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Co-worker: Peterson offered $25,000 to have Savio killed
January 28, 2010 9:19 PM
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Jeff Pachter, 35, who worked with Peterson when he moonlighted at a local cable outfit in 2003, said the Bolingbrook police sergeant "wanted her taken care of" because Savio knew a secret about him that could get him kicked off the force.

The alleged proposition took place in late 2003, just a few months before Savio was found dead in the bathtub of her Bolingbrook home. Her March 2004 death was originally ruled an accidental drowning, but her case was reopened and ruled a murder after Stacy Peterson vanished.

Earlier Thursday, Stacy Peterson's sister told the judge that Stacy was determined to divorce Peterson and had expressed concerns about her safety just two days before she disappeared. In a tear-filled, 90-minute testimony, Cassandra Calles recounted how Stacy Peterson asked her what she thought about her plan to take her two biological children and leave.

Calles said the idea terrified her. "I told her I was scared. Everything that happened to his ex-wife is kind of weird," Calles said.

Stacy Peterson responded by leaning in and lowering her voice to a whisper as they sat on the floor of the Petersons' master bedroom, Calles said. "She looked at me with a blank face and said she feared for her life. She said if anything ever happened to her, Drew did something to her."

Stacy Peterson was last heard from on Oct. 28, 2007, less than 48 hours after she told her sister she intended to divorce Drew Peterson. Calles testified she suspected something was wrong when Stacy did not show up at her house as promised to help her paint that Sunday.

She tried reaching her all day by phone without success and finally called Drew Peterson around 11 p.m. to check on her whereabouts.
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Stacy Peterson&#8217;s sister: &#8216;She feared for her life&#8217;
Thursday, January 28, 2010 13:50
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But Cassandra Cales said her older sister, Stacy, whispered to her in one of their last talks that she feared she would not survive her attempt to divorce her Bolingbrook police sergeant husband, Drew Peterson, who monitored his wife&#8217;s every movement. &#8220;She just looked at me with this blank face,&#8221; Cales testified this morning in Peterson&#8217;s ongoing hearsay hearing. &#8220;She said she feared for her life and that if anything ever happened to her, Drew did something to her.&#8221;

Still, prosecutors must convince a Will County judge that Peterson made Stacy unavailable to testify before they can present any so-called hearsay statements others say she made implicating her husband in Savio&#8217;s death and the fourth wife&#8217;s disappearance.

At times tearful, the 24-year-old Cales described a close relationship with Stacy. The two traded up to two dozen text messages daily and spent that Friday and Saturday of the weekend Stacy disappeared together in her Bolingbrook home with the couple&#8217;s children while Peterson was on duty. Cales said a frightened Stacy opened up that Friday about her plans to divorce Drew Peterson.

&#8220;I said, &#8216;Let&#8217;s get out of here,&#8217;&#8221; Cales testified. &#8220;She said she couldn&#8217;t; she had the kids. She said he was basically above her because he had the job. She told me she wanted to go about it the legal way and do everything right.&#8221; Cales continued: &#8220;She didn&#8217;t want any of his money. She just wanted her kids; to get away from him and get a restraining order.&#8221;

The two hung out the next night, too. Cales read their last text exchange, shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, as the two said good night. That was their last correspondence, Cales said, choking back tears. She reported Stacy missing about 24 hours later after being unable to reach Stacy that Sunday.

The defense team has repeatedly questioned the reliability of the witnesses, raising issues about their criminal past and bias.

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Former co-worker says Drew Peterson asked him to kill third wife
Also, sister says Stacy Peterson feared for her life
January 28, 2010
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The startling proposal, former co-worker Jeffrey Pachter said, came in late 2003 while he worked for a suburban cable company where Peterson &#8212; then a Bolingbrook police sergeant &#8212; moonlighted in his off hours.

Earlier Thursday, Stacy&#8217;s sister, Cassandra Cales, said Stacy told her two days before she vanished that Drew Peterson might harm her. Cales said she was at the Petersons&#8217; Bolingbrook home on Oct. 26, 2007, when her sister &#8212; who had already asked Drew Peterson for a divorce &#8212; confided her fears.

&#8220;She looked at me with this blank face and said she feared for her life &#8212; and that if anything ever happened to her, Drew did something to her,&#8221; testified Cales, 24, her voice shaking as she fought back tears.

Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky dismissed Cales&#8217; claim, saying she has long loathed her sister&#8217;s husband. &#8220;There is no question Cassandra has an ax to grind &#8212; she hates Drew,&#8221; Brodsky said.

He called Pachter&#8217;s testimony &#8220;ridiculous,&#8221; saying Peterson barely knew the cable installer. &#8220;Drew knew this guy for like 10 minutes and asked him to be a hitman? It&#8217;s ridiculous,&#8221; Brodsky said outside the courtroom.

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/2016963,stacy-peterson-sister-drew-cassandra-012810.article

 

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Minister: Drew urged Stacy Peterson to lie to police
PETERSON CASE | Provided lines for wife to tell police regarding Savio
January 30, 2010
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An anxious Stacy confided that Peterson warned her not to tell investigators he had left their Bolingbrook home the night before his former wife, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in her bathtub, Scott Rossetto testified Friday. &#8220;He came home real, real late, all dressed in black and said, &#8216;If anybody asks, I was home all night,&#8217; &#8221; Rossetto said Stacy told him on Oct. 26, 2007 &#8212; two days before she disappeared.

Stacy&#8217;s former minister offered similar testimony, saying she confessed during an August 2007 marriage counseling session that her husband coached her &#8220;for hours&#8221; not to be honest when questioned by police about Savio&#8217;s death. &#8220;He told her what to say,&#8221; Pastor Neil Schori said. &#8220;She said what he told her to say was a lie.&#8221;

But Will County Judge Stephen White barred much of that testimony after defense attorneys argued marital privilege meant most of Stacy&#8217;s purported statements to Schori &#8212; including comments Peterson allegedly made to her &#8212; couldn&#8217;t be used without her consent. Instead, Schori recounted only small portions of what he said Stacy told him occurred shortly before Savio was found drowned in her home on March 1, 2004.

That included Stacy recalling how her husband came home late the night before wearing black clothing and carrying a duffle bag containing women&#8217;s clothing that Stacy said didn&#8217;t belong to her, Schori testified. Peterson dumped all the clothing in the washing machine, Schori said Stacy told him. Peterson told Stacy to lie to officers questioning her about Savio&#8217;s death, Schori said, though he offered no details.

At their Aug. 31, 2007, counseling session, Stacy also said she was fearful of her husband, the minister testified. &#8220;She didn&#8217;t believe she could ever get away from him safely,&#8221; Schori testified. &#8220;She said he made it very clear that she would never get away from him, that she would never be with someone else.&#8221;

For his part, Rossetto said Stacy mentioned Savio&#8217;s death as they talked at his home about Stacy&#8217;s desire to divorce Peterson and her concerns about gaining custody of her two children and two stepchildren. &#8220;She lowered her voice, then she asked me, &#8216;Can you keep a secret?&#8217; &#8221; Rossetto, a 37-year-old U.S. Army nurse, quoted Stacy as saying. Stacy then recounted how Drew had ordered her to tell police he had been home all night, Rossetto said.

Pressed by defense attorneys, Rossetto acknowledged that Stacy had grown increasingly flirtatious with him in the weeks leading up to her disappearance, including sending sexually suggestive text messages. But Rossetto &#8212; whose brother dated Stacy before she married Peterson &#8212; denied having any romantic interest in her.
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Minister testifies in Drew Peterson hearing
Friday, January 29, 2010; 4:59 PM
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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.

"She was scared of the control Drew had on her life," Schori said. "She was scared to be with him and scared to be away from him."

Schori said that Stacy Peterson told him that the night before Savio's body was found, she had fallen asleep with Drew Peterson, but woke up in the middle of the night to discover her husband was gone. She searched the house and called his cell phone without an answer, but didn't see her husband until later in the laundry room, Schori said.

Schori said Stacy Peterson told him her husband was dressed entirely in black. The minister said Stacy Peterson told him that her husband dumped the clothes was wearing, along with women's clothing from a bag he was carrying, into the washing machine. Schori said Stacy Peterson said the women's clothes weren't hers.

Schori said he didn't tell police because Stacy Peterson asked him not to. Schori testified that she told him: "It won't do any good. You can't get away from the police when your husband is a police officer."

Scott Rossetto, a friend of Stacy Peterson, said that days before Stacy Peterson disappeared she told him she had contacted a divorce lawyer and was ready to leave her husband. Then, he said, she asked if Rossetto could "keep a secret." She then told him that the night Savio died, Drew Peterson came in late at night and said "if anybody ever asks I was home," Rossetto said.

Prosecutors also presented a neurologist to combat defense attorneys' contention that Savio's death was an accident, that she simply fell. Dr. Gene Neri testified that he had diagnosed her with cervical vertigo, but he said "In 30 years of treating (patients) I haven't had a single person fall as a result of cervical vertigo."

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Pastor: Stacy lied to police for Drew Peterson
Published: 1/29/2010 11:02 AM | Updated: 1/29/201 8:15 PM
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Neil Schori said Stacy made the tearful confession Aug. 31, 2007, after the two met at a coffee shop. The 23-year-old woman said she awoke the night before Kathleen Savio's body was discovered to find Drew Peterson missing from their Bolingbrook home, Schori testified. He said Stacy told him Peterson, upon his return, immediately washed his black clothing, as well as another woman's apparel that he had in a duffel bag.

For hours, Peterson "coached" Stacy what to tell police, Schori said.

A state police officer earlier testified Stacy said her husband was home with her and their children. Her friend, Scott Rossetto, who also testified Friday, said Stacy confessed to him that it was a false alibi.

Rossetto said Stacy confided in him that she talked to a divorce attorney. She was eager to break free of Peterson's control and was reconnecting with old friends, looking into attending nursing school, similar to Savio, and wanted to get a job.

After his talk with Stacy, Schori said, he had a voice-mail message waiting for him back at work from Drew Peterson. "The voice mail said, 'I know you were just meeting with Stacy. I haven't seen you in a while. I thought maybe we could get together today and go for a ride in my plane." Did you think that was a good idea, asked Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow. "Certainly not," Schori responded.

The defense team, lead by attorney Joel Brodsky, often drills witnesses on their credibility and bias. "If that's all they got, it ain't a lot," Brodsky said Friday after Schori's much-anticipated testimony. The Will County hearing continues Monday in Joliet.
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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.

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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.

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

 

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Stacy Peterson's brother agonizes through hearing
Yelton Cales angered by defense attorneys' descriptions of Stacy Peterson
January 30, 2010
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It wasn't easy for Yelton Cales to listen to testimony last week suggesting Drew Peterson may have killed his younger sister. It's been hard to sit still as Peterson's attorneys disparage her as an attention-seeking flirt, someone who would leave her two young children and run off with another man.

But what really hurts, said Cales in his first interview since Stacy Peterson vanished Oct. 28, 2007, is testimony that will suddenly stir up good memories of his sister. Like the time she painted and decorated his room, leaving stacks of Diet Pepsi &#8212; his favorite drink &#8212; in the closet as a surprise gift. Or the descriptions of his sister by witnesses as friendly, outgoing &#8212; or "bouncy," as Cales put it. "It hurts," said Cales, 30, describing the pain as a punch in the gut. "There's no closure."

With nearly 60 people on the prosecution's witness list, including Stacy Peterson's younger sister, an aunt and an uncle, Cales is one of the few family members allowed to sit in court and watch the case unfold. The privilege is not without cost for Cales, whose sex-offense history has been invoked repeatedly by Drew Peterson's attorneys in an attempt to undermine the state's witnesses.

"They're trying to irritate me," said Cales, who was freed from prison in June after serving nearly three years for aggravated criminal sexual assault but vehemently denies being inappropriate with his sister. "Drew won't even look at me."

Cales is a registered sex-offender for crimes against a 16-year-old girl in 2005. Other prison stints were for domestic battery and possession of a motor vehicle. Cales said he does not care what others think of him; it's the thought of Peterson's attorneys trashing his sister's reputation that puts him on edge.

Cales learned of his sister's disappearance while he was in prison. The guards took him to an isolation cell, and he immediately started asking, "Is something wrong with my family?" He met with a counselor, who before saying a word flipped open a manila folder with Stacy Peterson's picture in it. "I said, 'He killed her,' "Cales recalled. "[The counselor] said that she was missing, so I repeated: 'He killed her.' "
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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.

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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.

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Video: Witness: Peterson offered money to kill 3rd wife 01-28-2010
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Video: Savio's doctor testifies at Drew Peterson hearing 01-27-2010
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Video: Some of Stacy Peterson's talks with minister allowed in trial 01-26-2010
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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: Ex-Pastor Of Stacy Peterson Testifies About Private Session 2:19
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Video: Peterson Hearing Update 1:45
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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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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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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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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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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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Article:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/new.../drew-stacy-peterson-trial-minister-testifies

 

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Peterson 'unusual' just after wife vanished, court told
January 27, 2010 8:38 PM
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"I thought it was very unusual and awkward," said special agent Patrick Callaghan, who was asked to recount his initial interviews with Peterson in the days after Stacy Peterson's Oct. 28, 2007, disappearance. "I think that it was his attempt to ease the situation."

On Wednesday, Callaghan testified that during the first interview with Peterson on Oct. 29, hours after Stacy's sister had reported her missing to police, Peterson said Stacy had called him the night before to say she was leaving with another man and had dropped her car, a Pontiac Grand Prix, at nearby Clow Airport.

Callaghan said he asked Peterson how he got the car back home, a question that "caught him off guard." Peterson paused for a couple of seconds, Callaghan said, then answered, "Can you believe that?" Peterson said Stacy told him she had left the keys on the floorboard and the doors unlocked.

Peterson wouldn't allow police to search either of his two vehicles, only opening the trunk of the Grand Prix, Callaghan said. He also refused to allow a search of his home, only permitting a crime-scene investigator to walk through -- with Peterson at his side -- to confirm Stacy wasn't there, Callaghan said.

Phone records show Peterson had conversations with his stepbrother Thomas Morphey in the weeks before Stacy disappeared, Callaghan said. But Peterson told police on Nov. 1 that he hadn't spoken with Morphey in two weeks. Morphey has testified he helped Peterson move a barrel he believes contained Stacy's body on Oct. 28.

Callaghan said Peterson repeatedly referred to his wife in the past tense, such as "she was a good mom," or "she was a hot 23-year-old." He admitted that he was possessive of his much-younger wife, Callaghan said.
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http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/peterson-unusual-just-after-wife-vanished-court-told.html
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Minister testifies about Stacy Peterson's secret
January 29, 2010 6:57 PM
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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.

Peterson was carrying a bag of women's clothing that he emptied into the washing machine along with his black outfit, Stacy said, according to Schori. Stacy Peterson told Schori the women's clothing wasn't hers.

Peterson is the lone suspect in Stacy's disappearance, but he has not been charged.

Testimony at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet is expected to resume Monday.

Article:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/...ounseled-stacy-peterson-to-testify-today.html

 

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

February 2, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS
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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http://content.usatoday.com/communi...petersons-late-third-wife-was-scared-of-him/1

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.

 

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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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Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9719820

 

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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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Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...ly-drawn-into-Peterson-fight_JO020110.article

 

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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

 

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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