Websleuths.com Sponsors New Crime Show "Intimate Partner Homicide Investigation"

By Sheryl McCollum and Susan Murphy-Milano

Join us for our debut show "Intimate Partner Homicide Investigation" sponsored by Websleuths.com as we feature the life and unsolved murder case of Kathleen Savio.

Drew Peterson's trial orginally set for July 8, 2010, is postponed until the Will County Prosecutor exhausts all avenues on decisions concerning the admittance of important testimony among our guests for our debut show on Monday, July, 12, 2010 at 9:00 PM EST will be Joseph Hosey author of the acclaimed book "Fatal Vows The Tragic Wives of Sergeant Drew Peterson." 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.

The show will be hosted by Sheryl McCollum, MS, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute and Susan Murphy-Milano Violence Expert and Author on Blog Talk radio.

Victims of intimate partner homicide and those killed by a person’s rage for the sake of argument, are invisible in the eyes of society. "Intimate Partner Homicide Investigation" and Websleuths.com will give victims who have been silenced by those hell bent on power and control a place to be heard and seek justice.

The purpose is to specifically bring attention to cases in which justice may not have been served involving intimate partner related crimes, and to assist the families of the victims who are seeking justice.

Information on cases that you suspect or have yet to be solved as they relate to Intimate Partner crime investigation and homicide, and you would like us to profile the case on the show, is welcomed for consideration for a future show by email to us with news articles, copies of police reports and other documentation to the Websleuths.com site or directly to us at IPHInvestigation@gmail.com. Please include your name, your relationship to the person you would like profiled on a future show and a working contact number where we can reach you.

The show will debut on Monday, July 12, 2010 at 9:00 PM Eastern and 8:00 PM Central Time

To learn the identity of our other guest on our debut show check back on this site after Midnight or Monday morning for further details.

Kathleen Savio and Intimate Partner Police Officer Homicide

Kathleen Savio was a wife, mother, and a victim of "Intimate Partner Homicide" by a law enforcement officer. Her ex-husband, Drew Peterson, stands trial for her murder next month.

From the moment her body was discovered in a "dry bathtub" an impossibility, in my opinion, her death has been trumped in the media by a serial offender whom if Stacy Peterson had not gone missing, the murder of this woman would have remained an accidental death.

A powerful hour was broadcast yesterday on this case with special guests Sheryl McCullom of the Cold Case Institute and Al Dressler of Colucci Investigations.

If you missed it all you need to do is turn up the volume on your computer and it will automatically play. Or you can always download the program by going to podcast list on this site or at www.blogtalkradio.com/susanmurphymilano

As the trial approaches we all need to lend our support and voice to a woman and mother murdered in my opinion by one man's rage who practiced on Kathleen Savio and perfected his crime on Stacy Peterson.

If you have a moment please head over to the Time's Up Blog and read Today's article about "My Cry For Help" I hope you will lend your support for victims and their families of violence and spread the message of the only "presciption" on the market available now that is changing and saving lives.

New Meaning For Cop "Till Death Do Us Part"

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Stacy Ann Peterson has been missing since October 28, 2007. This week marks her tragic disappearance. Friends and Family need the public's help as they continue to search for Stacy.

On the blog this week we will feature some past posts written on the case. The first is a post from October 29, 2007. It is also prior to Peterson lawyering up with my favorite "legal marshmallow roaster, from the law firm also known for their chicken wings and thighs defense. Or is it hot dogs and hamburgers?

Back in 2004, officer Petersons wife was found dead in a bath tub and for some reason the coroner ruled that death as accidential. And from the reports at the time there was not enough evidence to prove otherwise. And now, there is yet another wife missing .

Apparently, not a peep from our cowardly man, her officer husband on where his wife could be.
"Because he's one of our officers, we thought it would be better to have an independent agency investigating," Mayor Roger Claar said of the state's involvement in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson.

In my opinion, do I believe he is capable of harming Stacy? Absolutely!

RELATED STORY (From the Chicago Sun-Times and reporter Joe Hosey)
It was not clear how long Peterson, the wife of Sgt. Drew Peterson, has been missing. State Trooper Mark Dorencz at first declined to comment on the matter but later said the state is handling the case as a missing persons investigation.

The Bolingbrook department said Peterson was not scheduled to work Monday. A message left for him at the department went unreturned.

Peterson's previous wife, 40-year-old Kathleen Savio, was found dead in the dry bathtub of her Pheasant Chase home in March 2004. Peterson and Savio were divorced and he was returning their two sons to their home after a weekend visit, but no one answered the locked door.
Peterson went to a neighbor's to call a locksmith. Once entry was gained, the neighbor went inside and found Savio's body in a waterless bathtub.

The investigation revealed Savio drowned. Her fingertips showed pruning from being submerged in water and her hair was wet when she was found. While there was no water in the bathtub, it may have drained out over time, as the plug was down, investigators speculated.
A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. State police investigated that case as well. No charges were filed.

According to one official, Savio was Peterson's third wife, and Stacey Peterson is his fourth.
Charges, reinstatementMore than 20 years ago, Peterson was fired from the police department after the village board of police and fire commissioners found him guilty of disobedience, conducting a self-assigned investigation, failure to report a bribe immediately and official misconduct. He had been indicted two months earlier on charges of official misconduct and failure to report a bribe. Peterson was working under the auspices of the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad at the time. Indictments alleged he solicited drugs in exchange for information about his agency.

The charges later were dropped. Special prosecutor Raymond Bolden said at the time that the charges were not provable.

Peterson won reinstatement with the department in March 1986. Judge Edwin Grabiec ruled police and fire commissioners lacked sufficient evidence to find Peterson guilty of the charges.

Contact Information
Illinois State Police District 5 - Tip Line 815.740.0678
Texas Equu Search - Tip Line 877.270.9500
E-Mail Family of Stacy Petersonfindstacypeterson@gmail.com
Find Stacy Peterson Myspacewww.myspace.com/findstacypeterson
NBC 5 Chicago
ABC 7 Chicago
CLTV
Fox News Chicago
CBS 2 Chicago
http://www.topix.com/wire/city/bolingbrook-il
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/tag/sgt-drew-peterson/

Kathleen’s Savio Interruption of Justice Continues as Will County Drops the Legal Ball

In March of 2008, I authored a post pertaining to an important legal strategy available to the Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow. The statue of limitations to bring federal charges against Drew Peterson expired, today.

Glasgow’s office held the key to a strong case against Drew Peterson. In using the United States mail to send insurance documents for payment on Kathleen’s bogus will, Peterson knowingly committed fraud. And he had clear motive. The 1981; case I cited had many similarities to Drew Peterson’s case. Ironically, Thomas York a Chicago police officer received 40 years in a federal prison.

Last week on Justice Interrupted Radio, Reporter Joseph Hosey and author of the book Fatal Vows, indicated, if the State’s Attorney’s office fails to charge Drew Peterson in the murder of Kathleen Savio in the next several weeks, Peterson walks.

Bringing federal; charges against Drew Peterson, in my opinion, was a slam dunk.
The Will County State’s Attorney’s office failed Kathleen Savio not once but 4 times.

First: When Kathleen she died in a dry bath tub because investigators forgot crime scene 101 procedures. Blood is thicker than water. It was impossible for the blood in that bathtub to have drained without the trained locksmith and police officer, Drew Peterson.

Second: Kathleen’s cries for help were denied by the very people sworn to serve and protect. Her case file hidden, on top of a filing cabinet. Found only after Stacy Peterson, vanished and Sue Domain, Kathleen Savio’s sister had copies of letters and court documents proving Kathleen fought to be heard.

Third: the Will County State’s Attorney’s office lost the keys when they failed to enlist the assistance of the US Attorney’s office in this case. Properly, charging Peterson with a federal crime.

Fourth: The ignorant injustice cost two women their lives.

In memory of Kathleen Savio a site dedicated to the lives of these women titled Peterson Story including case updates and posted a great article from the site Mothers Are Vanishing.

No Exceptions

Across the County, Prosecutors and State's Attorney Offices have and are currently ignoring the Federal Violence Against Women Act.

Victims who seek services for assistance from the legal system in domestic violence, stalking, rape, court orders of protection are in Violation of a Federal Act that has been on the books since 1994, when Senator Biden worked with organizations across the country in this ground breaking legislation. If you click Here you will be able to read the full act.

{example of federal language in the law}
‘‘Subtitle J—Violence Against Women Act
Court Training and Improvements
‘‘SEC. 41001. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Violence Against Women
Act Court Training and Improvements Act of 2005’.
‘‘SEC. 41002. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this subtitle is to enable the Attorney General,
though the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women,
to award grants to improve court responses to adult and youth
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
to be used for—
‘‘(1) improved internal civil and criminal court functions,
responses, practices, and procedures;
‘‘(2) education for court-based and court-related personnel
on issues relating to victims’ needs, including safety, security,
privacy, confidentiality, and economic independence, as well
as information about perpetrator behavior and best practices
for holding perpetrators accountable;

If you are a victim or the loved one of a victim, I urge you to read the law. Victims are being refused basic services by a court system that if overburdened. A victim of a rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence stalking, murder, removal of parental rights, must be armed with the knowledge of their rights when seeking assistance in these cases. It is unfortunate but a victim must demand their basic rights under the law.

As an example, Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson's third wife, demanded justice. She wrote letters to the Will County State's Attorney's Office regarding her dangerous and life threatning situation. She contacted police. Her letters and pleas fell on deaf ears. After the death of Kathleen Savio, the family continued to demand answers. The door of the legal system was slammed in their face. It would take Stacy Peterson to vanish before relatives of Kathleen's such as [Kathleen's sister] who shared documents with Fox News and Greta that an outside medial exaimner was hired to determine the cause of death.

It was the Illinois State Police and the Savio's family, not the Will County State's Attorney who suspected her death was a homicide. And yet during this election year the office of the Will County State's Attorney is talking credit for something they themselves, ignored.

This is not an invitation to a cocktail party, these are people's lives.

Ruffled Feathers or Legal Bowel Movement?

James Glasgow Current States Attorney in Will County, Illinois.

Did I mentioned he is up for re-election?




There seems to be some movement in Will County, Illinois. Not the kind one would hope, but movement, none the less. More like a bad bowel movement in my opinion.

Earlier today, on CLTV in Chicago, the incumbent James Glasgow appeared in a news segment interview. During the interview he spoke of his commitment to domestic violence crimes. His feathers were ruffled because Judy DeVriendt, the Republican challenger placed two billboards in Will County. [pictured above]

Will County has had its' share of high profile unsolved cases from the Lane Bryant Murders, Lisa Stebic, Kathleen Savio, Nicole DeYoung to Stacy Peterson.

There was a quote in the Chicago Tribune today from the State's Attorney's Office Spokesman who said " The bottom line is that this is someone who is trying to use the tragedy of others to score political points."

The reality is that whether you live in Will County or Los Anglos County, domestic violence related crimes are low on the priority list of importance, across the country. For victims who are alive and trying to obtain assistance in the legal system, the system is unable and often unwilling to properly prosecute these types of crimes. They did not have the comprehensive training or time. States Attorney or Prosecutors in these offices do what they can but, they lack time and manpower.

Most of all they lack training necessary to assist the thousand's of victims who come through the system for help. Should that be a political hot button?

No, it should not. If there was a direct "war plan for dealing with domestic violence and stalking cases both at the felony and misdemeanor level, less women would "vanish" and more victims would be alive.

The system is broken. That is the issue.