Jan 29, 2008 11:52 am US/Central
Drew Peterson Receives Threatening Letter
Attorney Fears Writer May Be Out To Kill Former Cop
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
It's not all love notes and anonymous letters about his missing wife's whereabouts appearing in Drew Peterson's mailbox. Peterson
received a racist death threat while he and his family were away for
the weekend, and now his attorney fears his client might be the target
of a deranged assailant.
"You tell me a guy who writes a letter
like this wouldn't try to kill Drew?" said the attorney, Joel Brodsky,
who quickly added, "But Drew's not afraid."
Peterson, whose
fourth wife vanished Oct. 28 and third wife was the victim of a
questionable March 2004 bathtub drowning, found the letter Sunday.
State
police have named Peterson a suspect in the "potential homicide" of his
fourth wife Stacy Peterson. State police also are revisiting the death
of third wife Kathleen Savio. The first time around the state police
found no sign of foul play.
The letter writer, apparently angry
that Peterson boasted of meeting women in a bar and having a secret
admirer named "Ashley," said the only romance in his future would be
when he was attacked in prison. The writer used a slur against black
people while maligning Peterson.
"Ever think one of these women
might befriend you so they could give you a taste of your own
medicine!" the letter said. It goes on to say the women who are
interested in him might just be looking to "do a Lorena Bobbit[t]"
Bobbitt severed her husband's genitalia with a carving knife in 1994.
Peterson was unimpressed by the note.
"It's just one of many," he said. "We get good ones, we get bad ones."
As
far as the good ones, Peterson said he spoke to the mysterious "Ashley"
but has made no concrete plans to meet the 20-year-old. A woman
identifying herself only as Ashley was reluctant to go public with her
reasons for reaching out to Peterson.
"Whatever happens between
me and Drew happens between me and Drew, and if it doesn't happen, it
doesn't happen," she said. The return address on the envelope
containing the threatening letter included the name "E. Kingston" and
was for a currency exchange in Burbank. Brodsky was at a loss as to how
the letter writer could muster such vitriol against a man who has yet
to be officially accused of a crime in connection with the
disappearance or death of either wife.
"This just goes to show
the degree of hate that has been whipped up in this case, even though
there is insufficient evidence to charge Drew," he said. Peterson was
not the only one attacked in the letter.
"You are an old,
pathetic, black-souled, murderous psycho-pathetic [expletive]," the
letter said. "And your [expletive] lawyer Brodsky ain't no better!"
"Whoever wrote this letter has serious issues and needs serious psychiatric help," Brodsky said.
Issues
or not, Brodsky said the writer would be wise to stay away from his
client, who is a karate expert and former police officer.
"You definitely don't know what you're getting into," Brodsky said.
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