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Stacy said Drew was 'going to kill me,' neighbor testifies
January 25, 2010
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"He's going to kill me," Sharon Bychowski quoted Stacy as telling her about a week before she was reported missing.

Bychowski also testified about another conversation with Stacy two days later. Stacy showed her a ring that Peterson had recently given her and commented: "He thinks it's going to keep me. No way."

She said Stacy then talked again about divorce and said she definitely would take the couple's two youngest children, which were biologically Stacy's, but wasn't sure about what would be best for the two oldest children.

Savio's death was initially ruled an accident, but her body was exhumed after Stacy disappeared and her death reclassified a homicide.

Bruce Zidarich, 45, of Downers Grove testified that Stacy was determined to leave Drew -- even once suggesting she would sleep with someone else so "he (Drew) wouldn't love her anymore."

Zidarich, who in 2007 was dating Stacy's sister Cassandra Cales, said when he called Drew around 2:25 a.m. on Oct 29, Peterson told him Stacy had gone to Jamaica with her boyfriend.

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Video: Stacy said Drew was 'going to kill me,' neighbor testifies 2:03
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Video: Neighbor Of Peterson Takes Stand In Hearsay Trial 1:48
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Video: Drew Peterson Hearsay 1:31
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http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgn-tv-peterson-trial-resumes-today-jan10,0,4084353.story

 

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Neighbor Testifies At Peterson's Hearing
Updated: Monday, 25 Jan 2010, 9:34 PM CST
Published : Monday, 25 Jan 2010, 4:50 AM CST
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Bruce Zidarich, a former boyfriend of Stacy Peterson's sister, may have been the last person to talk to Stacy before she disappeared. He testified that Stacy told him she wanted out of her marriage so badly that she even floated the idea of having sex with another man in front of Drew so he would stop loving her and let her go.

He said after Stacy vanished, Drew told him she took $25,000 and went to Jamaica with another man.

Also testifying was Sharon Bychowski, who lives next door to Peterson and was a good friend of Stacy's.

Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky suggested Bychowski made that quote up, saying it sounded strangely similar to what Peterson's third wife Kathleen Savio allegedly told her sister before she died. Peterson is now charged with her murder.

&#8220;What she did was take a clip from Kathy, about it being an accident, and tried to stick it into Stacy&#8217;s case,&#8221; Brodsky said.

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Witness recounts last hours before Stacy Peterson's disappearance
January 25, 2010
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Bruce Zidarich, 45, of Downers Grove, said he and Stacy had grown closer in the weeks before she vanished because they both were having relationship problems &#8212; he with Stacy's sister Cassandra Cales and she with Drew Peterson, then a Bolingbrook police sergeant.

"She said she didn't want anything &#8212; she wanted out," Zidarich said. But Stacy told him Peterson, who had been tracking her whereabouts with a GPS system on her cell phone, wasn't about to let her go, telling her that even if she slept with someone else in front of him he would still love her."

On Oct. 27, the day before Stacy vanished, Zidarich talked to Stacy about her increasing desperation to leave Peterson. They exchanged a series of text messages just after midnight, where Zidarich suggested they meet for coffee. Stacy asked if they could "go to breakfast in the morning w/my babies instead" because it had been a long day.

But the planned meeting on Oct. 28 never happened. Instead, Zidarich spoke to Stacy by phone later that morning about helping him repaint the inside of his Yorkville rental home.

Stacy never responded to his 4:30 p.m. text message &#8212; "Whatcha doin 2marrow?" and within a few hours Stacy's family and friends were frantically searching for her.

Stacy also showed Bychowski(Sharon Bychowski, Stacy's friend and next-door-neighbor) a hole in the garage ceiling she said was made when Drew fired a gun through the bedroom floor.

Prosecutors on Monday also called three Bolingbrook residents who testified they saw Peterson on Oct. 28. One woman who saw him walking away from a car parked about a mile from Peterson's home around 6:30 p.m. said Peterson seemed extremely suspicious, testifying that she later told her daughter, "It was as if he had killed somebody."

One of Peterson's defense attorneys questioned Bychowski about her numerous television appearances and whether she had enjoyed or stood to profit from them.

"There's nothing in this two and a half years that makes me feel special, sir &#8212; it makes me feel sick," she said.
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Friends: Stacy Peterson wanted out of marriage
January 26, 2010
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Stacy Peterson's close friend and next-door neighbor sobbed on the witness stand Monday after telling how the young mother predicted her death at the hands of her husband.

Also Monday, a Bolingbrook couple testified they saw a suspicious man they say was Drew Peterson lurking around their neighborhood the last day Stacy was seen alive.

"It felt very creepy, out of place that he was in the neighborhood," Jacquelyn Torrez said of the man she saw walking on her street, about a mile from Peterson's home on Pheasant Chase Court.

The man so alarmed Torrez's husband, Hector Torrez, that he called the police to report a suspicious person.

"It's like he had killed somebody," Jacquelyn Torrez said of the man she saw walking on Cranberry Street in Bolingbrook. She said she was sure he and Peterson were the same person because both have "fish eyes," a "broad nose" and a mustache.

Soon after noticing the man on their street, the Torrezes &#8212; who had no idea of the drama unfolding just to the east of them on Pheasant Chase Court &#8212; happened to see something about Peterson on a Web site.

While they were oblivous to the media sensation and mystery surrounding Stacy Peterson's disappearance, Jacquelyn Torrez said she was aware of more helicopters than usual around her house.

Jacquelyn Torrez said the helicopters bothered her daughter and her dog. She called them a "nuisance."

Update: Pastor Neil Schori has been called to testify about what Stacy Peterson told him about her troubled marriage. Drew Peterson&#8217;s attorneys are objecting on the grounds that his testimony would violate clergy privilege. State's Attorney James Glasgow is arguing that the privilehge does not apply to nondenominational clergy. Attorneys for both sides are researching case law.

Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...,Peterson-neighbor-testifies_JO012510.article

 

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Some of Stacy Peterson's talks with minister allowed in trial
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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The hearsay hearing for Drew Peterson's murder trial got a bit more complicated Tuesday. Now the prosecution and the defense are battling over whether a minister may testify about conversations he had with Stacy Peterson.

Neil Schori, a counseling minister at Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook, left the courtroom Tuesday without testifying about what Stacy Peterson told him she knew about Kathleen Savio's death. Schori provided marital counseling to both Stacy and Drew Peterson. He has previously told reporters that Stacy confided in him that Peterson confessed to Stacy that he killed Kathleen Savio. Peterson's attorneys objected to allowing such testimony based on marital and clergy privilege.

Judge Stephen White will allow testimony involving conversations between Stacy and Schori that took place in public places such as coffee houses.

Schori was told to return Wednesday until Judge White rules on allowing additional testimony from the minister.

Meantime, Donna Badalementi, a close friend of Stacy Peterson's aunt from California, testified about a chilling and strange statement Peterson made to her at a family party. Badalementi testified that Peterson said, "this marriage better work out or I will kill myself, or I will kill her." She also testified on a separate occasion that Drew Peterson bragged about his police training saying it was so good that he could get away with murder.

Schori is now one of over 20 witnesses that the prosecution has called and there are many more to go.

Video: Some of Stacy Peterson's talks with minister allowed in trial 2:17
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Video: Neighbor: Stacy Peterson said 'He's going to kill me' 2:26
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Video: Retired cop testifies at Drew Peterson 'hearsay' hearing 3:07
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Ruling due on testimony by Stacy Peterson's ex-pastor
January 27, 2010 4:29 AM
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A Will County judge is expected to rule today on whether Stacy Peterson's former pastor can testify in open court about what Stacy told him about the death of her husband Drew's third wife.

Pastor Neil Schori has said in interviews that Stacy confided in him that Peterson told her he had killed third wife Kathleen Savio.

Judge Stephen White already has barred Schori from recounting conversations he had in the couple's home and during a ride in Peterson's squad car. Now White is expected to rule on whether Schori can testify to what Stacy Peterson said during a counseling session at a coffeehouse.

White, who heard testimony from Schori behind closed doors, is expected to issue a formal ruling Wednesday morning. Schori is scheduled to take the witness stand in the pretrial hearing a short time later.

Schori's testimony plays a key in role in the prosecution's case, which relies heavily on hearsay statements Stacy Peterson and Savio allegedly made. White must decide whether each of the 15 statements will be allowed at trial based largely on the witnesses' credibility and relevance to the case.

In testimony Tuesday, Stacy's maternal aunt said her niece was desperate to leave Peterson in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. Candace Aikin testified that Stacy wanted to leave but did not know how she would support her children if they divorced.

She had been drinking more and was on antidepressants, her aunt said. Aikin also said Stacy complained of trouble sleeping because Peterson kept waking her to ask if she had been cheating on him.

"'I wish Drew would hit me so I could get out,'" Aikin said Stacy Peterson had told her in early October 2007. "'I feel stuck.'"
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http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/judge-bars-public-media-from-peterson-hearing.html

 

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Witness: Peterson Bragged He Could Cover up Murder
Relative of Drew Peterson's missing wife says he bragged he could get away with murder
JOLIET, Ill. January 26, 2010
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Candace Aikin testified that Drew Peterson made the boast in front of her, Stacy Peterson and others at a family gathering in January 2007, months before Stacy disappeared.

"I just remember him saying something like he could kill and make it look like an accident," Aikin said.

She said Stacy Peterson heard that and replied, "Not with this chick you don't."

Aikin also said Stacy and Drew Peterson often fought, and that her niece told her he would follow her from room to room while she was speaking on the phone.

Drew Peterson hasn't been charged in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, but authorities say he's the only suspect.

Aikin's friend, Donna Badalamenti, also testified. Badalamenti, who has know Stacy Peterson for years, said they were at a family event in 2003 when Peterson told her that if the marriage to Stacy Peterson didn't work out he would kill himself.

Badalamenti told Drew Peterson not to say that, and she said he responded, "Then I'll kill her."

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9669577

 

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Judge: Minister can testify about talks with Stacy Peterson
PETERSON MURDER TRIAL | Judge limits discussions about counseling
January 26, 2010
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A Naperville minister can provide details about counseling sessions he had with Stacy Peterson shortly before she vanished in 2007, a Will County judge ruled Tuesday.

But Rev. Neil Schori won&#8217;t be allowed to testify about conversations he held jointly with Stacy and her husband, Drew Peterson, or about any talks he had individually with Drew Peterson, the judge said.

&#8220;We&#8217;re happy with the judge&#8217;s ruling,&#8221; defense attorney Joel Brodsky said outside the courtroom.

The judge could further limit the testimony when he rules Wednesday on whether Schori can testify about statements Stacy Peterson purportedly made to him about her husband&#8217;s alleged involvement in Savio&#8217;s 2004 murder.

Article:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/2011844,drew-peterson-hearsay-savio-012610.article

 

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Stacy to aunt: 'I wish Drew would hit me so I could get out'
January 26, 2010
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Stacy Peterson was desperate to leave her husband, Drew, in the weeks before she disappeared, her aunt testified this afternoon.

"I wish Drew would hit me so I could get out," she told her aunt Candace Aikin in early October 2007. "I feel stuck."

Aikin took the stand at a hearing to determine what hearsay evidence, if any, can be presented at Peterson's trial for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. She died more than three years before Stacy was reported missing.

Stacy also began confiding things about Drew Peterson's temperament and troubling behavior, including a story in which she accused Drew of stealing Savio's garage door opener to go to her house to swipe her wedding ring shortly before she was found dead in her bathtub in March 2004.

"She said she was starting to say things so people would know the real Drew," Aikin testified.

Earlier today, a Will County judge ruled that a minister can testify about conversations he had with Stacy Peterson in coffee shops in the months before she disappeared.

Neil Schori has said he provided marriage counseling to both Drew and Stacy Peterson.

Schori has told several media outlets that Stacy told him Peterson had confessed to killing Savio. She also talked about Peterson's whereabouts on the night Savio died, contradicting an alibi she had provided for Peterson, according to Schori.

White then closed the courtroom to everyone except attorneys after defense lawyers made a motion to bar all testimony from Schori regarding what Drew Peterson may have told Stacy Peterson, under the theory that those statements should be protected under marital privilege.

Afterwards, the judge said he will not rule under tomorrow on whether Schori can testify about statements Stacy attributed to Drew.

As expected, much of the testimony at the hearsay hearing so far has been about Stacy's disappearance. In order to have hearsay evidence admitted under a new state law, prosecutors are trying to convince a judge that Peterson caused Savio's death or Stacy's disappearance.

Video: Testimony Continues In Peterson Evidence Hearing 2:12
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Video: Minister Possibly To Testify In Peterson Case 2:33
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Video: Witness Says Stacy Peterson 'Wanted Out' 2:23
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Video: Witness Says Stacy Peterson 'Wanted Out' 2:07
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Video: Stacy Said Drew Was 'Going To Kill Me,' Neighbor Testifies 2:03
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Video: Stacy Said Drew Was 'Going To Kill Me,' Neighbor Testifies 2:28
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Video: Stacy Said Drew Was 'Going To Kill Her,' Neighbor Testifies 2:18
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Video: Neighbor Of Peterson Takes Stand In Hearsay Trial 1:48
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Video: Retired Sergeant Admits Mistakes In Savio Case 1:35
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http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-minister-testify-about-talk-with-stacy-jan26,0,4618994.story

 

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Peterson pastor might not testify
January 27, 2010
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Schori was a minister at Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook when Stacy supposedly told him that her husband, Drew Peterson, came clean about killing Savio. Schori said Stacy blurted out the shocking accusation in August 2007. She disappeared about two months later.

Peterson shook his head in apparent disbelief Tuesday when Schori testified that the Westbrook church had no rules dictating that a clergyman's counseling sessions be kept confidential.

With Schori's testimony was put on hold, Stacy's aunt Candace Aikin spoke at Tuesday's hearing. She recalled how Drew once told her how he was "able to kill someone and make it look like an accident."

A friend of Aikin's was present for this exchange; Donna Badalamenti testified to hearing essentially the same conversation.

Badalamenti also said Peterson told her soon after marrying Stacy, "This marriage better work out or I'll kill myself."

Badalamenti remembered telling Peterson, "Don't do that," to which he replied, "Then I'll just kill her."

Badalamenti went on to tell how Peterson showed off a set of lock picks he was carrying and bragged that he had another set and still one more on order.

"He said he used them with his work," said Badalamenti, who noted that when Peterson spoke of killing Stacy, "he kind of laughed, but it was a chilling laugh."

Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...erson-pastor-may-not-testify_JO012610.article

 

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Pastor's Testimony Questioned in Drew Peterson Hearing
Updated: Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010, 10:14 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010, 10:24 AM CST
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Just weeks before she disappeared, Stacy Peterson complained that she desperately wanted out of her marriage, according to a relative who testified Tuesday during a pretrial hearing on hearsay evidence against Drew Peterson.

Earlier, Stacy's minister took the witness stand. Neil Schori was expected to testify that Stacy told him that Drew admitted to her that he killed Kathleen Savio, but his testimony was delayed because the defense argued any such comments were protected by either marital or clergy privilage.

"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.

Schori will return to the witness stand Wednesday morning, and the judge will rule at that time what he will be allowed to testify about.

Witnesses Wednesday could include Stacy's sister.

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Judge to rule whether pastor can testify
Stephen White to decide whether statements made to Neil Schori are protected under marital privilege
January 26, 2010
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Drew Peterson's murder case will reach a crossroads Wednesday, as a judge is expected to rule on whether the Bolingbrook ex-cop's former pastor can testify to things that Peterson's fourth wife confided about his third wife's death.

Will County Judge Stephen White already has barred Pastor Neil Schori from recounting conversations he had in the couple's home and during a ride in Peterson's squad car. White is expected to rule on whether Schori can testify to statements made during a counseling session at a local coffeehouse.

Schori's testimony plays a key in role in the prosecution's case, which relies heavily on hearsay statements Stacy Peterson and Savio allegedly made. White must decide whether each of the 15 statements will be allowed at trial based largely on the witnesses' credibility and relevance to the case.

Article:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-drew-peterson-hearing-20100126,0,7856374.story

 

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Stacy Peterson's aunt said wife wanted out, miserable in marriage
Published: 1/26/2010 11:08 AM | Updated: 1/26/2010 9:51 PM
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After Kathleen Savio's lifeless body was discovered in her bathtub, the lack of forced entry to her Bolingbrook home is one reason state police said they initially ruled out foul play.

But two prosecution witnesses who testified Tuesday in Drew Peterson's pretrial hearsay hearing suggested the former police sergeant had other means to bypass the new locks his ex-wife installed in their former marital home.

Peterson is charged with the 2004 murder of Savio, his third wife, with whom he battled over finances while building a new life blocks away with a fourth wife, Stacy, about 30 years his junior.

She vanished Oct. 28, 2007.

Still, prosecutors must convince a Will County judge that Peterson made Stacy unavailable to testify before they can use as evidence in his upcoming trial any statements others say she made implicating her husband in Savio's slaying.

So far, prosecutors called about 22 witnesses in the court hearing. White said he will rule at its conclusion which statements, if any, will be allowed at trial. The defense team often grills witnesses on their credibility, raising such issues as criminal history, substance abuse, bias, or whether the witness is making up stories to make the news.

"A lot of this shouldn't see the inside of a courtroom," attorney Joel Brodsky said.

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http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=353947&src=2

 

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Video: Witness: Peterson Bragged He Could Cover Up Murder
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Drew's back, but there's no funny business
No laughs, just mind-boggling, chilling revelations at hearing
January 27, 2010
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That Drew Peterson, what a character. He's given us such great material!

Remember when Peterson called Steve Dahl's radio show and there was talk of a "Win a Date With Drew" contest? Wacky!

I'm not saying the media ever forgot why Drew Peterson was in the news. That was never the case. But we did get a lot of comedic mileage out of Peterson's antics.

Now Peterson's back on the front page, as we learn about chilling testimony from witnesses at the hearsay evidentiary hearing, e.g., one of Kathleen Savio's former co-workers telling of Savio having a bruised arm and saying Peterson had held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her on the spot, "but it would be too bloody."

On Tuesday, Stacy Peterson's aunt testified that Drew once bragged he could kill someone "and make it look like an accident."

There's also the mind-boggling revelations about the original investigation of Savio's death. The now-retired Illinois State Police sergeant who led the investigation allowed Peterson to sit in on an interview with Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, who of course is now missing. He collected no forensics, not even fingerprints. He never interviewed Savio's relatives. He didn't seal the house when he left the scene.

In the meantime, other than the anecdote about Peterson's glory-hound attorney handing out pens to reporters in a lame attempt at . . . whatever, there's no sideshow aspect to the latest blitz of Peterson news. Maybe that's because there isn't a damn thing funny about any of this stuff.

Article:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/roeper/2013296,CST-NWS-roep27.article

 

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Former co-worker alleges Savio murder plot
January 28, 2010
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A former co-worker testified Thursday that Drew Peterson invited him for a ride in his Bolingbrook squad car, then abruptly offered him $25,000 to kill ex-wife Kathleen Savio.

&#8220;He asked me, because of the area I worked in, if I knew of anybody who could have his third wife taken care of,&#8221; Jeff Pachter, 35, testified, explaining that at the time he worked in a gritty area of Joliet frequented by gangs and drug dealers.

Pachter said he never did anything to arrange Savio&#8217;s death and said Peterson only mentioned the offer one other time &#8212; a few months after Savio was found drowned on March 1, 2004. During a July 2004 phone call, Pachter said Peterson told him to forget about the &#8220;favor&#8221; he had asked about.

Earlier in the day, a state police officer testified that in the days after his young wife supposedly ran off to the tropics with another man, Drew Peterson reportedly kept telling state police about all the "great sex" he used to have with her.

"It seemed like he was always bringing it up," state police Special Agent Patrick Callahan said of Peterson's boasting about his robust sex life to detectives.

Ex-mistress testifies
Callahan was followed on the witness stand by a Bolingbrook woman Peterson was romantically involved with in the late 1990s.

Peterson was married to Savio while he was dating Susan McCauley, a bartender in his Montgomery tavern, Sud's Pub.

McCauley recalled a visit to the home of Daniel Harrison, a friend of Peterson's, in early 2008. During the visit, Peterson told her "he had some business to take care of, that we're on the 'street death squad,'" and that he and Harrison went together to the garage.

McCauley testified that Peterson later told her "that if we ever need anyone taken care of, that they could take care of them."

A Bolingbrook police officer, Richard Treece, was called as a witness and testified that he bumped into Peterson in the courthouse while Peterson was in the midst of his divorce from Savio.

"He said he'd be better off if that (expletive) was dead," Treece recalled.

Battery case
The last witness to testify Wednesday was Elizabeth Fragale, who was an assistant state's attorney from 2001 to 2004.

Fragale handled a battery case and a domestic battery case against Kathleen Savio, who was charged with attacking Peterson and Stacy on separate occasions. Savio was acquitted in both instances. Fragale handed off the cases before they went to trial because she was promoted to a different division.

Fragale said she met with Savio and her attorney, Harry Smith, in the state's attorney's office so Savio could explain that she was actually the victim of Peterson's abuse. Fragale said she suggested Savio seek an order of protection against Peterson and to make her allegations to the state police.

"He knows how to manipulate the system," Savio wrote in the letter, "and his next step is to take my children away. Or kill me instead."
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Doc: Savio wasn't prone to falling
January 28, 2010
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Prosecutors on Wednesday began battling Drew Peterson's attorneys over a crucial question a jury will have to answer at the former police officer's upcoming trial - whether his third wife died accidentally by falling in the bathtub or whether she was murdered.

Called by prosecutors to testify, Kathleen Savio's physician Dr. Vinod Motiani told the court there was nothing in Savio's medical history to suggest she was prone to falling. He said he never treated Savio for dizziness or for injuries suffered in a fall.

But Motiani did concede to defense attorneys that his records included at least one notation that Savio had complained about dizziness and numbness. He also read a note in his files from another physician that said "she feels very unsteady in her gait."

Also called to testify Wednesday was Patrick Callaghan, an Illinois State Police special agent assigned to investigate Stacy Peterson's disappearance. He said from the outset of the investigation, Drew Peterson said he and Stacy had been having marital problems and that he believed she left him for another man.

Callaghan also noted that when Peterson talked about his wife, he used the past tense.

A minister who was scheduled to testify Wednesday instead will testify Friday.

Article:
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/2015685,012810peterson.article

 

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Testimony continues in Drew Peterson hearing
1/28/10 Last Update: 5:06 am
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Prosecutors in Will County are spending as much time trying to link Drew Peterson to the disappearance of his fourth wife as they are to the slaying of his third wife.

But in nearly two weeks of testimony, witness after witness has been called to testify exclusively about Stacy Peterson.

Stacy Peterson's sister, Cassandra Cales, may be asked to testify about the night she reported her sister missing.

Article:
http://www.wytv.com/news/national/s...-Peterson-hearing/vj3mFtZyQUSB1eoR4EteNg.cspx

 

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Witness: Peterson offered money to kill 3rd wife
Updated at 05:58 PM today
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One of Drew Peterson's former co-workers testified Thursday that Peterson offered him money to kill Kathleen Savio.

"It that's a hitman, that's got to be the most worst choice of a hitman in history of the world," said Joel Brodsky, Drew Peterson defense attorney.

While being questioned by assistant Will County state's attorney John Connor, Jeffrey Pachter said during a ride along with the suburban cop, "Drew asked me if I knew anyone who could take care of his third wife." He said he simply replied, "OK."

Stacy Peterson's sister, Cassandra Cales, told the court about the night she reported her sister missing. Cales said Stacy feared for her life and that would never leave her children. Cales said when she called Drew looking for her sister, Drew told her that Stacy had left him taking $25,000 from a safe, the car titles, and the keys to the house. He allegedly said, "one minute we're having wild passionate sex and the next thing she wants to leave like your mother."

"I think it solidified that day, the timeline for the prosecution and I think also it showed the love that she had for her, her family and her children. We know without a doubt she would have never left on her own accord," said Pam Bosco, Stacy Peterson family spokesperson.

Testimony ended early Thursday afternoon because the father of one witness is reportedly gravely ill and the other had a scheduling conflict.

Video: Witness: Peterson offered money to kill 3rd wife 2:53
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7245286

Video: Savio's Doctor Testifies At Drew peterson Hearing 2:42
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7243034

Video: Some Of Stacy's Peterson's Talks With Minister Allowed In Trial 2:17
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7240846

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7244184

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew's Hearing All About Stacy
Weeks of testimony all about Stacy
Updated 12:00 PM CST, Thu, Jan 28, 2010
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Drew Peterson is about to go on trial for the murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

But you wouldn't know it from the testimony that's been taking place at the pretrial hearing in Joliet, Illinois.

That event seems to be all about Stacy Peterson, Drew's fourth wife, who is missing and believed dead

But during nearly two weeks of testimony, witness after witness has been called to testify exclusively about Stacy Peterson.

The strategy begs the question, when will they begin talking about Savio?

Article:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Drews-Hearing-All-About-Stacy-82943502.html