Drew Peterson Offers $25,000 Reward for Information Leading to Stacy’s Return
Peterson says he had hoped that by this time Stacy would’ve contacted him or their four children. He says he hopes that this reward will bring her home.
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Bolingbrook, Ill. – Insisting that his wife left him for another man, Drew Peterson today offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.
Stacy Peterson vanished six months ago. Peterson says the night Stacy left him she told him on the phone that she was leaving. He denies any involvement, but police maintain he is the prime suspect in her disappearance.
Peterson says he had hoped that by this time Stacy would’ve contacted him or their four children. But she hasn’t. He says he too can’t fathom why.
He says he hopes that this reward will bring her home.
“Her mom left her and it’s clear that history has repeated itself and that Stacy does not want to be found either,” says Peterson. “I don’t know whom she left with or where they are. Maybe the money will prompt someone to come forward with a lead. Her children miss her and people believe I had something to do with her disappearance.”
Peterson acknowledges that as long as Stacy’s missing people will think he had something to do with it.
Police have offered no evidence supporting that theory. Police and family and friends have searched area lakes and brush searching for her.
Peterson recognizes the criticism he’s received for not taking part in the searches. But he says “I haven’t because I believe she’s alive. She told me she was leaving. She obviously doesn’t want to be found.”
The $25,000 reward is for information that leads to the safe return of Stacy, says Joel A. Brodsky, Peterson’s criminal defense attorney. Brodsky says the reward money will be paid in addition to any other reward now being offered.
Information and tips should be sent to stacytips@yahoo.com <mailto:stacytips@yahoo.com> . Brodsky says the tips will be opened and read by a team of investigators hired by Peterson, not by Peterson himself or his attorneys. He says all legitimate leads will be forwarded to law enforcement authorities.
Peterson, a former police sergeant, has been the target of death threats even as he tries to raise his children on his own.
“All emails that contain harassing, obscene, or threatening messages are warned that such communications are illegal, and all such e-mails will be forwarded to law enforcement for prosecution,” says Brodsky.
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• Drew Peterson’s attorney filed an appeal Tuesday, April 22, requesting the court to reverse a Will County judge’s decision to reopen the estate of Peterson’s third wife Kathleen Savio. The judge’s April 17 decision removed Peterson’s uncle, James Carroll, as executor and appointed Savio’s father and sister as administrators of any new assets that come into the estate. Savio’s family had petitioned for the reopening in preparation for a possible wrongful death lawsuit against Peterson. Brodsky argued the two-year statute of limitations on filing such lawsuits has passed and that the Savio’s family’s petition does not meet the legal requirements for reopening an estate.
• On Wednesday, April 23, Brodsky said his client has legally transferred ownership of 11 firearms seized from Peterson’s home to his son Stephen, an Oak Brook police officer. Brodsky said he will file a motion within a couple of weeks asking the court to force state police to give the firearms to Stephen Peterson.
• Peterson and Brodsky appeared on MSNBC’s “Verdict with Dan Abrams” on Thursday, April 24. Peterson denied claims by several people that he was controlling and abusive to his wives and ex-fiancee. He also maintained his belief that Savio’s March 2004 drowning was an accident and that his missing wife Stacy Peterson is alive and with another man.
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Drew Peterson’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, filed an appeal Tuesday against a Will County judge’s decision to reopen the estate of Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, Brodsky confirmed Wednesday.
Judge Carmen Goodman granted a petition by Savio’s family and ordered the estate reopened April 17. The decision opened the door for Savio’s family to investigate whether there is enough evidence to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against Peterson.
Drew Peterson’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, filed an appeal Tuesday against a Will County judge’s decision to reopen the estate of Peterson’s third wife.
The appeal, filed on behalf of James Carroll, Peterson’s uncle and the current executor of Kathleen Savio’s estate, asks the appellate court to reverse an April 17 decision that reopened the estate and removed Carroll as executor.
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Here’s a look at some of the week’s developments in the Peterson case.
Please note, updates are current through 11 a.m. Friday. Please check back often for updates. You can also visit the Bolingbrook Reporter online at mysuburbanlife.com for the latest breaking news.
Drew Peterson’s right to have control of his property doesn’t outweigh the state’s right to retain possible evidence, a Will County judge said Thursday when he denied Peterson’s request to let his son Stephen hold onto 11 guns seized from Peterson’s home.
A Will County judge ordered Kathleen Savio’s estate reopened Thursday, paving the way for Savio’s family to investigate whether there is sufficient evidence to file a wrongful death lawsuit.
A Will County judge will decide Thursday whether 11 firearms seized from Drew Peterson’s home in November will stay in the hands of Illinois State Police or be returned to the family.
Stacy Peterson’s friends and family were back on the offensive Saturday morning as they met to denounce claims her husband made on CNN’s ‘Larry King Live’ show Friday night.
Less than 12 hours after Drew Peterson told King that his wife Stacy had left him for another man and that his neighbor “has been acting emotionally disturbed,” those close to the missing Bolingbrook mother shot back.
“It’s all the same lies,” Stacy Peterson’s sister Cassandra Cales said. “Drew’s out there trying to make everyone believe that my sister was medicated and [blaming] her menstrual cycle, and that she just up and left her two kids. That’s just not true.”
Drew Peterson’s erratic behavior in the days following the disappearance of his 23-year-old wife Stacy was a trained response to stress, the former Bolingbrook sergeant said Friday on ‘Larry King Live.’
“I was being barraged by [media]…I was being questioned by police. I was scared to death,” Peterson said. “And policemen - any policeman will tell you that police deal with stress and despair with humor. They laugh, they make jokes. They’re trained not to show emotions.”
With Peterson and Brodsky scheduled to appear on Larry King Live tonight and take live phone calls from viewers, we thought we’d give you an opportunity to discuss the show amongst yourselves. Here’s an open thread for you.
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Here’s a look at some of the week’s developments and in the Peterson case.
Please note, updates are current through 11 a.m. Friday. Please check back often for updates. You can also visit the Bolingbrook Reporter online at mysuburbanlife.com for the latest breaking news.
• On Thursday, April 3, Peterson’s former fiancee and ex-wife both appeared before a Will County grand jury investigating the March 2004 death of Drew Peterson’s third wife and the disappearance of his fourth. Kyle Piry, who was briefly engaged to Peterson in the early 1980s, confirmed she testified Thursday but declined to comment further. Shortly after, Vicki Connolly left the grand jury proceedings but declined to confirm whether she testified. Connolly and Peterson were married for 10 years, starting in 1982. She said she left him when she found out he was having an affair with Kathleen Savio, who would become Peterson’s third wife.
A friend of Drew Peterson’s step-brother appeared Thursday before a special grand jury investigating the disappearance of Peterson’s fourth wife and the death of his third wife.
Although Walter Martineck Jr. of Bolingbrook declined to discuss his grand jury appearance Thursday, his story made headlines in late November when he told media outlets about a bizarre encounter with his friend and neighbor Tom Morphey, Drew Peterson’s step-brother.
Stephen Peterson, son of Drew Peterson and a two-and-a-half year veteran of the Oak Brook Police Department, received an eight-day unpaid suspension Wednesday after an Oak Brook Board of Fire and Police Commissioners disciplinary meeting found him guilty for testifying before a grand jury in Will County in uniform and driving a marked Oak Brook squad car there.
Drew Peterson and his attorney Joel Brodsky will appear on CNN’s Larry King Live show Friday and, for the first time, take live phone calls from the public.
“It should be an interesting experience,” Brodsky said. “Larry King has some interesting interviews.”
Friends and family of Stacy Peterson are inviting the public to attend an informational meeting Wednesday, April 9, for those interested in volunteering.
Bolingbrook Village Clerk Carol Penning, who is coordinating a May 10 fund raiser, said the group is looking for search volunteers and people interested in helping to plan, donate to or staff the fund raiser. All proceeds will go toward search efforts to find the missing Bolingbrook mom.
“I feel like I have to do something,” said Penning, a close friend of Peterson’s. “This is a good way to help and do something that would maybe bring her home and we could give her a proper burial.”
Here’s a brief release we received earlier this morning from Bolingbrook Village Clerk Carol Penning. She is organizing the May 10 fund raiser at Bolingbrook’s Ditka Dome to aid search efforts for Stacy Peterson. The group is inviting those interested in helping to plan the event or participating in searches to attend a weekly meeting tomorrow, April 9. We’ll have more information on this when it becomes available. In the meantime, the release is below.
Hello all -
We will be meeting tomorrow evening at Village Hall in the Boardroom. We will have updates regarding the fundraiser and the search. Meeting time 7:30 p.m.
Anyone wishing to attend to help with the fundraiser or with the ongoing search is welcome to attend.
Stacy Peterson’s friends and family are rolling out a new fund raising effort to help defray costs associated with the search for the missing Bolingbrook mother.
Peterson’s friend and neighbor Sharon Bychowski said the group is selling “Where is Stacy?” bumper stickers for $2 each. Every week, members of the group Friends of Stacy Peterson, which has applied for non-profit status, will search for cars displaying the stickers and pick two winners and give them a free Stacy Peterson T-shirt.
Bumper stickers may be purchased by picking one up from Bolingbrook Village Clerk Carol Penning at the village hall, 375 W. Briarcliff Road, or by stopping by search meeting locations each Saturday and Sunday morning before searches begin.
Search teams are currently meeting at the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center, 200 Lindsey Lane, at 9 a.m. each Saturday and Sunday. The location may change. Check www.FindStacyPeterson.com and click on “Searches” for updated information.
Here’s a look at some of the week’s developments and in the Peterson case.
Please note, updates are current through 11 a.m. Friday. Please check back often for updates. You can also visit the Bolingbrook Reporter online at mysuburbanlife.com for the latest breaking news.
• Stacy Peterson’s family resumed searches for the missing Bolingbrook mother on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30. A team of volunteers searched two areas near the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Joliet. Although search organizers said they did not find anything groundbreaking, they said state police, the FBI, and a tip line all led them to that area. Volunteers will meet again this weekend to continue the searchers. Those interested in volunteering will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5 at the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center, 200 Lindsey Lane.
Drew Peterson’s past and present collided Thursday as his second wife and ex-fiancée appeared before a Will County grand jury investigating the mysterious fates of wives No. 3 and 4.
We’ve noticed a lot of commentary going on in the last couple of weeks, so here’s an open thread for you all to continue discussion on a single, consistent thread. The first comment you’ll see is from us, showing a brief recap of the discussion so far. So, feel free to leave a comment and keep the discussion going.
FYI: The helicopter shown at the end of the video is a miniature, remote-controlled camera that shoots high resolution pictures. This is just one of the many tools brought to the search by Sean Henady’s Indiana-based company, Aerial Image Corp. Henady’s group also had the real deal up in the air Saturday, March 29.
EXCLUSIVE STACY PETERSON PICTURES 
