Chicago cop's wife disappears...

[bliss_eternal]

Wife #4’s disappearance raises questions about #3
Stacy Peterson’s relatives say she was unhappy, but would have taken kids

Chicago cop’s wife disappears
Nov. 7: Investigators search the home of a Chicago police sergeant whose wife has disappeared. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
Today show


updated 6:50 a.m. PT, Wed., Nov. 7, 2007
Stacy Peterson wanted out of a marriage to a police sergeant 30 years her senior, but she would not have left her suburban Chicago home without her kids, her half sister told TODAY on Wednesday.

“I don’t believe she would ever leave her children,” Kerry Simmons told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira. “She loved those kids to death.”

The 23-year-old Peterson is the fourth wife of Bolingbrook, Ill., Police Sgt. Drew Peterson, 53. Stacy Peterson’s disappearance has prompted new questions about the death of Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, who was found dead in her bathtub shortly after Peterson told her he was having an affair with Stacy and had gotten her pregnant.

The 2004 death was ruled an accidental drowning, although the tub was bone-dry when Savio's nude body was found in it.

Stacy Peterson had two children by Drew Peterson, Anthony, 4, and Lacy, 2. She was reported missing to Bolingbrook police on Sunday, Oct. 28. Her husband said that she had told him two days earlier that she wanted a divorce. He said she went to help friends paint their house and never returned.

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excerpt from:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21668534/?GT1=10547

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Oh, this case stinks to high heaven.

I've been following it too. It doesn't pass the smell test. My most fervent hope is that I'm wrong, wrong, wrong.

Consider the following:

Drew Peterson is a suburban cop.
He met Stacy when he was 47, she was 17. They married two years later. They have two children, ages two and four.
When they met, he told her he wasn't married before. In fact, he had been married three times.
His third wife (name does not come to mind) died in the bathtub after their divorce. It was ruled accidental. That ruling is being revisited in light of Stacy's disappearance.
Stacy legally adopted the children of his previous wife. They are teenagers. She is 23.
According to her sister, Stacy recently told her she wanted a divorce and feared for her life.
Drew says she took off with another man after asking him for a divorce. He claims to have found her car in a small airport parking lot. There are no flight plans in and out of that tiny airport.

There are lots of other disturbing details. We've seen this kind of shit way too often before.

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. It gets even more malodorous

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_08nov08,0,638225.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout

"Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil said late Wednesday he disagreed with the finding of an inquest that the 2004 death of a Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife was an accident."

Ms. Savio was abused:

"Medical records and letters obtained from Savio's relatives outline a pattern of alleged abuse and frustration with a lack of action by Bolingbrook police.

"In May 1993, Savio was treated at a Hinsdale hospital for a head injury suffered, she alleged, when her husband hit her head on the dining room table.

"In December 2002, a copy of a Bolingbrook police dispatch report alleges that after "taking pictures at a wedding and drinking all night," the police officer came home and trashed their home, furious that his wife came home early to be with their young children rather than close a bar the couple owned. The report noted that police responded, and then stated: "Female left residence to spend night at her sister's house<.> Problem solved."

"And in a November 2002 letter to a Will County assistant state's attorney, Savio mentioned Peterson's relationship with his current wife.

"'When I found out Mr. Peterson was having an affair with a minor . . .,he began to get very violent,' she wrote. 'Their has been several times throughout my marriage with this man where I ended up at the emergency room in Bolingbrook for injuries, and I have reported this only to have police leave my home without filing any reports.'"

Special, isn't it. :sarcasm:

[bliss_eternal]

3. As a cop....

...he's aware of what needs to be done to hide his crime(if he's guilty). What are the stats again regarding the frequency of spousal abuse escalating to murder?

:(

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. Being in Chicago, it's so disheartening. I ask people about it and they all seem to say

"Yeah, he did it. He killed them both. But he'll get away with it." No faith at all. Not that I blame them.

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. I'm from Chicago

Not entirely certain he'll get away with it, but the odds don't look good.

[gaspee]

6. This case

Has made me think about the number of women murdered every year by their husband/partner/any man who thinks he has a right to her (stalker), random rapist/killer.

Much bigger problem than terrorism, IMO, (if you're a woman) but never gets any lip service and if women try to do something about it, all she gets is men complaining that you're tarring them all with "a broad brush."

It's insane, yet how we live.

I'm surprised I didnt' get tombstoned for my last post, but I'm pissed that person who locked it cited "playing the victim" -- fuck that shit, I'm not playing any fucking such thing. I'm pissed as hell, not playing the victim card, you nitwit!

Anyway, I'm looking at this case on a macro level and saying why the fuck does society put up with this shit?

And on an even more macro level, I'm convinced all the anti-Clinton shit (even though not my first choice because of her war stance) is mindboggling.

Then you have asshats like Tucker Carlson and Shrill Tweety bird (Mathews) going on that it's not that she's a woman, but it's personal. I think it's a combo. They're shrill and hysterical, yet never get called that. While Clinton is calm and collected and called shrill.

I'm thinking of a new sig line... how about "I'll stop hating men when men stop raping and murdering women."

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. Amen, sister.

Too many men think that their wives', girlfriends' and children's lives are theirs to dispose of as they please. I find the case of depressed men who kill their families before themselves to be deeply disturbing.

And yes, why do we walk on eggshells on this subject? It's outrageous. The women killed by their partners are VICTIMS, GODDAMMIT. And since they're DEAD, we have to point out that fact for them.

[bliss_eternal]

9. If I may revisit a related issue (but slightly o/t)....

OJ Simpson.

Clearly we are all aware that there's an epidemic in this country of men murdering their wives/partners/lovers/exes, etc. I'm still not at all clear with the outrage over Simpson. As an avid American Justice viewer, I'm well aware of all the "high profile" cases where a woman is killed and her husband gets away with it, particularly when he's a man of status and/or wealth.

Women are killed by their husbands/partners/lovers/ex's all too often, and hardly anyone sheds a tear. So, were people upset about OJ because he was a man of color (and wealth/status) that got away with it?
Or was it because he also stood accused of killing a man(hetero, white male)--which isn't tolerated in society? Or some combination of both?

Surely all those people aren't upset he killed poor Nicole. He was beating that woman for years and barely got a slap on the wrist for doing so (knew someone in prohbation dept, that looked up his prior arrest record--really looooooong.Apparently being "OJ" allowed him a lot of latitude with the system. :eyes:)

There were some that even tried to "blame her" for the murder--saying she "deserved it" for her "drug use" and prior infidelities. :eyes:

My point being, that the current "missing woman" case brings home the point loud and clear--of all the double standards in place, regarding women, status, race, etc.

[bliss_eternal]

10. I wanted to add...

...(because I can no longer edit :blush:..I've got to stop posting while I'm doing other things.), that the Simpson case pissed me off for a few reasons.

1. Yet another example of a wealthy male that consequently was a sick ticket. He was never forced to confront his behavior or the consequences of it because of his money and status. Law enforcement and the system at large enabled this man in his abuse toward women in his life, escalating to the death of Nicole.

2. I dislike the dichotomy portayed in society by this case. People pretend they are outraged over Nicole's death. That's a bunch of crap. I read and heard all the "she had it coming" arguments all along. The outrage (in my opinion) was over a man of color "getting away" with killing a hetero, caucasian male....and Nicole to a much less degree.

3. The fact that this case was treated like it was different, from any other case of spousal abuse that escalates in violence and eventual death of a woman. There are many of these cases in LA County (and beyond) every day. Many of the women involved in such cases are dismissed and treated like they don't matter.

Their cases will never get the attention of the Simpson case, primarily because the women involved aren't residents of Brentwood (as Nicole Simpson was). Women that are stalked, beaten and assaulted regularly by men that were their spouses/lovers/partners are middle class, lower middle class or even poor. As such, they apparently don't matter to the justice system.

I have a friend that was assaulted in LA county whose case was never even tried. Why? She was told by the female detective investigating the case the reason was the city didn't feel the evidence presented was "enough" to prosecute. Translation--we don't want to spend the money on a case we aren't sure we can win. Such a case won't make our careers and therefore doesn't really matter to us. :eyes: She had to live w/watching and hearing about the Simpson case day in and day out, while living with the reality of what happened to her. :puke:

People can go on all they like about the Duke case prosecutor. But after watching a friend go through that experience, I will always appreciate that he attempted to do the right thing. He took a woman at her word and TRIED to go forward based on that. He tried. Which is a hell of a lot more than we can say about many others all around the country. :( :grr::mad:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

14. I just looked up your post that got locked and all I can say is, WTF?

Well, that just dips me in frosting. I'm going to start alerting on every Butwhataboutthemenz!! whiner from now on....On second thought, it's prolly not a good idea to attract the attention of mods to threads about misogyny, as they tend to be locked as "flamebait" after some poor put-upon dudes get their fee fees hurt.

And I feel you on the 'broad brush' crap. You can't say a goddamn thing about men's oppression of women without first genuflecting before the mighty phallus. "Some men..." "I'm not talking about all men..." Blah de blah blah fucking blah. Not that the disclaimer helps. You still get slammed. "You're generalizing!" "But I'm a Nice Guy(TM)!" "But Menz Have Problemz Too!!1!"

[Katherine Brengle]

16. Men's terrorism of women is something we're not allowed to talk about --

why is it that people can discuss Islamic terrorism without including ALL Muslims, but we can't discuss male terrorism without including ALL men?

They just don't like it, that's why. And they're in charge, so that's that.

Fuckers.

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. Husband a suspect. Ya think???

Jeez, took 'em long enough.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_09nov09,0,4754523,full.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. OH IT GETS BETTER

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson-interview_webnov15,0,508730.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout

Peterson said that Stacy had asked him for a divorce "on a regular basis" following her sister's death, and that those requests were "based on her menstrual cycle."

:wow:

[wicket]

12. What a sick fuck

Her period made him do it! :grr:

[ThomCat]

13. You knew it was just a matter of time before

they came up with a way of blaming her for her own disappearance. OMG, It's because she's a woman! Don't you know that hormones make them all irrational?
:(

[Bunny]

15. They exhumed his third wife's body, and, stunningly, her death has been

determined a homicide. :eyes: This guy is bad news.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_us/police_officer_s_wife

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Former New York City chief medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden said he analyzed Savio's remains Friday at the request of her relatives, who disagree with an earlier ruling that her death was an accident. He concluded she died after a struggle, and her body was placed in the bathtub where she was found.

"I'm convinced she was the victim of a murder. 'Who done it' is up to the police to resolve," Baden said in a telephone interview.

Results of a separate, official autopsy will not be available for several days, authorities said.

A coroner's jury initially ruled that Savio's 2004 death was an accidental drowning. But authorities are now re-examining the circumstances around her death.
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[Ellen Forradalom]

17. Gee. What a surprise.

Who'da a thunk it? :eyes:

[bliss_eternal]

18. I sincerely hope that they find the current missing wife...

...with this sort of history, he may have made efforts to ensure there is no body. :scared: Tougher to find a guy guilty with no body to link him to the crime.

My hope is for her loved ones. It's tough enough to have a loved one missing, but to not recover a body--just makes it that much harder for them to move on if the worst case scenario is true. Also, it's easier to see justice for her if they have hard evidence.

Please keep us posted on this anyone that is local to it. Sometimes stories like this won't get a lot of attention unless something major occurs.