Drew Peterson, ex cop, found guilty in Savio murder
By
Crimesider Staff
/ CBS News
Former Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson was convicted on Sept. 6, 2012 of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson is shown her in a booking photo provided May 7, 2009 by the Will County Sheriff's office in Joliet, Ill.
In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson leaves the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., after his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
NIcholas Savio, half-brother of Kathleen Savio speaks to the media outside the Will County Courthouse during the second day of jury deliberations in former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson's murder trial, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Joliet, Ill. The jury waded through five weeks of circumstantial and hearsay evidence and convicted the former police sergeant in the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio later that day.
Pam Bosco, friend of Drew Peterson's missing fourth wife Stacy Peterson walks from the Will County Courthouse after the first day of jury deliberations in Peterson's murder trial, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in Joliet, Ill. The jury waded through five weeks of circumstantial and hearsay evidence and convicted the former police sergeant murdered in the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio on Sept. 6, 2012. Peterson is a suspect in the disappearance of Stacey Peterson but has not been charged in that case.
Joel Brodsky attorney for Drew Peterson speaks to the media before entering the Will County Courthouse during the second day of deliberations in Peterson's murder trial, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Joliet, Ill.
Former Bolllingbrook, Illinois police officer Drew Peterson (R) leaves the Will County Jail with his attorney Joel Brodsky after posting bail for a felony weapons charge May 21, 2008 in Joliet, Illinois.
Joel Brodsky attorney for Former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson, talks to the media after the beginning of jury deliberations in Peterson's murder trial on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in Joliet, Ill.
Hank Savio and Marcia Savio, Kathleen Savio's father and step-mother, celebrate outside the Will County Courthouse after word spreads that Drew Peterson was found guilty of murdering Savio, his third wife.