Photo of Drew Peterson Arrest, Will County
Sheriff’s Department, May 11, 2009
The Herald-News is reporting that police plan to dig for the body of Stacy Peterson today east of Peoria, Illinois (southwest of Chicago). Drew Peterson’s trial for Kathleen Savio’s death is scheduled to start next month.
Remember that crazy letter that Drew got stating someone had seen Stacy in Peoria?
To read my original thoughts on Drew Peterson, click here.
CNN is reporting that the remains found on the Des Plaines River last week are not those of Stacy Peterson or Lisa Stebic. Instead they are the remains of an unidentified male. You can read more here.
Thanks, Jacqueline, for the update to the story.
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Human skeletal remains were found on the Des Plaines River near Channahon, Illinois, on Wednesday not far from where two women disappeared: Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic.
They were found by Chad Pregracke, the founder of Living Lands & Waters in East Moline, a nonprofit group that cleans up waterways in nine states.
Pregracke, 34, was alone on a 30-foot flat bottom work boat Wednesday shortly before 2:30 p.m., pulling garbage out of the Des Plaines River when he came across the bones.
The article also says:
A plastic blue barrel was spotted in the vicinity of the body. Channahon resident Michelle Williams told WGN Radio host John Williams this morning that she and her husband saw the barrel in heavy brush on the riverbank on Sunday and she saw it again on Tuesday.
However, people who are familiar with the river say that seeing a blue barrel on the river in not an uncommon sight.
Police say it will take several weeks before they will get any DNA lab results back. You can read more here at CNN as well.
Thanks A.S. for the story update.
On Wednesday, Drew Peterson took to the airwaves again, and it was too much for Stacy’s sister, Cassandra Cales, to bear. She called in, unannounced, and shared her feelings with Drew. The audio segment is raw and painful, and the audio noise in the background makes listening to the conversation flat out eerie. You can’t help but feel for a family who has been torn apart by the devastating and suspicious death of their loved one.
What also caught my eye when I was at the Chicago Sun-Times was an image of Stacy and her sister, with Stacy only wearing an overcoat (and nothing else), and her sister, Cassandra, wearing Drew’s SWAT team uniform and holding a huge machine gun. Click to see the photo.
Does it surprise you?
Read moreDrew Peterson was on a morning TV show in Chicago this week, and said something very damning. When the reporter asked Drew what he told their children about Stacy since she has been gone for over a year, he said, “She’s on vacation still, and she’s not coming back.” The reporter than clarified Drew’s response and said, “Why do you say she’s not coming back?” Drew very calmly said, “I didn’t say she’s not coming back.” It was fascinating.
Drew had no idea he actually said it, if you want my opinion. I think it is a great example of how the subconscious brain works. He spoke from gut here, without thinking, and his true feelings, I believe, came out. Drew is that relaxed in the beginning of this video that he didn’t even think about self-censoring.
Drew then says, “I didn’t mean to say that…she’s ah…she’s on vacation….and (shoulder shrug) we don’t know when she’s coming back.” Here we can clearly see Drew thinking on his feet as he talks. Now, realizing he slipped up, he is self-censoring. Watch how he looks directly at the reporter when he is finished. He is checking out how she is responding to his answer. This is a common trait of people who are deceptive. They want to know if they’ve convinced you, because if they feel they haven’t, they will continue to speak until they feel they have done so.
There is another interesting moment in this video as well, when the reporter mentions what the pastor says Stacy told him and testified to before the grand jury. The reporter says according to the pastor Stacy told him that the night of Savio’s death, she woke up to find Drew gone. He continues, “In the morning, the pastor said Stacy saw Peterson standing in front of a washing machine, dressed in black and holding a bag. Peterson washed the clothes he was wearing, and the women’s clothes that were in the bag, the suit states. He then allegedly told Stacy that he hit Savio in the back of the head, making her death look like an accident.”
The entire time the reporter is reading that statement, Drew is listening intensely. It’s very notable. It appears this is the first time he heard this. The tension in his face and body at this point is incredible. It’s tipping the charts!! Do you feel it? It actually makes me tense and nervous.
Drew responds, “Non…none of that ever happened” and he immediately looks to his attorney to help him. He is notably shook up.
When Drew’s attorney speaks up, look at how Drew stares out into space. He is in shock about this, as if he is stunned that Stacy talked about this to someone, in this great of detail. Why didn’t Drew act all comical like he always does and say, “That’s nonsense!” and laugh, like usual?
I suspect what the pastor testified to is likely the truth, and it rattled Drew to the bone! Watching Drew rattled me to the bone.
* Thanks to all of you who sent me this story.
