{"id":343118,"date":"2010-02-20T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/hearsay-hearing-for-drew-peterson-ends"},"modified":"2010-02-20T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T15:20:03","slug":"hearsay-hearing-for-drew-peterson-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/343118","title":{"rendered":"Hearsay Hearing For Drew Peterson Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (WBBM)<\/strong> – The end has come to the month-long hearing to determine what hearsay evidence, if any, will be allowed when former Bolingbrook Police Sgt. Drew Peterson stands trial for the murder of third wife Kathleen Savio.<\/p>\n

\nWill County Judge Stephen White gave no hint as to how he would rule, saying only as he took it under advisement that the ruling would remain sealed until the jury is selected to hear the case.<\/p>\n

\nA trial date will be set during a brief status hearing before Judge White Tuesday. Prosecutors and Judge White want to schedule a date in May, but Peterson’s defense team indicated they intend to seek a date in June.<\/p>\n

\nState’s Attorney James Glasgow and assistant John Conner portrayed Peterson as a cold-blooded killer who took the life of Kathleen Savio in 2004 to save himself from financial ruin in a divorce settlement, and who killed his fourth wife Stacy 3-1\/2 years later because she knew too much about Savio’s death.<\/p>\n

\nIn turn, defense attorneys argued that the case against Peterson is built on a foundation of lies, that the witnesses and their testimony are at best unreliable and that someone other than Peterson had the motive and the opportunity to kill Savio Feb. <\/span>29, 2004.<\/p>\n

\nDefense attorney Andrew Abood said the real killer was Savio’s boyfriend Steve Maniaci, who had a tiff with her just before her death. But Glasgow said in his argument that the quarrel was minor, and that a lot of circumstantial evidence points to Peterson.<\/p>\n

\nLead defense attorney Joel Brodsky said outside of court he believed the defense team had done a “fantastic, credible, really great job” in showing that Peterson played no role in Savio’s death or Stacy Peterson’s disappearance.<\/p>\n

\nAbood argued that Peterson had alibi evidence — receipts from a donut shop, Shedd Aquarium and a restaurant at the aquarium from a family outing at the approximate time of death.<\/p>\n

\nBut Glasgow said death could have occurred as much as 12 hours earlier, which would fit the time frame given in hearsay statements from Stacy related by the Rev. Neil Schori. Glasgow even seized on the existence of the receipts “in pristine condition” as proof that Peterson was trying to cover his tracks.<\/p>\n

\n“You can’t rely on the government to protect the innocent,” Abood countered. “So he did it himself…Is that so sinister?”<\/p>\n

\nGlasgow portrayed Peterson as a “supercop” and long-time evidence technician who deliberately let others into Savio’s home to contaminate the scene on March 1, 2004, and purposefully did not attempt beforehand for a day to track down Savio, who had constantly reported Peterson to police if he was so much as several minutes late in returning their children from court-authorized visitation.<\/p>\n

\nDefense attorneys said they believe Savio’s death was a tragic accident, and although Stacy Peterson vanished without a trace in October 2007, she is not dead.<\/p>\n

\nWhile much of the evidence is testimony about what Savio and Stacy Peterson told others about threats and actions made by Drew Peterson, there are written and videotaped statements by Savio. In addition, Peterson’s stepbrother Thomas Morphey testified that Peterson allegedly approached him about killing Stacy, that they together removed a blue barrel from Peterson’s home that may have contained Stacy’s body, and that Peterson allegedly tried to frame a friend of Stacy in the case.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read the original article from WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n

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