Today in "Drew Peterson keeps himself in the news:" Bolingbrook's favorite ex-cop with the unique kavorka is using a case of a woman who went missing 18 years ago and was recently discovered to be alive as a foundation demand an apology from the Illinois State Police for publicly stating they believe Peterson's fourth wife Stacey is "missing and presumed dead." more ›

Okay, this is ridiculous. We felt kind of gray and fuzzy on it the first time around, but now? Once again, "columnist" Michael Sneed has given up an entire column over to republishing a letter from Drew Peterson, currently awaiting his trial for the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio and still the prime suspect in the disappearance of wife number four Stacy Peterson. In this letter, Drew makes an "an impassioned media plea on behalf of his children," specifically prosecution (and what Drew alleges is persecution) against oldest son Stephen who is currently the primary caregiver for four of Peterson's kids: two with Savio and two with Stacy. Like the first letter, this one was handed directly from Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky to Sneed and reprinted (the lead-in says it's been "edited" though there's no word if the paper edited the letter or if, like the first one, it was edited by someone else in the Peterson camp before getting to the Sun-Times). more ›

If you're in the market for a used motorcycle connected to an infamous ex-husband, Justice Cafe points us to the Harley-Davidson motorcycle currently owned by one Drew Peterson. Yes, that Drew Peterson. The 2007 Screamin' Eagle Softail Springer has been listed on eBay for a starting price of $50,000 which is a steep inflation over the MSRP which happens to be around $25K. Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky, who's also selling a motorcycle on eBay, insists that it's not only to help cover legal fees, telling Fox Chicago, "First of all, the bike's been sitting there for over a year now...When he gets out he can always buy another one. They're not going to stop selling Harleys." The auction is scheduled to end this Saturday, May 13. Meanwhile, Peterson remains jailed, awaiting his trial for the murder of third wife Kathleen Savio, slated to begin next month. more ›

An Illinois Appellate Court refused a request by Drew Peterson's attorneys to lower his bail from $20 million. As it stands, Peterson would have to pony up $2 million to be released. Head attorney Joel Brodsky said, "We're disappointed in the ruling from the Illinois Third District Appellate Court, but we accept the court’s ruling. However, we are also confident that as the weakness of the state’s case is exposed over the following weeks and months we will have another opportunity to ask for a reduction in bond." [Sun-Times] more ›

When the news of Drew Peterson's arrest hit yesterday evening, there was actually some surprise but not many details other than that it was in connection with the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. At a press conference last night held by Will County State's Atty. James Glasgow and Illinois State Police Capt. Carl Dobrich, it was announced that Peterson has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with Savio's death - per Glasgow: "one on the theory of intentionally killing and the other knowingly doing an act that caused great bodily harm" - and is being held on $20 million bail. With so much info out there (we recommend the Tribune, Sun-Times, and NBC 5 for more info), we'll just hit some highlights. more ›

It's been an interesting couple of days in the case of Stacy Peterson's disappearance. While D-Pete, who has never met a camera he doesn't love, showed up on national television again last week in the wake of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of deceased murdered third wife Kathleen Savio, there are some new happenings in the case of missing fourth wife Stacy. News came from NBC 5 yesterday that police and Coast Guard officials were searching a canal for possible evidence. D-Pete attorney Joel Brodsky dismissed the actions, saying, "They did it all last summer. They're doing it again, so I don't think it's of any significance." Pam Bosco, spokeswoman for Stacy's family, was more optimistic, saying, "I think what we can take from that is that they're still considering this a very important investigation, and that it's very active. We believe she can be found yet, and so we want to put all our efforts into doing our searches. Yet we believe that eventually we will find Stacy." more ›

Yesterday we shared the story of Drew Peterson's stepbrother, Thomas Morphey, who detailed to the Herald News his version of what happened in the fall of 2007 and how he believes he helped Peterson dispose of the body of missing wife Stacy. Like clockwork, Peterson's lawyer, Joel Brodsky, has responded to the allegations. Referencing Morphey's history of alcohol and drug abuse, as well as a suicide attempt, Brodsky said: more ›

Thomas Morphey, step-brother of Drew Peterson, has finally gone public with his account of the events of October 28, 2007 in which he believes he helped Peterson dispose of the body of missing wife Stacy. Morphey was so troubled by what he did, he attempted suicide by overdosing on anti-anxiety and anti-depression pills; he survived. Now he's talked with the Herald News about his experience that October and why he believes Drew killed Stacy. more ›

Another week, another chapter in the ongoing saga of Bolingbrook's most notorious ex-husband. Peterson's "friends" Len Wawczak and Paula Stark, those of the "secret gun claim," now say they wore wires in cooperation with State Police during meetings with Peterson after the disappearance of wife number 4, the still-missing Stacy. Among the nuggets the couple claims Peterson dropped that the tapes didn't catch: Stark alleges Peterson asked her to model Stacy's bikinis and also run off with him; when discussing Kathleen Savio, wife number 3, Peterson said, "She was in a dry bathtub, what a bunch of f------ idiots.” (in reference to the police claim Savio drowned); and “I should have had that bitch cremated. It would have cost me less and I wouldn’t be going through this trouble." (in reference to Savio's body being exhumed following Stacy's disappearance). more ›

Just when you thought you were safe from anything Drew Peterson-related, Bolingbrook's most notorious ex-husband is back in the news. Last week, a grand jury indicted Peterson on two counts of unlawful use of a weapon stemming from a supposedly illegal transfer of his shortened assault rifle to his son. On Monday, Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt heard arguments over dismissing all felony gun charges. Peterson's attorneys insist that he carried the weapon while working as a police officer and is thereby protected by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, which allows "law-enforcement officers and retired law-enforcement officers in good standing to carry a concealed firearm in any jurisdiction in the U.S., regardless of most state or local laws." Assistant State's Atty. John Connor disagreed, pointing out that Peterson had been arrested for carrying an illegal weapon, not a concealed weapon. Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky also claimed the Bolingbrook Police Department had given Peterson permission to carry the rifle, though a spokesman for the BPD denied such a claim. more ›