Friday, February 13, 2009
Getting Away With Murder, Not Once, But Twice?
by Susan Murphy-Milano
The house located at 392 Pheasant Court, Bolingbrook, IL, became a cold case crime scene 4 years after a botched “local good old boys” police investigation.
The major screw-up also resulted in an incorrect autopsy report on a 2004 closed case file.
Will County State’s Attorney, James Glasgow asked the court for permission to exhume the body of it’s former resident, Kathleen Savio. On February 21, 2008, her death was reclassified as a homicide.
My God, if those walls could speak what would they reveal? A wife, devoted mother
of 2 boys, and nursing student, isolated from anyone who would answer her pleas for help. Including the police department employing her husband, Sgt. Drew Peterson. And, The Will County State’s Attorney to whom she repeatedly, sought out assistance as evidenced by one of several letters sent to The Will County State’s Attorney’s office.
Kathleen’s life and fight for survival makes the game show contestants on Survivor look like child’s play.
Consider for a moment, the life of any woman married to a person trained to kill, who upon graduation is issued a fireman and a badge, protecting our streets from criminals. Married to a man who goes home after his shift and terrorizes his own family members. Where is a woman in this position, enduring a daily battleground, going to go for help ? Because the person harming them, is themselves in law enforcement?
In my professional opinion, the answer to this question does not exist.
A police officer’s wife must take extraordinary measures just to get the police to respond, and, if she’s lucky, write a report. In Kathleen’s case the Bolingbrook police documented going to the home 19 times out of a possible 90 or more undocumented calls where police did not write a report or arrest their watch commander Sgt. Drew Peterson.
If, Stacy Peterson did not vanish off the face of the planet, the truth about Kathleen Savio’s death would have remained in the closed case file cabinet collecting dust. Speaking of case files, I am confident if Illinois State Police Investigators reviewed one by one each of Drew Peterson’s arrest and case files over his 29-year law enforcement career, they would no doubt uncover important information and clues in solving one or both of these cases.
The grand jury has been convening for more than a year on wife #3, Kathleen Savio, and wife #4, Stacy Peterson. This past week , a victory of sorts, as the appellate court allowed the family of Kathleen Savio to re-open and gain control of the estate Drew Peterson was trying block.
As we continue to watch Drew Peterson draw attention to himself like a circus act in the media. Remember, It cost two women their lives. Do I believe the body of Stacy Peterson will be recovered? In my opinion, no.
In the case of Kathleen Savio, I am holding my breath, hoping the State’s Attorney, James Glasgow is able to bring justice in a court of law for these women, their children, and their families.
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Posted by Susan Murphy-Milano at 12:01 AM
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