Stacy Ann Peterson, Bolingbrook IL #10

[Taximom]

Nan, you're right. He knew he got away with Kathy, and Lord knows how many other crimes...he thought this would go under the radar too. Especially since Stacy's mom "disappeared".

 

[dee10134]

I ran across this statement when looking for the date the kids went to get their candy from Sharon. BBPD said they were informed Stacy was missing after 4:00 am. I know we discussed this earlier that Cassandra had said she had already contacted them at 2:30am...but according to this article...she had not. My guess is that Cassandra did tell Drew that she already spoke to them to get his reaction.

"At approximately four in the morning, the family of Stacey Ann Peterson went into the Illinois State Police District 5 headquarters and reported her as a missing person. State police followed up with our department, sharing the information," said Lt. Ken Teppel.

Police say she was wearing a red jogging suit when she left. She was supposed to meet a family member to help paint a house.

http://www.crimeandjustice.us/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t11509.html

IIRC, Cassandra first went to Downers Grove Police to report Stacy missing, but they turned her down and told her to go to Bolingbrook. I didn't know she went to the ISP to report Stacy missing, unless she notified Bolingbrook PD first then went to ISP to ensure they follow up?

 

[Taximom]

Hmmmm, I'm wondering if I could gather enough jugs of warm water to put in a container to see what happens after a couple of hours?

LOL, I'm sitting here looking at a container wondering how it could be tested. I think water would cool too quickly...

 

[SuziQ]

LOL, I'm sitting here looking at a container wondering how it could be tested. I think water would cool too quickly...

I do to. I wonder if my two lab mixes are up for it?

 

[DeltaDawn]

IIRC, Cassandra first went to Downers Grove Police to report Stacy missing, but they turned her down and told her to go to Bolingbrook. I didn't know she went to the ISP to report Stacy missing, unless she notified Bolingbrook PD first then went to ISP to ensure they follow up?

The Downers Grove sent her to BB and I think because it was BB she also took it upon herself at around 4-4:30 AM to go to the ISP. She did not want the case handled by BB for obvious reasons..she didn't trust them.

But she tried to make 3 missing persons reports on Stacy that night ...ISP being the last stop.

 

[SuziQ]

Chico's body heat calculation sounds accurate. I guess however Tom knew that Stacy was in the container, we can safely assume that Stacy was in a container. I wish someone would find the container!

 

[dee10134]

LOL, I'm sitting here looking at a container wondering how it could be tested. I think water would cool too quickly...

Does concrete have to be mixed with warm water???

 

[Taximom]

I do to. I wonder if my two lab mixes are up for it?

Good thing my kids are in school!

 

[Taximom]

Does concrete have to be mixed with warm water???

We have always used water right out of the faucet for our small concrete projects. My neighbor says in extreme cold you can use warm water, but that's not always handy.

The chemical reaction caused by everything mixing together causes heat, but I'm not sure that lasts a long time. Didn't think to ask about that....

I don't personally think concrete is involved. We don't typically have concrete bags laying around unless we are doing a project soon. Did he have concrete in his garage? Where did he toss the garbage if he did? I wonder if anyone went through his garbage?

 

[SuziQ]

Good thing my kids are in school!

Any little neighborhood kids around? lol, J/K!!!

 

[Taximom]

Well, there's one bratty kid next door.... He's about Stacy's age (and size!) and actually I'm sure his mom wouldn't mind if he went missing. LOL

 

[Leila]

I think that she was definitely murdered that Sunday morning.

By 2:30 PM Drew was CALLING OFF work because was Stacy was gone.

My question is..didn't they children go over to Sharon's for a short time in the afternoon ? Didn't one of the children tell her Mom and Dad had a bad fight..and Sharon thought the child seemed frightened?

Then Cassandra is trying to reach Stacy..I am thinking possibly Cassandra may have called Sharon and known something horrible was happening. We know that by 11PM she was fairly certain of that

I agree......she was probably killed Sunday morning. If I remember correctly, the phone call with her sister's friend, Bruce was shortly after 10:00am. Sharon said she had gone grocery shopping at 9:30 that morning and got home around 11:00am. She called the Peterson home just before noon and spoke to Kris (13 years old) who hemmed and hawed. DP got on the phone and said that Stacy had gone to grandpa's. Sharon said that she had bought the kids some Halloween lollipops and was calling to see if the kids could come over so she could give them the treats. DP told Sharon he would bring the kids over in a while. He brought them over about 1:00pm and asked Sharon if she could babysit for about a half hour as he had to run an errand.

I think the errand DP had to do was to get the container from the garage to the upstairs bedroom and put Stacy's body in it. He then stashed the container in the bedroom until he could get help moving it.

 

[close_enough]

I agree......she was probably killed Sunday morning. If I remember correctly, the phone call with her sister's friend, Bruce was shortly after 10:00am. Sharon said she had gone grocery shopping at 9:30 that morning and got home around 11:00am. She called the Peterson home just before noon and spoke to Kris (13 years old) who hemmed and hawed. DP got on the phone and said that Stacy had gone to grandpa's. Sharon said that she had bought the kids some Halloween lollipops and was calling to see if the kids could come over so she could give them the treats. DP told Sharon he would bring the kids over in a while. He brought them over about 1:00pm and asked Sharon if she could babysit for about a half hour as he had to run an errand.

I think the errand DP had to do was to get the container from the garage to the upstairs bedroom and put Stacy's body in it. He then stashed the container in the bedroom until he could get help moving it.

i think you're right, Leila..

i think Stacy was killed in the house, shortly after that 10 am phone call with Bruce....

 

[close_enough]

Then why was the container still warm when TM helped DP move it? If DP murdered Stacy in the morning, wouldn't she be cold by the time TM assisted DP???

hmmm, you have a point dee...this will sound far fetched, BUT.....maybe she was tied & gagged upstairs for a period of time?...gosh, i'm reeeeaching now..

 

[Vegas Bride]

What time was it Stacy was supposed to go help paint? If she didn't show up when expected and didn't call to let them know she'd be late then I think she was killed before that time.
This case is really getting to me on so many levels.
How horrible for those kids if they were in the house when their mother was being killed. Since the neighbor did see DrewP up close when he was at her house I wonder if there were any marks on him she could have noticed, a scratch or bruise maybe? I'd think Stacy would have put up a heck of a fight!

VB

 

[close_enough]

By the time TM helps w/the "warm" container, it's been at least 8 hours or so since Stacy's death. Unless she was somehow dying slowly, and didn't die completely till later.


That is the same thought I had as soon as we heard the warm container story..Suppose she was beaten so badly she was barely alive, comatose maybe. Could that be the reason for all the barrels, boxes, asking truckers to transport her..because she wasn't dead yet..but Drew knew she would be within hours and he needed to get her body out of that house? Either that or he kept her body wrapped in an elctric blanket until that evening so rigor mortis wouldn't set in. I know that sounds far fetched..tha's why I was afraid to post it and even start down that road.

no more far fetched than i what i just posted.....i had forgotten about TM telling a friend that the container was warm...unless he was lying, or this is part of some of his memory lapses...he's not sure, yada yada yada???

 

[close_enough]

--->>>Welllll, yes he could, at least put on a sad face particularly IF IF IF he really loved her. He could look at least downtrodden, he could look humbly at the ground, he could put some glycerin in his eye to produce one or two tears. (They used to do that in the movie business, IF IF the star could not wring out a tear or two in a scene.)

How'd the old song go, "You took a fine time to leave me Lucille, with five ) hungry children and the crops in the field." Was that a Kenny Rogers song, I cannot remember.
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LOL, yes it was....& BTW...Happy Birthday Camper

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I personally believe he strangled her. I don't know if there was much of a physical altercation before then. Once he cut her air off...she would struggle against whatever was around her throat. If this was say the bikini top, his hands and face would be clear of marks. When you are being strangled, I would think you would automatically grab your neck and try to free yourself. It would be the normal reaction, imo.

 

[close_enough]

Chico already went through this. The body only loses temperature at the rate of one degree per hour after death. At 80 degrees, it would still be "warm" to the touch by the time Tom helped move the container to the car if her body was in it.

aahh, ok....just noticed this post, hmm

 

[Leila]

IIRC, Cassandra first went to Downers Grove Police to report Stacy missing, but they turned her down and told her to go to Bolingbrook. I didn't know she went to the ISP to report Stacy missing, unless she notified Bolingbrook PD first then went to ISP to ensure they follow up?

When Greta interviewed the Bolingbrook police chief, McCury, he said that when he spoke with Cassandra early on October 29th, she requested that the ISP be in charge of the case as she didn't trust the Bolingbrook police because it involved one of their own officers. He said something about agreeing with her line of thinking and handed the case off to the state police.