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Drew Peterson Charged with Third Wife Kathleen Savio?s Murder

By Altman & Altman

More than five years after Kathleen Savio?s death, her husband, ex-police sergeant, Drew Peterson, has been charged with her murder. Savio was found in a dry bathtub with her head soaked in blood from a head wound. The cause of her death was originally determined to be accidental drowning, but that finding came into question after Peterson?s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, went missing in 2007 and the former cop became the main suspect in her disappearance. Savio?s family has long questioned whether her death was accidental and after Stacy?s disappearance, they had Savio?s body exhumed. Savio died right before her divorce settlement with Peterson was going to be finalized by a court, and her death left him as her primary beneficiary. Last month, they filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Peterson accusing him of beating and drowning her...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on May 08, 2009 (boomark / email).