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Drew Peterson Meets With Attorney
May 11, 2009 3 hrs ago
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They just met for a little over an hour by closed circuit video. While his attorney would not go into the details of their conversation, he did give an update on how Peterson is holding up in jail. Brodsky describes Peterson's mood as buoyant and confident. "Obviously he knows how serious it is, we talked about how serious it is, but he's also being himself, cracking jokes," said Brodsky.

We asked Brodsky if he's disappointed in his client's demeanor. "That's what an innocent man will do. He's not acting, he's being himself," Brodsky said. He says Peterson is not changing who he is just to fit someone else's definition of how a murder suspect should or shouldn't act. "Some people faint, some people cry, drew reverts to humor and wise-cracking," said Brodsky.

VIDEO: Drew Peterson Meets With Attorney 1:33
http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default....stId=playlist&maven_referralObject=1119770378

Article:
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=104529

 

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VIDEO: Dr. Baden: did Drew Peterson wife #3 struggle?
May 9th, 2009 7:31 PM Eastern
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2009/05/09/dr-baden-did-drew-peterson-wife-3-struggle/

 

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Drew Peterson and his many wives
Published: May 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM
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The Drew Peterson case continues to read like a black-comedy version of "The Silence of the Lambs" done by "Monty Python's Flying Circus," with the Keystone Cops standing in for the FBI.

The Peterson case has a long way to go, and it will generate thousands of hours of prime time and millions of tabloid sales yet. In macroeconomic terms, it might even be argued that Peterson is therefore a timely blessing for the embattled U.S. media industry. Cynics can claim that all the attention the media is giving his case -- like so many other sleazy, tawdry tales of lust, rage and evil before him -- is a good argument for wiping out the entire popular media complex with the financial equivalent of a giant meteorite.

Article:
http://www.upi.com/news/issueofthed...terson-and-his-many-wives/UPI-67581241800959/

 

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Attorney for Peterson downplays charges
Published: May 8, 2009 at 12:31 PM
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Attorney Joel Brodsky said Friday during appearances on U.S. morning news shows the case against his client, Drew Peterson, is circumstantial at best.
Brodsky told "Good Morning America" his client previously had passed a lie detector test in Savio's death.

"He passed that polygraph exam 100 percent," Brodsky said.

Article:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/08/Attorney-for-Peterson-downplays-charges/UPI-79681241800261/

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew Peterson's Lawyer Wants $20 Million Bond Reduced
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Peterson, arrested Thursday, is being held in segregation at the Will County Adult Detention Facility in Joliet, both because he's a former Bolingbrook police officer and because his case is high-profile, Brodsky said.

And given the case's high profile, he said he'll likely ask the judge to move the case out of Will County or to seat a jury from outside of northern Illinois.

He said he hasn't made the decision yet because trying the case among people who know Peterson has its advantages.

"On one hand, Drew has been serving the citizens of Will County for 30 years, he's been a part of the thin blue line that's kept them safe, and he's certainly a well-known member of the community," Brodsky said. "On the other hand, obviously we have to worry about all the tremendous amount of negative publicity that's been given to him."

Photos: Life after his wife Stacy's disappearance
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,3445,00.html

VIDEO: Is Drew Peterson harming his own case? May 10, 2009 3:51
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index....ralObject=4943170&referralPlaylistId=playlist

Article:
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/new...Lawyer_Wants_20_Million_Bond_Reduced_95247699

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew Peterson's Girlfriend Packs Up And Leaves
05/08/09 08:16 PM
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The woman with whom former Bolingbrook Police Sgt. Drew Peterson has been involved in an on-again, off-again relationship is taking some of her things from his suburban Chicago house.

On Friday, a day after Peterson was charged with first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, Christina Raines loaded some belongings into a vehicle and left.

Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/08/drew-petersons-girlfriend_n_200684.html

 

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Father of Drew Peterson's Fiancee Relieved
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," May 8, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: First, the ever-cocky Drew Peterson, shackled in a jail jumpsuit, charged with the murder of his third wife, screamed this to reporters on his way into court today.

VIDEO: Relieved Father
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video...//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519647,00.html

VIDEO: Third wife's kin on Peterson arrest
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video...//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519647,00.html

VIDEO: Another legal battle for Peterson
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video...//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519647,00.html

Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519647,00.html

 

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Attorney for Drew Peterson dismisses reports that Peterson enlisted stepbrother to help dispose of his wife&#8217;s body
Thomas Morphey this week told a newspaper he helped Peterson move a blue barrel out of Peterson&#8217;s house on the day Stacy Peterson disappeared
March 11, 2009
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In his first public interview, Peterson&#8217;s stepbrother, Thomas Morphey this week told the Joliet Herald News that he had helped Peterson move a blue barrel out of Peterson&#8217;s house on the day that Peterson&#8217;s wife, Stacy, disappeared. The Tribune had previously reported Morphey&#8217;s alleged role in the day&#8217;s events.

But Morphey also said that the day before the blue barrel incident, Drew Peterson asked him: &#8220;How much do you love me?&#8221; and &#8220;enough to kill for me?&#8221;

Peterson&#8217;s attorney, Joel Brodsky, played down the significance of Morphey&#8217;s interview, saying the man has a history of drug and alcohol abuse. Morphey has also attempted suicide, including in the days after Stacy Peterson vanished.

&#8220;A person like that has fantasies&#8212;they are delusional,&#8221; Brodsky said. &#8220;They can create things for whatever reason, they can twist facts or circumstances to meet their own needs. So you can&#8217;t really take a person like that at their word.&#8221;

Article:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/mar/11/local/chi-drew-peterson-11-mar11

 

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&#65279;Drew Peterson arrest: What happens to the kids?
Monday, May 11, 2009 6:34:03 PM
CHICAGO(AP)
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Drew Peterson, charged in the death of his third wife and suspected in the disappearance of his fourth, soon might face another legal battle: a custody fight.

The ex-cop had two children with Kathleen Savio, whom he's accused of killing, and another two with Stacy Peterson, who has been missing since 2007. Drew Peterson's adult son Stephen announced Monday that he has taken custody of the children, but relatives of Savio and Stacy Peterson are looking into whether they can change that.

"We'd seen a lawyer a ways back and were told we'd have to wait until he was charged," said Pamela Bosco, a friend of Stacy Peterson who has acted as a spokeswoman for her family. "We have to go back to a lawyer and see what's available to us."

Article:
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/National/2009/5/11/drew_peterson_arrest_what_happens_to_the_kids.html

 

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Drew Peterson's Son Issues Statement Of Support
Peterson Being Held In Will County Jail On $20 Million Bond
May 11, 2009 6:01 pm US/Central
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In it he says, "All of the children of Drew Peterson fully support their father and know that he is innocent of the charges against him. We know him better than anyone else in the world and we know he is not guilty."

He goes on to say that the two boys Peterson had with Kathleen Savio and the two children he had with Stacy Peterson are staying with him.

Those children were home Thursday when police entered their Bolingbrook house and removed them after their father had been pulled over in a traffic stop. Officers shielded the children's faces as they were taken from the house.

The former police sergeant is being held in the Will County Jail in segregation. He is allowed two half-hour visits a week and all visitors must be on a pre-approved guest list.

So far Peterson's attorney says the younger children have not seen their dad.

VIDEO: Drew Peterson's Son Issues Statement Of Support 1:46
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=58489@wbbm.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/drew.peterson.children.2.1007256.html

 

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Drew Unplugged Video
Drew Peterson has made quite a few comments to the media. Here are some of his craziest comments.
VIDEO:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/news/Peterson_Comments

 

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Insider says Drew Peterson could make bond
Published: May 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM
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Ernie Raines, the father of Drew Peterson's live-in fiancee, says his daughter, Chrissy, told him Peterson has enough money to cover a $20 million bond, the Joliet Herald-News reported Wednesday.

Peterson's lawyer has complained the bond set in the first-degree murder case against his client is way out of line and will seek to get it dropped to something more affordable.

But Raines says Peterson has plenty of money, which he was using as bait to keep Chrissy Raines in his home.

He is due back in court on Monday.

Article:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05...-Peterson-could-make-bond/UPI-25851242226883/

 

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Fiancée's Father Says Peterson Can Make Bail
Attorney Says $20 Million Bond Is Excessive
May 13, 2009 8:42 am US/Central
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And Raines says his daughter, who is now living with her two children at her sister's home, has grown angry with him for speaking out against Peterson. Raines said he explained to his daughter, "I'm trying to defend you.

"I'm trying to tell the world, 'It's not you, it's him,'" he said.

Chrissy has yet to visit Peterson in jail, her father said, and he told her to keep it that way.
Raines does not want to see that happen.

"If he does bond out, I'm afraid my daughter's going to go running right back to him," he said.

Article:
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/drew.peterson.bond.2.1008558.html

 

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Fiancee Visits Drew Peterson in Jail
Updated: Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 12:30 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 12:29 PM EDT
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Afterwards, Raines was in no mood to talk about the visit.
When asked why she was at the jail, she told Craig Wall, &#8220;None of your f*$%@*in' business.&#8221;

When Craig Wall broke the news to Ernest Raines about his daughter's visit, he was in shock.
He had hoped that after Peterson was locked up, the relationship that caused him grave concern would finally be over.

&#8220;He manipulated her. He conned her. And, he spun his web and I just don't know. I&#8217;m sick to my stomach,&#8221; said Raines.
Raines says his daughter loves Peterson's two young children, and must love him too if she's going to see him.

&#8220;Till&#8217; they say he's guilty and they give him sixty years, that&#8217;s when she'll wake up. I just hope to god he don't make bail,&#8221; added Raines.

*Note Video Included In Article!

Article:
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/national/dpgo_drew_peterson_fiancee_lwf_051309_2482972

 

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Drew Peterson Indictment - Illinois Policeman Charged
With Murdering Kathleen Savio, His Third Wife
Illinois v. Drew Peterson
May 7, 2009
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Illinois grand jury indicted former policeman Drew Peterson on first-degree murder charges for the slaying of his third wife Kathleen Savio

You can read Peterson&#8217;s indictment below:
http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/crim/drew-peterson-indictment.html

 

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Peterson stepbrother testifies before grand jury

May 14, 2009 (JOLIET, Ill.) (WLS) -- Drew Peterson's stepbrother is one of three people who testified Thursday before the grand jury investigating the disappearance of Stacy Peterson.
A motion was filed to have Peterson's bond reduced, as he sits in jail charged in the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Peterson is sitting in jail because of the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. The grand jury that met about a half-block away from the jail is considering charges in the disappearance and potential death of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacey. And, Thursday, that grand jury heard from three potential witnesses.
Tom Morphey's wouldn't talk to reporters Thursday, but he did speak to the grand jury investigating the disappearance of Stacey Peterson. Morphey, who is Drew Peterson's stepbrother, has previously said he believes he may have helped Drew dispose of Stacey's body in a blue barrel.



more at: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6813730

 

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Peterson Stepbrother Goes Before Grand Jury
May 14, 2009 5:28 pm US/Central
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Exactly one week after Drew Peterson was arrested and charged with murdering his third wife Kathleen Savio, some of the key players in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, 23, stopped by the Will County Court Annex in Joliet to testify before the special grand jury.

Thomas Morphey, Len Wawczak and Paula Stark were present to talk to grand jurors investigating the October 2007 disappearance of Stacy, Drew Peterson's fourth wife.

The trio had nothing to say to reporters about their appearance before the grand jury.

Morphey, Drew Peterson's stepbrother, has claimed Peterson roped him into disposing of his wife's body. Morphey first told his story to The Herald News.

Stark and Wawczak are former friends of Peterson who wore a wire for state police investigators and secretly recorded some seven months of conversations between themselves and the former police sergeant.

VIDEO: 3 Key Players Testify In Peterson Case 2:06
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=58606@wbbm.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/peterson.grand.jury.2.1009748.html

 

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How Hearsay Evidence Could Help the Case Against Drew Peterson
By Steven Gray / Chicago Tuesday, May. 12, 2009
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For years, courts have allowed certain types of hearsay testimony. However, matters became complicated in 2004, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Crawford v. Washington, a case involving a husband, Michael Crawford, convicted of stabbing a man he claimed tried to rape his wife, Sylvia.

Then, in the case of Giles v.California last year, the Supreme Court ruled that statements to law enforcement officers are admissible as testimony if the defendant is found to have caused "unavailability."

Last fall came Illinois's new hearsay law &#8212; coincidentally, one of the last pieces of legislation signed by Rod Blagojevich before he left office in disgrace. The law seems to resemble the increasing number of statutes across the country essentially codifying the Giles decision. "A statement is not rendered inadmissible by the hearsay rule if it is offered against a party that has killed the declarant ... intending to procure the unavailability of the declarant as a witness in a criminal proceeding," the law states.

Those two Supreme Court cases, along with Illinois's law, may give Will County prosecutors key openings in their quest to invoke some of Savio's statements.

See the top 10 crime stories of 2008:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1862222,00.html

See the top 25 crimes of the century:
http://www.time.com/time/2007/crimes/

See a pictorial history of Supreme Court nomination battles:
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/confirmations/

Article:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1897831,00.html

 

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Witnesses Testify in Peterson Case
May 14, 2009
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Together these three represent the last, and perhaps most important witnesses prosecutors need if they are to bring an indictment in Stacy's disappearance, and presumed death. Peterson's attorney says he's not worried, but admits it's hard to guess what that testimony might mean.

&#8220;I don't think that it necessarily indicates there's gonna be an indictment. It could be simply because the grand jury's wrapping up and they want to get all these testimonies on the record,&#8221; said Peterson&#8217;s attorney Joel Brodsky.

*Note: Video Interview With Petersons Lawyer Included In Article!

Article:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/witness_testify_peterson

 

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Peterson Stepbrother Goes Before Grand Jury
Updated: Thursday, 14 May 2009, 1:03 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 14 May 2009, 1:02 PM CDT
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Thomas Morphey, Len Wawczak and Paula Stark were present to talk to grand jurors investigating the October 2007 disappearance of Stacy, Drew Peterson's fourth wife.

The trio had nothing to say to reporters about their appearance before the grand jury.

Morphey, Drew Peterson's stepbrother, has claimed Peterson roped him into disposing of his wife's body. Morphey first told his story to The Herald News.

Stark and Wawczak say they wore a wire for state police investigators.

Article:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/Drew_Peterson_Brother