Re: Drew Peterson probe narrows

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On Dec 6, 9:37 am, indigo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Indigo Ace) wrote:





From the Chicago Tribune--

Drew Peterson probe narrows
Warrants focus on physical evidence, GPS in ex-cop's SUV

By Matthew Walberg | Tribune staff reporter
December 6, 2007

Authorities probing the disappearance of Stacy Peterson appear to be
focusing not only on trace physical evidence, but also on a GPS system
in her husband's sport-utility vehicle, according to search warrants
obtained Wednesday by the Tribune.

A search warrant served Tuesday night on Drew Peterson called for,
among other things, the seizure of items containing plastic shavings,
blood, bodily fluids, fingernail scrapings, chemicals that may alter
the decomposition of a body and "biological material that may be
evidence of the offense of first-degree murder."

Meanwhile on Wednesday, police divers were searching for evidence in
the frigid waters of a canal near Lockport.

Peterson, 53, has been named a suspect in the Oct. 28 disappearance of
Stacy, 23. He has denied involvement and has not been charged with a
crime.

In the past month, authorities have seized numerous items, including
iPods, computers, backpacks, 11 guns, a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix driven
by Stacy and a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali driven by Drew Peterson.

A copy of the first warrant, executed Nov. 1, shows authorities sought
"all GPS records, cellular service records, logging records or any
other electronic records in the possession of OnStar Inc. . . .
relating to the above described GMC vehicle."

The warrant did not state what police hoped to learn from the OnStar
system. OnStar's global positioning does not constantly monitor a
vehicle's location, said OnStar spokesman Jim Kobus.

"We do not track our subscribers' vehicles--that's the bottom line,"
Kobus said. "The only time we would know where the vehicle is, is when
the driver initiates contact to OnStar or when the vehicle has been in
an accident, the air bag deploys and the vehicle automatically calls
us for help."

Kobus said the system in Peterson's vehicle was an older version, and
requests for driving directions were done by speaking with an
operator.

Other items listed in the newest warrant were:

*Objects that contain or have traces of "blue plastic, lead weights,
plastic shavings, plastic scuff marks, circular impressions or carpet
indentations, and any other indication of the carrying, placing,
movement or collision of a plastic or barrel-like object or large
storage container."

*Materials on the vehicles including "dirt, gravel, soil, dust and any
other accretive material which might be tested and compared to
materials from a particular location to determine a vehicle's presence
at the location."

*Objects that "have any of the following on them: blood, hairs,
fingernails, bodily fluids, body tissue, DNA, fingerprints, fingernail
scrapings, palm prints, saliva, urine, feces, or other biological
material which may be evidence of the offense of first-degree murder."

*Instruments that may have been used as a weapon or restraint,
including guns, ammunition, knives, rope and rugs.

*Objects with "chemical traces relating to pool chemicals or any
chemical which might be utilized to retard, mask or accelerate the
deterioration or decomposition of a human body."

Asked his opinion about the breadth of the items sought, attorney Mark
Rotert, a former state and federal prosecutor now in private practice,
said the warrants suggest authorities are conducting more than a
scattershot search.

"I don't view . . . these search warrants as a sort of 'casting a
broad net' kind of thing," Rotert said. "This suggests that there are
some pretty specific theories in place. They might be based on logic,
they might be based on specific information from interview, or some
combination of the two."

He said the warrants seem to indicate--aside from the section about
weapons--authorities are directing their attention toward the possible
disposal of Stacy Peterson's body, rather than how she may have died.

"They're basically saying they'd like to find out whether there's
evidence that would show this person was placed into a container, the
container was placed into a vehicle. . . . They're trying to place
this vehicle in a place where he says he's not been," Rotert said.

Tuesday's warrant included slightly different language regarding GPS
systems. Information about OnStar was omitted, and in its place was
generic language that included "in-dash GPS navigation systems,"
according to the warrant.

Rotert found the difference in language about GPS systems provocative.

"It shows that they think they had the right idea the first time, but
maybe the wrong product," he said. "So they're trying to expand the
language."

Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, said the first warrant only
authorized the search of the vehicles, not the seizure, and that
Tuesday's was an attempt to correct the error.

Brodsky said he does not believe there is evidence suggesting his
client is responsible for Stacy's disappearance, but anything police
recovered from the first search may prove inadmissible in court if a
judge rules they did not have the legal authority to seize the
vehicle.

Divers recovered debris from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in
Romeoville and Lockport on Wednesday. The search was called off
between 3 and 4 p.m. A coalition of more than a dozen agencies,
including the FBI, Coast Guard, Department of Defense and Army Corps
of Engineers, participated in the search.

Trooper Mark Dorencz would not say what items were removed from the
canal.

mwalberg @tribune.com

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Guess the chances of her showing up for Christmas dinner are getting
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Per Drew Peterson, even as you read this Stacy is holed up in a motel
room somewhere with her lover, munching popcorn while laughing at the
TV coverage of the search for her.

And no bother with contacting her children or anything....goodness.
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