savio divorce attorney ... 19 year-old thomas peterson is the oldest son of drew and kathleen savio ... he's a smart fellow a freshman at the university of pennsylvania class valedictorian in high school he lived with his mother but he was with his father at his home the weekend his mother died he may have a unique insight into the case ... >>he's a smart young man nobody polls the will over his eyes he's not under some hypnotic spell from drew peterson he knows this to be the case he is morally certain that his father had nothing to do with his mother's demise or death the judge ordered state to state troopers to get here by 5:00 today this could have an impact on the case ... they are on an lunchbreak for now the jurors are wearing blue and orange today ... join lourdes duarte and marcella raymond tonight at 7:00 on cltv, for special coverage of the drew peterson trial. they'll be taking a look at the day's events, and answering your questions. that's tonight at seven on cltv. nile have been reported in dupage county, bringing the total to 45 cases in illinois. health officials sa

kathleen savio's sister testified that weeks before her death savio said peterson had threatened to kill her. testimony was cut short when the juror got sick today. reaction from the county courthouse in joliet. >> we have a very important statement from kathleen that drew was going to do something to her and make it look like an accident. >> kathleen savio's older sister took the stand today and told the jury that six weeks before her death, kathy told anna that, quote drew had told her he was going to kill her and she was not going to make it to the divorce settlement that she would not get his pension or the kids. she said kathy made her promise over and over to quote take care of my boys. defense attorneys called anna who appeared confused at times a liar. >> if you tell the truth you don't have to remember what they said. only a liar can't remember what they said. she can't keep it straight. >> it's at that time that he told anna if anything happened to her to get a briefcase in the back of her suv that it would have important papers in it. the contents though have not been disclose

kathleen savio was found dead in her bath tub. there were no clothes nearby and no towel when she was found. do you think maybe she was is not about to take a bath? and maybe this was all staged? judge bermula made a decision to block all of that testimony. not because the defense didn't know that the witness was coming. not because they didn't get the police report, the statements is or the grand jury testimony. but because an e-mail sent to the defense the night before gave the wrong date which everybody already knew. judge, that is form over substance. it is harmless error. an appellate court with laugh you out of their courthouse for such an overreaction. let the witness take the stand and subject them to our truth finding process, cross-examination. why can't the jury hear that? and why can't the jury hear that drew peterson offered a dirt bag $25,000 to have his wife murdered? why can't the jury decide what the truth is? >> it seems like nobody wants to hear their voice in court. kathleen or stacey or any other woman. this p

the defense has trumpeted the fact that category len savio -- kathleen savio was a fighter a hot tempered woman but evidence of drew's ability to subdue her without any apparent serious injury would be essential in explaining why a woman like kathleen wouldn't have fought harder. even peterson admitd that "i have learned so much as a police officer i can kill someone and make it look like an accident." now, witnesses candace akin and cassandra kales were not allowed to testify to that statement. how is it that we don't tell the plain and simple truth to a jury and yet we allow experts to come into court and testify under oath to explain what may have happened in a case where they were never even there in the first place? unfortunately, the prosecution is required to share in the deception because they have to coach their witnesses not to say everything even when it is true. they are warned not to give testimony that might be detrimental to the defendant about's right to a fair trial because it would be too prejudicial. excuse me, judge. the whole point of a criminal trial is to establish

from a man who claims peterson offered him money to hire a hitman to kill kathleen savio. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. at one point this morning the jury heard testimony from one minute before there were asked to leave the courtroom again ... wgn's tonya francisco is live in joliet with our top story: dr. mary kay's a narrow and forensic pathologist was on the witness stand testifying the prosecution asked her how she reached her conclusions that she was going to announce in front of the jury that day she said she used some of the analysis from doctors not listed on the witness list reach conclusions about the death of kathleen savio ... the judge looked up case lot and said he would instruct the jury not to pay attention to any of those doctors' names that dr. case mentioned and the testimony resumed it was only for 20 minutes and the jury has taken a break for lunch ... this is par for the course with this case lots of breaks lots of jurors having to leave the court room ... before court today we asked the defense attorney joel brodsky to give u

earlier in the morning the mood was anything but happy, a third person testified that kathleen savio was afraid of her husband a friend of hers told the jury that in february of 2003 she showed her three marks on her neck one on each side and one in the middle, park said she told me that the evening before she was coming down the stairs and her husband came into the house and grabbed her by the neck and printer down. peterson wasn't living there at the time parks said savio told her that drew said why don't you just die. at this point if he's not quivering in his shoes and he should be. the defense launched another strong attack on the friend of kathleen savio getting comebacker for the second day in a row. mary parks also told kathleen savio that she should call the police, she did not place but she didn't take her up on that either. congressman joe walsh says the u.s. government is so afraid of offending the islamic community is not doing its job protecting american citizens, the controversial statement from the republican congressman defending a lot of people tonight. live with ou

kathleen savio's friend testifies she knows drew peterson threatened to kill his third wife. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's randi belisomo is live at the will county courthouse in joliet with our top story.... mary parks attended nursing class is with kathleen savio parks said that she hid the marks on her neck where drew peterson grabbed her tried to strangle her and said why don't you just die ... this is hearsay evidence that the defense has worked to prevent ... the judge informed the court room that he had a hot tip with a letter from an inmate at the department of corrections ... he had information linking the peterson case to the lincoln assassination and the zimmerman case in florida he said this won't be happening ... in the park's testimony it was said that drew peterson broke into the home of kathleen savio dressed in swat uniform threatening her life ... >>that want to convict someone based on character assassination ... other witnesses a corn

coming up, what does kathleen savio's family think of the trial so far? and later, look at this outrageous video. we will tell you how this punk got his comeuppance. is this a word? >> it is now you. >> if it isn't they will tweet me at judge jeanine and tell me it ain't. >> if the judge says it is a word, it is a word. >> judge jeanine: we are back with our panel, mark fuhrman, jeffnd joey and we are talking about the drew peterson case and what happened this week. so, let's kind of step back. you said it wasn't a good week for the prosecution. can they make up where they according to you went wrong? >> it going to be very difficult to do. first talking about thing that are not admissible and then the blocking of motive. the whole case is predicated and motive, means, opportunity. >> what motivation, mark? >> i think the motivation is first thing is control. this is drew peterson's whole world is control. and that is what he does. he controls. >> judge jeanine: what about the pension? >> when control goes away. he would have figured out a different way.

the defense has trumpeted the fact that category len savio -- kathleen savio was a fighter a hot tempered woman but evidence of drew's ability to subdue her without any apparent serious injury would be essential in explaining why a woman like kathleen wouldn't have fought harder. even peterson admitd that "i have learned so much as a police officer i can kill someone and make it look like an accident." now, witnesses candace akin and cassandra kales were not allowed to testify to that statement. how is it that we don't tell the plain and simple truth to a jury and yet we allow experts to come into court and testify under oath to explain what may have happened in a case where they were never even there in the first place? unfortunately, the prrosecution is required to share in the deception because they have to coach their witnesses not to say everything even when it is true. they are warned not to give testimony that might be detrimental to the defendant about's right to a fair trial because it would be too prejudicial. excuse me, judge. the whole point of a criminal trial is to establish

coming up, what does kathleen savio's family think of the trial so far? and later, look at this outrageous video. we will tell you how this punk got his comeuppance. is this a word? >> it is now you. >> if it isn't they will tweet me at judge jeanine and tell me it ain't. >> if the judge says it is a word, it is a word. >> judge jeanine: we are back with our panel, mark fuhrman, jeff and joey and we are talking about the drew peterson case and what happened this week. so, let's kind of step back. you said it wasn't a good week for the prosecution. can they make up where they according to you went wrong? >> it going to be very difficult to do. first talking about thing that are not admissible and then the blocking of motive. the whole case is predicated and motive, means, opportunity. >> what motivation, mark? >> i think the motivation is first thing is control. this is drew peterson's whole world is control. and that is what he does. he controls. >> judge jeanine: what about the pension? >> when control goes away. he would have figured out a different way

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>> he mentioned kathleen savio's divorce attorney a gentleman named harry smith. he was expected to say that kathleen savio was afraid that drew peterson was going to kill her and stage it to look like an accident. ultimately his testimony was delayed. he didn't show up in court today, shep. >> shepard: all right. mike tobin live at the courthouse. mike, thank you. a vicious mugging puts a tourist in the hospital with head injuries and security cameras capture the whole thing, our top story as we go around the world in 80 "around 0 seconds." >> chile. can you see one mugger walk up to a british tourist outside the capital city of santiago and stun him with a punch in the face. then another helps take him down, a woman joins in as they go through the guy's pockets giving him a final blow to the head before walking away. police arrested three suspects. a man disappear into a pile of debris as a huge section of road collapses pee neath his feet. rescuers found the man's body a few hours later. officials say heavy rains and floodwaters in the northern city washed away

expected to testify today is a friend of kathleen savio and an old classmate both said that kathleen savio told them that she feared drew peterson would kill her ... a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in the avondale neighborhood. the 17 year old girl was walking in the 27-hundred block of north artesian. she got into a man's car after he offered her a ride. the man then threatened her with a gun and drove her to an alley.. then sexually assaulted her. police did not release a description of the suspect or his car. no arrests have been made. a man pretending to be a a woman in kendall county. it happened near griswold springs road and little rock road around seven o'clock last night. the victim says she was driving along when a blue, ford crown victoria with emergency lights... began following her. she pulled over, and a man disguised as a police officer walked up to her car, pulled a mask over his face, and then took out a gun. he ordered her to walk into a cornfield, where he sexually assaulted her. if you have any information please call kendall county crimestoppers. a woman hi

i watched in disbelief as the illinois state police declared that kathleen savio found dead in her bathtub was the victim of an accident. a woman whose hair is soaked in blood lying face down in a bathtub with none of the little bottles on the side disturbed no soap ring no blood ring no towel, no clothes on the edge of the tub and within minutes of their arrival the state police from illinois say that it was an accident. the lead investigator directed that no one process the scene. what does that mean? that means don't take fingerprints, don't move the area for blood, don't process the can of rug cleaner found right near the bedroom that the csi guys didn't even see and don't check any room for any signs of forced entry, and even though there were 13 separate bruises, including a 3 inch bruise to the butt of kathleen savio which the csi investigator says he didn't see at the time, he declared the bruises to be insignificant. well good old sherlock there didn't even bother to examine a 2 inch gash of kathleen's head but he knew there was a lot of bleeding after because when he took her out

kathleen savio... told her she thought peterson was going to kill her... shortly before her death.peterson is on trial for savio's death... and is the main suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, stacy peterson. famed boston gangster, james whitey bulger... will take the

the sister of peterson's ex-wife kathleen savio testifies that peterson threatened to kill savio. good afternoon. i am steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. our top story.... wgn's judy wang is covering the murder trial and join us live from the will county courthouse with the latest: >>good afternoon today's first witness is the sister of kathleen savio she is the first year say witness prosecutors are attempting to introduce the statements with the defense objecting ... >>so far we have been successful in keeping a rumor and innuendo out of the court ... we will be objecting with solid grounds that hearsay should not be introduced >>the trial in its fourth day continues after the judge shut down the defense motion for mistrial ... the state's attorney duo declined to speak with reporters this morning as he called the sister of kathleen savio to the witness stand ... ... she told the court that drew peterson told her sister that she would never make it to the divorce and never see his pension

would have characterized kathleen savio's death. wgn's amy rutledge is live in joliet with details in the drew peterson murder trial. the pathologist has been testifying this afternoon that he believed it was accidental he said the bruises found on kathleen savio when she died in 2004 were consistent with a fall. defense attorneys plan to get four more witnesses on the stand today they plan to rest their case tomorrow it will go back to the state for rebuttal and closing arguments all of this coming at a very important time of the week coming up on a long holiday weekend. >>if the judge decides to sequester them i have no idea what he will do ... if he does the jury will be locked up over a three day weekend and you do not want the jurors to rush to judgment so to speak because the want to get home for the holiday weekend ... it is predicted that deliberations will be lengthy given the amount of witnesses that have taken the stand ... they will discuss how 02 handle this holiday weekend coming up with the judge ... and then tomorrow

the forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on kathleen savio... testifies again today at the drew peterson murder trial. wgn's tonya francisco is live in joliet... with details on why doctor blum considers the case a homicide. >>dr. baum is now being cross- examined by the defense his testimony yesterday was damaging to their case but drew peterson is attorneys said they have surprises for him in cross- examination that may change a few minds >>when larry bloom took the witness stand again this morning he referred to a lot of testimony from the day before ... a fall left kathleen savio with a gash to the head and bruises in the front and side of her body she didn't have injuries to her arms that such a would try to stop herself from falling ... >>the defense is not convinced they say that she died from an accidental slip and fall >>the doctor we believe is making many false assumptions ... >>the prosecution landed in hot water with the judge when the doctor committed that he climbed into the tub where kathleen savio was found dead ... the judge in

kathleen savio divorce attorney will be on the stand. he would testify that she had told him that he was afraid that drew peterson wonder. the defense team says this case will last more than a day and less than one week. press conference in the last few days, they have appeared less cocky. >> we have not changed the position of all we have just acted in a more reserved and refined man. >> they say they toned down because they have been criticized by the media. they say the pastor will testify that stacy told him that drew killed kathleen savio. defense counsel have filed a motion to bar that testimony. six people are charged in schemes to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from school districts in cook county. among those charged: alex boyd, former superintendent of school district -147 who allegedly stole more than $150,000. natatia trotter-gordon, a former director business and industry at kennedy-king is accused of eight counts of forgery. and sonia lopez was a teaching assistant at thurgood marshall middle school, now accused of

he is on trial for the murder of his third wife kathleen savio who was found in her bathtub ... prosecutors allege that drew peterson killed her making the drowning look like an accident because he wanted to deny her the benefit of his pension ... a record keeper for sprint nextel was up today ... it was believed that the fourth wife of drew peterson tried to directly reach her husband by a cellular phone ... a pastor testified yesterday that stacey peterson woke up during one night and could not reach drew peterson ... he also said that stacy peterson admitted that drew peterson was coaching her on an alibi for the weekend of the murder of kathleen savio ... the defense argues that the prosecutors are failing to produce enough concrete evidence ... and they are pressing for a dismissal if the judge rules against the defense the defense says it's prepared to move ahead calling its witnesses it will not say whether drew peterson will take the witness stand ... closing arguments could happen next week but the judge has indicated to the attorneys that he does in one been a situatio

. >> edward promila read a letter that kathleen savio send to her sister and november of 2002. she was begging for help savio rode out her estranged husband drew peterson broken to her home on july 5th wearing his white uniform and held her on the stairs for three hours savio wrote: the prosecution rested after that. hopefully we can finish this week. the defense's case did not start out strong, six witnesses and to blunders one that would have allowed more testimony and regarding stacey peterson's disappearance and another when a state trooper said he didn't know kathleen savio kept a knife under her pillow because she was afraid of true prosecutors whipped out his report to prove otherwise defense attorneys rushed off the blunders and focused on the other witnesses. >> kathleen savio never showed any injury during the time she was married to drew, was never physically abuses in any way he was a happy guy, he was nice of around the neighborhood, and her best friend saw nothing that should lead anyone to believe this was anything other than an accident. their oldest son is expe

recalled an incident on the witness stand when she said she was called to the kathleen savio home kathleen savio said that drew peterson threatened to kill her arriving at her home dressed in a swat uniform with a knife to her throat when she was asked if kathleen savio said she wanted in order of protection it was a direct violation of the order that the judge had given in not mentioning that order protection in the trial ... but the defense overnight had a change of heart after the judge's recess before the judge could rule the czech defense withdrew the motion and the judge was requested to bar all further hearsay testimony ... when the judge asked drew peterson if he understood that under appeal he was waiving this ... he said that he did and the judge barreddenied the motion ... the cross-examination will resume that the judge has instructed the jurors to disregard any mention of that protective order mentioned in the witness' testimony our legal analyst terry sullivan thinks that the decision by drew peterson legal team to withdraw the request for mistrial could hurt peterson on appe

this came up yesterday when the second witness a former neighbor of kathleen savio ho was called to the stand ... the man was once called to assist her to move some belongings of drew peterson out of the house when there were going to marital problems and also to change the locks on her doors ... drew peterson did not like that and the neighbor testified that he once found a 38 caliber bullet on his doorstep and felt intimidated and threatened by peterson saying that he once told him that he " got the message " the defense claims that prosecutors devoted these defense into filing for mistrial ... it was looking quite tactical but the prosecutors claim that to say it was intentional was absurd so the judge denied the defense motion for mistrial ... jurors were instructed to strike out that testimony ... >>things still make impressions on people you can just turn this off ... judge burmilia told the jury to disregard the redirected questioning in testimony ... witness three has taken the stand and a court trial has resumed it is well under way with more -- our legal analyst terry sullivan

savio and " the judge said he will rule on that tomorrow. illinois gov. pat quinn signed into law reform measures that would tighten loopholes and the state's pension system for lawmakers it comes after a series of reports by wgn and the chicago tribune. the new law requires an outgoing or former lawmaker to either opt out of higher pension or to require the government agency hiring that lawmaker to use their pension fund to pick up the additional costs. two weeks ago and met a bus crash in litchfield illinois the cash was meant for charity but instead a former male carrier pocketed the money the 41 year-old pleaded guilty today to stealing almost 30,000 letters containing more than $275,000 he took the envelops while working his route and is facing up to five years in prison he will be sentenced in november. coming up, mondogo jumped into the mayor's race. the vice president and mrs. obamaand the president and mrs. obama's first kiss etched in stone. ep [ bell tolls ] agents, say hello to the biggest hailstone in u.s. history. oh, that will

on november 13th, 2007, they exhumed kathleen savio's body for another autopsy. she had been buried 3 1/2 years. the day before, drew peterson resigned from the bolingbrook police department after three decades of service. when asked about savio's body being exhumed, he said this on nbc. >> it's a shame that her rest in peace has to be disturbed, or something like this, when they did it once, now they're doing it again. >> reporter: a few months after that interview, february 2008, a stunning reversal in savio's cause of death. two coroners found it was no accidental drowning but homicide. two new autopsies showed savio had a one-inch laceration on the back of her head from blunt force trauma, plus scrapes and bruising. savio's sister said she always lived in fear. >> we never felt that it was an accident. she always told us that, whether it was a premonition or not, she always said that it would be an accident and to take care of her children, he was going to kill her. >> reporter: even the possibility of murder charges didn't keep peterson quiet. he seemed to r

a forensic pathologist testifies today about kathleen savio's toxicology results... saying her liver didn't contain any drugs or toxins that caused or contributed to her death. good afternoon. i am nancy loo in for steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. tonya francisco is live at the courthouse in joliet with details. they are trying to prove that the death of kathleen savio was no accident and that u.s. actually murdered ... up until noshe was actually murdered ... this week the prosecution set out to prove her death was no accident ... how she died is the heart and soul of the prosecutors case her death was ruled an accident but when the fourth quiet the drew peterson disappeared prosecutors decided to reopen the case and the body was exhumed ... the medical examiner ruled that she had been murdered ... >>you will find that the ultimate conclusion of the doctor was different he doesn't quarrel with the fact that it could have been an accident ... >>even though the first autopsy may have been flawed the prosecution has to prove that drew peterson killed his third wife an

and i think they've got an uphill battl with this case. >> wife number three, kathleen savio, first it was ruled an accidental drowning then a homicide. there were signs of a struggle. her hair was covered in blood, lacerations, scratches and bruising. how would that determine who killed her? >> well, begin, we're now going back three years after this young lady has been buryed. initially if she had scratches what they could have done was checked the defendant's nails to see if he had any dna there. blood is the same thing. you know, but the problem with this is that when you're married to the person, it's not a shock to find your dna on your spouse. i'm not quite sure that the fact that she had blood in her hair constitutes a homicide. i think it constitutes the fact there was an injury, which might be consistent with why she drowned in a bath tub. i think the case is really problematic and the fact that they've had to go back two years later and exhume her body and try to reconstruction what they think happened with him is going to cause a huge problem. >> let's talk about drew peter

and i think they've got an uphill battle with this case. >> wife number three, kathleen savio, first it was ruled an accidental drowning then a homicide. there were signs of a struggle. her hair was covered in blood, lacerations, scratches and bruising. how would that determine who killed her? >> well, begin, we're now going back three years after this young lady has been buryed. initially if she had scratches what they could have done was checked the defendant's nails to see if he had any dna there. blood is the same thing. you know, but the problem with this is that when you're married to the person, it's not a shock to find your dna on your spouse. i'm not quite sure that the fact that she had blood in her hair constitutes a homicide. i think it constitutes the fact there was an injury, which might be consistent with why she drowned in a bath tub. i think the case is really problematic and the fact that they've had to go back two years later and exhume her body and try to reconstruction what they think happened with him is going to cause a huge problem. >> let's talk about drew pe

a son of kathleen savio 's kathleenhow drew peterson kill her. to he is also suspected in the another of his wives. >> was headed from los lostes to seattle when it cabin pressure. several systems shut down. the alaska airlines plane made an emergency landing in san jose >> . horrible. never had anything like that in my life. >> the side wall of the plane away, like it just expanded. anything you want to hear plane. a >> backup systems kicked in and was able to control the plane. it has been pulled from service and will undergo inspections. we have the latest on the jetblue pilot to disrupt a country flight by leaving cockpit and yelling about jesus and al qaeda. federal judges says clayton osbon has had a psychotic episode in prison. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity for his on march 27 flight. a psychologist testified that he had a brief psychotic disorder time brought on by lack of sleep. >> it appears blue-collar likely toe more suffer from poor health. but 2011 well-being numberhat found a large workers in the construction,, indu

a couple of months later, kathleen savio, drowns, quote, unquote in the bathtub. >> no question it is relevant but hear is the problem. we have rule of evidence if the probe tiff value is substantially outweighed by the prejudice. lis is shaking her head. in such a close case where you have no forensic proof. look, quick editorial. drew peterson will not win any popularity contests but we're talking about a trial in a court of law. the point is very difficult case for the prosecutors. >> you made my point for me. exactly why you let the evidence in. you don't have forensics. let the circumstance evidence in and let the jury decide after that. >> it is interesting the fact he may have offered that supposedly, will go crazy, not technically probative whether he killed her. >> but probetive of his state of mind. that is the issue. you know that. jon: there has been another development just this morning in the case. mary case is her name, a pathologist, who apparently testified, well, she was telling all the reasons why she didn't that the cut on the back of kathleen savio's head was suff

the former illinois cop is accused of killing his third wife, kathleen savio. sobbing on the stand was a friend of kathleen savio, a critical prosecution witness that testified that savio once told her of a threat peterson made bragging, quote: i could kill you and make it look like an accident. faith jenkins is a former prosecutor, and fred tecce is a former federal prosecutor. welcome to you both. i just got some new information -- >> thank you for having me. jenna: i just got new information from inside the courtroom. there's another witness on the stand right now, a friend of kathleen savio, and the judge is also allowing this testimony. mary parks says this, that savio told her that peterson had grabbed her by the neck, pinned her down and said why don't you just die. that's what she says, fred. but this is hearsay. is this effective? will this effectively prosecute drew peterson? >> well, let me tell you something, jenna, this is a tough case against drew peterson from the prosecution's standpoint. these statements are out of court statements, they teach