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Stacy Called Kathleen's Divorce Lawyer

Drew Peterson's missing wife followed slain predecessor

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 8, 2008 2:05 PM CST
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(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.

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 has been named a suspect in her disappearance, but as the investigation continues, authorities face the possibility they may...
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)
Chicago area television crews file live reports outside the Bolingbrook, Ill., home of retired police officer Drew Peterson, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Amid the search for Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, an autopsy on the exhumed body of Kathleen Savio, his third wife, found what her relatives have long suspected, her...
Chicago area television crews file live reports outside the Bolingbrook, Ill., home of retired police officer Drew Peterson, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Amid the search for Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy,...   (Associated Press)
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 missing on Oct. 29 and her husband has been named a suspect in her disappearance. (AP Photo/Family of Stacy...
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 and suspicions surrounding her husband, former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, have produced many intriguing questions. But few...
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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