Suspect Drew Peterson #3

[philamena]

Leila,
Thanks to you also. I do remember RM's comment about the instrument case.

 

[Leila]

http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/215514.html



Has this been thoroughly investigated?
Or was it ignored because of Morphey's condition?
I'd love to know how much time LE spent questioning Morphey.

Philamena,
This is what we know. DP picked up his step-brother, Thomas Morphey, about 7:00pm on October 28 at a park and took him to a coffee shop. Sometime after they arrived at the coffee shop, DP told Morphey that he had to run an errand and told him he'd be back in a while. He left his cell phone with Morphey, but told him if it rang, not to answer it. While DP was gone, the cell phone rang and the caller ID said "Stacy." Morphey didn't answer it. When DP came back, he told Morphey he needed help moving something, and took Morphey to his house. Morphey said they moved a rectangular container, that felt warm to the touch, from the bedroom to DP's Denali. Then DP took Morphey home.

Upon arriving home, Morphey called his friend and neighbor, Walter Martineck, and told him he needed to talk to him right away. Walter told him to come over, to the garage side door. Walter Martineck said that Morphey was frantic and told Walter he thought he had just helped DP move Stacy's body. He told Martineck that he wasn't to tell anyone what he had told him, as he was fearful of DP.

The next day, Thomas Morphey tried to commit suicide by overdosing, and was taken to the hospital late that night. When his friend, Walter Martineck, learned that Morphey had tried to commit suicide he decided he had to break his promise to Morphey and tell LE what Morphey had told him.

This is all we know. Thomas Morphey has never been interviewed by the media, and it's been said by some that he went into a rehab. But in the past week or so, one of Stacy's family members said Morphey was in protective custody.

I think we can surmise from the above that Thomas Morphey is a key witness is this case and LE is protecting him. I'm sure that LE knows a lot more and has sources and/or evidence that backs up what Morphey told them.

 

[robthomaseyes]

In regards to Drew getting hate mail......ahemmmmmm well since he is such a martial arts expert & a former member of LE the chicken chit should be able to run real fast. Brodsky had better hope & pray that someone just wants to take him on like in a bar brawl & old goat sees them coming at him. Now not everyone fights fair as we have all seen here at WS.....is it possible Brodsky is tempting people to engage him in a brawl????

Or possibly goading someone to do something stupid?

What kind of idiots are they? They have 4 kids in the home.

Honestly, I think his defense strategy is to claim that he cannot get a fair trial. He is putting himself out there on magazine covers, calling up radio stations, keeping himself in the limelight by publicizing every letter (fake or real, who knows) he gets, and now he wants to go on national t.v. for maximum exposure. It's so he can later claim that "the media" has made it impossible for him to get a fair trial b/c there is nobody left who doesn't know the case or have an opinion on it.

Dummy doesn't realize that he's not going to be able to claim that defense after actively pursuing publicity himself.

 

[robthomaseyes]

Upon arriving home, Morphey called his friend and neighbor, Walter Martineck, and told him he needed to talk to him right away. Walter told him to come over, to the garage side door. Walter Martineck said that Morphey was frantic and told Walter he thought he had just helped DP move Stacy's body. He told Martineck that he wasn't to tell anyone what he had told him, as he was fearful of DP.

I've always thought it was possible that TM didn't tell his friend the entire story. It might just be he told him only that he THOUGHT he moved the body -- human nature would make him want to confess to make himself feel better, but yet not turn his friend against him. Therefore, a partial confession. It may be that he saw the body or DP told him outright that he killed her and that's what he told LE.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Rob, I must agree with you. I think that as DP and Tom sat in the coffee shop, he learned many things from DP about Stacy's disappearance.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Cheeze on crackers! *Someone* should give Illinois CPS the link to Websleuths.

I believe they read here and at FSP site frequently. Here, they most likely look for clues...there they most likely look for people who write nasty letters to DP and send death threats, date requests, etc. LOL

 

[Leila]

I've always thought it was possible that TM didn't tell his friend the entire story. It might just be he told him only that he THOUGHT he moved the body -- human nature would make him want to confess to make himself feel better, but yet not turn his friend against him. Therefore, a partial confession. It may be that he saw the body or DP told him outright that he killed her and that's what he told LE.

I think it's likely that Tom Morphey knows a lot more than what he told his friend, Walter. DP and Tom spent a couple hours together that evening, and I think it's likely DP told Tom a lot of things. I think Tom did see the body or somehow knew he was helping DP move the body.

Everything that happened the evening of October 28th, happened prior to Stacy being reported missing. If Tom Morphey only thought he had helped move Stacy's body, he knew for sure when he heard on the news the next day that Stacy was missing. That's probably what made him attempt suicide, knowing that he was an accessory to murder by helping his step brother move the body.

Thinking back to the very beginning of this case - the first two weeks - LE went from calling DP a "person of interest" to "suspect" very quickly. The decision to exhume Kathleen Savio's body happened quickly too, without a lot of red tape. I think this was largely due to what Tom Morphey told LE.

I think we could probably put together a timeline of what LE was learning in those first few days.

Oct. 29 - early morning hours - Stacy Peterson reported missing
Oct. 29 - late evening - Thomas Morphey taken to hospital - overdose
Oct. 30/31 - Walter Martineck tells LE what Thomas Morphey told him
Nov. 1 to 7 - LE interviewing Thomas Morphey and seeking sources and evidence that backs up what he tells them.

 

[DeltaDawn]

I don't think Drew told Tom anything about the murder of Stacy. I think Drew was using Tom that night for two alibis..one that Stacy was alive and somewhere between 7-9pm because Tom witnessed the caller ID on Drew's cell phone he was holding for Drew. Two that Drew was with him until 9-10 pm.... and Stacy went missing much earlier. I think that Drew thought this would be his alibi..never dreaming Tom would put all this together. And I think that Tom also knew or had questions about Kathleen's death...he knew her and worked for Drew at their bar and knew her nephew. So I am sure he probably had heard the questions Kathleen's family already had voiced about Drew and her death. He also knew what Drew was capable of..so I think what Drew thought would be an alibi turned against him once Tom couldn't handle what he thought might have happened. Or he guessed what was going on and asked Drew and Drew answered in such a way that Tom knew he was on the right track.

I am sure Tom is the key witness they have at this point and is being well taken care of..it will be interesting to see which of our many theories on Tom is closest to what he was thinking, feeling and knew about that Sunday night in October.

 

[DeltaDawn]

Chico posted an interesting article yesterday afternoon about Rachel Mellon. The girl aged 13 years old that disappeared from her family home and to this day hasn't been found. Drew actually worked on that case. The comments that her father makes about Drew are as interesting as Drew being involved with this case.

Wonder how much he learned and storied away for future use while he was a cop?

 

[mysteriew]

Chico posted an interesting article yesterday afternoon about Rachel Mellon. The girl aged 13 years old that disappeared from her family home and to this day hasn't been found. Drew actually worked on that case. The comments that her father makes about Drew are as interesting as Drew being involved with this case.

Wonder how much he learned and storied away for future use while he was a cop?

Something like that would get police officers to thinking and conjecturing about how and where to dispose of a body. It would be interesting to talk to other officers that worked on that case and see what the predominate conjectures were. That could have been a learning experience for DrewP.

 

[robthomaseyes]

I also wonder if the money Drew gave TM was really for moving a box (who really pays a relative or friend to move one box? Don't we all do that as a favor for each other??). I wonder if DP gave him the money and said it was for keeping his mouth shut about moving it. "Don't mention this to anyone - here's $ to keep it quiet".

 

[mysteriew]

Chico posted an interesting article yesterday afternoon about Rachel Mellon. The girl aged 13 years old that disappeared from her family home and to this day hasn't been found. Drew actually worked on that case. The comments that her father makes about Drew are as interesting as Drew being involved with this case.

Wonder how much he learned and storied away for future use while he was a cop?

I hadn't seen the article when I read you mentioning this. And my first thought was that it might have been a type of learning experience for DrewP as he and his officer buddies conjectured about what might have been done with Rachel Mellon's body.

Well I read the article. DrewP likes to talk. If given the chance he talks about almost anything without really saying anything. And he will not talk about that case?!? A case that has many similiarities to Stacy's disappearance? I hope ISP is interviewing fellow officers about the prevailing theories were on what happened to Rachel's body was. It is very possible that DrewP used that as his model for disposing of Stacy.

 

[DeltaDawn]

I hadn't seen the article when I read you mentioning this. And my first thought was that it might have been a type of learning experience for DrewP as he and his officer buddies conjectured about what might have been done with Rachel Mellon's body.

Well I read the article. DrewP likes to talk. If given the chance he talks about almost anything without really saying anything. And he will not talk about that case?!? A case that has many similiarities to Stacy's disappearance? I hope ISP is interviewing fellow officers about the prevailing theories were on what happened to Rachel's body was. It is very possible that DrewP used that as his model for disposing of Stacy.

Yep..all old Drew has to say about that case is Yeah..I worked on that case. That's very telling when you're talking about Drew who likes to grandstand on just about anything.

 

[DeltaDawn]

Did anyone catch the first part of Nancy Grace tonight? I didn't but I heard that Drew and Brodsky were both on...if someone did see it could you catch us up here please?
Thank you
DD

 

[cheko1]

Just posted this in the News link......thought you'd like to read this one!!!

Drew is ready for divorce No 4.....wants to take a Playboy lawyer out of Chicago to call him to go out for drinks!!! HE is one sick sorry azz looser!!!

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...SON_WEB.article

 

[Taximom]

From your link, cheko1:
"If Peterson wants to divorce his wife while she is not around, he needs only file an affidavit that he has made a reasonable, good faith effort to locate her and then publish his intention in a newspaper three times, the attorney said."

Well, darn. There goes that.

(Something else in that paragraph makes me feel like clicking my heels 3x!)

 

[Taximom]

Playboy bunny/attorney Corrie Fetman:
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/06/08/snaps9607_divorce_gallery__470x312.jpg

She's 44, Drew. A little old for you, don't you think?

 

[cheko1]

I'd say Corrie Fetman is to much woman for some old goat like him to handle!!!!

 

[mysteriew]

I hope he does file for divorce. And I hope the judge involved will look at the circumstances and take that into consideration in the property division. I hope that he puts 1/2 of DrewP's pension into trust for Stacy and her survivors. I hope that he grants 1/2 the ownership of house to Stacy and that if DrewP wishes to live there, that he be required to either pay 1/2 the value of the house to the trust or sell the house. I hope that all properties and assets are equally divided and Stacy's share sold with the benefits placed into trust. And I hope there is a codicil to the order that if ever DrewP is convicted in Stacy Peterson's death, that his entire pension property and assets from the marital period be placed into the trust and given to her survivors!
He wants a DIVORCE now? Give him one!

 

[Leila]

I didn't see Nancy Grace, but will try to catch the repeat later tonight.

I did watch Greta, tuning in a few minutes late, and she interviewed Ric Mims about the time he stayed at the Peterson home. Ric said that one night around Oct. 31, DP went upstairs to the master bedroom and came down dressed in black with a black hooded sweatshirt on. It was clear to Ric that DP was hiding something under the sweatshirt. He described something about a one foot by one foot, and said about the size of a purse or article of clothing. He said DP went out the back garage door and was gone for about 45 minutes. When DP came back, he no longer had anything under his sweatshirt.

Greta asked Ric if either of the two older boys said anything to him while he was staying there. Ric said that the 13-year-old was upset one day and said, "my first mother died and now my second mother has run away." Ric said he consoled the boy. Greta asked if either of the boys had said anything incriminating, and Ric said no.

If I remember correctly, I don't think the police conducted their first search of the Peterson home until some days after Halloween. From what Ric said, I think DP was getting rid of evidence. Something that was in the bedroom that he had to dispose of. So, he slips out a back door, dressed in black, and takes whatever it was somewhere to get rid of it.