07-30-2012, 04:18 PM
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Nearly five years since the disappearance of his fourth wife, former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson will be tried for the murder of his third wife in a high-profile case that gets under way Tuesday.
An Illinois court will hear opening arguments Tuesday in the case against Peterson, 58, who is charged with the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Her death was ruled accidental until police began investigating the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.
Stacy Peterson's body has never been found, but authorities believe she is dead and have named the former suburban Chicago police officer a suspect. Peterson, meanwhile, contends that the 23-year-old mother of two ran off with another man -- a claim Stacy Peterson's family vehemently disputes.
Savio's body was found in a dry bathtub in her home, her hair soaked in blood, just before her divorce settlement with Peterson was to be finalized in 2004. Peterson allegedly feared the settlement with the 40-year-old Savio would wipe him out financially. He has pleaded not guilty in her death.
A jury in the murder case against Peterson was selected last week. The panel of seven men and five women includes a part-time poet, a U.S. letter carrier, a woman who likes to read the National Enquirer and a research technician whose favorite TV show is "Criminal Minds." The jury also includes three male alternates and one female alternate. Nine jurors are white, two are African-Americans and one is Hispanic.
Opening statements will begin Tuesday, and prosecutors are expected to call their first witnesses later that same day.
fox
Nearly five years since the disappearance of his fourth wife, former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson will be tried for the murder of his third wife in a high-profile case that gets under way Tuesday.
An Illinois court will hear opening arguments Tuesday in the case against Peterson, 58, who is charged with the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Her death was ruled accidental until police began investigating the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.
Stacy Peterson's body has never been found, but authorities believe she is dead and have named the former suburban Chicago police officer a suspect. Peterson, meanwhile, contends that the 23-year-old mother of two ran off with another man -- a claim Stacy Peterson's family vehemently disputes.
Savio's body was found in a dry bathtub in her home, her hair soaked in blood, just before her divorce settlement with Peterson was to be finalized in 2004. Peterson allegedly feared the settlement with the 40-year-old Savio would wipe him out financially. He has pleaded not guilty in her death.
A jury in the murder case against Peterson was selected last week. The panel of seven men and five women includes a part-time poet, a U.S. letter carrier, a woman who likes to read the National Enquirer and a research technician whose favorite TV show is "Criminal Minds." The jury also includes three male alternates and one female alternate. Nine jurors are white, two are African-Americans and one is Hispanic.
Opening statements will begin Tuesday, and prosecutors are expected to call their first witnesses later that same day.