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Stacy Called Kathleen's Divorce Lawyer

Posted Mar 8, 08 2:05 PM CST in US,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – The Illinois attorney who represented Drew Peterson's slain third wife, Kathleen Savio, in her divorce from Peterson said yesterday that missing fourth wife Stacy had also made tentative contact with him about a divorce, just days before her disappearance. Drew Peterson told the Chicago Tribune he was "pretty shocked" by the lawyer's comments.

The lawyer, Harry Smith, also told the Chicago Sun-Times that Savio had said she had no will. Smith's revelation raises questions about a two-page handwritten will awarding Drew Peterson control of virtually all of Savio's assets, which Peterson, now a suspect in Savio's death, unveiled 15 days after her 2004 alleged bathtub drowning.

Sources Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times

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This undated photo provided by the Stacy Peterson family shows Peterson's husband, Drew Peterson, 53, a Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer. Stacy Peterson was reported missing on Oct. 29, and her husband...   (Associated Press)
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This undated photo provided by her family shows Stacy Peterson, 23, of Bolingbrook, Ill., and her husband, Drew Peterson, 53, a police officer with the Bolingbrook Police Department. Stacy was reported...   (Associated Press)
An undated file photo provided by the Illinois State Police shows Stacy Ann Peterson, 23, of Bolingbrook, Ill. Nearly two months after Stacy Peterson was last seen, the investigation into her disappearance...   (Associated Press)
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