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[Angel Who Cares]

Prosecutors get new judge in Peterson case
May 21, 2009 2:26 PM
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Will County Chief Judge Gerald Kinney today allowed prosecutors to replace a judge in the Drew Peterson murder case, saying the defense had not established a pattern of abuse by the state of its right to replace judges.

"I do not find that this has been established by the defense's response," Kinney said during a hearing held at the Will County courthouse.

Prosecutors had filed a motion to replace Judge Richard Schoenstedt, arguing he was prejudiced against the state.

Kinney assigned the case to Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes -- at which point Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, said he wanted to replace that judge. But after a brief recess, Brodsky withdrew his request.

A hearing with the new judge is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Article:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/prosecutors-to-get-new-judge-in-peterson-case.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Autopsy reveals little about river body
May 21, 2009 4:15 PM
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The Will County coroner's office said DNA testing that may determine the body's identity will take at least two weeks.

There has been speculation the body could be Stacy Peterson, who disappeared from her Bolingbrook home in October 2007, or Lisa Stebic, the Plainfield mother who went missing in April of that year.

While the autopsy indicated that the person has been dead several months or more, it "did not reveal any significant information in reference to the identity, race or sex" of the person, the coroner's office said.

"Positive identification may hinge on forensic DNA analysis" through the state police crime lab, Coroner Patrick K. O'Neil said in a statement.

The remains consisted of a rib cage, spinal column and partial left and right femur bones. The remains were found with shreds of blue jeans containing a small amount of U.S. currency, according to the coroner's office.

The head, arms and parts of the body below the knee were not found with the remains examined today, the coroner's office said. Authorities continue to search for them, officials said.

Article:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/...iver-body-recovery-illinois-state-police.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Coroner: Autopsy On Human Remains Inconclusive
Posted: Thursday, 21 May 2009 4:05PM
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A witness at the scene said the body was taken from the scene about 7:50 p.m. after police and Will County coroner's staff had investigated the body. The body weighed no more than 30 pounds and appeared to have been mainly bones, according to the witness.

A source at the scene said the body was not found in the water but off onto a nearby shore.

Witnesses said it was around 2 p.m. that a barge crew discovered the remains &#8212; not an intact body &#8212; near the south shore after spending the past four days clearing logs and debris.

A source said the remains looked like that of a small female wearing underwear, but that DNA testing likely would be required for a positive ID.

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[Angel Who Cares]

Autopsy On Human Remains Inconclusive
May 21, 2009
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Also, a forensic investigation continues as to whether the disarticulation is a result of a postmortem (after death) artifact or antemortem injury.
"Positive identification may hinge on forensic DNA analysis, which is being expedited through the Illinois State Police Forensic Crime Laboratory," O'Neil said.

The coroner's office, he said, was given a conservative time frame in receiving forensic DNA and forensic anthropology results of approximately two weeks.

Kelly Hollis said she and her husband, Steve, were hiking near Moose Island, a little further down the river, when they saw a blue barrel.
"It was either late fall (2007) or early spring (2008) and at the turnoff, we looked across the river and saw a plastic blue barrel all by itself," she said.

The Hollises immediately thought of Stacy Peterson but thought the barrel at the shore was "too obvious" to indicate anything sinister.
"But it stayed in my head and a few days later I called the sheriff's police who put me in touch with the state police hotline," Hollis said. "I left a message with the story and the police said wait a few days and call back if I didn't hear from them, so I did."

Hollis said she was never contacted by state police, but she found it "a little freaky" when she saw a news report saying a blue barrel had been found Wednesday.

"We saw that quite a while ago. Could it have been there all along," she wondered.

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

 

[chicoliving]

Drew Peterson didn't get the judge he wanted. Now his lawyers might shoot for a new prosecutor.

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Brodsky said he and Peterson would discuss whether to try to have Glasgow replaced by a special prosecutor.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1585667,Peterson-judge-replaced-JO052109.article

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Police continue search of Des Plaines River
May 22, 2009
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A dive team took part in Thursday's search.

Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, a barge crew that had been clearing logs and debris discovered a partial skeleton near the south shore, approximately a mile west of the Interstate 55 bridge, near the Big Basin Marina. The cleanup crew has been working in the area for the last four days, according to reports.

At 7:50 p.m., a skiff carrying detectives and a deputy coroner landed at the marina. A coroner's van backed up to the skiff. A deputy coroner and investigator carried a white body bag from the skiff and loaded it in the van. The drooping ends of the body bag showed that the remains were only about two feet long.

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Map: Where remains were found
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Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1583226,Body-found-in-river_JO052009.article

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew Peterson attorneys to seek bond reduction
Friday, May 22, 2009 | 6:30 AM
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Drew Peterson is headed back to court as his attorneys ask a judge to reduce his $20 million bond.
A judge will hear arguments Friday afternoon (1:30PM) over whether the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's bond should be reduced, allowing him a chance to get out of jail pending trial.

Prosecutors in the murder case against Peterson got their wish Thursday when a new judge was appointed to preside over his trial.

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6826671&rss=rss-wls-article-6826671

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew Peterson Wants to Go Home
Attorneys to seek reduction in $20 million bond
Updated 12:45 PM CDT, Fri, May 22, 2009
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Circuit Judge Carla J. Alessio Policandriotes took over the murder case Thursday, after prosecutors successfully removed the Will County persiding judge who they claimed was "prejudice against the state."

Policandriotes will hear arguments Friday afternoon over whether the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's bond should be reduced, allowing him a chance to get out of jail pending trial.

Results of a Thursday autopsy on decayed partial human remains found along the Des Plaines River were inconclusive, but Stacy Peterson's family is hopeful they are hers. An expedited DNA analysis will likely take about two weeks.

Drew Peterson's lead attorney said he and his infamous client are confident the grisly discovery is insignificant to their case.

"I can just tell you we are not at all concerned," attorney Joel Brodsky said. "Not one bit."

VIDEO: Opposition, Then Back-Peddling Over Drew's New Judge 1:44
The prosecution got its wish for a new judge in the Drew Peterson case, but it didn't come easy.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/station/a...hen_Back-Peddling_Over_New_Judge_Chicago.html

Article:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Drew-Peterson-Wants-to-Go-Home.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew's Lawyer Flip Flops on New Judge
Brodsky: We're not concerned one bit about body found in river
Updated 7:29 PM CDT, Thu, May 21, 2009
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Prosecutors in the murder case against former police officer Drew Peterson got their wish when a new judge was appointed Thursday. Peterson's defense attorney quickly said he'd ask that the new judge be replaced, too, but then changed his mind and said he won't object to the new judge.

Asked whether they were worried about the find, Brodsky said, "We are not concerned with that one bit ... You can speculate why."

The "why" Brodsky wants us to speculate on is that Drew maintains Stacy ran off with another man.

Article:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Drew-Peterson-Gets-New-Judge.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

VIDEO: Peterson Family Awaits Autopst Results Of Body 2:04
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[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED~Prosecutors: Peterson Tried To Hire Hitman
Peterson Allegedly Tried To Pay $25,000 To Have Kathleen Savio Killed
May 22, 2009 6:23 pm US/Central
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Prosecutors say Drew Peterson tried to hire a hitman to kill his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

The information came out in a hearing in Will County Criminal Court on Friday, where a judge said there would be no change in his $20 million bond.

A source tells CBS 2 that the new judge's husband is an investigator with the Will County Sheriff's office.

Sue Doman argued in vain five years ago that Peterson had killed her sister Kathleen. Today, she had this message for the sister she always called Kitty.

"I love you, Kitty," Doman said. "It took five years. I put a note in your coffin, you finally answered my prayers. I love you and I miss you. And we're gonna get him."

VIDEO: Peteson Tried To Pay $25,000 To Kill Savio 2:58
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=58894@wbbm.dayport.com

VIDEO: New Judge Assigned To Drew Peterson Case 2:32
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=58845@wbbm.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/drew.peterson.hitman.2.1017001.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Peterson Wanted Wife Dead
May 22, 2009
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A judge refused to reduce the bond for the suburban ex-cop, charged with killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio.:clap: Peterson is also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.

Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow says Peterson offered to pay someone $25,000 to kill Savio. Glasgow also says Peterson told a police officer in 2003 that he would be better off if Savio was dead because he would be financially ruined by a pending divorce. She was found drowned in her bathtub three weeks later, a gash to the back of her head.

&#8226;Peterson May 2009 Indictment
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Article:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/judge_denies_bond_peterson

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Drew Peterson tried to pay $25,000 to have Kathleen Savio killed
May 22, 2009
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year before his third wife drowned in a bath tub in 2004, Drew Peterson offered someone $25,000 to have her killed, Will County Prosecutor James Glasgow alleged in court today.

And just three weeks before Kathleen Savio was slain, Peterson, then a Bolingbrook cop, allegedly said to a fellow officer: "My life would be easier if she were just dead," Glasgow alleged in court.

After hearing the claims, a Will County judge refused to lower Peterson's $20 million bail this afternoon.

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/1587229,drew-peterson-savio-murder-offer-money-052209.article

 

[Bluebelle]

Peterson's bond stands at $20 million

Bond for Drew Peterson will stay at $20 million. At a hearing today in Will County Circuit Court, a judge refused a request by Joel Brodsky, Peterson's lawyer, to have the bond reduced. Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow also claimed Peterson tried to solicit his ex-wife's murder in 2003.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/1587227,peterson-bond-murder_jo052209.article

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Prosecutors: Peterson Tried To Put Hit On 3rd Wife
Attorney Says Peterson Offered Someone $25,000 In '03
POSTED: 3:24 pm EDT May 22, 2009
UPDATED: 5:06 pm EDT May 22, 2009
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Brodsky said that he had heard talk about Peterson trying to hire someone to kill Savio, but said it was "nothing substantive." He added that they would investigate Glasgow's allegations.

Peterson, who is known for making smart-aleck remarks in the media, was much more subdued in court Friday. He hung his head as he left the hearing, and got into a van to go back to jail.

The former Bolingbrook sergeant finally understood the seriousness of his situation, Glasgow said.

Peterson "realizes there is no way out," he said.

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[Angel Who Cares]

Judge Won't Lower Peterson's $20M Bond After Prosecutors Say He Hired Hitman to Kill Wife
Updated: Friday, 22 May 2009, 5:16 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 22 May 2009, 5:16 PM EDT
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The $20 million bond keeping Drew Peterson behind bars on murder charges won't be lowered, a judge ruled Friday, after prosecutors argued that the ex-police sergeant hired someone to kill his third wife.

Peterson and his defense team were back in court in Joliet, Ill., to fight for a reduction in the hefty bond so that he could get out of jail while he awaits trial. That request was denied.

Prosecutors contend that the former Bolingbrook, Ill., officer hired someone to kill his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Peterson is charged with murdering Savio and staging the death to look like an accidental drowning.

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http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/crim/drew-peterson-indictment.html

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http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/new...ors_Say_He_Hired_Hitman_to_Kill_Wife_53398402

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Additional Remains Found Along Des Plaines River
May 24, 2009 7:52 pm US/Central
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New information emerged Sunday about additional human remains found along the Des Plaines River this weekend.

The river clean-up crew that found the skeletal remains of a human torso Wednesday was back in the water today working to clean up the Des Plaines River near Channahon. While their focus is now back on garbage, the importance of last week's find was clear.

And they were out yesterday again when one man says they found evidence: an arm bone from shoulder to elbow. He wanted his identity withheld but praised the efforts of the volunteer searchers.

VIDEO: More Details Emerge About Latest Remains Discovery 3:01
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=58925@wbbm.dayport.com

Article:
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Des.Plaines.River.2.1017836.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

New Evidence Found in Des Plaines River
Worker Says Police Found a Human Bone Leg
Updated: Sunday, 24 May 2009, 5:42 PM CDT
Published : Saturday, 23 May 2009, 9:50 PM CDT
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State police would not confirm that... but did say they took some items into evidence from the Des Plaines River today. We saw search crews wading along the bank and noticed a flagged area where the crew was paying the most attention...

About a mile downriver from there on Wednesday a clean-up crew found skeletal remains. An autopsy done Thursday did not confirm the person's race or gender and it could take weeks for the results of a DNA analysis.

The findings have peaked the interest of the families in two high profile missing persons cases. Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic. Searchers have been looking for additional remains since the discovery of the remains Wednesday...

Jeff Triplet says officers who approached him to get onto the property today, were definitely - all business.

Video Included In Article!

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

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Body pulled from Des Plaines River yields few clues
Discovery rekindled interest in the cases of missing Will County women Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic
May 26, 2009
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No one knows yet how the body found along the Des Plaines River last week ended up there.

But if it was submerged, there's little doubt its journey through the debris-filled river was rough. It may have crashed into boat traffic that moves year-round, got stuck on logs and roots, and been impacted by fish, wildlife and the changing currents and temperatures. By the time it arrived onshore, not far from Big Basin Marina near Channahon, only portions of the midsection and partial leg bones were left.

Although a preliminary autopsy last week couldn't say whether the body was that of a man or woman, the race or identity, the remains did hold a few clues. Found with the body were shreds of jeans, meaning the person likely had not been out for a swim and then drowned.

The body is undergoing DNA testing, and officials said results aren't expected for up to two weeks. Sources said they could be returned as early as this week.

Article:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-body-found-26-may26,0,3725267.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Prosecutors: Drew Peterson Offered Hitman $25G to Kill Third Wife, Then Did It Himself
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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The $20 million bond keeping Drew Peterson behind bars on murder charges won't be lowered, a judge ruled Friday, after prosecutors argued the ex-police sergeant offered someone $25,000 to kill his third wife &#8212; but then did it himself.

Peterson also told a fellow officer just a few weeks before his wife Kathleen Savio was found in a bathtub that his life would be easier "if she was just dead," prosecutors said.

VIDEO: Stunning New Claim 6:25
Did Drew Peterson try to hire someone to kill his third wife?
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video...p://www.foxnews.com/national/crime/index.html

Read the charges against Peterson:
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