Nov 21, 2007 6:33 pm US/Central
Stacy Peterson's Friend Testifies In Investigation
Scott Rossetto Said He And Stacy Flirted, But Never Dated
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) ―
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Scott Rossetto testified before a grand jury investigating the disappearance of Stacy Peterson. He said he and Stacy were friends and flirted, but never dated.
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Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson and his wife Stacy, who has been missing since Sunday, Oct. 28.
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An old friend of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson's admits he flirted with her in the weeks before Stacy disappeared.
Scott Rossetto testified Wednesday before a grand jury investigating the case. As CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports, it was the third time Rossetto was called before a grand jury to testify about what he knows about Stacy's disappearance more than three weeks ago. The first two times he did not take the stand, but this time he did.
"They asked what kind of contact we had, conversations that she maybe had initiated," Rossetto sad. "Did she look afraid…Just generalized conversation."
Rossetto's brother dated Stacy Peterson six years ago, before she met and married Drew Peterson. Three and a half weeks before she disappeared, Stacy contacted Rossetto and they began communicating regularly. But Rossetto says he was not romantically linked with Stacy.
"I never dated her. She dated my brother, and she dated my best friend," Rossetto said. "I don't date friends."
But he said Drew Peterson apparently suspected otherwise. At least that's what the Bolingbrook cop said when he confronted the two while having dinner at a restaurant.
"He asked me how I would feel if my wife went off with another guy, and I told him honestly I would trust her until she gave me a reason not to," Rossetto said.
When asked if he feared that Drew Peterson might have hurt Stacy Peterson, Rossetto said he could not say, but also admitted that his gut says something is wrong.
"To tell you the truth I don't even know if I should refer to her to her in the past and present tense. It's kind of aggravating," Rossetto said. "I really, really hope she's OK. But common sense says she's not."
The man who found Kathleen Savio's body in a bathtub 3 1/2 years ago also testified Wednesday. Steve Carcerano has remained supportive of Drew Peterson over the years. He says that support has had a price recently.
"I have received some death threats," Carcerano said.
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