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Showing posts with label Legal System Criminal Investigation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Legal System Criminal Investigation. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The Susan Murphy Milano Show "Time's Up" 2- 4PM Eastern
Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visit http://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/ She is also in partnership with Pamela Chapman and iAscend Programs. http://pamelachapmanl.biz
Monday, December 1, 2008
Will The Holidays Lights Be On Or Off For Drew Peterson?
Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn wrote a column about Drew Peterson and the new Illinois Hearsay Law.
While I have great respect for Zorn, I disagree on why Peterson may not be charged under the new law. There is another way to bring Peterson to court and make the charges stick. When Kathleen Savio filed for the order of protection she placed her hand on a bible in a courtroom when granted the temporary order of protection. She also stated in this document that "if she died, it would be no accident". Add in the fact that Harry Smith Kathleen's divorce attorney was told of the abuse. And Stacy Peterson also sought advice from the same lawyer. The Crawford vs Washington Statue says the accused has the right to face his or her accuser, but there are exceptions to that law they could be applied in this case, if and when, the Will County State's Attorney is able to charge Peterson.
Another Option is The Will County State's Attorney's Office do not have a body, a confession or a witness in the potential homicide of Stacy Peterson. And no one in the State of Illinois since 1850, has ever been convicted of murder without a body.
There is a similar case on which I base my remarks, Thomas York a Chicago Police Officer, knew enough that investigators and the State's Attorney's Office would not be able to charge him with the murder of his wife or his business partner in April of 1981.Why? As an officer he was trained not to leave evidence. As all good seasoned police are, trained not to leave a clue.To sustain the charge of mail fraud, the government must prove the following propositions:
First, that the defendant knowingly participated in the scheme to defraud as described in the indictment.
Second, that for the purpose of carrying out the scheme or attempting to do so, the defendant caused the United States Mails to be used in the manner charged in the particular count; and
Third, that the defendant did so knowingly and with the intent to defraud.Here is the link to the case in which Thomas York received 40 years for mail fraud:http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/933/933.F2d.1343.89-3013.htmlThis in my opinion, based on research, Federal Prosecutors can charge Mr. Peterson with mail and insurance fraud.
Kathleen Savio died a few weeks before she was to receive her settlement. Court documents and other related information not provided to the public regarding their divorce and the fact that Drew Peterson was already married and living a few houses away at the time, had motive.
Add in the fact, Drew Peterson was a trained police officer, and a trained locksmith.
Documents pertaining to insurance, correspondence and pleadings regarding the "accidental death " of Kathleen Savio were also sent by United States mail. And that is where the feds come into this case. State's Attorney Glascow must now look beyond a murder charge in this case. The statue for mail fraud and insurance is 5 years which comes due in February of 2009.
For continuing coverage and updates visit Juror Thirteen.
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Circus Returns
Drew Peterson is resurfacing, this time he and he legal marshmallow roaster will appear on the CBS Early Show to discuss an upcomming book by a self-published Canadian businessman to be released later this week.
The front cover of the book has 2 photo's one of Peterson hooked up to a polygraph machine and the other is a family portrait with Stacy, Drew and all four children taken a couple years ago.
Will County is no closer to charging and arresting Drew Peterson on either Stacy Peterson or Kathleen Savio. And as an important side note to this circus lets not forget Lisa Stebic.
In this game of catch me if you can, with the one anniversary of Stacy's vanishing act at the end of October one wonders if James Glascow's Prosecutors have presented enough of a case for a grand jury to even indict Peterson?
Too many questions and not enough answers in domestic violence,vanishing, murder, stalking, and felony cases not only in Illinois but across the Country.
If nothing else this should be a wake-up call to the Department of Justice. This is your front row seat to real life tragedies within our legal system .
Now, let's get busy and fix the problem!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Drew Peterson: Day #208
The circus performers continue their stunts as the Drew Peterson investigation drags on into day number 208 (two-hundred and eight) .
Have the Illinois State Police suspended their water search for Stacy, yes. Family and friends continue to look for her themselves. Armed with a new boat as they comb the waters.
There may be a solution in their search if proper equipment can be brought in to scan the waters. Northwestern University's Robert R. McCormick school of engineering and technology may have the tools to search the waters with tomography scanning and taking x-rays at the bottom of the river. All someone needs to do is contact the school and ask. here is the link:
http://www.matsci.northwestern.edu/staff.html
The time line also continues to be filled with holes. So here is my opinion, a version of what I believe may have happened:
Oct. 26, 2007 - Stacy Peterson allegedly tells Drew Peterson she wants a divorce, after meeting attorney Harry Smith. Mr. Smith is the same lawyer who represented Kathleen Savio in her divorce.
Oct. 27 6:30 -P.M.-11:30 p.m. -Dinner at Drew's House. The air is tense when Drew stops in to have dinner with the family. Drew goes back to work and Cassandra Cales leaves her sister Stacy Peterson’s home with plans to meet at 10 a.m. the next morning to help paint a house
Oct. 28 9:40 a.m. - Peterson neighbor leaves her home to go to the grocery store and notes seeing both of the Peterson’s vehicle in their driveway.
10:15 a.m. - A friend calls Stacy Peterson about painting the house that day. Peterson, still in bed, says she will meet to paint the house later.Stacy is still alive the kids hear arguing between Stacy and Drew. There is a possibility by accident, while still in bed Stacy, hits her head during the fight or Drew has grabbed her by her neck. Her neck snaps , Stacy dies. Drew carries Stacy into the connecting bathroom of their bedroom and closes the door. He has to think quickly. The kids don't have a reason to question anything and resume their activities.
11:15 a.m. - Neighbor returns from the grocery store and says she saw only one of the vehicles in Peterson’s driveway.Noon-Neighbor calls next door to see if the Peterson children want to come over for suckers. She asks for Stacy when one of the children answers the phone and Drew Peterson tells her his wife went to visit her grandfather.
1 p.m. Drew Peterson brings the children over to Neighbors home and tells her he has an errand to run. He returns in about 15 minutes.
1:40 P.M. Drew is in the garage with the door shut. Kids are playing in the house. He carries a blue cooler container into their bedroom while instructing the boys to watch the little ones. He locks the door. At this point who knows, besides the possibility of Stacy's body what else could have been placed into the cooler/container.
5:00 P.M. Drew calls in to Bollingbrook police station and takes the day off.
5:30-6 P.M. Drew goes about his routine and prepare dinner for the kids.
7:45 P.M. Thomas Morphey is with Drew having coffee.
Stacy's phone rings around 9:00 p.m. and Drew instructs him not to answer the telephone.
9:45- 10 P.M. Drew Peterson and Thomas Morphey go into the house to the upstairs bedroom. The container is in the bathroom and the two men carry it downstairs to the back of Drew's car and load the cooler type container into the car.On the way to his destination he stops at a gas station and fills up the car with gas.Around
10:30 P.M. Drew arrives to 135th street.
He opens the bed of the truck and removes the container is Thomas Morhey with him, watching it until it goes into the river?
11 p.m. Cales goes to Peterson’s home and does not see either vehicle in the driveway. One of Peterson’s children opens the door and tells Cales that he is home alone with his three siblings and that Stacy and Drew had gotten into a fight. He said Stacy Peterson had left the house and Drew went out to look for her.
11:15 p.m. - Cales calls Drew Peterson and asks for Stacy. Cales hears shuffling and keys going into the ignition. Peterson tells Cales he’s at home and had been out looking for his wife.
Oct. 29 1 a.m. - Cales goes to the Bolingbrook Police Department to file a missing persons report.
2:30 a.m. - Cales returns to Peterson’s home and sees both cars in the driveway. Cales’ friend calls Drew Peterson and asks him where Stacy is at. Peterson said his wife left him, took money and left her car at Clow International Airport.
4 a.m. - Cales files a missing persons report with Illinois State Police.
11/1/07- Police enter Drew's home with a search warrant taking computers, files, cars, etc. 11/2/2007-Fox news reports the dogs get a hit from the bed during their search link here:http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=2BF3B7E204B488ACDA943EE64CFB16FC?contentId=4809857&version=9&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
Website for Stacy Peterson: http://www.findstacypeterson.com/
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