Stacy Peterson’s sister confronts Drew Peterson on radio show

Drew Peterson’s sister-in-law confronted him Thursday on the “Mancow” Muller radio show on WLS radio.

Possibly inspired by Fox news’ Jeff Goldblatt who broke the news on the show about obtaining ISP documents (including a timeline of Drew Peterson’s whereabouts on the day her sister went missing), Cassandra Cales called into the program after it went off the air at 11 am. However, the call was recorded and played during today’s broadcast.

“You killed her after she got off the phone between 10:15 and 10:59,” she said. “The state police know where you were and what you did and you will pay.”

Read Joe Hosey’s story at the Sun-Times

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Where was Drew Peterson at 10:59 am on October 28, 2007?

That’s the question that Fox reporter Jeff Goldblatt says we should be asking Drew Peterson.

Drew’s answer? “Refer that question to my attorney.”

Since last night Fox news has been saying that they have a “bombshell” regarding the Peterson case and that it relates to Stacy Peterson. Both Peterson and Goldblatt appeared on the Mancow & Cassidy WLS radio show this morning, Goldblatt to promote the rport on tonight’s 9 o’clock news hour and Drew to promote…Drew?

Mancow of course, dangled the story and tittilated the listening audience with bombastic nonsense for the majority of his show but I’ll spare you the fluff and cut to the the meat of the conversation.

MULLER: “”You know how uncomfortable we are? We’ve got Drew Peterson looking at us. He’s about two feet away standing in the studio.”

GOLDBLATT: “The point of this is not to “destroy” him as you said, Mancow. You’re just embellishing on things. The point of this is not to make him uncomfortable. That’s what you do. The point of this is two things.

First of all there’s some key investigative documents, confidential authoritative documents that we got a hold of. They got out into the public.

The other thing is, Mancow, as we both use each other here, because we certainly have worked together in the past, is that a lot of this evidence, or these documents points squarely at Drew Peterson. So that’s what I’m out to do. I’m not out to destroy him. I’m out to present what we’ve gotten and then just let people think what they want. I don’t have anything against Drew Peterson. I don’t know where he was on this day or that day. A lot of people have a personal vendetta against him. That’s fine. Let people do that.

There’s a time line, for starters, surrounding Stacy Peterson’s death — her disappearance — and it points squarely at Drew. It documents where he was in the time leading up to that day, October 28th. Ask DP where he was 10:59 am October 28th. It’s not a question he’ll answer.

Greta’s take on Drew Peterson’s Telling Faux Pas

Another good video posted by WomenScorned. The last moment is the best: Ooops!

Unlike the earlier Fox video, this clip shown on Greta Van Susteren’s On The Record does not cut away to still photos during Drew’s slip-up and the subsequent back-pedalling and denial so you can see the total “oh shit.” expression on Peterson’s face.

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Drew Peterson: Mommy’s on vacation and she’s not coming back.

This morning Drew Peterson and his attorney Joel Brodsky made the local morning show circuit to respond on air to the Savio family filing a wrongful death suit against Peterson.

On Fox’s Good Day Chicago show Drew made an embarrassing blunder. While leading into questions about the wrongful death suit, host Jan Jeffcoat asked a few questions about Peterson’s children, including what Drew tells them regarding his missing wife, Stacy’s, whereabouts. “What do you tell your children when they say, ‘Where’s Mommy?’ What do you say to them?” Jeffcoat asked.

Drew responded, “She’s on vacation and she’s not coming back.”

With some surprise in her voice, Jeffcoat asked, “Why do you say she’s not coming back?” Peterson quickly did a one-eighty, “I don’t say she’s not coming back.”

As the video feed switched to still images of Stacy and her children, Jeffcoat pursued the question, “You just said, “I tell them she’s on vacation. She’s not coming back.” Drew began to backpedal saying, “Oh, I didn’t mean that. She’s on vacation…and we don’t know when she’s coming back. My little girl keeps asking when she’s coming back and I keep telling her I don’t know.”

Jeffcoat then expressed that it must be heartbreaking for Drew. He responded, “It is for me, yes. But it’s become commonplace for the kids”

If it’s so commonplace for the kids, why is it that his little girl keeps asking when Mommy is coming back? If it’s so heartbreaking for Drew, why does he have an ongoing relationship with a young woman who according to Drew “comes and goes” from his home and in and out of the children’s lives? How does he explain that to his children?

Savio Family to Bring Wrongful Death Suit against Drew Peterson

NBC reports that the suit will be filed tomorrow – April 21st.
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Kathleen Savio

Exclusive: Drew Sued For Wife’s Death
Family of Kathleen Savio files wrongful death suit

By ROB STAFFORD and BJ LUTZ

BOLINGBROOK, ILL — No one has been criminally charged in the death of Kathleen Savio, but her family’s attorney on Monday night said they will file a wrongful death civil suit against the man many believe committed the crime: Savio’s former husband, Drew Peterson.

The 15-page lawsuit, to be filed in Will County Circuit Court, carefully lays out a case the family says shows that Peterson was responsible for the death of his third wife.

The suit claims:

•  that during the couple’s “contentious divorce” in 2002, “there were a number of confrontations” that resulted in police reports that detailed Peterson’s physical assaults and threats of physical violence,
• that upon finalization of the divorce, Peterson gained entry to the home of which Savio had become the sole owner by using a garage door opener and, on one occasion, by cutting through a wall and crawling through it,
• that Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, met with a pastor and said that she had “personal, detailed knowledge” that Peterson had killed Savio.

Five months after their divorce was finalized, Savio was found dead, face down in a dry bathtub. Her death was initially ruled an accident but follow-up autopsies determined it was by homicide.

Peterson’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, said the allegations in the lawsuit are “absolutely untrue” and said he looks forward to questioning witnesses in the case.

Exclusive: Interview with Joe Hosey about the Drew Peterson Cases.

Joe Hosey, Author of Fatal Vows

Native New Yorker Joseph Hosey has been a reporter for the Chicago area’s Herald News since 1999 and has been on the cusp of every major development in the Drew Peterson case. He is the only member of the media to cover Kathleen Savio’s inquest, and he broke the stories of her death as well as Stacy Peterson’s disappearance.

We didn’t get to ask him all of the questions we had for him during Susan Murphy Milano’s show last week but Joe kindly consented to take the time to follow up with a few questions for us at Justice Café.
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About seven weeks ago you mentioned that you thought Drew would be arrested in the next seven weeks or not at all. Time’s up! Has he gotten away with murder?

“Is it up already? I guess you are right. At this point, I would say he is not going to be arrested. But from the first day, I always maintained Stacy would not be found and Drew would not be charged with doing anything to her. I did and still do base this opinion on the track record of James Glasgow and a lack of faith in the Illinois State Police.”

Things have been very quiet for the last few weeks, as far as media appearances and “stunts” from Drew. Was the tasteless April Fool’s joke on Mancow’s show the last straw? Has Drew finally decided to clam up?

“The last straw? Not at all. I don’t think Drew has decided to clam up. In fact, I don’t think he decides much of anything. That’s up to Brodsky. I just think the public has grown tired of him. There’s no more novelty, and I’m surprised he’s kept the public’s attention for as long as he has.

I do want to keep this story in the public eye with legitimate articles about breaks in the case or significant developments, but with the apparent lack of activity or progress by the state police and state’s attorney, that has been increasingly challenging.”

We wrote a few posts about “wing-gate” in our blog (the revelation that Joel and Drew are bartering interviews in exchange for plugs for Joel’s sports bar). Do you know if it’s a breach of ethics for an attorney to use his client’s notoriety in order to market some side business? How about the fact that Joel Brodsky asked interviewers to personally endorse his establishment when they hadn’t personally been there?

“I checked with some sources about this. Whether it is unethical or not, I doubt Brodsky will ever be taken to task for it. As far as asking interviewers to endorse his place when they have not been there, I imagine media personalities endorse things in a similar manner quite often.”

Pal of Bindy Rock Questioned in Drew Peterson case

Leave it to Joe…

Bindy Rock pal: Jamie Katro

Woman says she was questioned in Peterson case

April 15, 2009

By JOE HOSEY jhosey@scn1.com
A local woman says state police paid her a visit while she was doing time in Dwight Correctional Center and grilled her about what she knows of Stacy Peterson’s disappearance.

The woman, 31-year-old Jamie Katro, did not tell them much during the two-hour interview.

“No — uh, uh, nothing,” Katro said of what she told troopers when they questioned her in late February. “To me, that’s what they’re getting paid for. Let them do their job.”

But Katro says she has heard a few things about what may have befallen Peterson, who vanished in October 2007 and has been the subject of a massive and lengthy state police investigation.

“Like she’s not at the bottom of a lake,” Katro said. “I heard they ran her through a funeral home and cremated her, her ashes.”

Katro said she has never met Peterson or her husband, Drew Peterson, who is the only suspect named in the case worked up by the state police, and that her knowledge of the matter is at best secondhand.

“A lot of it’s just hearsay, from what I hear,” she said.

Fatal Vows – Update on Susan Murphy Milano’s New Show

Fatal Vows by Joe Hosey

Yesterday, Susan Murphy Milano debuted her new blogttalk radio show. Rescueapet and I were graciously invited to ask some questions about the Drew Peterson cases of her guest, Joe Hosey as was Delilah from Peace4theMissing.  We tried to ask the questions that people posted here, so I hope you heard yours answered.

Not everyone was able to hear the show or to download the MP3, and have asked us for a synopsis, and I started to write one but I just sort of ended up transcribing the Q & A portion of the show plus a little more.

Here you go:

Intro by Susan MM: Lies women tell themselves as they endure daily abuse, the secrets they hold close to their hearts for fear their true identity as battered women will be revealed and the life they lead until one day we all read about them with our morning coffee, suddenly vanished without a trace, their lifeless bodies discovered.

Q: What is the status of the Grand Jury?

JOE: After the eighteen-month term is over they’re going to have to have to let them go, by law. They’d have to empanel a whole new Grand Jury and bring them up to speed and I think that would take an awful lot of time after eighteen months of testimony to bring an entirely new Grand Jury up to speed. I would hope that, you know you hear from State’s Attorney’s office that there’s going to be an imminent resolution. He didn’t say ‘imminent’, he said pending resolution. I would hope that’s coming soon but I hope it’s before this Grand Jury term expires.

Q: So it’s still going on?

JOE: Yes, I believe until the first week of May. If my memory serves me, I believe Drew was at the first session of the Grand Jury and that was the first Wednesday after Stacy was reported missing or the second Wednesday. That would have been the first week in November and that would make eighteen weeks the first week in May.

Q: When Joe was last on your radio show he mentioned that he was surprised that Drew hasn’t been arrested yet and it seems like Joe does know some things that we don’t. Why is Joe wondering why Drew has not been arrested?

SUSAN: What happens is you can’t dilute the importance of a case. Sometimes you can allude to things, you want to say things. You want to keep the integrity of the case. You want to keep the integrity of you as a journalist. Am I wrong Joe?

JOE: No, you’re absolutely right. I’m doing the best I can to get the things that I know in the paper. Maybe if I did a better job they’d be in there by now, but I’m doing the best I can. Also, things that I hear and I don’t know if they’re true I’m still working on trying to find out if some of the things that I’m told, if I can prove them. I can’t just repeat things that I hear.

SUSAN: Joe is part of a list of very credible reporters who will only report the facts because if he doesn’t it’s really going to hurt because he’ll be brought in for questioning himself. He could be subpoenaed to the Grand Jury for articles he’s written or things that he has said, and that’s why everybody has been so careful.

Questions about the Peterson cases? Post them here.

Next Wednesday, Susan Murphy Milano will be debuting her new blogtalk radio show the Susan Murphy Milano Show.

Guests will include investigative reporter and author of, Fatal Vows: The Tragic Wives of Sergent Drew Peterson, Joe Hosey; and police perpetrated violence expert, Susan Rhoades.

Rescueapet and myself have been invited to to ask questions from you, the faithful followers of the Kathleen Savio and Stacy Peterson cases. If you are interested, please post your questions here in this thread and we will ask them live on the air.

The show airs at 3pm (Central time) on Wednesday, April 8th. To listen go to the Susan Murphy Milano Blogtalk Radio site and click on the “Click to Listen” icon. You can also participate in live chat during the show.
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Susan Murphy Milano

Susan Murphy Milano is the author of, Defending Our Lives, getting away from domestic violence & staying safe and Moving Out, Moving On: when a relationship goes wrong. Her new book, Time’s Up, how to leave and survive a dangerous relationship will be available July 2009.

Susan is an adult survivor of her parents’ violent marriage. Her father, a Chicago violent crimes detective, murdered her mother and then took his own life. Susan’s quest for justice was instrumental in the passage of the Illinois Stalking Law and the Lauternberg Act.

Joe Hosey

Joseph Hosey has been a reporter for the Chicago area’s Herald News since 1999 and has been on the cusp of every major development in the Drew Peterson case. He is the only member of the media to cover Kathleen Savio’s inquest, having broken the stories of her death and, later, the disappearance of Stacy Peterson.

Susan Rhoades is the President and CEO at National Organization on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence.  She has a blog called Officer-Involved Domestic Violence: Officers Who Stalk Intimate Partners

Joe Hosey photo credit: Janet Lundquist

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Drew Peterson’s April Fool’s Day Prank? Tanked.

Forgive me for I have sinned...

Yesterday, in an apparent attempt to punk the listening public, suspect Drew Peterson called Mancow’s WLS show. Sounding weary and somber, Drew stated that he wanted to make a confession but that he would call back in a half an hour.

After ensuring that Mancow and WLS received another half hour of listenership (I wonder what was advertised during that half hour?) Drew again called the station ready, it would appear, to unburden himself. Hesitant and pausing, he said,

“I’ve just been on the phone with my attorney Joel Brodsky for the last half hour. He’s telling me just to keep my mouth shut and sit tight but I gotta come clean with it.

I wanted to do it with you. Is that OK with you? This is hard, Mancow. This is hard.

I just got to tell you. It’s been weighing heavy on my chest for some time now and I just gotta say…that the chicken wings at Addiction Bar and Grill are the best I ever had. Ten twenty-three West Lake. Happy April Fool’s Day, Mancow!”

He then laughed heartily before hanging up the phone.

While Mancow pretended to be shocked and perturbed by the audacity of the April Fool’s prank, he sounded completely insincere. I assume the entire call was set up in advance by Mancow who appears to be Peterson’s new event planner and spiritual adviser. Why else the half-hour wait between the set-up and the ‘reveal’?