Dec 6, 2007 6:49 am US/Central
Divers To Comb Canals For Peterson Evidence
Report: Search Warrant Targets Drew Peterson's GPS Records
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) ―
-
-
Stacy Peterson has been missing since Oct. 28.
CBS
Investigators with underwater cameras will search an area of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Thursday for the blue barrel that is believed to be a key item in the search for Stacy Peterson.
Stacy Peterson has been missing since Oct. 28. Illinois State Police believe she is likely dead of a homicide, and they have named her husband, former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, a suspect in her disappearance. Drew Peterson has not been charged with any crime.
On Wednesday Drew Peterson would not comment on the latest search for Stacy. He did not say anything to CBS 2 when he came out of his home in the evening. But Stacy Peterson's friends did comment.
"I spoke to the Illinois State Police, and they actually said that this was all part of the investigation to do a thorough job, and they had things that they needed to further investigate down there, and that's what they're doing in that area," said Stacy Peterson family spokeswoman Pamela Bosco.
Drew Peterson did talk with WBBM-Newsradio 780 Thursday, telling a reporter, "
my retirement sucks.''
cbs2chicago.com's Most Popular Pages 
Slideshow: This Week In Celebrity History Slideshow: The Search For Stacy Peterson Slideshow: Extravagant Celebrity Gifts Slideshow: '90s TV Stars Then & Now Slideshow: What A Way To Go Slideshow: In To Be Out: Gay Celebrities Slideshow: Did You Know? Stars From Chicago!The area in question was the Sanitary and Ship Canal. Divers from the state police and other agencies searched it in Lockport for four hours in Wednesday's frigid conditions.
They said their goals were to analyze debris pulled from the water, and to clear dumped cars to allow underwater cameras a better view. The Army Corps of Engineers has said in the past that the canal is littered with abandoned vehicles.
They are potentially looking for a blue barrel that Stacy Peterson's body might have been placed into. A relative of Drew Peterson's has said he helped load a blue barrel used for swimming pool chlorine onto Drew's truck shortly after Stacy disappeared. Drew Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, has dismissed the claims about the barrel and said it does not exist.
Search warrants executed as authorities focus on both physical evidence and a global positioning system in his sports utility vehicle, according to a published report.
A warrant served on Drew Peterson late Tuesday, and obtained by the Chicago Tribune, called for the seizure of items containing plastic shavings, blood, bodily fluids, fingernail scrapings, palm or fingerprints, chemicals that may alter body decomposition and other "biological material that may be evidence of the offense of first-degree murder."
A warrant executed Nov. 1 and also obtained by the newspaper indicates authorities also sought "all GPS records, cellular service records, logging records or any other electronic records in the possession of OnStar Inc." relating to a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali driven by Peterson.
In addition, Stacy Peterson's family has released a voice mail they say she left for her father. Posted on the Web site
FindStacyPeterson.com, Stacy Peterson left the message for her father, giving him her new phone number, just 11 days before she disappeared.
CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman, Dana Kozlov and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Click to enlarge
Stumble It!
