CHICAGO (STMW) — Will County Judge Stephen White on Tuesday scheduled jury selection for the Drew Peterson case to begin on Monday, June 14.
A Will County judge has been hearing testimony over the last month to determine what hearsay evidence can be allowed at Peterson’s upcoming murder trial.
Peterson is charged with the 2004 murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio, and is a suspect in his fourth wife Stacy’s 2007 disappearance.
The judge says his decision on allowing hearsay statements in the trial will remain sealed, until after a jury is selected.
The statements prosecutors want admitted as testimony are those in which Kathleen Savio and Stacy Peterson allegedly expressed to relatives and friends that they were afraid Drew Peterson would kill them.
Defense attorneys said the case against Peterson is built on lies.
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