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"Warm to the touch."
We can't get that phrase out of our heads after reading that a relative of Drew Peterson helped him move a blue barrel that was warm to the touch on Oct. 28, the day before Stacy Peterson was reported missing. The relative — not named by the Trib but identified as Thomas Morphey, a step-brother, by the Sun-Times — then went home and told a friend that he was afraid he had just helped dispose of Stacy Peterson's body. The barrel, according to the Trib, was a sealed 4-foot-long rectangular plastic container that weighed about 120 lbs. And again, it was warm to the touch.
Morphey has not been called to testify in front of the grand jury regarding what he did and saw, because he has "memory lapses" about what occurred. Here is what we do know: Morphey was so distraught about what he had done that he attempted to kill himself two days later, and Peterson visited him while he was hospitalized.
Not surprisingly, Peterson's lawyer, Joel Brodsky, called bullshit on the story. "There's no container — no blue barrel. That's all part of the growing swirl of rumors that seem to have engulfed this case."
Peterson photo courtesy of AP.
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why is he walking around with a cam-corder?
why is he walking around with a cam-corder?
The guy is guilty as hell. I can't figure out why he asked someone to help him move the barrel though. As a cop you'd think he'd know that's a bad idea. not as bad an idea as killing two of your wives, but still a bad idea.
What do you expect from a cop. They're all a bunch of scumbag wannabe heroes - 99% of them shouldn't even have badges. He belongs with those pigs on the CPD.
Why does the press keep calling it a barrel? Rectangular box ≠ barrel.
"Morphey, help me carry this box."
"Sure, Drew, what's in it?"
"Don't worry about it."
"But it's about the same weight and size as your wife."
"It's just some garbage, that I've decided to discard of at 10:00 at night in a random blue plastic storage bin. That you're not going to tell anybody about. Or I'll kill you, too. Err, I mean 'two', you and your dog."
"Sounds good! Let's load it up!"
The whole leaving of his (Drew's) cell phone with the relative, leaving the coffee shop for a while, phone rings and it's "Stacy". Is that the last call Drew received from Stacy? Hmm. That couldn't have happened if Drew had Stacy's cell phone and certainly doesn't sound staged. *rolling eyes* Anyone know if the police/FBI/NSA can get actual messages that have been deleted from cell phones?
Give the man some more rope, he seems to be hanging himself.
Maybe the barrel was sitting near a radiator. Or something. There are lots of explanations for this. And if ol boy helped with the disposal, why doesn't he tell the cops where it is?
P.S. Anything he may have said about alleged blue barrel or what was in it to anyone but the police is hearsay so it can't be brought up in an eventual trial, should one take place.
Spav1 - he just helped peterson take the barrel to the car and then went on his way.
If Peterson needed help just getting it to his car, how did he dispose of it completely by himself?
I don't get why he doesn't lug the barrel himself. It's heavy, but not so heavy that he'd need an accomplice. Most adult men could lift 120 pounds.
Put it this way: If you killed your wife and stuffed her in a barrel, would you ask for help moving it?
But, I am not saying I think he's innocent at all.
@mondegreen:
I'm just sayin, I don't think he is innocent either, but the rush to judgement on this blog has been ridiculous.
And all the crazy in this case could easily equal reasonable doubt.
Spay...what exactly is hearsay? if this relative is asked to testify in court and he says he helped Drew move this blue container that was warm to the touch and weighed about 120 pounds, on the night she disappeared, that's a witness. of course all of his testimony is circumstantial, from the moving of the container to the cellphone call, but it can be used in a grand jury and a trial. that's not hearsay, that's witness testimony. hearsay would be the friend of Morphey that went to the cops testifying.
Spay...what exactly is hearsay? if this relative is asked to testify in court and he says he helped Drew move this blue container that was warm to the touch and weighed about 120 pounds, on the night she disappeared, that's a witness. of course all of his testimony is circumstantial, from the moving of the container to the cellphone call, but it can be used in a grand jury and a trial. that's not hearsay, that's witness testimony. hearsay would be the friend of Morphey that went to the cops testifying.
Sparky says everyone's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, based on hearsay. He's done it to cops, and he's done it to people on this blog. He's another anonymous TOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike - not to get all law school on you, but hearsay is an out of court statement offered for its truth, which is to say the cops can't go into court and testify that "the relative said he moved a blue barrel." But if the relative testified that he moved the barrel, that's fine. Any other problems are more about the credibility of the statement, as in what was in the barrel.
More generally, Peterson's situation is getting worse and worse by the day. I'm not ready to string him up yet, but he is not doing much to help his own cause.
The friend of the relative can't testify either though can he?
Mike - no, the only person who can say he helped him move the barrel was the person who actually did it or saw it happen. Basically, only people who actually witnessed it can testify about it. There's all kinds of exceptions and exemptions to this rule, but none of those are applicable here.
I'm sayin, if that relative tried to kill himself, then he is not going to make the most credible witness. Like, he is psychotic, he made the whole thing up is what the defense will say.
If they have a shit witness in crazy relative, then the only way to get "warm barrel" in is to call friend. Which they can't. Because it is hearsay. CASE CLOSED.
Spav, I see your point, but even if the defense thinks the guy is crazy, he can still say he moved the barrel. The defense will just accuse him of being crazy, and the jury is free to decide who to believe. Anyway, I think I read a neighbor said he saw people moving a barrel, too. That makes a pretty strong case for the existence of the barrel.
Spav1, I know what your thinking But he's still married for christ sakes! And still even if he beats( excuse the pun) the charge, what kinda life are you him and his,( how many kids?) gonna have? I mean he aint got no gun and badge any more! And if he goes to jail, are you gonna stand by the aging jailed cowardly lion?
Please, you're young and have your whole life in front of you, don't toss it away.
Whatever, I hope I am on that jury, if only to make up for the miscarriage of justice in the other Peterson case. (There was NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE!)