Drew Peterson's Trial *SECOND WEEK*

[atthelake]

Typo, it should be "didn't

:shocked2:l

 

[WindyCityGirl]

his leaving Kathleen. I am just confused.....when he said that a couple friends asked him to go out for a couple of beers "b/c of the circumstances" was that in reference to having his home broken in or being in a tiff with his girlfriend?
She is presumed to have been killed/died on Sunday morning, right?
I never knew that his home was broken into which adds another dimension to this horrible sad, sad case. It could have been random and have had nothing to do with this, but I wonder....

 

[Shelby1]

his leaving Kathleen. I am just confused.....when he said that a couple friends asked him to go out for a couple of beers "b/c of the circumstances" was that in reference to having his home broken in or being in a tiff with his girlfriend?
She is presumed to have been killed/died on Sunday morning, right?
I never knew that his home was broken into which adds another dimension to this horrible sad, sad case. It could have been random and have had nothing to do with this, but I wonder....

Because of his house being broken into.

Yeah, it could have been random...but my gut tells me that it's not. Too much of a coinky-dink.

 

[dog.gone.cute]

And now we know why the Judge wouldn't allow camera's because he couldn't get away with his rulings!

What a freaking bought and paid for Judge if I ever suspected one! MOO

BBM: Exactly !!!

:waitasec: An INVESTIGATION needs to get rolling on this "judge" ! ASAP !

:moo:

 

[seattlechiquita]

Morning y'all. Running for some :coffeecup: to catch up. Thanks as always to sister n/t for the updates!

 

[fifteen89]

Seems to me if they want to say 'the boyfriend did it' - he would've been calling Kathleen all day (knowing he had killed heer and she was laying dead in the tub and wouldn't be answering the phone or calling him back) - he would've been calling all day just to set up his alibi. What's that? The boyfriend WASN'T calling her? Hmmmm.... Gee, I wonder who WAS doing that???

 

[Shelby1]

Kathleen Savio's boyfriend Steve Maniaci is on the witness stand being questioned by defense attorney Joseph Lopez.

The jury and the witness are now in the courtroom. Attorney Joseph Lopez begins his cross-examination. “You and I have never met?” “No, Sir.” “I want to call your attention back to 1984 . . . that was the first time you met Kathleen Savio?” “Yes.” ‘At that time, Kathy was living alone?” “I really don’t remember what she was doing at that particular time.” When they met, both he and Savio were working at a company called Die Masters. “You ran into her again at a company reunion party?” “Yes.” “You always like Kathy?” “I did.” “You learned she got married, and you saw her at this party, with her husband, Drew Peterson?” “Yes.” “And then you didn’t’ hear anything from her for a couple of years?” “Not directly, no.”

 

[Shelby1]

In Session In addition to his motorcycle and his Cadillac, the witness has a classic Corvette. “You referred Kathy to a dermatologist that you knew?” “Yes.” “She had some kind of red blotches” “This was also your dermatologist, the brother of one of your band mates?” “Yes.” “You’d taken baths with Kathy?” “Yes.” “So both of you could fit in that tub?” “It was kind of tight, but yes.” “You’d sit there and enjoy each other’s company?” “Yes.”

 

[WindyCityGirl]

past couple of days for having permitted the jury to hear the hearsay testimony of Kristen and Mary, both of whom gave riveting information to the court.
I do think that he has permitted some well, almost bullying of the witnesses by the defense and has also allowed breaks at key points which he should be saavy enough to know in this case is something that should be over-ruled......but I think that he is being very careful so that this thing doesn't win any kind of an appeal. I don't feel like he is on the side of the defense.....at......this.....moment.

BBM: Exactly !!!

:waitasec: An INVESTIGATION needs to get rolling on this "judge" ! ASAP !

:moo:

 

[Shelby1]

In Session One night, while he and Kathy were out, they ran into an attorney that Maniaci knew. He introduced that attorney to Kathy, and he began to represent her. But there was some kind of conflict, so the original attorney’s partner, Harry Smith, took over. “She would call him [Smith] a lot, wouldn’t she?” “Yes.” “Harry was working hard on her case, wasn’t he?” “I would think so.” ‘So from this point in 2002, we fast forward to where you have this relationship with her on a weekly basis?” “Yes.” “You’d go out together?” “Yes.” “Eventually there was a time when she’d actually bring the children to your house and stay overnight?” “Yes.” “And there were occasions where the children would be with Drew, and they’d call her at your house?” “I don’t remember that, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the did.” “You adored this girl, didn’t you?” “I really did.” “But you didn’t want to talk about marriage when she called you?” “No.” “She hung up on you?” “Yes.” “You didn’t call her back on Sunday?” “No.” ‘You didn’t call her until Monday?” “Yes.”

 

[dog.gone.cute]

Because of his house being broken into.

Yeah, it could have been random...but my gut tells me that it's not. Too much of a coinky-dink.

BBM: I totally agree !

JMO ... but I think it was another one of DP's warnings -- like the "bullet in the driveway" of the neighbor's house ...

What a :silenced:

:moo:

 

[Shelby1]

In Session The witness agrees that there were a lot of children in the neighborhood where Savio lived. “The kids would play at the house all the time?” “Yes.” “Kathy wore glasses, right?” “Yes, and contacts.” “Wire frame glasses?” “Sometimes . . . they were bent.” “Yes.” “You also have used spot carpet cleaner?” “Yes.” “You even suggested that Kathy get it, because she had a cat?” “Yes . . . it’s possible that she may have taken the one I had . . . I said it was very good.” “She had a cat?” “Yes.” “The cat lived downstairs?’ “There was a room downstairs with a litter box, and some food . . . it was a gray cat, charcoal.”

 

[Shelby1]

In Session “Kathy had a lot of matching towels, correct?” “I don’t remember if they were matching.” “She had different rugs she put on the bathroom floor, different colors?” “Yes.” “Sometimes there’d be a rug there, sometimes there wouldn’t?” “I think that’s fair to say.” “She had a lot of shampoo bottles?’ “She had a lot of shampoo.” “Those kinds of things were around the tub?” “Yes, decorative.”

 

[Shelby1]

In Session “Kathy also had a cabinet full of pills?” “I don’t remember if it was full of pills, but she did take some medication . . . she did have pills, yes.” “You previously described that Kathy bruised easily?” “She told me that . . . I don’t remember seeing them, but everybody has bruises occasionally . . . I can’t tell you specific times.” “The picture you were shown with the hole in the door . . . that was never repaired, right?” “No.” “And that was there for a long time, at least a year?” “I believe longer than that . . . it was sometime in the beginning of 2002.”

 

[Shelby1]

I missed this one--

In Session The witness repeats that he and Kathy reconnected in 2001 at a Christmas party. “You were happy to see her, weren’t you?” “Sure.” “You’ve never been married?” “Never have been.” “You spoke, and you learned that she and her husband were having problems?” “Yes.” “You learned that Drew was staying in the basement?” “Yes.” ‘You ever go to Kathy’s house when Drew was there?” “No . . . he was out of town.” “You didn’t want to get too serious with her, because you didn’t know if she was going to go back to Drew?” “Yes.” ‘When did you actually start dating as boyfriend and girlfriend?” “I would say the end of February, early March, 2002.”

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[Shelby1]

In Session The witness repeats and he, Kathy, and another couple went to the Samba Room in Naperville on the night of Friday, February 27, 2004. After dinner, they went to The Lantern Bar across the street. “You got pretty drunk, didn’t you?” “It’s a relative term . . . it was best that Kathy drove, because she didn’t drink as much.” “You were pretty hung over the next morning, weren’t you?” “I was pretty tired.” “You went to Steak ‘n Shake because you had a hangover, and you wanted a burger?” “I don’t remember saying that, but I wanted a burger.”

 

[Shelby1]

In Session “You were pretty tired when you got up on Saturday?” “I never slept all that well at her house.” The witness repeats that he went to play in his five-man rock band on Saturday afternoon. “You guys have known each other for a long period of time?” “Since high school, on and off.” “Did you play in the garage that day?” “No, in the basement.” He had suggested that Kathy go over to his house while he practiced. “And then I’d bring some dinner home, and we’d watch a movie.” “There was no firm plan to do that?” “No, right.” “So later on in the evening you spoke to her . . . she didn’t want to go to your house, and you didn’t want to go to your house?” “Yes.” “She was studying for finals?” “Yes.” “And you knew she liked to study in bed?” “Yes.”

 

[Shelby1]

In Session After band practice, he went home; his subsequent phone conversation with Savio was around 8:00 or 8:30 pm.. “This conversation you had with her about her coming to your house . . . she wasn’t angry at this time?” “She was a little angry.” “Because you wouldn’t come over?” “Yes.” Then, around midnight, she called him again. “She was just mad at me.” “She was kind of a fiery, feisty girl, wasn’t she?” “She could be.” “She was half-Italian, wasn’t she?” Objection/Sustained.

 

[Shelby1]

In Session “You thought she would call you the next day, didn’t you?” “I did.” “And you resisted the urge to call her?” “Yes.” He repeats that he met his father for breakfast or lunch, took a motorcycle ride, took the bike back to his shop, dropped it off, and then went home. “So during the evening and into the night, no word from Kathy . . . just went to bed, woke up the next day, and went to work?” “Yes.” “The next day, remember that Monday being a holiday?” “Some people call it a holiday.” Judge: “Sir, I call it a holiday” (LAUGHTER IN THE COURTROOM)

 

[Shelby1]

In Session The witness repeats that he tried to call Kathy “many times” during the day on Monday. “You didn’t call Mary Pontarelli that day, and ask her to go check on Kathy?” “No.” “You didn’t call any of the neighbors that day?” “No.” “You were just waiting for Kathy to call you?” “Yes.” He repeats that he went out with some friends to the Lunar Brewing Company. He was still out when Mary Pontarelli called him “about 10:00” that night. He had gone home after work that day, then went to the brewery “when it was still light out . . . maybe 6:00.” “How long did you stay there?” “A couple of hours . . .I was there until Mary called . . . 9:00 or 10:00, I believe it was . . . it was a bad day.” “It was a bad day because you hadn’t talked to her?” Objection. The parties approach the bench for another sidebar.