When Marleni and Rodolfo Hernandez bought Drew Peterson's house on Pheasant Chase Drive in May 2004, he told them he was just selling because his kids liked swimming in the pool at his house down the road, according to a story in the Sun-Times.
What Peterson neglected to mention, the story says, is that his third wife, Kathleen Savio, was found drowned in the old house's dry bathtub just a month or so before.
“I felt like, ‘Whoa.’ I was not in shock, but I didn’t know somebody was killed here,” Marleni said in the story. “We were surprised.”
Peterson is set to go on trial in eight days for allegedly murdering Savio. He is also suspected of having a hand in the mysterious disappearance of his next wife, Stacy Peterson. Stacy remains missing and Drew Peterson has yet to be charged with harming her.
Drew Peterson's son Stephen Peterson now lives in the Pheasant Chase Court home Drew and Stacy shared before she vanished. Stephen Peterson presumably is well aware of that house's history.
Don't know what the Statute of Limitations is on such action but they can do it if the SL hasn't passed.
In this case, Peterson's career had nothing to do with the fact that he listed and sold his ex-wife's house.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the hearsay in this case is admissible under that Rule. You might want to look it up. Can't blame Glasgow for that. Why not blame Peterson for misplacing his fourth wife, causing his third wife's body to be exhumed, re-examined, and her death declared a homicide? Why not blame the initial investigators, who admitted to botching up the investigation. That came out in testimony at the hearsay hearing. It's so easy to blame someone else for Peterson's plight, but I think you'll admit he had plenty to do with the mess he's in. If he's eventually acquitted, then it means the jury didn't take into consideration the hearsay you seem to be against being used at his trial. If it is helpful in convicting him, then the jury believed the statements were truthful and powerful. Kathleen Savio told more than a few people if she turned up dead, look to her ex-husband. She's dead. Do you think she was making it all up to be spiteful? The crime scene investigator that quickly ruled her on-sight death an accident is no longer allowed to process crime scenes in Will County. Maybe some of the blame can be put on him for neglecting to collect a shred of evidence. Should Peterson get off because of everyone else's blunders. That's a defense lawyer's dream.
"But the appeals court found that while Judge Stephen White correctly applied the new law, the statute itself was "manifestly erroneous" and superseded by existing — and much broader — Supreme Court rules of evidence. Although the eight excluded statements are barred under Glasgow's law, they are allowed under existing Illinois common law, which does not require safeguards for reliability, a three-judge panel of the Third District appellate court found." So, the hearsay law passed by the Illinois legislature had no bearing on certain statements being allowed into trial in this case. It is existing law that prevails here.
Maybe you wouldn't be so quick to judge if someone came along and said what you do at your job is worthless. Me? I think Drew Peterson's years of pandering to the media is worthless, and I hope it works against him if he's guilty. We all have our opinions, I guess.