Dec 6, 2007 10:50 pm US/Eastern
Search For Ex-Cop's Wife To Focus On GPS
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) ―
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Former police Sgt. Drew Peterson stands in front of the garage of his home in Bolingbrook, Ill., on Nov. 17, 2007. (File)
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Investigators searching for an ex-police
officer's wife are focusing on the Global Positioning System in her
husband's vehicle along with "biological material" and other physical
evidence, according to a published report.
The Chicago Tribune reported in its Thursday editions that it
obtained a warrant served on Drew Peterson in the investigation of his
missing 23-year-old wife, Stacy.
The warrant called for the seizure of items containing plastic
shavings, blood, bodily fluids, fingernail scrapings, palm or
fingerprints, chemicals that may alter body decomposition and other
"biological material that may be evidence of the offense of
first-degree murder."
A separate warrant executed Nov. 1 and also obtained by the
newspaper indicates authorities sought "all GPS records, cellular
service records, logging records or any other electronic records in the
possession of OnStar Inc." relating to a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali driven
by Peterson.
The warrant did not say what investigators sought to learn from
OnStar, General Motors' driver assistance subscription service. OnStar
spokesman Jim Kobus said the service does not track subscribers'
vehicles.
Tuesday's warrant omitted specific language about OnStar; in its
place was a generic description that included "in-dash GPS navigation
systems," according to the Tribune.
Joel Brodsky, Peterson's attorney, on Thursday told The Associated
Press that the newspaper's description of the warrants "is accurate,"
but did not comment further.
Stacy Peterson was last seen Oct. 28 and reported missing by her
family the next day. Drew Peterson, a longtime member of the
Bolingbrook Police Department until he quit after his wife went
missing, has denied any involvement in her disappearance. He has said
he believes his wife left him for another man and is alive.
The most recent warrant also sought objects containing or having
traces of blue plastic, lead weights, plastic shavings and scuff marks,
circular impressions or carpet indentations and any other indication of
a plastic or barrel-like object.
A nonprofit group helping to search for Stacy Peterson has said
police asked them to look for a blue plastic barrel large enough to
hide a body.
Authorities also are investigating the death of Peterson's ex-wife,
Kathleen Savio, whose body was found in her bathtub in 2004. Her death
initially was ruled an accidental drowning. But when Peterson
disappeared, the Will County State's Attorney's office opened another
investigation into the case and has said it appears her death was a
homicide staged to look like an accident.
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