Drew Peterson's Trial *FIRST WEEK*

[CarolinaMoon]

I think there is hope. My daughter just got done with jury duty. It sounded very similar to this in that there wasn't a lot of direct evidence and the defense kept whining at every turn, and the judge went on and on about there had to be real evidence. She said the only thing was is that they, the jury, couldn't escape the obvious. They found the guy guilty!!!!!! So let's hope the jury has brains.

Another boost... two words:

Scott Peterson

 

[Shelby1]

I forget. What did the papers say that she gave to the Greta VS show?

 

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Another boost... two words:

Scott Peterson

o/t - while we wait for the next update.

I followed Scott Peterson's trial religiously. I'd rush home and the first thing I'd do even before even saying hi to my kids was turn on the TV to CourtTV (we had CourtTV back then). It was an obsession!!!

Anyway, the other day, I turn on the tv to HLN and they were talking about DREW Peterson and my son looks at me and says..... "Did he kill another wife"? I only realized later that he thought it was Scott. lol


Not sure what the hold up in court is.....still waiting for updates. Did they take a break?:waitasec:

 

[Shelby1]

Hmmmm.... maybe the papers were the insurance policy?

(thanks again to ACR for the this awesome site)

GRETA: Did she have an insurance policy on her life?

ANNA: She had a one million dollar insurance policy.

GRETA: Who was the beneficiary of that policy?

ANNA: Well everybody thought it was Drew but nobody knew she changed it to her two boys. She did that just prior to her death.

GRETA: Did you know she done that just prior to her death?

ANNA: Oh yeah she told me.

GRETA: Why did she do that?

ANNA: Because she didn't want Drew to get it because she said he was going to kill her.

http://www.acandyrose.com/kathleen_savio_103107doman_greta.htm

 

[Shelby1]

o/t - while we wait for the next update.

I followed Scott Peterson's trial religiously. I'd rush home and the first thing I'd do even before even saying hi to my kids was turn on the TV to CourtTV (we had CourtTV back then). It was an obsession!!!

Anyway, the other day, I turn on the tv to HLN and they were talking about DREW Peterson and my son looks at me and says..... "Did he kill another wife"? I only realized later that he thought it was Scott. lol


Not sure what the hold up in court is.....still waiting for updates. Did they take a break?:waitasec:

Those were the days, eh? I paid money to get daily court transcripts.

 

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In Session Kathy Savio was her younger sister. “You didn’t provide any of those documents to anyone to be used at the coroner’s inquest?” Objection/Overruled. “No.” “In fact, you gave the contents of the briefcase to the producer from the Greta Van Susteren show before you gave them to the police?” Objection/Overruled. “I gave them some copies, yes.” “In fact, remember around December 16, 2008 you met with an agent from the Illinois State Police . . . remember that meeting?” “Not particularly . . . I remember a detective coming.” “And you gave her some stuff?” “Yes.” “Keys?’ “Yes . . . I remember the keys.” “The 14 keys I just asked you about, are those the 14 keys given to you by the Illinois State Police when they came to your house?” “Yes.” One of the jurors is apparently having a coughing fit, so the judge decides to take a five minute recess at this time. Court is in recess for five minutes (until 10:06 CT).

 

[inthedark14]

10 a.m. Defense cross-examines Savio's sister

On cross-examination, Doman said she never turned over a briefcase she retrieved from Savio's SUV to police at the time of Savio's death, but instead stored the case in her garage until 2008 when she gave copies of some of the documents to a producer for the Greta Van Susteren show, and later, to state police investigators.

Doman had testified earlier that Savio asked her to get the case from her vehicle if anything happened to her.

When defense attorney Joe Lopez asked whether Doman turned any of the documents from the briefcase over to the coroner's office during the 2004 inquest into her sister's death, she paused briefly, then said that she did not.

"Don't look at the state to determine whether you should answer, Ma'am," Judge Edward Burmila told her
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...avio-stacey-mistrial-20120803,0,1019573.story

 

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In Session The witness says that her sister told her that Drew was going to kill her and make it look like an accident. “That’s what she said to me.” “You didn’t hear Drew say that yourself?” “No.” She repeats that Drew called her on the morning of March 2 to tell her that Kathleen had died. “And he told you not to come to the house?” “Right.” “Some policeman” brought her Kathy’s keys . . . “it was a uniformed guy.” “Did he ask you what your name was?” “No . . . he said, ‘I’m dropping the keys off.’” “Did you tell that police officer at that time, ‘Hey, my sister said Drew was going to kill her and make it look like an accident’?” “No.”

In Session “That was still Drew’s house, wasn’t it, partly Drew’s house?” “I didn’t know that . . . I didn’t know what belonged to who.” “So Drew had as much right to be there?” “Well, I didn’t know that.” She repeats that Peterson “banged on the front door” when he came over to the house while she was there with her family. She also repeats that Peterson went through the house, collecting things into a laundry basket. “You didn’t call the police?” “No.” “How many family members were in there with you?” “I’d have to stop and count them all . . . six, and Dennis.” “Dennis was your boyfriend at the time?” “Yes.” “You didn’t follow Drew around the house?” “Not the whole time.”

In Session The witness is shown a copy of a document (apparently to refresh her recollection). She is directed to a specific portion. However, the Prosecution objects, and the judge rules that the witness can read the entire document. “So you did follow him around?” “Yes.” “And he did fill the basket with items?” “Yes.” “He went from room to room, and you couldn’t always see what he was doing?” “True.”

In Session “When Drew was in the house, you already had the briefcase in your trunk, didn’t you?” “At what point in time?” “Well, looking for that briefcase was a priority, wasn’t it?” “Yes.” “And it’s the first thing you did?” “I didn’t say that . . . it wasn’t the first thing I did . . . it was important, but it wasn’t the first thing I did . . . she said, ‘Make sure you get the briefcase.’”

 

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In Session The witness is now asked about her grand jury testimony, which indicates that she put the briefcase in her trunk, then went back into the house. “Would you like to see a copy, to refresh your testimony?” “Sure . . . so what’s your question?” “Did you tell the grand jurors you went and got the briefcase, put it in your trunk, and then went back in the house?” “Yes.” “And then you went on to say that Drew came over?? “Well, Drew was banging at the door.” “You told the grand jury that after you got the briefcase that Drew was banging on the door?” “The order of the things that happened may have been mixed up. But they did happen; Drew was banging . . . but the order of which it happened may not be correct. But it all happened.” “The question is, did you tell the grand jurors after you put it in the trunk that Drew knocked on the door?” “I don’t remember telling them that he banged after I put it in my trunk . . the order may have been mixed up. I did put it in my trunk; he did bang on the door. About when, the order could have been mixed up. It was a very stressful day.”

 

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In Session “You guys went to the house to get things out of there before Drew got there . . . you were looking for money, jewelry?” “No, we were looking for a will.” “Well, you put the briefcase in your trunk, and went back in the house looking for stuff?” “Yeah.” “You went through the office looking for stuff, looking for anything you could take?” “Anything relevant.” “What did you take out of the house?” “Cancelled checks. That was pretty much it.” “The rest of your family members were also looking for items?” “Yes.”

In Session Doman acknowledges that she didn’t call the police that day to report that Savio had said Drew would try to kill her. “My sister spoke up [at the coroner’s inquest].” “The first time you told anybody that Drew was going to make it look like an accident was in November, 2007?” “He did . . . Kathy told me he did . . . they [the police] wouldn’t listen before then. No one would listen . . . I tried to call, but no one would listen . . . all they would say was that it was under investigation . . . no one would listen. I tried.” Objection/Sustained.

 

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In Session “Drew paid for the wake?” “Yes.” “And after the service, you invited Drew and the children to come to a family get together at a Polish banquet hall?” “Yes.”

n Session The witness concedes that she didn’t open Savio’s briefcase the day she found it. Eventually, she turned it over to the State Police. “You kept it in your garage, in Romeoville, in a closed position, up on a shelf?” “Yes.” “The day that Drew came to the house and took the items, he took the garage door opener?” “Yes.” “And you didn’t know he was still the part owner of the property?” “No, I thought it was Kitty’s house; I didn’t know who owned what.” “You didn’t have a court order to enter that house?” “No.” “You didn’t have Drew’s permission to enter that house, did you?” “No.”



In Session Doman doesn’t think she’s ever been on the Greta Van Susteren show. She knows that her sister at one time had a book and movie deal (“At one time she did. I don’t know about now.

 

[inthedark14]

agrimm34about a minute ago
Doman after Lopez points out inconsistencies btwn testimony and grand jury testimony: The order of things might be different, but happened
agrimm34less than a minute ago
Lopez to Doman: Never told anyone about #DrewPeterson threat to kill Savio, make look like accident, until 2007? Doman: No one would listen

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...peterson-twitter-20120731,0,5381027.htmlstory

 

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In Session In 2004, she went to a bank to try to get into Savio’s safe deposit box. Objection/Overruled. “Your attorney filed some letters for permission to become the estate administrator?” “Yes.” “You also filed an injunction in March, 2004 to stop Drew from taking any property out of the residence?” “Yeah.” “So in 2004, you did those three things?” “Yes.” “But you didn’t’ go to the state police until 2007, three years later?” “Right.”

In Session “You indicated that when Kathleen took a bath, she would put her hair up in a towel?” “I didn’t say she put her hair up in a towel.” “Well, didn’t you tell authorities that Kathleen would remove her jewelry and would put her hair up in a towel?” “I said she would put her hair up . . . I don’t remember saying ‘towel.’” “So you deny using the word ‘towel’?” “I don’t remember saying the word ‘towel.’ I know I said ‘up.” Even after she is shown a copy of the report in question, the witness repeats that she only remembers saying ‘up,’ but doesn’t remember saying anything about a towel.

 

[Shelby1]

In Session “Drew paid for the wake?” “Yes.” “And after the service, you invited Drew and the children to come to a family get together at a Polish banquet hall?” “Yes.”

n Session The witness concedes that she didn’t open Savio’s briefcase the day she found it. Eventually, she turned it over to the State Police. “You kept it in your garage, in Romeoville, in a closed position, up on a shelf?” “Yes.” “The day that Drew came to the house and took the items, he took the garage door opener?” “Yes.” “And you didn’t know he was still the part owner of the property?” “No, I thought it was Kitty’s house; I didn’t know who owned what.” “You didn’t have a court order to enter that house?” “No.” “You didn’t have Drew’s permission to enter that house, did you?” “No.”



In Session Doman doesn’t think she’s ever been on the Greta Van Susteren show. She knows that her sister at one time had a book and movie deal (“At one time she did. I don’t know about now.

She doesn't think she's been on the GVS show???? Ummmmm...someone give her a transcript.
http://www.acandyrose.com/kathleen_savio_103107doman_greta.htm

 

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In Session “You know that when Kathy died she had a gold necklace around her neck with a cross on it?” “I didn’t know that.” “Were you ever told that?” “No.” “You knew Kathy’s [at first, Lopez misspeaks, and said ‘Stacy’s” rather than ‘Kathy’s’] friend Mary Pontarelli, didn’t you?” “I met her two or three times.” “You never told her that Kathy said Drew was going to kill her and make it look like an accident?” “Not that I remember.” “And you knew that Kathy and Mary were very close friends?” “I knew they were friends.” “You weren’t really that close to your sister, were you?” “Yes, I was close to her.” “You didn’t know her boyfriend, did you?” “Yes, I knew him.” “But you didn’t’ know him well?” “It depends on what you consider well.”

In Session “During that six week period from the time you claim she made this statement to the time of her death, you didn’t go to her house at all, did you?” “I don’t remember.” Doman concedes that she didn’t call up Drew to warn him not to do anything, didn’t call the Bolingbrook P.D., and didn’t file any kind of report. “You didn’t call a family meeting, or call your father up and tell him that?” “No.” “You didn’t attempt to contact your sister’s boyfriend and relay that information, either, did you?” “No.” This ends the cross-examination.

In Session Lopez suddenly realizes he has one more question. Doman repeats that Drew cleaned the bathtub while she was at the house, and claimed he was doing it because he didn’t want the kids to see the blood. “You knew the police had been in there the night before, right?” “Yes.”

 

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In Session The defense is now finished with cross, and prosecutor Patton begins her redirect examination. But before she starts, she asks the judge for a sidebar.

In Session The sidebar ends. The judge asks the jurors to leave the courtroom.

 

[inthedark14]

agrimm34less than a minute ago
Jurors removed while prosecutors make "offer of proof" as to Doman testimony. Topic: Why didn't she press about #DrewPeterson threat til 07?
agrimm34less than a minute ago
"Offer of proof"= Prosecutors question, defense cross-examines witness w/o jury. Will repeat for jury if deemed admissible by judge.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...peterson-twitter-20120731,0,5381027.htmlstory

 

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In Session The jurors are now gone. Judge to witness: “The State is going to make what is called an offer of proof.” Patton: “You were asked repeatedly why you waited until 2007 to do anything about this . . .why was that?” “Nobody would listen to us.” “But what made you at that time come forward? Did anything make you come forward?” Objection/Sustained. “Well, finally, we had been calling everybody . . . but after I had met Greta and she told me about Dr. Michael Baden, he offered to do the autopsy. And he’s a world-renowned doctor. We were able to get my sister exhumed, and he said that it was murder. That’s when it all started.” “How did you meet Greta?” “Well, the whole thing was going on with Stacy . . . I thought, ‘Oh, my God, poor Chris and Tommy’ . .. “ “And that’s how you ended up meeting Greta Van Susteren?” “Yeah . . . I didn’t even know who she was when I met her.”

 

[Cubby]

In Session The sidebar ends. “We were looking for Drew.” “What did you do after you found him?” “We were getting ready to leave.” “When you were in the house, how did you leave?” “We each had separate cars; we were all getting ready to go.” “Who did you leave with?” “Dennis [her boyfriend].” As she was leaving, “my sister told me, ‘Don’t forget my case’ . . . and it dawned on me just as I was getting ready to leave, when I saw her car in the garage. When I looked, it was exactly where she said it would be . . . it was open, so I grabbed it . . . I wanted to get this thing in the trunk right away, because I didn’t know where Drew was and I didn’t want him to take it or anything.”

BBM. Catching up again. "it was open" I wish they would specify what was open. Was it the Car open or the brief case open? My first impression was the breif case was open, but then maybe she meant the car was unlocked or open.

 

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In Session Lopez begins his part of this proffer. The witness concedes that she had not seen her nephews for some time, and had not sent birthday cards. “You didn’t make a complaint that no one would listen to her, did you?” “No. I didn’t think it would do any good.” “So the only reason you came forward was because you heard that Stacy had been missing, or had walked away from her house?” “I went there [to Sharon Bychowski’s house] to support my nephews. I didn’t go with any other intent.”