Possible Break in Stacy's case - Cops planning on a search tomorrow 6/5/10

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Did they leave the guards to watch over the opossum bones? LOL LOL
 
If they find Stacy there and I think they will, I bet they find other bodies too.

I still wonder if it was Stacy's mother that sent the letter to Kathleen telling about the affair and Drew found out she did.
 
I have seen it reported that the tip to seach this location may have come from a fellow inmate. If that is the case, I wholeheartedly believe it is not a valid one. MOO is that IF Drew actually mentioned this location to a prisoner, it was to see if the inmate would nark and to watch LE running around pursuing this "lead".

Drew Peterson is a former cop, he of all people is very familiar with LE tactics, including talking to cellies, etc. MOO - That man would never in a trillion years tell anything incriminating to another soul, let alone some dude laying in a bunk next him who could use it against him or for personal gain. PERIOD

ETA I also believe Drew is enjoying all the hubbub and renewed media coverage around this search. This man is sick and thouroughly enjoys his time in the spotlight. He is also a narcissist and thinks he is the puppet master, pulling all the strings behind the scene.

I don't think for a minute that Drew would confide in a fellow inmate, and knowing that he's in isolation, kept apart from other inmates, it would be almost physically impossible for Drew to have the opportunity to talk to another inmate. I think the original article from TMZ is in error in their reporting on this.

What I do think is very likely is that someone who had knowledge of what happened two and a half years ago, when Stacy disappeared, has been arrested for a completely unrelated crime and for the first time is telling LE what he knows. This person would be an "inmate", but not an inmate who has had any contact with Drew. What he knows might be limited, but what he knows may have opened up a new avenue of investigation that's led to other individuals.

Remember, Drew Peterson knows a lot of shady people. Someone could have some knowledge of what happened to Stacy and never reported that knowledge to LE because they don't want to be considered a "snitch." But, when they're arrested for something, they might trade what they know for a lesser sentence. It could have been something as simple as this "inmate" telling LE that "so and so let Drew use his pickup truck to dispose of Stacy's body." This would give LE a whole new avenue of investigation.......talking to "so and so", who might lead to someone else.
 
I've been busy around here but my mind has been going over everything - LOL...

I feel good about this part of the article:
snipped
But anthropologist Alan Harn believes authorities have a "really good" tip about Stacy Peterson, who disappeared in 2007. He's advised investigators to return to the area near Peoria with a device that gets images of what's underground

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/stacy-peterson-search-found-opossum-bones-20100607

but by the same token I can't believe he really expected people to believe that cadaver dogs who are highly trained animals would hit on opposum bones...

I mean really....this is a "hunting area" and I don't care if you hunt with shotguns, rifles, bow & arrow or cross bow - or whether you are hunting pheasant, duck, deer, rabbit, or possum....when you hit the animal it's going to go down and there will be blood and it will get on the ground....

So why wouldn't the dogs hit each and every square inch of a "hunting area"??

And I agree with Dr Fessel - they left the tent there and guards for opposum bones - I don't think so.....there is something else there and they are going to be back!!

:smile:
JMOO
 
I've been busy around here but my mind has been going over everything - LOL...

I feel good about this part of the article:
snipped
But anthropologist Alan Harn believes authorities have a "really good" tip about Stacy Peterson, who disappeared in 2007. He's advised investigators to return to the area near Peoria with a device that gets images of what's underground

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/stacy-peterson-search-found-opossum-bones-20100607

but by the same token I can't believe he really expected people to believe that cadaver dogs who are highly trained animals would hit on opposum bones...

I mean really....this is a "hunting area" and I don't care if you hunt with shotguns, rifles, bow & arrow or cross bow - or whether you are hunting pheasant, duck, deer, rabbit, or possum....when you hit the animal it's going to go down and there will be blood and it will get on the ground....

So why wouldn't the dogs hit each and every square inch of a "hunting area"??

And I agree with Dr Fessel - they left the tent there and guards for opposum bones - I don't think so.....there is something else there and they are going to be back!!

:smile:
JMOO

I agree, and especially in regards to your excellent point about this being a hunting ground. All the animals killed during hunts are going to leave behind evidence of those kills, and if a dog is going to hit on animal bones, they would likely have numerous hits all over that property.........why only the one hit in the same area of the search site?
 
Thanks Noway, I've got closer photos and the one I provided probably contains the search location as it's expanded. I think it's worth noting on large properties of say 155 acres. When one is sold 5 acres is all a bank will finance. It would be split at 5 acres primary residence and 150 acres land and put on two deeds and financed separately.

Now I believe I'm very close but don't have a totally exact location.

Did the link I posted to the parcel map with IDs showing help at all?

http://i46.tinypic.com/hsoz77.jpg

ETA
Created here, adding layer info from Property Data. You might see if Parcel Address shows up like the Parce ID did.

http://gis.peoriacounty.org/website/external/
 
It's been suggested that the "inmate" who may be providing information to LE might be Drew's step-brother, Tom Morphey, who was the person who helped Drew move the blue barrel/container from the upstairs master bedroom to Drew's vehicle.

I've done some thinking and research on this and I think he can be ruled out based on what's been reported.

On October 28, 2007 Drew called his step-brother and asked him to help move something at his house. After meeting Tom Morphey at a coffee shop, Drew excused himself, saying he had to run a quick errand and would be back shortly. He gave Tom his cell phone and told him that if it rang, don't answer it. A short time later Drew's cell phone rang and Tom didn't answer it as he was instructed, but noted that the caller ID said "Stacy."

When Drew returned, he took Tom to his house and had Tom help him move what Tom has described as a blue barrel or blue container from the upstairs master bedroom to Drew's Denali. Tom said the container was warm to the touch and he was scared. In the days leading up to this, Tom testified that Drew had tried to coerce him into renting a storage unit in his name and letting Drew use it. Drew told him that Stacy was making trouble and would have to go. Tom put two and two together and figured that Stacy's body was in that container.

Drew drove Tom home, and upon getting home Tom called his neighbor/best friend, Walter Martineck, and asked if he could come over and said that he had to talk to him. Walter has stated in interviews that when Tom came to his house that night he was very upset and scared. He told Walter what had happened, about helping Drew carry that container out of the house and that he thought Drew had killed Stacy and that he just helped Drew move Stacy's body. He said Drew gave him money for his help.

The next day, Tom called Walter and told him he couldn't keep the money Drew gave him.........he felt guilty about helping Drew, and tried to get Walter to take the money. Later that day, October 29, 2007, Tom attempted suicide. Tom's brother, John Morphey called Tom, and when Tom told him what had happened and said he had taken a lot of pills, John called 911.

Tom was taken to the hospital, and remained there for at least several days. When Walter Martineck learned about Tom's suicide attempt, Walter went to the state police and told them about the events of October 28th, and what Tom had told him about helping Drew Peterson move a container. What Tom had told Walter the night of October 28th, sometime after 9:00pm, came hours before Stacy was reported missing by her sister, Cassandra.

In the meantime, Drew went on his 3-day "head clearing" trip, and when he got back, next door neighbor, Sharon Bychowski, reported that Drew asked her to babysit with the children while Drew went to visit a relative in the hospital who had attempted suicide.

So, while Drew was off on his 3-day "head clearing" trip, Tom Morphey was in the hospital. I think that 3 day trip was for the purpose of disposing of Stacy's body, and we know that Tom was hospitalized during that time and couldn't have helped in the disposal.

In the aftermath, Tom Morphey disappeared for close to a year. It was later confirmed by LE that he was in some sort of protective custody. Most have presumed that Tom was in a rehab hospital. He's returned to Bolingbrook, and testified at the January pretrial hearing about the events of October 28, 2007.

I think Tom Morphey is just another victim of Drew Peterson. DP manipulated Tom into helping him move that container, and since then he and Joel have made every effort to paint Tom as a very troubled person with drug and alcohol issues, and not credible.
 
As an avid shooter, these are all the listed Ranges I could find in the area. If anything is close, let me know and I'll get more detailed info.

# Aurora Sportsmens Club, Waterman IL 60556
# Bass Pro Shop num 003, Gurnee IL 60031
# Bass Pro Shop num 048, Bolingbrook IL 60440
# Belleville Indoor Shooting Range, Belleville IL 62220
# Central Illinois Precision Shooting, Bloomington IL 61704
# Darnalls Gun Works and Ranges, Bloomington IL 61704
# Downers Grove Sportsmen's Club, Morris IL 60450
# Edwardsville Gun Club, Edwardsville IL 62025
# H. P. Shooting Center, Inc., McHenry IL 60050
# Hilltop Meadows Hunt Club, LLC, Fulton IL 61252
# Illinois Junior Precision Shooters-Precision Pistol, Bloomington IL 61704
# Illinois State Rifle Association, Chatsworth IL 60921
# J. R. Shooting Sports, Aurora IL 60504
# Lakewoods Flying Duck Sporting Clays, Cisne IL 62823
# Maxon Shooters Supplies, Inc., Des Plaines IL 60016
# Mega Sports, Inc., Plainfield IL 60544
# Midwest Sporting Goods, Lyons IL 60534
# Naperville Sportsman's Club, Naperville IL 60540
# Pine Tree Pistol Club, Rockford IL 61109
# Richmond Hunting Club, Richmond IL 60071
# St. Charles Sportsmen's Club, Elburn IL 60119
# Xline Sportsmans Club, Kankakee IL 60901

# Alton Woodriver Sportsmen Club, Godfrey IL 62035
# Bi-State Sportsmens Associates, Inc., Colona IL 61241
# Bloomington Sports Club, Colfax IL 61728
# Blue Ridge Backwoods, Monticello IL 61856
# BOY SCOOTS AMERICA PEACEPIPE DIST, Chicago IL 60617
# Briar Knoll Hunting and Fishing, Amboy IL 61310
# Brittany Shooting Park, Plainview IL 62014
# Brookfield Sportsmens Club, Brookfield IL 60513
# Brown Repeaters Sportman, Chicago IL 60619
# Buckley Sportsman Club, Buckley IL 60918
# Buena Vista Farms Inc., Chapin IL 62628
# Buffalo Range, Inc., Ottawa IL 61350
# Bullet Express Indoor Shooting Range, Springfield IL 62703
# C O E Cumberland, Toledo IL 62468
# C O E Rend Lake, Benton IL 62812
# C O E of Shelbyville, Shelbyville IL 62565
# Callahan Ranch Hunting Club, Dieterich IL 62424
# Carlyle Gun Club, Carlyle IL 62231
# Carmi Rifle & P Club, Crossville IL 62827
# Central Illinois Practical Shooters, Havana IL 62644
# Charleston Sportsmens Club, Charleston IL 61920
# Chicago Bow Hunters Inc, Bolingbrook IL 60440
# Chillicothe Sportmans Club, Peoria IL 61604
# Chivusl Sportsmans Club, Morton Grove IL 60053
# Chucks Gun Shop (Riverdale), Riverdale IL 60827
# Coleta Sportsmen Club, Chadwick IL 61014
# Country Archery, Casey IL 62420
# County Line Rod and Gun Club, Noble IL 62868
# Dailey Brothers Quail Farm, Inc, Mackinaw IL 61755
# Danville Rifle and Pistol Club, Danville IL 61834
# Decatur Gun Club, Decatur IL 62521
# Doug's Sport Shop, HUESY IL 62252
# E-Z Livin' Sports Center, Inc., Milan IL 61264
# Eaton Trapshooting Club, Chicago IL 60631
# Edgar County Sportsmans Club, Paris IL 61944
# Edgewood Shooting Park, Springfield IL 62615
# Effingham County Sportsmans Club, Effingham IL 62401
# Egyptian Rifle and Pistol, Marion IL 62959
# Elgin Moose Rod and Gun Club, Elgin IL 60123
# Elgin Rifle Club Inc, South Elgin IL 60177
# Erienna Hunt Club Inc., Morris IL 60450
# Fairbury Sportsmens Club, Fairbury IL 61739
# Fallers Sporting Clays, Butler IL 62015
# Foosland Sportsman Club, Dewey IL 61840
# Frankfort Sportsman Club, Mokena IL 60448
# G.A.T. Guns, Dundee IL 60118
# Galena Bow Benders, Galena IL 61036
# Galesburg Archery Club, Inc., Galesburg IL 61401
# Game Stoppers H and F, Chicago IL 60655
# Garden Plain Hunt Club, Fulton IL 61252
# Garners Archery, Roodhouse IL 62082
# Gen Elec Gun Club, Normal IL 61761
# Glisson Archery & Pro Shop, Plainfield IL 60544
# Goshen Trail Longrifles, Mount Vernon IL 62864
# Grayville Gun Club, Albion IL 62806
# Green Acres Sportsmans Club, Roberts IL 60962
# Grizzles Gamebirds, Brighton IL 62012
# Gun Club Al Post 134, Morton Grove IL 60053
# Hancock County Gun Club, Carthage IL 62321
# Hanna City Sportsmn Club, Hanna City IL 61536
# Harpole's Heartland Lodge, Nebo IL 62355
# Harvester Sportsman Club, McHenry IL 60050
# High Point Gun Club, LittleYork IL 61453
# Highland Pistol and Rifle Club, Highland IL 62249
# Hook and Bullet Conservation Club, Victoria IL 61485
# Hopewell Views Hunting, Rockport IL 62370
# Howell Shooting Club, Yorkville IL 60560
# Illinois Archery Association, Petersburg IL 62675
# Illinois Sporting Clays, Inc., Beardstown IL 62618
# Illinois Tri-County PCS, Sterling IL 61081
# Iroquois County Conservation, Beaverville IL 60912
# Jacksonville Sportsmans Club, Jacksonville IL 62650
# Joker's Wild Sporting Clays, Chesterfield IL 62630
# Joliet Sportsmans Club, Joliet IL 60435
# K V S Club, Keyesport IL 62253
# Ken Rock Rod and Gun Club, Stillman Valley IL 61084
# Kewanes Weatherfld Club, Kewanee IL 61443
# Kiser Creek Trap Range, New Canton IL 62356
# Kishwaukee Archers, Inc., Sycamore IL 60178
# Knollwood Gun Club, Yorkville IL 60560
# Knollwood Sportsman Club, Lake Bluff IL 60044
# KVS Club, Keyesport IL 62253
# Lake Fork Sportsman's Club, Atwood IL 61913
# Law Outdoor Range & Gun Co. Inc., Chanderville IL 62627
# Lefthanders Gun Club, Loami IL 62661
# LeRoy Rifle and Pistol Club, Leroy IL 61752
# Lick Skillet Hunt Club, Armington IL 61721
# Lincoln Muzzle Loaders, Lincoln IL 62656
# Lincoln Sportsman Club, Lincoln IL 62656
# Litchfield Sportsmans Club, Litchfield IL 62056
# Little John Conservation Club, Victoria IL 61485
# Loda Sportsmens Club, Paxton IL 60949
# Magnum H and C Club, Chicago IL 60631
# Marble Gun Club, Danville IL 61834
# Marseilles Muzzleloaders, Marseilles IL 61341
# Mascoutah Sportsmans Club, Mascoutah IL 62258
# Maywood Sportsmen's Club, Elmhurst IL 60126
# McHenry Sportsmen's Club, Johnsburg IL 60097
# Mchenry Sportsmens Club, Johnsburg IL 60051
# Midwest Cimmarron Archery, Richmond IL 60071
# Midwest Gun Collector's Association, Lacon IL 61570
# Midwest Practical Shooters, Naperville IL 60563
# Milan Rifle Club, Inc., Milan IL 61264
# Millbrook Hunting Club, Newark IL 60541
# Mississippi Flyway Sportsmans Club Inc., Thomson IL 61285
# Mississippi Valley Gun Club, Chester IL 62233
# Morrison Sportsman Club, Morrison IL 61270
# MS Valley Duck Hunters, Belleville IL 62221
# Newark Sportsmens Club, Newark IL 60541
# NILO Farms, Brighton IL 62012
# North Pike Hunting Club, Griggsville IL 62340
# Northbrook Sports Club, Hainesville IL 60030
# Northern Illinois Rifle and Pistol Club, Rockford IL 61101
# Northern Illinois Tactical Shooting Club (NITac), Chicago IL 60646
# Oak Park Country Club, River Grove IL 60171
# Oak Ridge Sportsmans Club, Morton IL 61550
# Oakmount Game Club, McHenry IL 60050
# Obession Archery, Machesney Park IL 61115
# Okaw Valley Muzzleloaders, Effingham IL 62401
# Olde Barn Sporting Clays, Oakland IL 61943
# Oleo Quail Club, Pittsburg IL 62974
# Otter Creek Hunting Club, Jerseyville IL 62052
# Outback Sporting Clays, Harrisburg IL 62946
# Palos Sportsmans Club, Inc., Frankfort IL 60423
# Pana Sportsman Club Inc, Pana IL 62557
# Pari Rifle & Pistol Club, Paris IL 61944
# Peoria Skeet and Trap Club, Inc., East Peoria IL 61611
# Peoria Sportsmans Club, Manito IL 61546
# Phasianus Gun Club, Oak Park IL 60304
# Pheasant Valley Sportsmens Club, Bunker Hill IL 62014
# Pike and Calhoun Sportsmans, Pleasant Hill IL 62366
# Pike-Adams Sportsmens Alliance (PASA Park), Barry IL 62312
# Plug & Pellet Sportsmans Club, Rockford IL 61102
# Prairie Chicken Sporting Clays, Hillsboro IL 62049
# Prairie State Possum, Springfield IL 62703
# Prairieland Frontiersmen Inc, Sullivan IL 61951
# Quincy Gun Club, Quincy IL 62301
# Rend Lake Shooting Complex, Benton IL 62897
# Riddles Gamebirds, Weldon IL 61882
# River Wood Game Preserve, Tennessee IL 62374
# Rivolo Rifle & Pistol Club, New Windsor IL 61465
# Robinson Ranch Gun Club, Newman IL 61942
# Rochelle Wldlfe Cns Club, Chana IL 61015
# Rock Hollow Conservation Club, Freeport IL 61032
# Rock Island Conservation Club, Milan IL 61264
# Rock Solid Hunting Preserve, Loraine IL 62349
# Rockford Skeet & Trap Club, Rockford IL 61109
# Rockford Skeet Club, Roscoe IL 61073
# Round Grove Sportsman Club, Casey IL 62442
# Roy Rogers Hunting Club Inc., Ohio IL 61349
# Salt Creek Sporting Clays, Mason City IL 62664
# Sand Prairie Farms, Ohio IL 61349
# Sandwich Sportsmans Club Inc, Sandwich IL 60548
# Scale and Pelt Sportsman Club, Chicago IL 60628
# Scott Afb Rod & Gun Club, Scott Afb IL 62221
# Seneca Hunt Club, Seneca IL 61360
# Shooting Sports Unlimited, Inc., Moline IL 61265
# Shot and Shell Gun Club, Chicago IL 60630
# Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife Area, Yorkville IL 60560
# Smokin Gun Hunting Lodge, Hamilton IL 62341
# Southern Illinois Law Enforcement Training Inc., West Frankfort IL 62896
# Sportsmens Supplier, Bridgeview IL 60455
# Springfield Sportsmens Conservation Club, Springfield IL 62705
# Springfield Tactical Shooters, Springfield IL 62703
# St. Joseph Sportsman Club, St. Jospeh IL 61873
# Starr Gun Club, Palmyra IL 62674
# Staunton Sportsman Club, Staunton IL 62088
# Strictly Fishing & Archery, Plainfield IL 60586
# Sugar Creek and Glass Club, Trenton IL 62293
# Sycamore Sportsmans Club, Sycamore IL 60178
# Taylorville Rifle & Pistol Club, Taylorville IL 62568
# The Outdoorsman Sport Shop, Winthrop Harbor IL 60096
# The Quail Shed, Martinsville IL 62442
# The Site Firearms Training Center, Mounrt Carroll IL 61053
# Toluca Sportsmans Club, Toluca IL 61369
# Trail of Tears Lodge and Sports Resort, Jonesboro IL 62952
# Tri County Gun Club, Inc., Polo IL 61064
# Two Bears Custom Archery LTD, Springfield IL 62702
# Upland Bay Hunt Club & Sporting Clays, Davis Junction IL 61020
# Upland Hunt Club, Davis Junction IL 61020
# Urbanowski S Outdoors, La Salle IL 61301
# Vans Country Sports, Mt Carroll IL 61053
# Virginia Gun Club, Virginia IL 62691
# Voorhees Street Gun Club, Westville IL 61883
# Warrensburg Sportsman Club, Warrensburg IL 62573
# Waukegan Rifles Jcs, Waukegan IL 60085
# Wesley Wilmington Club, Wilmington IL 60481
# Wheaton Rifle Club, Wheaton IL 60187
# Wild Cat Run, Keithsburg IL 61442
# Williamson County Gun Club, Inc., Carterville IL 62918
# Winchester Trap & Skeet, East Alton IL 62024
# World Shooting and Recreational Complex, Sparta IL 62286
# X-Line Gun Club, Bradley IL 60915
 
This is one that is in the same city/area as the search but don't know if related in anyway
# Chillicothe Sportmans Club, Peoria IL 61604

ETA: I have been on the site of the above club and I don't think it's in Peoria even though it has a 309 area code - it says Chillicothe, IL but I have also found at one of the links an aerial view of it and maybe someone better with maps than I am can figure out if it is where we are talkign about.

Here is the link - just scroll down the page and you will come to aerial views
http://www.chillisportsmen.org/Newsletters/2010/NEWS_01_2010_web.htm

hmmm.....Chillicothe is 15 miles North of Peoria....didn't one of the articles say the site was NW of Peoria itself? (IIRC?)
http://www.ci.chillicothe.il.us/
 
This is one that is in the same city/area as the search but don't know if related in anyway
# Chillicothe Sportmans Club, Peoria IL 61604

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chillicothe Sportmans Club
7532 Redwing Drive

Peoria, IL 61604
www.chillisportsmen.org


Facility Details
• Private
• Outdoor
• Gun/Sportsman's Club

Access To Facility
• Members Only
• Memberships Available

Phone Information
• 309-697-6766 Main

Shooting Available
• Archery Outdoors
• Trap Shooting

Competition
• Cowboy Action Shooting
 
Not getting my hopes up but I saw a helicopter flying over my house towards the direction of the site.

It was the same helicopter that was circling while we watched the newscast and LE leave the scene. It doesn't look like a media chopper -- it's all a beige color ... almost like it's a service helicopter (meaning, army, national guard, etc). Aren't most news channel helicopters brightly colored with their channel on it?

I haven't driven by the farm to see if LE was still standing guard.
 
Holy smoke! I swear folks, we do other things in Illinois besides shoot stuff - that's a lot of gun clubs!

I haven't driven by the farm to see if LE was still standing guard

Well heck, what are you waiting for?

Okay I'm kidding. You should start a PayPal account for people to contribute to your gas tank.
 
Ha, Cherry Baby! Really, the location is only 5 mins from here! Not too much gas involved!

I promise to drive by tomorrow if we haven't learned any additional news.

I wish I knew where the helicopter was from. It circled while they were digging and then followed the LE vehicles and they quickly left the scene. It doesn't have the markings of typical media choppers!
 
Did the link I posted to the parcel map with IDs showing help at all?

http://i46.tinypic.com/hsoz77.jpg

ETA
Created here, adding layer info from Property Data. You might see if Parcel Address shows up like the Parce ID did.

http://gis.peoriacounty.org/website/external/

Thanks Noway, yes it does help some and we're both independently in the back yard of info reported. I only get 5 free searches per day on property info for any confirmation of owners. I'm posting a pic a little closer than the last and from a different angle from the river area toward Grange Hall road.

Here's what I'm seeing (Grange Hall Rd., top right.) Yellow push pin marker.
Bottom of the pic is angled behind the properties in question.

I'm noticing down the dirt road from behind the properties, 2 out buildings at the end of the dirt road before the river/stream.

Half way down to the left maybe the Hollow in Old Hollow. (guesstimate on topographical features)

I'm thinking the two out buildings maybe the sportsman's club.

I'll try and verify more info later tomorrow when I can do 5 more property searches and Thanks.

grangehall.jpg
 
Ha, Cherry Baby! Really, the location is only 5 mins from here! Not too much gas involved!

I promise to drive by tomorrow if we haven't learned any additional news.

I wish I knew where the helicopter from from. It circled while they were digging and they followed the LE vehicles and they quickly left the scene. It doesn't have the markings of typical media choppers!

It doesn't by any chance have ISP markings or an ISP in the tail # does it? LOL....that may be too obvious :smile:
 
Not getting my hopes up but I saw a helicopter flying over my house towards the direction of the site.

It was the same helicopter that was circling while we watched the newscast and LE leave the scene. It doesn't look like a media chopper -- it's all a beige color ... almost like it's a service helicopter (meaning, army, national guard, etc). Aren't most news channel helicopters brightly colored with their channel on it?

I haven't driven by the farm to see if LE was still standing guard.

This gets even more interesting....LOL...I asked DH what/who has a beige/tan helicopter with no visible markings and he said ....and I quote...."I don't know but one just like that landed at Clow Airport (Bolingbrook) behind Meijers late Saturday afternoon or early evening while I was out that way" ....gee do ya think he would mention this to me? NOOOOOO.....

ETA: with my DH late afternoon/early evening can be up to about 8pm....if it's not dark outside it's afternoon/evening.....he has a habit of not looking at clocks - ARGGGG!!!
 
I admit to not following this case very closely.....

Some of you have mentioned that DP had an airplane hanger?

Was he a pilot? Did he have an airplane?

There is a very small airport/landing strip RIGHT BEHIND KROGERS on Knoxville Ave in Peoria ... probably 15 mins from the location they are searching. The airport is called Mt. Hawley.

Do you think he flew her down here??? Long shot??? Catch me up, people!
 
Clow Airport is right near his house and he supposedly went there to put new registration stickers on his plane (IIRC). I believe it's an ultralight and from what I can remember reading he wouldn't have been able to put anything with any weight into it (or something to that effect)....like a 1 person plane with no extra space....and this is from memory so if I'm wrong please someone correct me...

I just think it is really weird that the same type of helicopter you just stated landed at Clow on Saturday and my husband actually saw it. But he just thought it was "a helicopter landing - how was I supposed to know I should mention it to you?"

I just told him to get in the car and go by the airport and check to see if any unoccupied ISP cars are parked where you can see them but forgot my son has the car and won't be home till later - so we can't go check....:banghead:
 
It's been suggested that the "inmate" who may be providing information to LE might be Drew's step-brother, Tom Morphey, who was the person who helped Drew move the blue barrel/container from the upstairs master bedroom to Drew's vehicle.

I've done some thinking and research on this and I think he can be ruled out based on what's been reported.

On October 28, 2007 Drew called his step-brother and asked him to help move something at his house. After meeting Tom Morphey at a coffee shop, Drew excused himself, saying he had to run a quick errand and would be back shortly. He gave Tom his cell phone and told him that if it rang, don't answer it. A short time later Drew's cell phone rang and Tom didn't answer it as he was instructed, but noted that the caller ID said "Stacy."

When Drew returned, he took Tom to his house and had Tom help him move what Tom has described as a blue barrel or blue container from the upstairs master bedroom to Drew's Denali. Tom said the container was warm to the touch and he was scared. In the days leading up to this, Tom testified that Drew had tried to coerce him into renting a storage unit in his name and letting Drew use it. Drew told him that Stacy was making trouble and would have to go. Tom put two and two together and figured that Stacy's body was in that container.

Drew drove Tom home, and upon getting home Tom called his neighbor/best friend, Walter Martineck, and asked if he could come over and said that he had to talk to him. Walter has stated in interviews that when Tom came to his house that night he was very upset and scared. He told Walter what had happened, about helping Drew carry that container out of the house and that he thought Drew had killed Stacy and that he just helped Drew move Stacy's body. He said Drew gave him money for his help.

The next day, Tom called Walter and told him he couldn't keep the money Drew gave him.........he felt guilty about helping Drew, and tried to get Walter to take the money. Later that day, October 29, 2007, Tom attempted suicide. Tom's brother, John Morphey called Tom, and when Tom told him what had happened and said he had taken a lot of pills, John called 911.

Tom was taken to the hospital, and remained there for at least several days. When Walter Martineck learned about Tom's suicide attempt, Walter went to the state police and told them about the events of October 28th, and what Tom had told him about helping Drew Peterson move a container. What Tom had told Walter the night of October 28th, sometime after 9:00pm, came hours before Stacy was reported missing by her sister, Cassandra.

In the meantime, Drew went on his 3-day "head clearing" trip, and when he got back, next door neighbor, Sharon Bychowski, reported that Drew asked her to babysit with the children while Drew went to visit a relative in the hospital who had attempted suicide.

So, while Drew was off on his 3-day "head clearing" trip, Tom Morphey was in the hospital. I think that 3 day trip was for the purpose of disposing of Stacy's body, and we know that Tom was hospitalized during that time and couldn't have helped in the disposal.

In the aftermath, Tom Morphey disappeared for close to a year. It was later confirmed by LE that he was in some sort of protective custody. Most have presumed that Tom was in a rehab hospital. He's returned to Bolingbrook, and testified at the January pretrial hearing about the events of October 28, 2007.

I think Tom Morphey is just another victim of Drew Peterson. DP manipulated Tom into helping him move that container, and since then he and Joel have made every effort to paint Tom as a very troubled person with drug and alcohol issues, and not credible.


I have thought all along this was something along the lines of what you posted.... I really don't think all of this is because some "inmate" said so... they have more information than they are going to let on about right now.

I keep trying to think towards the positive... Good must prevail evil and Drew Peterson is evil, IMO.
 
Clow Airport is right near his house and he supposedly went there to put new registration stickers on his plane (IIRC). I believe it's an ultralight and from what I can remember reading he wouldn't have been able to put anything with any weight into it (or something to that effect)....like a 1 person plane with no extra space....and this is from memory so if I'm wrong please someone correct me...

I just think it is really weird that the same type of helicopter you just stated landed at Clow on Saturday and my husband actually saw it. But he just thought it was "a helicopter landing - how was I supposed to know I should mention it to you?"

I just told him to get in the car and go by the airport and check to see if any unoccupied ISP cars are parked where you can see them but forgot my son has the car and won't be home till later - so we can't go check....:banghead:

News agencies don't always own and therefore mark their copters. In alot of cases they simply lease the service from a local provider. Which may have a more neutral or non descript paint scheme. They most likely landed at the local airfield to refuel.

A LE helicopter is almost always marked as such. (although plain beige may also be a state government service such as a natural resources/wildlife management department being used by investigators.)
 
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