Opening statements to begin in trial of Drew Peterson
CHICAGO (MCT) — Former Bolingbrook, Ill., Police Sgt. Drew Peterson placed his third wife into a sleeper hold until she lost consciousness, lifted her into the bathtub in her master bathroom and held her head underwater until she drowned, Will County’s top prosecutor has alleged in court.
After she was dead, Peterson allegedly struck Kathleen Savio, 40, on the back of the head, perhaps with his police baton, to make her death appear accidental, prosecutors have said.
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