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[Angel Who Cares]

Men: Stacy lied to police for Peterson
January 30, 2010
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Two men &#8212; a minister from Stacy's church and the identical twin brother of a former boyfriend &#8212; testified Friday that she confided in them about the strange behavior exhibited by her husband, Drew Peterson, who faces a murder charge in connection with the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

About two months later, Schori learned Stacy disappeared. He said he made numerous attempts to contact state police to share his information with them, but they failed to return his calls. Schori even went to the District 5 state police headquarters, but still could not get anyone to take the time to talk to him.

Schori happened to be on grand jury duty at the time. In the coming days, a state police sergeant was called before the grand jury as a witness. It was only then, Schori said, that he was able to get someone to listen to him.

Also Friday, Scott Rossetto, a male nurse whose twin brother Keith Rossetto dated Stacy in 2001, told of the young mother visiting his house shortly before she vanished. During the visit, Rossetto said, Stacy lowered her voice and asked him if he "could keep a secret."

On cross-examination, defense attorney George Lenard got Rossetto, who is now a captain in the Army and stationed in Germany, to admit Stacy tried to kiss him after telling him her secret.

"She wanted a deep kiss, probably with a tongue," said Rossetto, who claimed to put a stop to this and to have no interest in a relationship with Stacy. "I wouldn't date somebody who's already dated my brother and my best friend," he said.

Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...i-testifies-peterson-hearsay-jo012910.article

 

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Minister testifies about Stacy Peterson's secret
January 29, 2010
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The Rev. Neil Schori said Stacy, hugging her knee to her chest during an Aug. 31 counseling session at a Bolingbrook Starbucks, told him that she woke up late that night to find Peterson gone. She searched the house and tried calling his cell phone, but didn't see him until he returned after midnight, dressed in black.

Schori, now a Naperville pastor, was not allowed to testify that Stacy told him Peterson murdered Savio, an account he has previously given to media outlets. His testimony was halted eight times as lawyers from both sides conferred with Judge Stephen White.

Scott Rossetto, 37, who testified that Stacy Peterson had tried to start a relationship with him shortly before she vanished, said she told him a similar story.

Peterson's stepbrother Thomas Morphey has testified Peterson told him to drive Stacy's car to Shorewood to throw off police after Stacy's disappearance in October 2007, something Morphey did not do.

Article:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-0130-drew-peterson-hearing-20100129,0,3282562.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Minister: Stacy Peterson Was Scared Of Drew
Neil Schori Testifies Stacy Saw Drew Carrying A Bag Of Women's Clothes On Night Kathleen Savio Died
Jan. 29, 2010, 5:44 p.m. Central
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The testimony from the Rev. Neil Schori was the most potentially damaging yet during a pretrial hearing to determine what hearsay evidence a judge will allow jurors to hear when Peterson stands trial in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, whose body was found in a dry bathtub in her home. Schori also said Stacy Peterson had told him that her husband had coached her about what to tell police.

In the nearly two weeks the hearing has gone on, witness after witness has limited testimony to either Savio or Stacy Peterson. Schori's testimony provided the clearest connection between the two cases.

Stacy Peterson family spokeswoman Pamela Bosco said Schori's testimony should answer a lot of questions. "I would think that alone would end this hearing because it's an amazing testimony from Neil," Bosco said.

But Peterson's attorneys dismissed Schori's testimony. "There is nothing to corroborate any of that testimony," defense attorney Andrew Abood said.

Video: Stacy Peterson Feared For Her Life: Pastor 1/29/10
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Article:
http://cbs2chicago.com/Link.ashx?R=.../local/stacy.peterson.minister.2.1457671.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Minister takes stand in Peterson hearing
Friday, January 29, 2010
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Rev. Schori said he began meeting with Stacy Peterson after she asked for marriage counseling when he was a pastor at a Bolingbrook church. Schori told prosecutors that Stacy told him that Drew Peterson badgered her into giving police a false alibi for him as they investigated the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Although the minister has said previously in interviews that Stacy told him that Drew Peterson confessed to her that he killed Savio, Judge Stephen White would not allow that testimony, initially ruling some conversations between Drew and Stacy are possibly protected by marital privilege.

Schori also said, when he told her to go the police, Stacy told him, "It won't do any good. You can't get away from the police when your husband is a police officer."

Attorneys for Drew Peterson countered by questioning why Schori didn't go to authorities himself when Stacy allegedly told him she was scare of Drew and what he might do.

"The question that I asked him -- and you heard his answer -- was what advice or counsel did he provide and that was none. The reason why is that none was needed. Nothing was said," said Andrew Abood, Drew Peterson's defense attorney.

Video: Minister takes stand in Peterson hearing 01-29-2010 2:09
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Video: #2-Minister takes stand in Peterson hearing 01-29-2010
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Video:#3 Minister takes stand in Peterson hearing 01-29-2010
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Video: Minister to take stand in Peterson hearing 01-29-2010
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Video: Witness: Peterson offered money to kill 3rd wife 01-28-2010
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7245286

Video: Savio's doctor testifies at Drew Peterson hearing 01-27-2010
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7243034

Video: Some of Stacy Peterson's talks with minister allowed in trial 01-26-2010
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7240846

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7245975

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Ex-pastor says Stacy discussed Drew's strange behavior
January 29, 2010
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A minister who counseled Stacey Peterson said she told him that on the night before Kathleen Savio's body was found, Drew Peterson came home dressed in black, carrying women's clothing.

Pastor Neil Schori testified at a hearsay evidentiary hearing for Peterson that Stacy Peterson told him that her husband then washed both sets of clothing.

She also told Schori that Peterson had coached her for hours on what to say to police about his third wife's death, in essence having her to lie to police about his whereabouts.

Stacy told police that she and Drew had been together with their children at the time of Savio's death, backing up the alibi he gave to police.

She told police the only time Peterson had been out of her presence was when he left the house Sunday morning to get doughnuts. Savio's body was found the following Monday, March 1, 2004.

Video: Ex-pastor says Stacy discussed Drew's strange behavior 2:25
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Video: Minister Testifies In Peterson Hearsay Trial 0:51
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Video: Drew Peterson Hearing 2:54
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Video: Ex-Pastor Of Stacy Peterson Testifies About Private Session 2:19
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Video: Ex-Pastor Of Stacy Peterson To Testify 1:58
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Video: Headlines Friday Morning 1/29/10
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Video: Testimony Continues In Peterson Evidence Trial 2:43
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Video: Peterson Had Wife \"Taken Care Of\" 2:46
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Video: Sister Says Stacy Was Sacred Days before Missing 2:17
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Video: Drew Peterson Hearsay Testimony 1:59
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Video: Peterson Hearing Update 1:45
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Video: Peterson Hearing Update 2:22
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Article:
http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-stacy-peterson-pastor-set-to-testify-jan29,0,6708113.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Minister will take Stand in Drew Peterson Hearing
Updated: Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010, 1:08 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010, 10:24 AM CST
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One of Aiken&#8217;s friends, Donna Badalamenti, testified about a troubling statement she claimed Drew made to her the first time the met in 2003. She said Peterson was talking about his job as a policeman and said, according to Badalamenti, "He could get away with murder if he wanted to because he knew everything so well." Badalamenti said Stacy heard it and was upset, responding, "Not with this chickie you won't."

"When you have somebody that didn&#8217;t report it, didn&#8217;t even tell her best friend about it, and all of a sudden four years later, all of a sudden, says hey gee whiz, Drew said something incriminating, you know you have to really take that will a grain of salt," said Peterson&#8217;s attorney, Joel Brodsky.

"We had heard from Neil, Pastor Schori, that he was told by Stacy what Drew had done that night, what he was wearing, what he was carrying that night, so that&#8217;s what were looking for from his testimony, the details" said Stacy&#8217;s friend, Pamela Bosco.

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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/pastor-testimony-questioned-peterson-hearing
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Doctor, Former Lover Testify in Peterson Case
Updated: Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010, 10:26 PM CST
Published : Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010, 8:17 PM CST
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A former lover of Drew Peterson's took the witness stand Wednesday and made a startling allegation about a hit squad.

Donna McCauley testified that she had a nine month affair with Drew Peterson starting in 1997. She said that while at a friend's house, Peterson got up to go to the garage with his buddy, telling her they had some business to take care of: "We're on a street death squad," he allegedly told her, adding, "If I needed anyone taken care of, I can have them taken care of."

Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky scoffed at the claim as being nothing more than Peterson making a joke. "He was pulling her leg," Brodsky said. "What, next we're going to have Drew on the grassy knoll, doing the Lindbergh kidnapping?"

Peterson was married to his third wife Kathleen Savio at the time. McCauley said Peterson had talked about ending his marriage to Savio, but she says he told her "probably he would never get a divorce because he didn't want Kathleen to get half his pension," she said.

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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/peterson-trial-doctor-lover
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Acquaintance Says Drew Peterson Asked Him to Kill Third Wife
Updated: Thursday, 28 Jan 2010, 9:37 PM CST
Published : Thursday, 28 Jan 2010, 12:52 PM CST
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Pachter testified that Peterson offered him the money in 2003 during a ride along in Peterson's Bolingbrook Police car.

"He asked me if I knew anybody that could have his third wife taken care of," Pachter told the judge. While Peterson never used the word &#8216;murder,&#8217; that's what Pachter said he understood the offer to mean.

Also on the witness stand was Cassandra Cales, Stacy Peterson's sister. She began her testimony in tears and fought back emotions the whole time.

Pamela Bosco, who has been Cales' surrogate mother for nine years, was in court for her testimony, and even shed some tears herself.

"It's very hard. I know the pain she's feeling right now. She loved Stacy dearly and to have to relive that day is very hard for her," Bosco said.

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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/peterson-sister-in-law-takes-stand
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Minister To Take Stand In Peterson Hearing
Updated: Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 8:04 AM CST
Published : Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 4:54 AM CST
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A minister who counseled former policeman Drew Peterson's fourth wife before she disappeared is set to take the witness stand at a pretrial hearing on "hearsay" evidence.

Neil Schori says he met with Stacy Peterson a number of times after she asked him at the Bolingbrook church where he once worked to provide her marriage counseling.

The testimony scheduled to take place Friday is considered significant because of widespread media reports that Stacy Peterson told a minister that Drew Peterson confessed to her that he killed Savio.

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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/drew_peterson/Minister-To-Take-Stand-In-Peterson-Hearing
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Minister: Drew Peterson Coached Stacy Peterson to Lie
Updated: Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 9:20 PM CST
Published : Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 2:41 PM CST
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Key witnesses for the prosecution offered testimony from Stacy Peterson Friday that connects Drew Peterson to the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Prosecutors allege Peterson murdered Savio and staged her death in a bathtub to make it look like an accident.

"That whole thing, that he saw what Stacy told him, she said that night, what else could it possibly be that Drew was coming home from with the black clothes and the bag for the clothes," said Pamela Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family.

Peterson's attorneys attacked Schori's credibility because he did not immediately tell police about Stacy's alleged bombshell.

"After that meeting he did nothing. And I think that that single-handedly tells us what actually he heard, which was maybe nothing," said Andrew Abood, one of Peterson's attorneys.

Schori defended his decision, telling the judge the reason he sat on the information was because she told him not to tell police, fearing it would make her situation worse.

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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/new.../drew-stacy-peterson-trial-minister-testifies

 

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/2024852,kathleen-savio-peterson-hearing-020210.article

February 2, 2010

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JOLIET, Ill. -- Hours after Kathleen Savio's body was found in her bathtub, her boyfriend says he told police that Savio's ex-husband, Drew Peterson, might be involved.

In a Will County courtroom Tuesday, Steve Maniaci (mahn-ee-AH'-chee) said he told investigators that Peterson had cut a hole in a wall in Savio's house and that Savio was afraid of the former Bolingbrook police officer.

 

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A teen who was a neighbor of the late third wife of former Bolingbrook, Ill., police Sgt. Drew Peterson testified Monday that Kathleen Savio was terrified of her husband and felt that the police department was not doing enough to help her, the Chicago Breaking News Center reported.

Nick Pontarelli, 19, testified during the pre-trial hearing in Joliet, Ill., that Savio, found dead at home in 2004, feared Peterson was bugging her telephone calls and showed him tapes that she believed were recordings of her calls, the Breaking News Center reported.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Neighbor: Peterson Assumed He Would Be Suspected
Neighbor: Drew Peterson assumed he would be suspected after finding 3rd wife's body
February 1, 2010
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Thomas Pontarelli, a neighbor of Kathleen Savio's, said he was struck by what wasn't in Savio's bathroom when he looked down at her body.

"I said 'Look around, where's her clothes? Where's her towel?'" Pontarelli testified he said to Peterson and others who were there. He said he noticed there was no soap scum in the bathtub.

He said the day they discovered Savio's body, Peterson said he summoned a locksmith to the home because he hadn't been able to reach her by phone.

Pontarelli said when they came upon the body, Peterson seemed "genuinely distraught" and that Peterson's "voice was cracking a little bit" after he took Savio's pulse and determined she was dead. He recalled Drew Peterson saying, "People are going to think I did it."

Earlier Monday, Nick Pontarelli testified that in the months before her death, Savio, who he considered to be a second mother, told him that Peterson had put a knife to her throat and had broken into and bugged her home. He said Savio told him she had found a small tape recorder in her home and that she assumed there were others.
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[Angel Who Cares]

Bolingbrook family speaks in Peterson case
February 2, 2010
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Thomas and Mary Pontarelli and their 19-year-old son, Nick Pontarelli, all testified Monday about what it was like to live next-door to Kathleen Savio, both before and after her husband, Drew Peterson, left her to take up with his teenage girlfriend in a house down the street. Prosecutors are also tying to prove he killed his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, to prevent her from testifying against him.

'Police business'
Nick Pontarelli told of Stacy driving by Savio's home and giving her the finger. That same day in May 2002, Savio was charged with battery for allegedly punching Stacy in the face. The way Nick Pontarelli told it, Stacy was videotaping Savio with a camera supposedly stolen from Savio's home. During a confrontation, Stacy called out that Savio struck her, Nick Pontarelli said. Peterson, a Bolingbrook police sergeant, then threw Savio to the ground, twisted her arm behind her back and pushed her face into the grass, the 19-year-old testified. Peterson also warned away those who tried to intervene, he said.

"I said, 'Drew, how could you pin your wife down into the lawn in front of the whole neighborhood?'" Mary Pontarelli testified. "He said, 'Mare, don't come any closer. This is police business.'"

Savio's body
The Pontarellis and another neighbor, Steve Carcerano, found Savio's body in her bathtub after a locksmith opened her front door in March 2004. The Pontarellis all testified that Peterson called their home and asked them to go inside Savio's house while he waited outside. Carcerano was the first to see Savio's body. Mary Pontarelli was right behind her and screamed when she caught a glimpse of her friend in the tub. Her husband and son &#8212; with Peterson on their heels &#8212; then bounded up the stairs to the bathroom.

"To me, it seemed like somebody placed her in there," Mary Pontarelli said of Savio's body.

Threat alleged
Thomas Pontarelli also said Peterson bore him ill will and left a .38-caliber bullet nose-up in his family's driveway as a threat. He said Peterson went on to tell him "any friend of (Savio's) was an enemy."
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Neighbor: Savio was terrified of Peterson
February 1, 2010
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On the night of March 1, 2004, when she and a neighbor discovered Kathleen Savio's body curled in a fetal position in an empty bathtub, Mary Pontarelli ran screaming from the bathroom into Savio's adjoining bedroom.

She saw no towels, bathrobe or clothes. A rug Pontarelli remembered sitting next to the tub was gone.

Witnesses testified that Savio, fearful of Peterson, always kept her front door and screen door locked when she was gone or inside her home. But locksmith Robert Akin Jr. said only the front doorknob &#8211;&#8211; one of at least three locks on the two doors &#8211;&#8211; was locked when he was called to her home that night.

After her ex-husband moved out, Savio had Nick Pontarelli install a new lock and deadbolt on the home's front door. His father, Thomas, installed a deadbolt on Savio's bedroom door at her request after she said items were missing from the room.

Savio told Nick Pontarelli that Peterson had bugged the home and was recording phone conversations, showing him a little black box attached to a phone in the basement where Peterson slept before he moved out, he testified. Savio played two of the tapes, Pontarelli testified.

Emergency medical technician Louis Oleszkiewicz testified that a towel shown in crime scene photos alongside the tub was not there when he arrived. Under questioning from a defense attorney, he said he did not see a bathrobe and two towels shown in a photo, hung on the inside of the bathroom door, which were not visible when the door was open.
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Article:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-0202-drew-peterson-hearing-20100201,0,2627193.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Neighbor: Drew distraught upon discovery of ex-wife's body
Published: 2/1/2010 8:01 AM | Updated: 2/1/2010 10:37 PM
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Pontarelli and a paramedic, Louis Oleszkiewicz, said they were surprised by what was missing in Savio's bathroom.

"I said, 'Look around. Where's her clothes? Where's her towel?'" Pontarelli said.

His wife, Mary, said she also thought it odd that Savio's long raven hair was down rather than up in her usual clip. Mary Pontarelli said it appeared "like someone had placed her in there." But, the defense team noted, a towel and a robe are visible in police photos of the bathroom.

Defense attorney Andrew Abood shrugged off the prosecution's theory that Peterson later added the items.

"There would have been no time to set up a staged scene," said Abood, who also pointed out the Pontarellis didn't say anything negative against Peterson to authorities until years later. "The prosecution's theory doesn't fit the facts."

Article:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=355501&src=2

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Witness: Peterson denied killing Savio
February 2, 2010
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Kathleen Savio's boyfriend at the time of her death testified this morning that on the night her body was found Drew Peterson denied both killing her and having any motive to do so.

Steve Maniaci said he arrived at Savio's house after police found her body the night of March 1, 2004, and saw Peterson standing outside. He said he told Peterson, "I sure hope you didn't have anything to do with this," to which Peterson responded, "I didn't."

Later, Maniaci said, he said to Peterson, "It sure worked out well for you Drew." To that, Peterson responded, "She would have lost anyway," referring, Maniaci testified, to the divorce property settlement between Peterson and Savio.

The night Savio's body was found, Maniaci said he told police about a hole in Savio's garage that she said Peterson used to enter her house as well as other incidents between Savio and Peterson. But none of what he said found its way into the police report on Savio's death, he said.

Video: Savio's Boyfriend Takes The Stand 0:31
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Video: Drew Peterson Trial Update 1:54
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Video: Neighbor Says Savio Terrified Of Drew Peterson 2:29
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Video: Peterson Hearing More Than Halfway Over 1:54
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Video: Peterson Pre-Trial Hearing Enters Third Week 1:43
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Video: Minister Testifies In Peterson Hearsay Trial 0:51
http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=ec4356f7-62a0-4ac3-9011-8c6e5299426e&src=front

Video: Ex-Pastor Says Stacy Discussed Drew's Strange Behavior 2:25
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Video: Drew Peterson Hearing 2:54
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Article:
http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-peterson-denies-killing-savio-feb2,0,1591704.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew Peterson Bragged He Could Make Murder Look Like Accident
Posted February 2nd, 2010
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Peterson's aunt testified on Tuesday that Peterson had bragged that he could kill someone and 'make it look like an accident.' Candace Aikin testified that her nephew had made the boast in front of her, Stacy Peterson and others at a family gathering in January, 2007.

Peterson is charged with first degree murder in the case of third wife Kathleen Savio. Kathleen Savio was found dead in a dry bathtub in her home in 2004.

Stacy Peterson disappeared without a trace on October 27, 2008. Husband Drew Peterson, a former Bolingbrook, Illinois police officer has been the focus of the investigation into Stacy's mysterious disappearance.

Article:
http://www.huliq.com/9516/91127/drew-peterson-bragged-he-could-make-murder-look-accident

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Murder Suspect's Wife Told Sister He Terrified Her
3rd Wife So Feared Peterson Would Kill Her, She Told Her Sister, 'Take Care Of My Boys'
Feb. 03, 2010
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Anna Doman said her sister, Kathleen Savio, visited her home six weeks before she was found dead in her bathtub in 2004 and pleaded for help. "She said, 'You have to promise me, you have to promise me to take care of my boys . . . Drew said he'd kill me,'" Doman testified.

Savio once talked about how Peterson had bound her hands and feet, then told her he could kill her and that nobody would know he did it, Doman said.

Doman testified that Savio said she had put important documents in her garage and asked Anna Doman to rush to the house to retrieve them should Savio die. "She said, 'Everything you need is in here,'" Doman recalled. Doman said she did retrieve the documents after her sister died, but she did not discuss their contents during the hearing.

Doman said Savio's family members suspected Peterson immediately. She said her sister, Sue Doman, confronted Peterson with those suspicions. "Suzy looked at Drew and said, 'Why did you kill my sister?'" Anna Doman said.

Steve Maniaci testified that Illinois State Police investigators assured him they would consider her death a homicide until proven otherwise, but when prosecutors recently allowed him to look at the 2004 police report from that night - it included none of his concerns.

Maniaci testified on Tuesday, for example, that two nights before her body was found, he saw no bruises on her elbow, finger or buttocks like the bruises clearly visible on photographs shot of Savio after her death. Asked if he had seen scratches on her arms two nights before, Maniaci, barely able to look at the photographs, answered quietly, "No." Shown a photograph of Savio in the bathtub with her hair down, Maniaci also said she always put her long hair up when she took at bath.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/02/ap/national/main6167323.shtml

 

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Boyfriend says Savio was afraid of Drew Peterson
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
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Kathleen Savio's boyfriend at the time of her death testified at Drew Peterson's pre-trial hearing Tuesday in Joliet.

Steve Maniaci says that he told police hours after Savio's body was found in her bathtub that Peterson might be involved. He also testified that Savio told him she was afraid of Peterson and feared he could kill her and make it look like an accident.

Video: Peterson neighbor takes stand in hearsay hearing 3:12
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7251474

Video: Minister Takes Stand In Peterson Hearing 2:09
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7247211

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7253417

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Sister's testimony expected at Peterson hearing
Tuesday, Feb. 02, 2010
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Kathleen Savio's sister has been detailing for a judge why she believes former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson killed Savio.

In testimony at a pretrial hearing Tuesday afternoon that was expected to continue Wednesday, Anna Doman testified that Savio repeatedly said Peterson, her ex-husband, would kill her and make her death look like an accident.

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http://www.bnd.com/326/story/1114581.html

 

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Savio feared Drew, witnesses testify
February 3, 2010
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The boyfriend and sisters of Drew Peterson's third wife all told how she feared for her life and predicted he would kill her. Their testimony echoed that of a good number of the other 42 witnesses, saying Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, correctly guessed she would die under suspicious circumstances.

Savio's boyfriend
On Tuesday, Savio's boyfriend, Steven Maniaci of Addison, recalled Savio telling him Peterson battered her during their marriage, and that he threatened to kill her after they split up. Maniaci also told how Peterson cut his way through a garage wall into Savio's living room, disabled a deadbolt on her bedroom door and broke into her house to pin her to the floor.

Sister signed book deal
Savio's sisters, Susan and Anna Doman, also took the witness stand Tuesday and told how Savio expected Peterson to kill her and disguise her death as an accident.

One of Peterson's lawyers, George Lenard, revealed that Susan Doman had signed a contract for a book and movie project with media consultant Larry Garrison and writer Stephanie Good. The contract allows the story of Savio's death and the Peterson prosecution &#8212; through Susan Doman's perspective &#8212; to be fictionalized as long as it casts her and Savio in a favorable light.
(*Note: Recognize the name anyone? Larry Garrison=Jose Baez's PR guy early on in Casey Anthony's case!! IIRC!)

Lenard said the contract called for Susan Doman, Garrison and Good to split the profits equally, and for Susan Doman to be paid at least $30,000 if the book was made into a movie.

'Like a crazy man'
Savio's other sister, Anna Doman, not only claimed Peterson battered Savio and threatened to kill her, but that he bound her hands and feet and threw her down a flight of stairs.

Anna Doman also said that the day after Savio was found dead, her family gathered in her home to look for her insurance policy and will when Peterson started "banging on the door like a crazy man &#8212; scared us to death." Once inside, Peterson said he needed to retrieve his son's property from upstairs. He then went to the garage where Anna Doman said she could hear him say, "Alex Morelli, I got it." Morelli was another officer on the Bolingbrook police force.
*More at link!

Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...rson-hearing-Savio-boyfriend-JO020210.article

 

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Kathleen Savio's sister testifies that Savio said Drew Peterson had threatened to kill her
Anna Doman says Savio made her promise to look after her kids if something happened
February 2, 2010
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"'You have to promise me you'll take care of my kids,'" Anna Doman testified Tuesday during a pretrial hearing in the murder case against Drew Peterson, Savio's ex-husband. "'Drew said he's going to kill me.'" During the same January 2004 conversation, Savio also told Doman where she could find a container with documents she'd compiled during her divorce. Both of Savio's sisters testified that on March 2, 2004, the day after Savio was found dead in her bathtub, the family went to Savio's Bolingbrook home to look for a will or insurance policy.

Shortly after arriving, Peterson began banging on the front door and yelling that the family didn't belong there, the sisters said. As cooler heads prevailed, the sisters joined Peterson at the kitchen table, where Susan Doman asked if he killed Savio. Both sisters said he made a "choked" noise before answering that he did not.

Peterson took clothing and paperwork from the upstairs bedroom and $100 from Savio's purse before leaving, Anna Doman testified.

Savio's boyfriend of two years, Steve Maniaci, said he told police about Peterson and Savio's tumultuous relationship and the knife incident shortly after her body was found. None of that, however, made it into the official police report. The omissions clearly upset Maniaci. "That report is very short for the amount of time I spent with them," he said.
*More info at link!

Article:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-0203-drew-peterson-hearing-20100202,0,4789883.story

 

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Neighbor Testifies in Peterson Hearing
Updated: Monday, 01 Feb 2010, 9:57 PM CST
Published : Monday, 01 Feb 2010, 1:00 PM CST
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Mary Pontarelli says she and another neighbor were the first two people inside the Savio home on March 1, 2004. Pontarelli lives next door and says Drew Peterson asked her to help on a well-being check. She also told the judge she noticed that Savio had a cut on the back of her head, it had been bleeding, and that her hair was damp.

"I thought it was strange that I didn't see any towel, and there was nothing on the ground like a towel or a carpet," Pontarelli said. "I didn't see any clothes. Where were her clothes that she took off when she got in the tub?"

A Bolingbrook firefighter and paramedic, who responded to the Savio home that night, testified that he did not see any towel either. Louis Oleszkiewicz testified that despite an evidence photo, taken after he left, which showed a towel hanging over the tub, that towel was not there when he checked Savio's body for a pulse.

&#8220;They don't have any evidence of a staged crime scene. All they have done is review this in kind of a hindsight manner and say &#8216;we want this to be a homicide,&#8217; and they're trying to fit the case, theory, their theory to the case, instead of allowing the facts to determine the theory," said Andrew Abood, one of Peterson's attorneys.

*Video Included In Article!

Article:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/neighbor-testifies-peterson-hearing