Drew Peterson marked Thanksgiving at home with his mother and other relatives Thursday night. His lawyer says he's turned the letter over to the state police.

A friend of Stacy Peterson's family has also weighed in on the letter.

"We got a letter saying she was in Florida," Pamela Bosco said. "She's traveling an awful lot isn't she?"

Meanwhile, Drew Peterson's pension is in jeopardy after investigators discovered several crimes unrelated to the disappearance of the former police sergeant's wife and mysterious death of his third wife, according to a report in Thursday's Chicago Tribune.

Illinois State Police Captain Carl Dobrich told the Tribune 64 officers are now assigned full-time to investigate the disappearance of Stacy Peterson and the death of Kathleen Savio.

Dobrich said in the course of the investigation, detectives discovered evidence Drew Peterson may have violated Bolingbrook Police Department policies.

Dobrich would not describe the alleged violations, but told the Tribune they were serious enough to potentially trigger the loss of Drew Peterson's $6,000 monthly pension. Under state law, a police officer's pension may be denied or revoked only if the officer is convicted of a job-related felony.

Peterson submitted his resignation last week, but Police Chief Ray McGury refused to accept it, saying he wanted Peterson fired. Bolingbrook's Police and Fire Commission later accepted Peterson's resignation.

McGury didn't disclose specifics, but alleged Peterson committed "severe" violations of departmental policies.

State police have named Peterson a suspect in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, and Will County prosecutors have said the bathtub drowning of Savio, 40, in March 2004 appeared to be staged to conceal a homicide.

Tips are coming in from across the nation, and the cases are the agency's top investigative priority, Dobrich said.

A grand jury convened for the Savio and Stacy Peterson probes met for the first time Wednesday and heard testimony from Rossetto.

Police contacted Rossetto after finding phone records that connected him to Stacy Peterson. Rossetto's brother dated her briefly in 2001.

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FBI joins search for Ill. sergeant's missing wife


By The Associated Press
CHICAGO, Ill. — The FBI will join the search for the wife of a former suburban police sergeant, whom authorities have called a suspect in her disappearance nearly a month ago, a spokesman for the federal agency said Saturday.
The FBI's involvement comes at the request of the Illinois State Police, which is leading the investigation into the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, 23, from the couple's home.
The case has led prosecutors to re-examine the 2004 death of Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio. Authorities have said her death may have been a homicide staged to look like an accidental drowning.
Savio's body was exhumed for a new autopsy. The state's attorney's office said it could be a couple weeks before investigators have results from tests on her remains.
Peterson, 53, who has not been called a suspect in Savio's case, has denied any wrongdoing in her death and has proclaimed his innocence in Stacy Peterson's disappearance.
He has said he believed his 23-year-old wife left him for another man.
FBI spokesman Ross Rice said the agency has no reason to believe federal laws were broken, which would give it jurisdiction. But it has agreed to help in the case, he said.
Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for the Will County state's attorney, said FBI investigators will be briefed Monday by the state police. The FBI's involvement will add manpower to the investigation and provide technical assistance during water searches, he said.

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Police accused of protecting their own


By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer 1



BOLINGBROOK, Ill. - Eighteen times in two years, Bolingbrook police were called to fellow officer Drew Peterson's home because of trouble between husband and wife. But Peterson's wife could never get authorities to arrest him. In fact, she was the only one ever charged.

Now residents of this Chicago suburb are wondering whether police were protecting one of their own — and whether they bear some responsibility for what happened next.
Peterson's wife at the time of the domestic disturbance calls, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in 2004 under mysterious circumstances. And now his current wife, Stacy, is missing and feared slain.
The way police dealt with Peterson "makes it kind of hard to trust cops," said Pablo Delira, a 59-year-old construction worker. He said he has no doubt he would have been led away in handcuffs if police had been called to his house 18 times.
Kim Camplin, who works in the clothing business, said Bolingbrook police should have taken the domestic disturbance calls more seriously.
"It doesn't matter if it's a fireman, a policeman or a clergyman — all it should take is one call and it should be taken seriously," she said. "What faith can we have in the system?"
Peterson, 53, was a police sergeant and 29-year veteran of the force, resigning earlier this month after he came under suspicion in his current wife's disappearance in October.
In a roughly two-year period beginning in 2002, police responded to 18 domestic disturbance calls at Peterson's house. Savio accused Peterson of beating her and threatening to kill her, but no charges were ever brought against him.
Instead, Peterson twice persuaded prosecutors to charge Savio with domestic battery. She was acquitted both times.
Police Lt. Ken Teppel said that in all 18 instances, police conducted a thorough investigation. He said a department inquiry found no indication officers did anything wrong or violated procedure.
But Teppel acknowledged the case has damaged the department's reputation.
"There is a distrust ... that this is going to be covered up," he said. "It's so hard to get over that."
Savio was found dead in her bathtub in 2004, and a coroner's jury ruled it an accidental drowning. But since Stacy Peterson's disappearance, investigators have re-examined Savio's death and exhumed her body, and said they now believe it was a homicide made to look like an accident.
Peterson has not been named a suspect in Savio's death. But authorities said he is suspected in Stacy Peterson's disappearance. Peterson has denied any wrongdoing in either case and said he believes his current wife left him for another man and is still alive.
The Bolingbrook department has handed the investigation over to the Illinois State Police — standard practice in criminal cases involving a member of the force.
Not everyone in the community of about 70,000 blames the department.
"I haven't lost one iota of trust in the police department," said Stephen DeFreeuw, a 16-year resident. "One rogue cop."
Teppel said street cops in the 122-member department are being reminded about the proper way to handle domestic calls and are being told they are expected to adhere to the rules, no matter who answers when they knock on the door.
Teppel said Police Chief Ray McGrury has made it clear: "There are no favorites."
Savio and Stacy Peterson were Peterson's third and fourth wives. He and wives No. 1 and 2 divorced.
Vicki Connolly, Peterson's second wife, has said that during their marriage, an increasingly controlling Peterson hit her and told her he could kill her and make it look like an accident.
Connolly said police sometimes came to the house when the couple were having problems, but she said the officers were friends of theirs and no reports ever were filed.

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CHICAGO -- A former police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance has set up a Web site to ask for financial help with his legal defense.

Drew Peterson's site says he wants to collect money from people who believe he deserves a defense without going broke.

"For the cost of a few cups of your morning coffee, you can help to ensure that Drew can afford to support his ongoing legal defense, find his missing wife, and divert any remaining funds into a trust for his children," the site says.

Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, said Tuesday any money collected on DefendDrew.com will go into a trust account over which Peterson will have no control.

Brodsky said it will be used first to pay for legal fees and then to hire a private investigator to look for 23-year-old Stacy Peterson, who vanished in late October. Any remaining money will be put into a trust for Peterson's four dependent children, the Web site says.

Peterson, 53, a longtime member of the Bolingbrook Police Department until he quit after his wife disappeared, has denied any involvement in her disappearance. He has said he believes his wife left him for another man and is alive.

A spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family, Pamela Bosco, said she was shocked to learn about the plea for money. She said the funding priorities should be rearranged to hire a private investigator first.

"His best defense is to find Stacy," Bosco said. "Let's put that as a priority, Drew."

The site, which collects money through PayPal, appeals for sympathy for Peterson and his children, who "may end up impoverished" by the cost of mounting a defense. The site says "media sensationalism" surrounding the story has caused the family hardship and stresses Peterson's years of public service as a police officer.

The investigation of the disappearance also has prompted the exhumation of the body of Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio. Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow has said after examining evidence he believes Savio's death was a homicide staged to look like an accident.

Results of the new autopsy have not been released.

Peterson has not been named a suspect in Savio's death.

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/national/BO68709/

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By ERIKA SLIFE, Tribune staff reporter
Chicago Tribune

Neighbors of Drew Peterson found chilling notes in their mailboxes Wednesday morning that said his missing wife, Stacy, is in a graveyard.
"Creepy. Oh my God, creepy," said Sharon Bychowski, one of the neighbors who got the notes, along with about 50 5-by-7-inch photos of grave sites scattered in her driveway and yard and, hung on her mailbox, a Christmas stocking with a National Enquirer taped to it.
Lt. Ken Teppel, spokesman for the Bolingbrook Police Department, said another neighbor got the same note Wednesday, but no photos or stocking. Responding officers turned over the items to Illinois State Police, who are investigating the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, 23, missing since Oct. 28.
Investigators have named her 53-year-old husband, a former Bolingbrook police sergeant, a suspect in the case, which has been labeled a potential homicide.
Bychowski said authorities were taking the incident seriously, and she declined to elaborate on what the note said.
"Everything's a lead until they say it's not," she said, referring to police.
On Christmas, Bychowski said, the name "Stacy" was found spray-painted on her mailbox, with the "t" painted as a cross.
Bychowski said she and her husband shrugged off the incident, which they figured was meant for Drew Peterson's mailbox, and scrubbed off the graffiti.
Then about 2 a.m. Wednesday, she said, they woke up and noticed a cab circling in their cul-de-sac.
"I said, 'Maybe he's doing his paperwork,'" she recalled, but her husband, who drives a limo, said no driver does paperwork at 2 a.m.
Then they saw the cab leave, so they went back to bed. They awoke to find the pictures in the yard and the stocking on the mailbox, which was open.
Anthony Laatz, administrator of findstacypeterson.com, said a few bloggers predicted something would happen around this time. He said he planned to forward the posts to state police.
A state police spokesman, Trooper Mark Dorencz, confirmed that they were investigating the incident but declined to comment further.
Stacy Peterson was reported missing by her sister, Cassandra Cales. Drew Peterson has maintained that his wife left him and their children. He has not been charged with a crime and denies any wrongdoing.
The investigation has led authorities to re-examine the 2004 death of Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, whose body was found in her bathtub in Bolingbrook just weeks before the financial terms of the couple's divorce were to be finalized.

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Former Illinois Police Officer Suspected in Wife's Disappearance Named in Brutality Suit


Saturday, January 05, 2008



AP


CHICAGO — A former police officer suspected in the disappearance of his wife will be defended in a police brutality lawsuit by an attorney hired by the town that employed him, his personal attorney said Friday.
Former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, who is a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Stacy Peterson, and two other Bolingbrook officers are accused in a federal lawsuit by a man who claims they broke his thumb while he was in police custody.
In his lawsuit filed last month, Timothy Brownlee accused police of having used excessive force, committed assault and battery and conspiracy, and falsely arrested and imprisoned him on May 28, 2007.
He claims Peterson and two other officers dragged him from the booking area and threw him to the ground. He said after he was handcuffed Peterson "grabbed his right thumb and twisted it, breaking it."
Police say Brownlee was arrested after a neighbor complained he was using vulgar language and was uncooperative, and that Brownlee's actions in the booking room required officers to restrain him. Brownlee was initially charged with disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice, but the charges were later dismissed, according to his lawsuit.
Brownlee referred questions to his attorney, Jon Loevy. Loevy did not immediately return calls for comment Friday.
Village attorney James Boan declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, provided The Associated Press a copy of a letter in which Boan said the village would provide Peterson an attorney.
Brodsky said Brownlee included Peterson in the lawsuit in an "attempt to make money off the fact that Drew Peterson is being investigated and Stacy Peterson is missing and (Peterson's former wife) Kathy Savio died tragically in her bathtub."
He said the incident in the booking room was videotaped and Peterson was not on duty.
Peterson has been named a suspect in his wife's disappearance, which authorities have called a possible homicide, but he has not been charged. Stacy Peterson was last seen Oct. 28 and was reported missing by her family the next day.
Peterson has denied any involvement in her disappearance. He has said he believes she left him for another man and is alive.
The investigation prompted the exhumation of the Peterson's third wife, Savio. Prosecutors have said evidence indicates her 2004 death may have been a homicide staged to look like an accident. Results of a new autopsy have not been released. Peterson has not been named a suspect in her death.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320449,00.html

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Attorney: New Photos Might Be of Missing Woman Stacy Peterson

Friday, February 01, 2008



FNC


Is the woman circled in this photo Stacy Peterson?


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.
Also Thursday, Peterson, a former Illinois police sergeant, said he wanted to divorce Stacy. He has insisted that his wife is alive but ran off with another man.
Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, died under mysterious circumstances in 2004, when she was found in a bathtub. Her body was exhumed for further forensic analysis, and officials have reclassified her death as a "homicide staged to look like an accident."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327350,00.html

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By The Associated Press

CHICAGO, Ill. — Amid the search for a former police officer's fourth wife, an autopsy on the exhumed body of the man's third wife found what her relatives have long suspected -- her death was no accident.

Kathleen Savio died by drowning and her death was ruled a homicide, Dr. Larry W. Blum said in an autopsy report released Thursday by the state's attorney's office. It was the second autopsy performed on Savio.

She was found dead in her bathtub in March 2004, shortly before her divorce with Drew Peterson was finalized. Four years ago, a coroner's jury ruled her death was an accident.

Savio's body was exhumed late last year after Peterson was named a person of interest in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy. He has said Stacy Peterson ran off with another man, but her relatives deny any affair and say she would not have willingly left her two young children.

''We have been investigating this as a murder since reopening the case in November of last year,'' Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said. ''We now have a scientific basis to formally and publicly classify it as such.''

Blum's report largely echoes the work of nationally known pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who performed a third, unofficial autopsy at the request of Savio's family. Baden concluded that Savio died after a struggle, and her body was placed in the bathtub.

Peterson, 54, has denied any involvement in either case and has not been charged with wrongdoing. He was a sergeant and 29-year veteran in the Bolingbrook, Ill., police department when he resigned after coming under suspicion in Stacy Peterson's disappearance.

Peterson told the (Joliet) Herald-News the ruling in Savio's death shocked him. ''You're kidding me. Unbelievable. That's hard to believe,'' he told the newspaper.

Savio's relatives said Thursday they always believed she had been killed.

''I'm angry that it took years for them to fix it and it took a 23-year-old woman going missing, possibly dead, for them to look at something that could have (been) fixed right away,'' niece Melissa Doman said.

Savio, 40, had filed an order of protection in 2002 after Peterson allegedly knocked her down, ripped off a necklace and left marks on her body. She wrote in the order that she feared Peterson could kill her.

Doman declined to say who she thought was responsible for Savio's death. She said she did not want to interfere with any current investigations or leads that authorities may have.

Authorities are not prepared to name a suspect in Savio's death, but police and a grand jury are actively investigating both cases, said Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for Glasgow's office.

Drew Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, told CBS' ''The Early Show'' on Friday that the latest autopsy results don't implicate his client in Savio's death.

''Look, what we have here are two conflicting findings by the Will County authorities,'' Brodsky said. ''The one four years ago said it was an accident, and we have a new one saying it's a homicide. But there's still nothing that points to Drew, even now.''

Peterson's second wife, Vicki Connolly, has said that during their marriage, an increasingly controlling Peterson hit her and told her he could kill her and make it look like an accident.

Connolly said police sometimes came to the house when the couple were having problems, but she said the officers were friends of theirs and no reports ever were filed.

Peterson's first two marriages ended in divorce.

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Associated Press writers Sophia Tareen and Karen Hawkins contributed to this report.


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Judge Allows Ex-Cop Drew Peterson to Get Cars Back From Police

Monday, March 17, 2008



JOLIET, Ill. — A Will County judge says Drew Peterson can have his vehicles back Tuesday, but he scheduled another hearing on what to do with the weapons also taken from Peterson's home during an investigation of his wife's disappearance.

At a morning hearing, Judge Richard Schoenstedt also told Peterson he'll get copies of the computer hard drives taken from his home within 15 days.
But the judge says he needs more time to consider a request from Peterson's attorney, who suggested the weapons taken from the retired Bolingbrook police officer be given to Peterson's son, who's a police officer.
Stacy Peterson vanished in October, and authorities have reopened the investigation into the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio, who was another one of Drew Peterson's wives.
Peterson has denied involvement in his wife's disappearance or in Savio's death.

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Drew Peterson On CNN, Insists Stacy Is Alive

Drew Peterson appeared on Larry King Live April 11, 2008, to discuss his wife, Stacy's, disappearance. He insists she is alive and ran off with another man.


BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) ― Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson has been missing now for more than five months. Her husband, Drew Peterson, appeared Friday night on CNN's "Larry King Live" to answer questions about his wife's disappearance.

CBS station WBBM-TV in Chicago reports while Drew Peterson was appearing live on cable television, family members and friends of Stacy Peterson gathered in the house next door to his to watch the interview.

The normally vocal family members and friends who watched the show at Sharon Bychowski's home said they did not want to talk about the interview Friday night, but they're planning a press conference Saturday to discuss it.

On the show, Drew Peterson once again maintained he believes his wife is alive, and simply ran off with another man.

"Stacy called me, and she told me she found somebody else and she was leaving me," Drew Peterson said.

But those who know Stacy Peterson have since the beginning said there is no way she would leave without her children.

It's a sentiment echoed by the Illinois State Police who released a statement to Larry King Live saying in part, Stacy Peterson did not "voluntarily cease all contact with her children, family and friends."

Drew Peterson, however, claims his wife's desire for attention may be why she left him.

"Stacy loves male attention and anytime we would be anywhere she would have to be the center of attention for the males on scene, older, younger, anyone," he said.

Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky says perhaps Stacy Peterson just did not want to be tied down to an older man and four children anymore.

"We've had some private investigators look into it and they discovered text messages lead us to believe she was involved with at least two people, two men," Brodsky said.

State police say they are confident their investigation will culminate in an arrest in this case.

Brodsky, meanwhile, says he does not believe there will ever be charges against Drew Peterson.


http://wbztv.com/national/drew.peter....2.698180.html

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Ill. ex-cop offers reward for wife's safe return



BOLINGBROOK, Ill. -- A former suburban Chicago police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.

Drew Peterson said in a statement Wednesday that he had hoped his wife, Stacy, would have contacted him by now. He says he "can't fathom why" she hasn't.

Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky says investigators hired by Peterson, not Peterson himself, will read submitted tips.

Police say Peterson is a suspect in his wife's October disappearance and call the case a possible homicide. Peterson has denied any involvement and suggests his wife may have left him for another man.

Authorities are also investigating the 2004 death of Peterson's ex-wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson has not been charged in either case.

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/national/BO77609/

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Drew Peterson charged with weapons violation

By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press Writer 14 minutes ago



BOLINGBROOK, Ill. - Former police Sgt. Drew Peterson turned himself in Wednesday on a weapons charge unrelated to the disappearance of his wife, a high-profile case in which he has been named as a suspect.
Peterson turned himself in at the Bolingbrook Police Department, where he once worked, and was taken to the Will County jail. An adult son posted 10 percent of a $75,000 bond to secure his release pending trial, Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky said.
Peterson left jail without commenting.
The arrest warrant had been issued Tuesday. Brodsky said the arrest was part of an effort by 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."
The gun, a semiautomatic assault rifle, was one of 11 seized during a search of Peterson's suburban Chicago home Nov. 1, shortly after Stacy Peterson disappeared in late October. Authorities say the rifle barrel is too short under Illinois law.
Brodsky said that Peterson, now retired, was still a police officer when the weapon was seized and that officers are exempt from the length provision of the law.
Will County State's Attorney spokesman Chuck Pelkie would not say whether police are exempt from the law, but said the charge against Peterson is valid and appropriate.
"An illegal weapon might be put back on the street and we can't let that happen," Pelkie said.
Illinois State Police Sgt. Thomas Burek denied that the charge was an attempt to harass Peterson.
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.
Police are also investigating the death of Drew Peterson's previous, 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. Burek said both investigations are "going well."
"We're moving methodically," Burek said. "We're confident that (the investigations) will result in an arrest."
The felony gun charge, unlawful use of a weapon, carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.
Peterson has been trying for months to persuade a judge to order the Illinois State Police to return the seized weapons. 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.

___ Associated Press writer Don Babwin contributed to this report.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/...officer_s_wife

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Police investigating Ill. ex-cop used electronic surveillance


By Dan Rozek
The Chicago Sun-Times


WILL COUNTY, Ill. — Drew Peterson's own words may be used against him.
Investigators have amassed an "extensive" collection of secretly recorded conversations involving Peterson, a Will County judge disclosed at a hearing Thursday.
It's the first independent verification that police investigating Peterson used electronic surveillance in an effort to collect evidence against the former Bolingbrook cop.
In July, Len Wawczak and Paula Stark, former friends of Peterson, claimed they had secretly taped months of conversations with him for investigators probing the October 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy, and the 2004 drowning death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Authorities haven't confirmed their claims, but on Thursday, Judge Richard Schoenstedt said investigators used court-approved electronic eavesdropping to compile tapes, CDs and DVDs focusing on Peterson.
"It is extensive," Schoenstedt said of the material. He didn't disclose how the recordings were obtained.
The information was disclosed when attorneys defending Peterson on a felony weapons charge asked for access to any police eavesdropping that could be related to that case. Peterson was hit with the gun charge after a November search of his home turned up what authorities allege was an illegally modified assault rifle.
Schoenstedt deferred a ruling on whether defense attorneys can review any recordings before Peterson's upcoming weapons trial.
After the hearing, defense attorney Joel Brodsky downplayed the significance of any recordings, saying Peterson isn't concerned.
"He's not afraid of anything he said," Brodsky said after the hearing. "We have no fear of anything that could be contained in those tapes."
Peterson attended the hearing but left without commenting.
Schoenstedt deferred a ruling on whether Peterson's adult son, Steve, will be called to testify when Peterson stands trial on the weapons charge.
Given the extensive publicity, Schoenstedt said he plans to elect a jury from a pool of about 100 potential jurors -- three times the amount he typically calls in for a felony trial.



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