Dec 18, 2007 5:06 pm US/Central
Phone Records Could Be Key In Savio Death Inquiry
Drew Peterson Said He Was With His Fourth Wife, Stacy Peterson, When Kathleen Savio Died, But Phone Records May Prove Otherwise
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (CBS) ―
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Kathleen Savio was found dead in her bathtub 3 1/2 years ago. She was Drew Peterson's third wife.
Anna Doman
Investigators are zeroing in on the timeline before the death of Kathleen Savio, the third wife of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson.
Their inquiry has led them to seek out nearly 4-year-old phone records that could raise doubt about Drew Peterson's alibi regarding where he was in the 48 hours before Savio was found dead in a bathtub.
As CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports, sources say Stacy Peterson was looking for her husband, Drew Peterson, the day before his Savio was found dead in her home. Sources say investigators also know Stacy Peterson repeatedly called her husband's cell phone that day to try and find him.
Savio was found dead the next day in her Bolingbrook home. An independent pathologist has ruled that she was murdered and that she'd been dead for more than 18 hours when she was found.
The calls are important because Stacy Peterson was her husband's alibi in the Savio death investigation. Two months later, according to the coroner's inquest transcript, a police officer testified about checking Drew Peterson's alibi, saying "The only thing we're waiting for now is some phone records to find out if certain phone calls were made when they said they were made."
But court employees say there's no record that the phone records were ever obtained by police. CBS 2 asked Illinois state police about what happened with the phone records back in 2004. A spokesperson said "We're not investigating old investigations." He also said he would not discuss if the phone records ever came in.
Savio's nephew, Charlie Doman, fears Drew Peterson may have been harming his ex-wife when those calls were being made. He hopes the phone records will help police finally crack the case.
"I think a lot of new evidence is being uncovered. I think she'll get the justice she deserves," Doman said.
Both Drew and Stacy Peterson used Nextel phones. Officials with the company say Stacy Peterson's phone records from that day in 2004 likely do still exist and are available to authorities if they request them as part of an investigation. Investigators also say there is a chance the records were part of grand jury proceedings that was never made public.
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