Saturday, December 1, 2007 Discussion [Archive]

Snicker

12-01-2007, 12:11 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5806402

December 1, 2007 (BOLINGBROOK, Ill.) - A former police officer's third and fourth wives had a history of animosity, including an incident where one allegedly punched the other in the face, according to a police call log released Friday.

Drew Peterson's ex-wife, Kathleen Savio, was later acquitted of charges that she struck Stacy Peterson in May 2002 because the younger woman was in the car during a child custody exchange.

Police responded to 19 calls for help in less than two years involving fellow officer Drew Peterson, Savio, his ex-wife who was found dead in 2004, and Stacy Peterson, his current wife who is missing and feared slain.

The calls show the three were embroiled in a bitter custody battle. No charges were ever brought against Drew Peterson, but he twice persuaded prosecutors to charge Savio with domestic battery. She was acquitted both times.

Savio called police in December 2002 to notify them she had sent Stacy Peterson a certified letter advising that she could be arrested for trespassing. Savio also claimed in September 2003 that Stacy Peterson had called her "several derogatory names" while Drew Peterson dropped off the children.

Peterson, 53, was a police sergeant and 29-year veteran of the force. He resigned earlier this month after he came under suspicion in his current wife's disappearance in October.

Peterson has denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance and has said he believes she ran off with another man and is alive. He was never charged in Savio's death.

Savio claimed in July 2002 that Drew Peterson broke into the house and held her against her will, the call log shows. She did not want to file a complaint but the report was forwarded to state's attorney for review.

Savio also showed up at Peterson's home in April 2002 and allegedly started removing items from his truck. When he came outside, the log says she started hitting him the back. In May 2002 Drew Peterson told police that Savio "struck him, spit at him, and pushed him in the back," but he did not want her arrested.

Many of the calls involved Savio or Drew Peterson complaining about alleged violations of a child custody agreement. For example, twice in September 2003 Savio said Drew Peterson did not drop the kids off on time.

Bolingbrook Police Lt. Ken Teppel has said that in all the calls, police conducted a thorough investigation. A department inquiry found no indication officers did anything wrong or violated procedure, he said.

Volunteers say they will resume the search for Stacy Peterson Saturday, and it will become a combined search for Peterson and Lisa Stebic, who disappeared from her nearby Plainfield in April.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 12:18 PM

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/stacy.peterson.barrel.2.599606.html

The mysterious case of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson is deepening as investigators look into stories that her husband, Drew Peterson, and a relative helped load a blue container onto Drew's truck to dispose of it on the day she vanished.

CBS 2's West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports that the sister of the man who said he helped Drew Peterson move the container is speaking out in an exclusive interview. That sister said that on Friday, her brother was somewhere safe getting the help he needs to cope with what he fears he may have done.

While boats navigated the waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship canal looking for any sign of Stacy Peterson on Friday, her father sent a tow truck to Stacy's house to recover his Harley Davidson, a large tool box, a desk and a family Bible he had given to his now missing daughter. Tow truck driver Dan Mejdrech said, "It's just a black bound bible." The tow truck operators never saw drew Drew Peterson at all, but a CBS 2 news crew did a short while later when he left the home he shared with Stacy until she disappeared a month ago.

The former Bolingbrook police sergeant wasn't talking Friday, but Stacy Peterson's family spokeswoman was. Pamela Bosco expressed concern for the Peterson relative who was reportedly seen helping Drew load a large sealed container into a truck on the day Stacy was last seen alive. "We hope he recovers soon and that he is able to work completely with Illinois state police and divulge what he completely knows about that night," Bosco said.

That man's sister talked exclusively with CBS 2 Friday for the first time since she says her brother helped Drew load the large container into Drew's now confiscated Yukon Denali. She says her brother would never have knowingly helped Drew dispose of Stacy, but afterward he feared the worst. "He was just sick with the possibility of what he might have done," his sister said. So sick that after returning home he attempted to take his life late the next night by overdosing on pills.

He'd been clean and sober for ten years until shortly after he helped Drew do whatever it was they did. His sister says that relative's past may have played a role in why Drew chose him to help with the container. "He knows our family background and knows that my brother has had these problems in the past and I believe he believes that no one will believe him," she said. The relative's sister is speaking out because she believes Drew's lawyer, Joel Brodsky, is trying to destroy her brother's reputation by characterizing him as a drug-addled, unstable liar.

Brodsky has insisted reports about the large blue container taken from the Peterson home are false. He repeated those statements in an interview on the CBS Early Show Friday morning. Brodsky said on the Early Show that the relative is a "very troubled man. He's been hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals half a dozen times," that he has active warrants out for him, and that his own wife has not been heard from in 10 years.

The relative's sister said Brodsky is trying to drag her brother through the mud. "I feel Mr. Brodsky is making claims that are unsubstantiated. He has no proof in fact that my brother has attempted suicide any other time other than what was involved with his client," she said. She also said her brother thought the world of Stacy and would never do anything to harm her. Further, she claimed her brother was an unwilling pawn who was used by Peterson and is now being abused by Drew's attorney, who she believes is engaged in an organized campaign of character assassination.

Meantime, the largest search to date for Stacy Peterson is scheduled to take place Saturday. Stacy's family and friends will be joined by volunteers who have spent months searching for missing Plainfield mom, Lisa Stebic. Lisa Stebic's family members have long said there are a lot of similarities between Lisa's disappearance and Stacy's, and because of that, the two families are teaming up to try to find clues as to what happened to Stacy, and perhaps Lisa.

Volunteers are planning to meet Saturday at 9 a.m. at Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook for the search, which we're told will cover land and water areas. Organizers are concerned that the cold weather might lessen the number of volunteers, but they're still hopeful they'll have a good turn-out. A vigil for stacy is also planned Saturday at 4 p.m., following the search.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 12:44 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_01dec01,0,3793102.story?coll=chi_tab01_la yout

Attorneys for Drew Peterson filed a motion Friday in Will County seeking the return of Peterson's property seized by Illinois State Police as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy. Among items taken Nov. 1 were Peterson's 11 guns, ammunition, two iPods, a backpack with school supplies, computers and 23 CDs, according to the motion. Police also took the couple's 2005 GMC Yukon Denali and 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. The motion alleged that holding onto the vehicles "is done to merely vex the owner, prohibiting him from properly caring for his minor children, thus punishing them. "The state has had ample time to listen to all the songs on the two iPods belonging to the children, listen to all the 23 music CDs and to read all the school books in the backpack," his lawyers wrote.

Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for State's Atty. James Glasgow, said the office was preparing its response. Peterson, 53, has been named a suspect in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, 23, who was last heard from Oct. 28. Authorities have also reopened the investigation into the death of the ex-Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife, Kathleen Savio. In 2004, Savio, 40, was found dead in her bathtub weeks before the couple's divorce settlement was to be finalized.

Joel Brodsky, Peterson's attorney, said items seized by investigators that are not contraband and have been processed must be returned even if the items could be used as evidence. "He's got two cars that he's paid for -- why should he pay to rent a car?" Brodsky said. "Unless the city wants to pay for it." The motion also contained a letter to Glasgow's office in which Brodsky accused the Bolingbrook Police Department and Chief Ray McGury of possible vindictive prosecution. "[T]he statements which are emanating from the Bolingbrook Police Department are disturbing," the letter read. "It is obvious that they are very angry that Mr. Peterson retired and is getting his pension."
Lt. Ken Teppel said, "We haven't seen or received a copy of the letter, and once we do, we'd be happy to respond."

Also on Friday, Peterson returned a motorcycle and toolbox to Stacy's father, Anthony Cales, said Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy's family. She said Cales also was looking for a Bible, a family heirloom, he had given to Stacy.

On Saturday, the families of Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic, who has been missing for seven months, will conduct a search starting at 9 a.m. at Westbrook Christian Church, 1175 Lily Cache Lane, in Bolingbrook. A prayer vigil will be held for the two women in front of the Peterson home at 4 p.m.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 12:49 PM

http://wgntv.trb.com/

Highlights:
Shows SP family removing items from DP's house.
PB challenging DP to speak up about.
TM's friend WM speaking about TM's reason for suicide attempt.
JB attacks TM's credibility.
ISP not commenting.
Search efforts are ongoing-search Saturday.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 12:55 PM

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5092918&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Highlights:
The family of Stacy Peterson will team with the family of Lisa Stebic tomorrow to search for both women. It comes after investigators took to the waterways again today near Lockport in their search for Stacy. (likely last one due to weather)
--Lockport Dive Team were in the boat we saw on live video yesterday.
--CalSag is choked with all sorts of debris, so that will make finding SP more difficult.
--DP came and went from his home yesterday.
--4:00 pm today both families (SP's and LS's) will join for a candlelight vigil in front of DP's house.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 01:01 PM

http://www.nbc5.com/news/14735158/detail.html?dl=headlineclick

A friend of the relative of Drew Peterson who has said that he fears he helped the former Bolingbrook police sergeant dispose of Stacy Peterson's body is saying that Peterson paid for that assistance. Walter Martineck Jr. appeared on the "Today" show Friday morning telling Meredith Viera that the man who is being portrayed as an instable alcoholic by Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky is actually a "down to earth" guy who has been Martineck's friend since the two were teenagers.

Martineck said that the man came to his house in a panic the night that he helped Peterson. Martineck said the Peterson relative said, "I know she was in there," referring to Stacy Peterson and a large container he claims he helped his step-brother move from a bedroom to the back of Peterson's SUV. "He was real frantic. I could tell he'd been drinking a little," said Martineck on "Today." "He put his hands on my shoulders and says, 'You can't tell no one.' He just told me that he thinks he helped dispose of Stacy's body."

The man told Martineck that Peterson gave him money to help him move the plastic, rectangular container which, the relative said, weighed about 120 pounds and was warm to the touch. When Martineck asked him how he knew, he recalled that the man told him it was because the container was warm. Martineck said that police have told him not to talk about the case and requested that he not appear on the "Today" show as he'd planned. But he said that he decided to do so to help Morphey, his friend since the two met in junior high school 19 years ago.

"...All I want to do is protect (his) character," Martineck said. He told "Today" co-host Meredith Vieira that Morphey tried to kill himself to protect his family. "He was just afraid of his family's life," he said, adding that Morphey did not specifically tell him that it was Drew Peterson he feared.

Information released Wednesday by a family clergyman indicated that Stacy Peterson had gone to the cleric with her own fears, telling him and his wife that she thought Drew Peterson had killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Stacy Peterson's family has said that they were shocked by the clergyman's revelation and that the missing woman had never shared that information with them.

The family has since asked Drew Peterson to take a lie detector test. "Drew, stand up and take a lie detector test. If you stand by what you say, take a lie detector test (concerning) anything that's been stated," said family spokesperson Pam Bosco.

Appearing on NBC5 News Today on Thursday, attorney Brodsky said in reference to an item that appeared in Michael Sneed's column in the Sun-Times that he had his doubts about the relative's story. "What we have here is an unnamed, unauthorized source breaking this supposedly devastating news to a gossip columnist," Brodsky said. The attorney said that there is no evidence to support the relative's claims.

The container is now the subject of new searches by investigators. The search will resume on Saturday, with investigators and volunteers looking not just for Stacy Peterson, but also for Lisa Stebic, a Plainfield mother who went missing since April. Lisa Stebic's husband, Craig, has been named as a person of interest in her case. Search volunteers are asked to meet at Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook at 9 a.m.

Pauli

12-01-2007, 01:02 PM

Snicker

12-01-2007, 01:11 PM

http://www.wbbm780.com/Peterson-Saturday-Update/1272064

Posted: Saturday, 01 December 2007 10:19AM
Joliet Herald-News, CBS2 Reporting

BOLINGBROOK ― Drew Peterson was his stuff back. He has asked, in court, for the return of his vehicles, his children's iPods, their compact discs, computers and school books and his guns. His lawyers filed a request in Will County court for items taken Nov. 1 by state police during a search of his home. The personal property includes eight handguns, three long guns and ammunition, all seized from a locked safe at the Peterson home, according to court documents. Will County Judge Dan Rozek will consider the matter at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 12 in courtroom 405. This is the latest development in the continuing saga of the disappearance of Stacy Peterson. The 23-year-old was the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's fourth wife.

On Oct. 28, Stacy was supposed to help some family members paint an apartment, but she vanished. Although her husband said she had deserted him for another man, doubting family members filed a missing persons report. Police later named Drew Peterson a suspect in the case, which they are calling a potential homicide. When information emerged about the suspicious drowning death of his third wife, the story quickly became national news, and the media pitched camp at the Bolingbrook home.

Drew Peterson resigned Nov. 12 from his job and was awarded a $6,067.71 per month pension. Police officials then revealed he had been the subject of an investigation earlier this year by the department's office of internal affairs.

The request for the return of the guns might seem unusual to some, considering the current situation. But Drew Peterson's lawyer says his client is entitled to them. Sworn retired officers have the right to carry firearms, said Joel Brodsky of Chicago's Brodsky and Odeh. "He certainly must feel the hate -- or dislike -- out there for him. I can understand why he feels safer if he has his weapons with him in the house, at least," Brodsky said Friday.

And the police probably don't need them anymore, he argued in court documents. "The state police have had ample time to examine ... and test fire all the guns, and to identify the lands and grooves on their respective fired bullets and expended cartridge casings," he wrote in the motion for return of personal property.

Brodsky couldn't explain the seizure of the iPods or the music CDs but discussed his client's 2002 Pontiac and the GMC sport utility vehicle. "The warrants regarding the cars allowed the police to search the cars but did not specifically allow them to seize the cars," Brodsky said, noting that it was unusual. "Usually it is search and seize everything -- (but) this did not provide for the search and seizure of the automobiles, so technically it is illegal."

As part of the request for the return of the property, Brodsky included a copy of a Nov. 26 letter written to Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow. In the letter, Brodsky complains that Glasgow hasn't returned his telephone calls. Much of the letter revolves around the possibility that Bolingbrook police could file a charge of official misconduct against Drew Peterson sometime in the future. But the letter only hints at the nature of the possible charges. "The conduct Mr. Peterson is suspected of was a common practice by most members of the force," Brodsky wrote. A source said Friday that it may involve the improper use of police computers.

•The ground and water search resumed Saturday. Stacy's family and friends were joined by a new group of volunteers -- volunteers who have spent months searching for missing Plainfield mom Lisa Stebic. Lisa Stebic's family members have long said there are a lot of similarities between Lisa's disappearance and Stacy's, and because of that, the two families are teaming up to try to find clues as to what happened to Stacy, and perhaps Lisa. Organizers are concerned that the anticipated winter weather even might lessen the number of volunteers.. A vigil is also planned Saturday at 4 p.m., following the search.

• Meanwhile, investigators may be following stories stories that her husband, Drew Peterson, and a relative helped load a blue container onto Drew's truck to dispose of it on the day she vanished. The sister of the man who claims he helped Drew Peterson move the container said her brother is "somewhere safe getting the help he needs" to cope with what he fears he may have done.

Pamela Bosco expressed concern for the Peterson relative who was reportedly seen helping Drew load a large sealed container into a truck on the day Stacy was last seen alive. "We hope he recovers soon and that he is able to work completely with Illinois state police and divulge what he completely knows about that night," Bosco said.

That man's sister talked exclusively with CBS 2 Friday for the first time since she says her brother helped Drew load the large container into Drew's now confiscated Yukon Denali. She says her brother would never have knowingly helped Drew dispose of Stacy, but afterward he feared the worst. "He was just sick with the possibility of what he might have done," his sister said. So sick that after returning home he attempted to take his life late the next night by overdosing on pills.

He'd been clean and sober for 10 years until shortly after he helped Drew do whatever it was they did. His sister says that relative's past may have played a role in why Drew chose him to help with the container. "He knows our family background and knows that my brother has had these problems in the past and I believe he believes that no one will believe him," she said.

The relative's sister is speaking out because she believes Drew's lawyer, Joel Brodsky, is trying to destroy her brother's reputation by characterizing him as a drug-addled, unstable liar. Brodsky has insisted reports about the large blue container taken from the Peterson home are false. He repeated those statements in an interview on the CBS Early Show.

Brodsky said the relative is a "very troubled man. He's been hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals half a dozen times," that he has active warrants out for him, and that his own wife has not been heard from in 10 years. The relative's sister said Brodsky is trying to drag her brother through the mud. "I feel Mr. Brodsky is making claims that are unsubstantiated. He has no proof in fact that my brother has attempted suicide any other time other than what was involved with his client," she said.

She also said her brother thought the world of Stacy and would never do anything to harm her. Further, she claimed her brother was an unwilling pawn who was used by Peterson and is now being abused by Drew's attorney, who she believes is engaged in an organized campaign of character assassination.

•While boats navigated the waters of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship canal looking for any sign of Stacy Peterson on Friday, her father sent a tow truck to Stacy's house to recover his Harley Davidson, a large tool box, a desk and a family Bible he had given to his now missing daughter. Tow truck driver Dan Mejdrech said, "It's just a black-bound bible." The tow truck operators never saw drew Drew Peterson at all, but a CBS 2 news crew did a short while later when he left the home he shared with Stacy until she disappeared a month ago.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 01:14 PM

Hello snicker :0012: I'm glad you are here. I have been working on updating the website page for here and haven't had time to go over to get any links.

I am so hoping there will be some news on Stacy soon.
Hey Harlett! :0012:

I've been posting the updates here in both the discussion thread and the links thread if that's OK.

And I'm soooooo hoping there is some news today too! :hifive:

I'm going to enjoy seeing the candlelight vigil in front of DP's house again tonight! That ought to make him squirm! :22wink:

Snicker

12-01-2007, 01:21 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_01dec01,0,3793102.story?coll=chi_tab01_la yout

Attorneys for Drew Peterson filed a motion Friday in Will County seeking the return of Peterson's property seized by Illinois State Police as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy. Among items taken Nov. 1 were Peterson's 11 guns, ammunition, two iPods, a backpack with school supplies, computers and 23 CDs, according to the motion. Police also took the couple's 2005 GMC Yukon Denali and 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. The motion alleged that holding onto the vehicles "is done to merely vex the owner, prohibiting him from properly caring for his minor children, thus punishing them.
"The state has had ample time to listen to all the songs on the two iPods belonging to the children, listen to all the 23 music CDs and to read all the school books in the backpack," his lawyers wrote.

Charles Pelkie, a spokesman for State's Atty. James Glasgow, said the office was preparing its response. Peterson, 53, has been named a suspect in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, 23, who was last heard from Oct. 28. Authorities have also reopened the investigation into the death of the ex-Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife, Kathleen Savio. In 2004, Savio, 40, was found dead in her bathtub weeks before the couple's divorce settlement was to be finalized.

Joel Brodsky, Peterson's attorney, said items seized by investigators that are not contraband and have been processed must be returned even if the items could be used as evidence.
"He's got two cars that he's paid for -- why should he pay to rent a car?" Brodsky said. "Unless the city wants to pay for it." The motion also contained a letter to Glasgow's office in which Brodsky accused the Bolingbrook Police Department and Chief Ray McGury of possible vindictive prosecution. "[T]he statements which are emanating from the Bolingbrook Police Department are disturbing," the letter read. "It is obvious that they are very angry that Mr. Peterson retired and is getting his pension." Lt. Ken Teppel said, "We haven't seen or received a copy of the letter, and once we do, we'd be happy to respond."

Also on Friday, Peterson returned a motorcycle and toolbox to Stacy's father, Anthony Cales, said Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy's family. She said Cales also was looking for a Bible, a family heirloom, he had given to Stacy. On Saturday, the families of Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic, who has been missing for seven months, will conduct a search starting at 9 a.m. at Westbrook Christian Church, 1175 Lily Cache Lane, in Bolingbrook. A prayer vigil will be held for the two women in front of the Peterson home at 4 p.m.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 01:28 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_01dec01,0,3793102.story?coll=chi_tab01_la yout

Highlights:
--Families of SP and LS are banding together to search today near the canal in Lockport. The window for searches is getting smaller and smaller as the weather worsens.
--Summary of this week's developments.
--19 calls for help were placed to BPD by KS/DP during a two year period
--The weather is worsening today
--4:00 pm vigil in front of SP's home today

Snicker

12-01-2007, 01:39 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_01dec01,0,3793102.story?coll=chi_tab01_la yout

Terry Sullivan Highlights:
--Could be terribly significant that TM is telling a story that matches the facts of the case, especially if SP is never found.
--Defense has to be able to cross examine every piece of evidence that is presented against their client.
--If TM can't stand up to cross examination that could be a problem.
--Witnesses that don't come forward right away have to explain why they didn't.
--Clergy privilege-Clergy has to report child abuse and people who claim they are going to commit suicide in IL. The problem in this case is that the clergy can tell what SP said, but since SP is not here to be cross examined about what she said, the clergy's testimony may not be allowed in.
--Many of the leaks we've heard so far are probably not true. LE has done an excellent job of keeping the lid on this investigation until this week.
--The defense will be "stuck" with the statements that DP have made so far.
--I'm sure there will be more surprises to come.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 01:59 PM

http://movingoutmovingon.bloghi.com/2007/12/01/drew-peterson-morning-roll-call.html

MSNBC did a story on cops protecting their own as it relates to the Drew Peterson case. The question also was posted on private police officer message board sites across the country. Here's what Officers in other states posted on these "Officer Only" discussions as it relates to this case: Question was--WORLD MEDIA ASKING: DID FELLOW COPS 'PROTECT' DREW PETERSON?:

Just a few of the Officers' Comments:
Officer Comment: think 18 calls in two years, someone should have seen a pattern. As a patrol deputy I would have. No such thing as professional courtesy when it comes to assaulting a women.

Officer Comment: SOMEBODY HELPED SOMEBODY HERE AND IT MAY HAVE FACILITATED A MURDER. LOTS OF SOUL SEARCHING HERE AND RE-THINKING POLICY INVOLING COPS AND DV.

Officer Comment: Needs to be an internal investigation starting at first line supervisors up the chain. I don't know about Peterson's state but this state is a "Shall Arrest" state when it comes to domestic violence. This is why we had to modify our professional courtesy from the old way of the blue wall of silence.

Officer Comment: Just like N a DUI/DWI situation...professional courtesy isn't doable when there's proof that the officer (brother or sister) is the violator. At the very least, the officer's boss is gonna get notified of the situation, but 2B truthful, it would not b fun, but I'd simply make the arrest and take the crap that is sure to follow. If somone above me chooses 2 unarrest the violator, that's something I can't control. But at least I did the job my correctly and conscious will be clear.

Officer Comment: Sadly, Peterson is a blemish to all of us. 99.9% of cops are just good people trying to do a difficult job. Thank goodness what's news today is history tomorrow.

Officer Comment: I thought of Peterson as a "rogue cop."
One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole Department, but EIGHTEEN CALLS?! Were his coworkers afraid of his temper, too? He killed wives, what makes them think they'd be safe? Was Peterson a tyrant at work, too?

Officer Comment: lots of officer related crimes of late-sooner or later one case would change and pierce the blue wall-too bad it will put all cops under the radar now.

Officer Comment: At least I haven't seen some idiot saying professional courtesy extends to 18 DV CALLS IN TWO YEARS!!!!!!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE AND REALIZE WE ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD AND SHOULD BE! They really dropped the ball. BTW how does someone drown in a bathtub without the water (i.e. his third wife) WHERE ARE THE RED FLAGS!!!??? 18 CALLS IN 2 YEARS!!!??? Is anyone else as astounded by me that this KILLER was out for this long and being protected?

Officer Comment: All of you are correct of course. I would be very surprised to find any other officer on his agency was involved in actually abetting Peterson. The problem here is that "blue wall of silence", that "sense of entitlement" a very few have and the reluctance, even refusal of some to breach that wall, however egregious the conduct/offense. This is evidenced by the vituperative directed toward those on LOD that dare condemn conduct unbecoming an officer, even corruption. Those few officers ignore the REAL issue and resort to mis- characterization of statements ACTUALLY made and outright lies. I realize there is a HUGE difference between UNBECOMING CONDUCT and ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT CONDUCT. Neither of those are what most of LEO would call "mistakes everyone make". Those are things that require a conscious thought, decision. I never cited a LEO for minor traffic violations, I never reported a LEO for not wearing a hat or inconsequential things such as that. I believe for the most part those posting such BS realize that, it's simply a matter of "if the facts aren't on your side, attack the messenger"! LEO are supposed to be ADULTS ! Act like adults, think like adults and accept the responsibilities of an adult! I think the days of unconditional "Professional Courtesy" and unconditional "silence" is long past and well it should be. If you are in my city (even though I'm retired) and should need money, a ride, a place to stay overnight, or other things of that nature I will help. Always have, always will. But, if you were drunk on your butt and I found you driving or you commit some other serious crime (not necessarily a felony) then no "special" help from me.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 02:05 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/saturday/chi-1201_clarisdec01,0,4469315.story

*A story in Friday's Metro section incorrectly stated a Bolingbrook man, Walter Martineck, said that his friend, a relative of Drew Peterson's, told him Peterson paid the relative for helping remove a container from Peterson's house. In fact, Martineck said the relative told him that Peterson was supposed to pay him.

Wow, that's quite a bit different! :duh:

Snicker

12-01-2007, 02:14 PM

http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/676264,CST-NWS-boling01.stng

A minister who talked with Stacy Peterson before her disappearance said the Bolingbrook mother feared for her life -- and now the clergyman said he's concerned about his own safety. "Any time you have issues of people disappearing -- and we did -- that's a reason for concern," said the minister, who asked that neither he nor his church be identified.

After talking to the 23-year-old Peterson, the suburban minister advised her to seek help but said he didn't know if she approached authorities or family members before vanishing Oct. 28. "Ultimately, it was her call because it was her situation," the clergyman said Friday, adding he didn't take any action himself because of concerns that doing so could put her at risk. "If I think it would hurt someone's situation, I wouldn't," he said.

Earlier this week, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reported that Stacy Peterson told a clergyman in August that her husband boasted he had killed his former wife Kathleen Savio, but made her death look like an accident. Stacy's husband, Drew Peterson, a former Bolingbrook police sergeant, has been named a suspect in her disappearance, which also has caused authorities to reopen their investigation into Savio's 2004 death by drowning in a bathtub.

On Thursday, an official at Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook said Stacy Peterson had a late August meeting with church staff there. While Pastor Rob Daniels wouldn't disclose with whom she met or specifics of their discussion, he said "she feared for herself because of her husband." The minister interviewed Friday formerly served at Westbrook but wouldn't confirm he was the clergyman who last conferred with Peterson -- or that she talked with him about her husband or about Savio's death.

But he said he has been interviewed by police about her disappearance. "I have discussed several matters with police," the minister said. He said he doesn't think Stacy voluntarily would have left her children, as Drew has contended. "Not a chance," he said. "Stacy's a woman of good character." Her weeks-long disappearance has him worrying over her safety -- and wondering about his decision not to seek help for her. "In a situation of this magnitude, certainly you always wonder if you made the right decision," he said.

Drew Peterson has denied any involvement in Stacy's disappearance or Savio's death. Meanwhile, State Police investigating Peterson's disappearance sent out a bulletin Friday to many suburban police departments asking officers to keep an eye out for a blue, 33-gallon barrel. A source earlier this week told the Sun-Times that on the day Stacy disappeared, Drew Peterson asked a relative for help moving a blue barrel out of the couple's home. The State Police bulletin asked the departments to check the contents of similar barrels they find.

Pauli

12-01-2007, 02:16 PM

Hey Harlett! :0012:

I've been posting the updates here in both the discussion thread and the links thread if that's OK.

And I'm soooooo hoping there is some news today too! :hifive:

I'm going to enjoy seeing the candlelight vigil in front of DP's house again tonight! That ought to make him squirm! :22wink:

You go right ahead and post them wherever you want too...:)

I would think DP is squirming more and more every day, wondering when it's all gonna fall down around him.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 02:23 PM

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/675976,4_1_JO01_PETERSON_S1.article

Highlights:
The family of missing mom Stacy Peterson is still anxiously awaiting the young woman's return, but Friday they got back a motorcycle, a Bible and a toolbox. A man identifying himself as a family friend backed a flatbed truck into the driveway of the Petersons' home Friday morning and departed with the red Harley-Davidson Super Glide, the large yellow toolbox, a chest of drawers and a black-covered Bible. The Bible is a family heirloom and Peterson's father, Anthony Cales, wanted it back, said Pam Bosco, the legal guardian of Peterson's sister, Cassandra Cales, and the woman handling public affairs for the missing woman's relatives. "It was a Bible that was passed down among family members," Bosco said. The motorcycle and toolbox also belong to Anthony Cales.

Three weeks ago, relatives of Peterson recovered an urn and the ashes of her deceased sister, Tina, who died last year of cancer, from the home now inhabited by Peterson's children and her husband, recently retired police Sgt. Drew Peterson. Drew Peterson, 53, resigned after state police identified him as a suspect in the "potential homicide" of his missing 23-year-old wife, who disappeared more than a month ago. Drew Peterson has repeatedly insisted Stacy, his fourth wife, left him for another man.

Search continues
Authorities reportedly surveyed the Cal Sag Channel on Friday in preparation for a search for Stacy. State police also issued a bulletin to area law enforcement agencies to keep an eye out for a blue 33-gallon barrel in regards to the Peterson case. Drew Peterson and his stepbrother, Tom Morphey, together carried a blue barrel from Drew Peterson's home and loaded it into his Denali hours after Stacy Peterson was last seen alive, according to a source close to the investigation. Morphey attempted suicide the next day, the source said. He now has been in "therapy" for the last several weeks, according to his girlfriend, Sheryl Alcox. Morphey described the barrel as "warm," according to the source. Asked Friday if investigators believe Stacy Peterson may not only have been in the barrel, but alive and emitting heat when it was carried to the Denali, state police Master Sgt. Luis Gutierrez declined to comment.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 02:27 PM

DP's behavior "too strange." Eventually someone will likely find this body. His guy has a history that was described by wives 2, 3, and 4. This case will be built slowly, but surely.
There is an increasing amount of evidence in the case and you don't necessarily need the body to prosecute. But at this point, we have a long way to go to prosecute this case.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 02:32 PM

You go right ahead and post them wherever you want too...:)

I would think DP is squirming more and more every day, wondering when it's all gonna fall down around him. Thank you! :1222423:
And I couldn't agree more! :yes2: Did you see on www.greatawire.com where he's attempting to block the view of today's candlelight vigil by placing a large truck in front of his house? Here's DP and his brother: :francis::basic44: Too funny! DP should buck up and just show some decency by keeping his butt in the house! Oh, I forgot, he's not capable of proper behavior! :duh:

Pauli

12-01-2007, 02:59 PM

I haven't had a chance to see much of anything for the past couple of days. I don't know, he gets stranger by the day and only makes himself look worse. I did see Laci Peterson's stepdad on LKL last night and he said DP reminds him so much of SP.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 03:07 PM

http://newsweek.com/id/73095

Even though the evidence against him seems to be mounting, Drew Peterson rejects the idea that he'll be arrested in connection with the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy, and the death of his third wife. "It's hard to imagine you would be [arrested] if you haven't done anything wrong," the former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant told NEWSWEEK in an exclusive interview Thursday. But Peterson is growing impatient with the investigation, which has caused a media sensation around a man who has been married four times, fathering six children—but whose relationships have ended mysteriously and often acrimoniously. "I wish something would happen one way or the other," he said. "Let's get this going. Either get me or don't get me."

He may soon get his wish—and he seems prepared for the worst, despite his insistence on his innocence. That's why he has arranged for his four youngest children to be taken in by a family member, whom he did not identify, and has set aside money for their care if daddy is taken away in handcuffs. "My children will be provided for," he said.

But Peterson, 53, could not shield his children from the widening investigation into the disappearance of Stacy, 23, who hasn't been heard from since Oct. 28, and the death of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, 40, who was discovered in a dry bathtub in her home in 2004, her hair bloody and a one-inch gash on the back of her head. Although Savio's death was originally ruled accidental, authorities exhumed her body Nov. 13 to conduct another autopsy. The FBI was brought in this week to help search for Stacy, and results from Savio's new autopsy could be in next week. Peterson told NEWSWEEK that police recently interviewed his 13- and 14-year-old sons by Savio for three hours. Peterson expects his sons' videotaped testimony will be submitted to a grand jury investigating Savio's death and Stacy's disappearance. Peterson also revealed that his son from his first marriage, Stephen, 28, was called before the grand jury on Thursday. Peterson declined to comment about the specifics of his family members' testimony.

But Sharon Bychowski, next-door neighbor of the Petersons, believes the 13-year-old has information that will be helpful to the authorities. A close friend of Stacy's who often watched her kids, Bychowski said she talked to the boy after her disappearance. "I think he heard them fighting. And then he heard them stop fighting," she told NEWSWEEK. "I have no doubt that kid knows something."

Other people may also be in the know. Drew Peterson's stepbrother Thomas Morphey is reported to have come to Peterson's house on Oct. 28 and helped him move a large, heavy, warm blue container from an upstairs bedroom into Peterson's SUV, according to media reports. Morphey later called a friend and said, "I think I just helped Drew dispose of Stacy," according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. Distraught by his realization, Morphey apparently tried to commit suicide two days later. Bolingbrook police confirm an ambulance call to the man's home for a suspected overdose.

Peterson said he was going to visit Morphey in the hospital but didn't seem concerned. Said Bychowski, "[Peterson] said, 'He lost his job. He lost his family. Oh well, go figure'." Bychowski added that police have asked her if she ever saw a large tote owned by the Petersons. Peterson's lawyer accused Morphey of having a history of alcohol and mental health problems, and Peterson denies the existence of the blue container or asking his stepbrother for help.

The day Stacy vanished, she reportedly told Peterson she wanted a divorce. "She had all his stuff packed up," said Bychowski, who said that her friend had become tired of Peterson's controlling ways. Peterson contends Stacy left him for another man. But Bychowski doesn't buy that, even though an old friend of Stacy's has admitted trading flirty e-mails with her in the weeks before she disappeared. The man, Scott Rossetto, a registered nurse, told the media he hadn't talked to Stacy in years when she called him out of the blue recently, and they resumed their friendship. He denied they had a romantic relationship.

"She thought he might be able to help her with her career," said Bychowski of Stacy, who was taking nursing classes. "It's not possible" she was having an affair, Bychowski added. "That girl did not have five minutes to herself. [Peterson] was always following her."

But Peterson is not looking for Stacy now. He maintains he doesn't know where she is. "Either she's going to see all this media coverage and come out," he told NEWSWEEK, "or she's going to be scared and go deeper."

Peterson lashed out at the families of his third and fourth wives. "I want it out there that these two women had very abusive childhoods," he said. He contends Savio was sexually abused as a child by a stepfather, who is now deceased, and that Stacy's mother had drinking problems and abandoned the family in 1988 after telling them she was on her way to church and never returning. Stacy Peterson's family did not respond to requests for comment. Savio's sister, Anna Doman, 52, denied that Kathleen was sexually abused. Doman said that Kathleen's childhood was "pretty happy" and that she had no out-of-the-ordinary problems with her parents or stepparents. Doman believes Peterson is "grasping at straws right now because he has nothing left. I wish Drew would stop trashing everyone in the world … He must be guilty if he has to make up things to make himself look good."

Peterson, not surprisingly, sees things differently. He said the only reason he is under suspicion is because "the spouse is always a likely suspect." But he noted that in his nearly three decades as a suburban Chicago cop he became known as someone who could defuse tense domestic disputes. "They used to call me the old 'silver tongue'," he said. "I could go into domestic situations, and by the end I had everyone hugging each other." (A fellow officer, though, told NEWSWEEK that Peterson's career was unremarkable. "He was average," said Lt. Ken Teppel.) Peterson maintains he's the wronged party in all of this. "It kind of hurts," he said. "I've led a pretty honorable life."

Snicker

12-01-2007, 03:27 PM

http://findstacypeterson.com/forum/i...90&topic=564.0

1. Kids could be possible witnesses to the fight

2. Pays step brother to help him move container
(How does that conversation go? What did DP tell him was in there?)

3. Neighbor(s) see them put container in vehicle
(Why wouldn't he load it in the garage with the door closed?)

4. He doesn't sound the alarms when she is missing or as he says "left him"
(I would be on the phone with everyone I knew saying my spouse left me or my spouse is missing help me find her)

5. He calls into work "sick"
(What kind of illness did he have? Any doctor visits to prove it?)

6. He tells Cassandra on the phone he is at home when she is at his home and he is not there.

7. Where was he for 3 days? Was he moving a body?

8. All guilty people cover their faces - he wore bandanas, sunglasses, hemet all indications of body language: I am hiding something.

9. He is seen (on tape now) at a coffee shop meeting with step brother.

10. He makes call to her cell phone and tells step brother not to answer.

11. Cell phone pings and any lojack on vehicles will be very telling.

12. Computers may have clues at home, at work, local library or a friend or relatives pc also.

13. Who are his friends? And what do they do? Construction? Law Enforcement? Morticians? And what do they owe HIM?

14. He has 3 former wives, 1 whose death is surrounded by suspiscion, who knows how many ex-girlfriends, all aledging abusive and controling behavior.

15. He has a longtime friend (Rick Mims) who is in hiding and afraid of him. Why? What does he know about Drew?

16. Sudden media attenion whore after hiding and not looking for his wife or at least pounding down the door of the man he "knows" she is with.

17. He may have made Sargeant but not detective and Bolingbrook might have been his personal dumb, sleepy Mayberry, but not anymore.

18. How many other Bolingbrook or Will County murders are mysterious and unsolved that he could be connected to? Has he done this so many times that he is confident he won't get caught?

19. Sharon (Drew’s next door neighbor) reporting that both Stacy’s and Drew’s autos were in their driveway at 1:30 PM on the 28th, yet Drew claims Stacy left sometime around 10:00 AM to help paint a house, then when Cassandra goes to the door one of the teenage boys tells her “mom went to Grandpa’s house”. And also told her “mom and dad were fighting”.

20. Complaining about all the media attention, I know if it was my loved one missing I’d do any and everything I could think of to keep the media in the picture. If Drew were smart (what an oxymoron that is) he should have played up to the camera, begging anyone and everyone to watch out for Stacy and to please help him locate her.

21. Showing no anger towards Stacy, when Matt Lauer gave him the opportunity to speak to Stacy on national TV the best DiPshit could come up with was “Come Home”, while laughing. I think an innocent person would be angry as hell.. I know if it were me half my comment would have been beeped out.. After all he maintains she left on her own, how could you not be pissed when your freedom, name, reputation and life is being turned upside down.

22. Having his stupid ass mother come into the news media and say how pissed she was at Stacy for leaving (I dont think that she had good things to say about Stacy)---clearly she has no concern for what might have happened to her, and notice that DP or any of his "friends" or family have not shown any kind of concern for what happened to Kathleen or Stacy.

23. Not to stir up more crap, and this is only what I have read on one of the other topics on this site --that people are raising questions of the death of a young man in the past that DP was having an affair with this man's sister and when the young man threatened to tell DP's wife, he was found hanged to death the next day.....and guess who was the investigating officer?? DREW!!!!!! What a coincidence!

24. Drew never arrested his brother Morphy who according to Drew's Lawyer Brodsky has 3 outstanding warrants on him.

25. ISP said they found evidence of offical misconduct by Drew and it was enough to make him loose his pension. It has to rate a felony to loose a pension. I bet is was all the checking being done on Stacy and her friends, borrowing bugs, gps, cams and such from the department.

26. Hiring Brodsky as a lawyer. Thanks to Brodsky trying to discredit Morphy on CBS we now know Morphy had a wife that dissapeared 10 years ago and no one has heard from since. Bro helping Bro?

27. Blaming it all on PMS

28. Underestimating the resolve of Stacy's loved ones

29. Hiring someone to move the barrel---how stupid can you be, DREW?

30. Not showing any kind of concern for the results of Kathleen's autopsy results....even though she was his ex---she is still the mother of 2 of his kids....you would think if he were so innocent he would try to show some concern

31.Thinking that America would not look at him under a microscope and finding all of the domestic complaints against him over the years.....

32. Not thinking that every woman that he has been involved with that has came forth would say the exact same thing---that he is a womanizing abusive bastard!!!!

33. Thinking that making the trip to NY was do any kind of good for him..... That only added fuel to the fire---dumbass!!!

34. After all of the years of Police work, he should have known that when he reported Stacy being gone, that Kathleen's case would also be looked at! What did you learn in that 30 yrs Drew?

35. Camcording the press on the street in front of his house like he is some kind of celebrity fending off paparazzi!!! This truly looks like a concerned man!--yeah right

36. Leaving his house by climbing over the fence in the backyard and sneaking off to god only knows where.

37. Having the mentality to think that there is someone out there that would listen to his stupid pleas for the media to leave him alone---he is trying to protect his kids and telling the kids that mommy is on vacation.....Come on Drew...are you serious???---- It is hard to imagine a dumbass like him being paid to protect and serve the public.

38. Every time that you see the stupid SOB on TV, he has a grin on his face....any man whose wife (he claims to love so much) goes missing would have a sense of stress, sadness, and concern. I think the only thing that may stress him out is knowing that he will be caught up any day now, and that BIG BUBBA is getting warmed up for him in the prison cell!!!!

39. Telling the reporter he was a good kisser.

40. His body language, tone, words, and demeanor discredited him in every TV interview. This has been documented by several experts.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 04:13 PM

http://www.nbc5.com/news/14746803/detail.html

An intense search for two suburban mothers who seemingly vanished without a trace was called off after four hours as snow and sleet began pelting the area Saturday. For the fifth straight Saturday, an organized search was conducted in hope of finding Stacy Peterson. Each week the searches have gotten bigger and more organized. Saturday’s searchers were out to find either Peterson, who disappeared just over one month ago, or Lisa Stebic, who disappeared just over seven months ago

Since neither family is going to stop looking for their loved one, they are hoping that by combining efforts, one of the families will find closure and resolution, Melanie Greenberg, Stebic family spokeswoman, explained. The shoulder-to-shoulder search was to be concentrated in Romeoville near the Illinois and Michigan Canal, Greenberg said. Despite the inclement weather, volunteers still planned to a hold a candle light vigil for Peterson Saturday afternoon.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 04:15 PM

http://www.wandtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7436750

Associated Press - December 1, 2007 3:24 PM ET
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - More than 200 people scoured areas outside the suburban Chicago community of Romeoville today, looking for any sign of missing mother Stacy Peterson. The search was called off after four hours as snow and sleet began pelting the area. Volunteers found no sign of the 23-year-old who has been missing since late October. Her husband, a former police officer, has been named a suspect in her disappearance.

Searchers also combed the area for any sign of Lisa Stebic, another suburban Chicago woman who vanished in April. Members of both families say they're pleased with the turnout. Despite the inclement weather, volunteers still planned to a hold a candle light vigil for Peterson this afternoon.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 04:43 PM

http://cltv.trb.com/

Highlights:
Dr. Baden participated in today's search.
Search was conducted near Centennial Trail in Romeoville.
Bodies in water are much harder to find.
Ric Mims came to the search and provided information for the searchers, but declined to share it with the reporter.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 06:59 PM

http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=50297

New Details:

The Illinois State Police have released new information to AMW concerning the case of missing 23-year-old Stacy Peterson. On October 29, 2007, around 3:30 a.m., police say two men approached two truck drivers at a truck stop in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The truckers say one man matched the description of Drew Peterson. The other, who remains unidentified, is described as a white male in his early 50's with a stocky build and salt-and-pepper hair color. These two men asked the truckers to transport a package to an undisclosed location. Once there, the two men told the truckers they would reclaim the package and finish the delivery themselves -- bringing it to an area not accessible by tractor-trailer. The truckers declined the offer.

Now, police want to find out if anyone had a similar encounter. They also want to confirm the identity of the two men who approached the truckers. Police believe someone out there has the key to this mystery, and they are urging the public to call AMW at 1-800-CRIME-TV, or to call the Illinois State Police.

Also, a neighbor recently told AMW that a chlorine barrel was missing from the Peterson's home. As AMW first reported, cops asked searchers to be on the lookout for a large blue barrel that could hold a human body.

State Police are on the hunt for a container in any color that could hold a human body. What's more, police confirm to AMW they are investigating the theory that Drew Peterson had help disposing of Stacy's body, and they don't believe Drew's timeline of events in Stacy's disappearance. Police have spoken to someone they believe could have helped Drew move a container out of his home, but that person has not testified in front of the sitting Grand Jury.

Meanwhile, last week, AMW reported that Drew Peterson told cops he had an alibi in the days surrounding the death of his third wife. Now, reports in Chicago say that Stacy told a clergy member in August that her husband had claimed to have killed his wife Kathleen Savio and made it look like an accident.

Precisely

12-01-2007, 07:00 PM

Baden just interviewed on Fox. He is saying now that Wife #3's death was an absolute homicide, iho. Also, two truckers have come forward saying that two men, including one who looked like Drew P., came to a truck stop at 3:30am Oct. 29 and asked them to transport a large package for them. They said no.

Pauli

12-01-2007, 07:18 PM

I haven't had much of a chance the past couple of days to watch anything. There are so many stories flying around out there it's hard to know which ones are true or not.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 07:22 PM

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5097443&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

On October 29 at approximately 3:30 am, two truck drivers were approached by two men at a truck stop in Bolingbrook, according to a release from Illinois State police. One of the two men is believed to be Drew Peterson and the other described as a white male in his early 50’s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build, the release said.

The two men requested the truck drivers to transport a package to an undisclosed location, the release said. Upon reaching the location, the man believed to be Drew Peterson and the other man would regain possession of the package and "continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers."

Stacy Peterson, 23, the 5-2, 100-pound wife of 53-year-old Drew, vanished Oct. 28. She allegedly was on her way to help the boyfriend of her sister, Cassandra Cales, paint a house in Yorkville but never arrived. A neighbor told police he spotted Drew Peterson and a mystery man loading a large blue barrel into the disgraced cop's GMC Denali hours after his young wife was last seen alive, sources said.

The identity of the man accompanying Peterson was not known, a pair of police sources said. "That's who we're looking for," one of the sources said, describing the barrel as blue and large. "It's between 35 and 55 gallons," he said. "Big enough to put someone in."

Snicker

12-01-2007, 08:47 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3941571&page=1

In an exclusive phone interview, Drew Peterson denied all knowledge of a new police report suggesting he asked two truck drivers at a Bolingbrook, Ill., truck stop to transport a package for him the night his wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared. "I have no knowledge of anything like that," Peterson told ABC News. "It's the first I've heard of it." Peterson called the report "totally fictitious," and added, "It wasn't me."

Peterson's denial came after the Illinois State Police released a statement saying: "On Oct. 29, 2007, at approximately 3:30 a.m., two truck drivers were approached by two men at a truck stop in Bolingbrook, Ill. One of the two men is believed to be Drew Peterson and the other described as a white male, early 50's, salt-and-pepper hair, with a stocky build. The two men request the truck drivers to transport a package to an undisclosed location. Upon reaching the location, the men would regain possession of the package and continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers" said the statement."

Stacy Peterson, 23, vanished from her home in Bolingbrook on Oct. 28. Since she was reported missing a day later, suspicion has swirled around Drew Peterson, 53, her husband and a former sergeant at the Bolingbrook Police Department. Police named Peterson a suspect in his wife's disappearance two weeks ago. Peterson has denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance.

Anthony Laatz, a close friend of Stacy Peterson and her family, said those looking for the missing mother-of-two are excited about today's new developments in the case. "We're definitely excited," Laatz told ABC News from the house of Sharon Bychowski, Drew and Stacy Peterson's neighbor, where the searchers gathered tonight after spending the day searching for signs of Stacy in the blistering cold. "The fact that the police is releasing [this information] means they're getting close to something," Laatz said.

Drew Peterson, meanwhile, shrugged off tonight's report. "I think it's a couple of more crazies coming out of the woodwork," Peterson told ABC News. "I got girlfriends from 30 years coming out of the woodwork. I'm waiting for my seventh grade prom date to say that I was a bad kisser." Stacy Peterson was Drew Peterson's fourth wife. His third wife, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in a bathtub in 2004 in what the coroner at the time ruled was an accidental drowning. The Will County state's attorney has since called her death suspicious.

Today, more than 200 people braved freezing temperatures to search areas in Chicago's southwestern suburbs Saturday looking for signs of Stacy Peterson. But the search was called off after four hours when snow and sleet thwarted the effort. Dozens of people also attended a candlelight vigil in Romeoville to pray for her safe return.

Snicker

12-01-2007, 11:00 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-071201peterson,0,2362692.story

Highlights:
A man believed to be Drew Peterson asked two truck drivers to transport a package to an undisclosed location the day after the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy, Illinois State Police said Saturday. The alleged incident took place at a Bolingbrook truck stop around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 29, Trooper Mark Dorencz said in a statement. The man said to be Peterson was accompanied by a white male in his early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build, the statement said.

After reaching the location, the two men would regain possession of the package and continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers, the statement said. One of the truck drivers identified one of the men as Drew Peterson to authorities, said Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Luis Gutierrez. "The men obviously declined the request," Gutierrez said. He declined to comment any further about the alleged incident.

Attorney Joel Brodsky, who has been retained by Drew Peterson, dismissed the allegations, saying police were trying to convince prosecutors that that there's enough evidence to bring charges against Peterson. "So Illinois State Police are chasing down every flimsy lead, no matter how ridiculous, in order to find something," Brodsky said. "But they're not going to find anything because there's nothing to find."

Also on Saturday, more than 200 people combed areas of suburban Romeoville in search of both Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic, 38, who vanished from her Plainfield home in April. The search was called off around 1 p.m. as snow and sleet descended on the area, said Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy's family. But a prayer vigil outside Drew Peterson's house went ahead as scheduled around 4 p.m., with about 100 people packing a tent filled with space heaters, Bosco said. "We had a nice big turnout considering the weather conditions," Bosco said.

On Wednesday, the Tribune reported that sources close to the investigation said a relative of Drew Peterson was hospitalized for an apparent suicide attempt after helping Drew Peterson remove a large rectangular plastic container that was closed and sealed. The relative allegedly told a friend late on Oct. 28 that the container was warm to the touch and that he feared he had just helped Peterson dispose of his wife's body, a source said. Drew Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, has dismissed as rumor information about containers and help from a relative, who he contended "has some serious psychological issues."

A source close to the family said Wednesday that the relative is now at a treatment center for an Oct. 30 overdose of pills and alcohol. The source said the relative fears for his safety. The source said that though the relative has battled alcohol and drugs, that was at least 10 years ago and he has been sober in recent years. Illinois State Police would not discuss the report about the container or the relative. Bosco said she met with state police earlier Wednesday.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:08 AM

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5098537&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

The search for Stacy Peterson involved hundreds of people and one new piece of information. Illinois state police say a man who may have been her husband wanted two truckers to haul a package to a remote location.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:19 AM

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/12/01/news/doc47523ad5e8fc3169309663.txt

Highlights:
A man believed to be Drew Peterson asked two truck drivers to take a package to an undisclosed location in the early morning hours of Oct. 29, the day his wife Stacy was reported missing, Illinois State Police said Saturday. Two men -- the one said to be Peterson and a man believe to be in his 50s, with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build -- approached the truck drivers around 3:30 a.m. at a Bolingbrook truck stop, Trooper Mark Dorencz said in a written statement.

The men asked the truck drivers to “transport a package to an undisclosed location;” after reaching the location, the men would “regain possession of the package and continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers,” the statement said. The statement did not provide details, including what might have been in the package. State police did not return calls Saturday night.

Peterson’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, said in a statement that his client “categorically denies that any such encounter took place.” “It is our belief that anyone who logically examines the scenario that is being suggested by the Illinois State Police will reject it out of hand being nonsensical,” Brodsky said in a statement.

A spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson’s family, Pamela Bosco, said she spoke to state police on Saturday about their statement. She said police would not give her a description of the package and “left it rather vague because they don’t know what this could lead to.”

Bosco said she was pleased by the volunteers who braved bitter temperatures to search for the women. “You can see that they just want to do everything they can,” she said. “It shows how much people care and how much they’re involved in the situation.”

MadamForeman

12-02-2007, 06:18 AM

I heard the reports as you did, Snicker, concerning the reported sighting of Drew Peterson and another man apparently talking with the truck drivers about taking a mysterious "package" with them to what is, I assume, an unknown destination. This development just ratchets up the evidence another notch for me, that Drew has indeed, harmed Stacy. It seems to me that they should soon have enough to get an indictment with. I hope. I realize that a body is the best evidence, but sheesh, many, many cases have been proven very well with the very types of circumstantial evidence which appears to exist here. Several of the talking heads on the various new shows Sat. night were talking about their opinion that Drew would be indicted first on the Kathleen Savio murder. Maybe, maybe not. Who really knows at this point. I know this, though. Drew Peterson is a "scumbag" at the very least. Personally, I think it goes far, far beyond that, but I will refrain from articulating my precise feelings at this time.

As far as the search on Saturday for Lisa Stebic and Stacy Peterson, It just makes me cry, because it is just so sad for the families that they are feeling so desparate to know the whereabouts of their loved one, and knew they had limited opportunity for ground searches before winter precipitaion begins to obscure the ground. That is just heartbreaking! I pray that both families will get their needed answers and Justice for those 2 beautiful , loving mothers, daughters, and close friends of so many people.

God Bless Stacy, Lisa, Kathleen, and their families!

Snicker

12-02-2007, 11:54 AM

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/media?id=5808518

Highlights:
Summary of the ISP press release.
One of the men was reportedly DP.
Search on Sunday was cut short, but turn out was biggest yet.
Searchers looked for SP and Lisa Stebic in a nature preserve near Romeoville.
Both families are determined to get to the bottom of their loved one's disappearance.
Planners are putting together a fund raiser.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:01 PM

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/stacy.peterson.search.2.600115.html

Excerpts:
Friends and family of the long-missing Lisa Stebic joined in the search for Stacy Peterson Saturday, as one of husband Drew Peterson's relatives talks about a mystery in the case involving a blue barrel. But the search was called off after four hours due to the snowstorm that blew in on Saturday afternoon.

More than 200 volunteers came to search for Stacy on Saturday despite high winds and freezing temperatures, according to Lisa Stebic's family representatives. The search was held in Romeoville near the Sanitary and Ship Canal. The turnout in suburban Romeoville was the biggest so far.

A prayer vigil marking the one-month anniversary of Stacy Peterson's disappearance was still held Saturday afternoon in Bolingbrook, according to Stebic family representatives. The vigil was also for Stebic and Peterson's previous wife Kathleen Savio. Peterson, 23 and a mother of two, has been missing since Oct. 28. Her husband Drew, 53, has been named a suspect in her disappearance, and Illinois State Police have said they believe she died in a homicide.

At 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 29, hours after Stacy Peterson was last seen alive, police say then sergeant Drew Peterson and another man stopped by a Bolingbrook truck stop and asked two truckers to help transport a package to an undisclosed location. Officials stated one of the two men is described as a white male, early 50's, salt-and-pepper hair, with a stocky build. A press release goes on to say that upon reaching the location, Drew and the other man would regain possession of the package and continue transporting it to a location not accessible by a semi- trailer. No one inside the truck stop was talking today. But CBS 2 has confirmed that one of Drew's relatives used to work there.

Drew Peterson wasn't talking today, but did take time out to put up "no trespassing" signs and cones in front of his house. Brodsky responded to the truckers report Saturday evening, saying in a press release: "Drew Peterson categorically denies that any such encounter took place." Brodsky goes on to say, "What concerns us is that what is nothing more than an extreme case of thoroughness by the Illinois State Police and the Will County States Attorney's office is being interpreted as a significant development by the media. This is not the case."

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:05 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-petersondec02,0,7867815.story

A man believed to be Drew Peterson asked two truck drivers to take a package to an undisclosed location the day after the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy, Illinois State Police said Saturday. The alleged incident took place at a Bolingbrook truck stop about 3:30 a.m. Oct. 29, state police said in a written statement. The man said to be Peterson, 53, was accompanied by a white male in his early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build, the statement said.

Under the plan, if the truck drivers took the package to the location, the statement said, the man said to be Peterson and the other man with him would pick up the package and take it somewhere "not accessible by semitrailers." One of the truck drivers identified one of the men as Drew Peterson to authorities, said Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Luis Gutierrez. "The men obviously declined the request," Gutierrez said. He declined to comment further.

Joel Brodsky, Drew Peterson's lawyer, dismissed the allegations, saying police were trying to convince prosecutors there is enough evidence to charge Peterson. "So Illinois State Police are chasing down every flimsy lead, no matter how ridiculous, in order to find something," Brodsky said. "But they're not going to find anything because there's nothing to find."

For weeks, volunteers looking for Stacy Peterson have been searching for a blue plastic barrel after a non-profit search group told them to do so at the behest of state police. Stacy Peterson, 23, was last heard from Oct. 28, and state police have named her husband, a former Bolingbrook police sergeant, as a suspect in her disappearance. Authorities also have reopened an investigation into the death of Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, 40, who was found dead in her bathtub weeks before financial terms of their divorce were finalized. Drew Peterson has denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance and Savio's death and has not been charged in either case.

Also on Saturday, more than 200 people combed areas of suburban Romeoville in search of both Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic, 38, who vanished from her Plainfield home in April. The search was called off about 1 p.m. as snow and sleet descended on the area, said Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family. But a prayer vigil outside Drew Peterson's house went ahead as scheduled around 4 p.m., with about 100 people packing a tent filled with space heaters, Bosco said.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:14 PM

http://www.nbc5.com/news/14748085/detail.html?dl=mainclick

State police released a statement Saturday evening alleging that a man who may be Drew Peterson requested two trucker drivers haul a package to an undisclosed location. On Oct. 29 at approximately 3:30 a.m., two truck drivers were approached by two men at a truck stop in Bolingbrook, according to a release from Illinois State police. One of the two men is believed to be Drew Peterson and the other described as a white male in his early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build, the release said.

The two men requested the truck drivers to transport a package to an undisclosed location, the release said. Upon reaching the location, the man believed to be Drew Peterson and the other man would regain possession of the package and "continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers."

Stacy Peterson, 23, the 5 foot 2 inches, 100-pound wife of 53-year-old Drew, vanished Oct. 28. She allegedly was on her way to help the boyfriend of her sister, Cassandra Cales, paint a house in Yorkville but never arrived. A neighbor told police he spotted Drew Peterson and a mystery man loading a large blue barrel into the former cop's GMC Denali hours after his young wife was last seen alive, sources said.

The identity of the man accompanying Peterson was not known, a pair of police sources said. "That's who we're looking for," one of the sources said, describing the barrel as blue and large. "It's between 35 and 55 gallons," he said. "Big enough to put someone in."

Drew Peterson's Attorney's Reaction
"Illinois State Police don't have any evidence to charge this in court. They're chasing down every slim lead, no matter how ridiculous, and they're not going to find anything because there is nothing to find," Joel Brodsky, Peterson's attorney, said.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:36 PM

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/677179,6_1_NA02_PETERSON_S1.article

Two truckers told Illinois State Police a man believed to be Drew Peterson approached them at a Bolingbrook truck stop, asking them to haul a package for him the night his wife vanished. State police, who have asked local police departments to be on the lookout for a 33-gallon blue barrel, said the truck drivers weren't given any details about the package or what it contained. The truckers declined to carry it.

Stacy Peterson, a 23-year-old Bolingbrook mother, was last heard from Oct. 28. Her husband Drew, 53, a former Bolingbrook police sergeant, has been named a suspect in her disappearance. He has repeatedly denied he had any involvement and said she likely left town with another man. Drew Peterson and his attorney could not be reached for comment Saturday.

The state police announcement that they were looking for truckers with similar experiences as the pair in Bolingbrook came moments after a vigil honoring Stacy and Lisa Stebic, a Plainfield mother missing for seven months. The vigil took place in front of the Bolingbrook home Drew Peterson shared with Stacy and their four children, two of their own and two from Drew's previous marriage to Kathleen Savio.

Savio was found dead in a bathtub in 2004 after she and Drew divorced. Her death, initially ruled an accident, is being reinvestigated in the wake of Stacy's disappearance.

State police said one of the men who approached the truckers is "believed to be Drew Peterson." The other was described as a white male in his early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build. The pair approached the truckers at 3:30 a.m. Oct. 29. "The two men requested the truck drivers to transport a package to an undisclosed location," according to a news release from State Police. "Upon reaching the location, the men would regain possession of the package and continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers."

A source earlier this week told the Chicago Sun-Times that on the day Stacy Peterson disappeared, Drew Peterson's stepbrother Tom Morphey helped him move a blue barrel from the couple's home and into Peterson's SUV. Morphey described the barrel to police as feeling warm and weighing about 120 pounds, sources said.

Walter Martineck Jr., a neighbor of Morphey, appeared on the "Today" show Friday saying a distraught Morphey told him Oct. 29 that he believed he moved Stacy Peterson's body in the barrel. He said Peterson gave him money for helping with the move, Martineck said. After helping Peterson move the barrel, Morphey overdosed on pills, according to police sources. Gutierrez would not say if the Bolingbrook truck stop in question is the Greater Chicago Truck Plaza at Interstate 55 and Illinois 53, where Morphey worked until this summer.

Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family, wondered if investigators now are looking outside the Chicago area for the container. "It might no longer be in the state," she said.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:46 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-change_peterson_bd02dec02,1,471772.column

Peterson isn't that stupid. Sorry, but I'm skeptical of last week's big story in the Drew Peterson case. A male relative of Peterson's reportedly told police that Peterson enlisted his help moving a sealed, 4-foot-long, rectangular plastic container from an upstairs bedroom of his Bolingbrook home into Peterson's SUV, on the very day in late October that Peterson's wife, Stacy, disappeared.

I'm skeptical that Peterson, if he had anything to do with his wife's disappearance, as police suspect, would have been so clumsy as to have committed such a flagrantly suspicious act in front of another person. As a former veteran police officer, Peterson knows exactly how spousal disappearances are investigated these days, and that detectives drag every last observation and scrap of information out of everyone in the community and extended family.

He also knows that the reason evildoers get caught is usually not because they've left a trail of physical evidence, but because they've somehow let others in on their secrets. So I'm inclined to think that the proof of Peterson's guilt, if it exists or is ever found, will be far more subtle and surprising than witness accounts of him carelessly hauling around an improvised coffin.

To judge from the flood of comments on this topic posted online last week, most readers disagree rather strongly with my unwillingness to hear this story and cry, "Case closed!" They say I'll eat my words and come to regret expressing doubts about the container story. But I won't. It's never a shame to wait for the real evidence to come in.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 12:56 PM

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/12/02/upi_newstrack_topnews/2737/

BOLINGBROOK, Ill., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Illinois police are checking leads that the body of missing Stacy Peterson was moved out of suburban Chicago in a truck.

Two truck drivers alleged they declined a request from a man resembling Peterson's husband, Drew, to transport a large package Oct. 29, the day after Peterson disappeared, the Chicago Tribune reported Sunday.

In a separate development, sources told the Tribune a relative of Drew Peterson's reportedly tried to commit suicide after allegedly helping him move a large plastic container. The relative allegedly said the container was warm and he feared he had helped Peterson dispose of his wife's body, the Tribune said.

Drew Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky dismissed the alleged incidents as desperate attempts by police to convince prosecutors to charge his client, an ex-Bolingbrook police sergeant who maintains he is innocent.

Stacy Peterson, 23, was Drew Peterson's fourth wife. Authorities have reopened an investigation into the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, who was found dead in her bathtub shortly before their divorce was to be finalized.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 01:00 PM

December 2nd, 2007 9:25 AM Eastern
Sgt Drew Peterson Responds
by Greta Van Susteren
NOTE: DREW PETERSON’S RESPONSE (via his lawyer) TO THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASE OF YESTERDAY (IF YOU DID NOT SEE THE ILLINOIS STATE PRESS RELEASE, BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN…IT IS POSTED)

BRODSKY & ODEH
Attorneys At Law
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Drew Peterson;

December 1, 2007

It has come to our attention that the Illinois State Police has issued a press release regarding a purported encounter between our client, Drew Peterson, an unknown man, and two (2) truck drivers at 3:30 a.m. on October 29, 2007. We have been asked to respond to this so called development. First, for the record, Drew Peterson categorically denies that any such encounter took place. It is our belief that anyone who logically examines the scenario that is being suggested by the Illinois State Police will reject it out of hand being nonsensical.
It is our belief that what precipitated the press release is the realization by the Illinois State Police that no evidence exists of any wrongdoing by Mr. Peterson, or that a crime has been committed in the Stacy Peterson disappearance. Therefore, the Illinois State Police are relegated to following every lead, no matter how remote or ridiculous it may seem.
What concerns us is that what is nothing more than an extreme case thoroughness by the Illinois State Police and the Will County States Attorney=s office is being interpreted as a significant development by the media. This is not the case, and we again ask that the media exercise restraint in their speculation so as to prevent the spread of rumors which are then believed by many to be fact.

Joel A. Brodsky

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/

Snicker

12-02-2007, 01:07 PM

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2007/12/02/2437/

Snicker

12-02-2007, 01:31 PM

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2007/12/02/stacy-peterson-vigil/

Snicker

12-02-2007, 03:35 PM

rockford2

12-02-2007, 04:20 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/02/missing.wife/

Highlights:
Truck drivers told police they were approached by man resembling Peterson
Report: Man asked truckers to "transport a package to an undisclosed location"
Attorney says police are chasing leads "no matter how remote or ridiculous"
Peterson says he believes his missing wife ran off with another man

I can't believe Peterson would be stupid enough to ask two truck drivers to transport a package....

This story is unbelievable. Unfortunately, this man knows 'how to' too much, and I just pray that they find the body. :1222423:

Pauli

12-02-2007, 04:25 PM

I can't either.. he was a cop for 29yrs.... he, of all people, should know that this stuff will surface.

Snicker

12-02-2007, 05:30 PM

Pauli

12-02-2007, 05:43 PM

You have to wonder how many tips they are getting that there is noting at all to them, but still have to check them out.

rockford2

12-02-2007, 06:44 PM

Summary of the "truckers' story" and DP's denial.
Jamie Colby: This particular truckstop is called the "55"--TM managed this truckstop for many years until this summer. TM was NOT the unidentified man who was with DP the night he approached the truckers. It's unusual for LE to release information late on a Saturday night and naming a suspect in particular.
TH: The attorney for DP has said that this story is nonsensical and DP's not that stupid.
JC: JB says that LE is being overly thorough. But LE says they've received thousands of tips and follow up on all of them. They have 64 ISP agents working this case.
TH: We, we had a case a while ago involving a PO, and he enlisted an accomplice, so POs are not necessarily smarter than the average criminal.
JC: DP was out and about with his children today. He had the little ones bundled in their little coats and walked them down the street hand in hand--we chose not to videotape them so we could give the children their privacy.

Glad you left them alone, Snicker. As much as the public might want to see the kids, we all need to remember what these kids must be going through.

Sounds like you are from Chicago. If so, do you remember Dorsey Connors? Her daughter, Stephanie Lyng went missing back in the mid 70's?? They convicted ex husband with murder without the body? They interviewed the 'kids' of Stephanie Lyng and how their lives were when their mother went missing, and the years before they convicted their father for their mother's murder.

They lived like gypsies. They could never trust their father. He was a son-of-a-gun to those girls! He would not allow the girls to see their grandmother, Dorsey Connors, who was his ex wife's mother.

My heart goes out to the kids. :1222423: