The murder trial of former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson will be postponed while prosecutors appeal a judge's ruling that keeps some witness statements out of court as hearsay, the state's attorney announced Wednesday.
Illinois State Police searched a wooded area in unincorporated Peoria County on Saturday in response to a new lead in the 2007 disappearance of Stacy Peterson.
Former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson has changed up his defense team two months before the murder trial in his third wife's death is scheduled to begin.
Drew Peterson may be fighting to keep what his missing wife and slain ex-wife allegedly said about him out of his murder trial, but he's always had plenty to say about the case.
Former police officer Drew Peterson tried to hire a hit man to kill his third wife, a prosecutor in Will County, Illinois, said at a hearing Friday.
Drew Peterson, who was arrested this week in the death of his third wife, joked with the media about his jail jumpsuit and chewed gum throughout his first court appearance Friday.
Drew Peterson is escorted to jail, in handcuffs and wearing a jail outfit.
"We've been waiting a long time for this [arrest]," Henry Savio tells PEOPLE
Drew Peterson has met with a prominent divorce attorney more than a year after his wife, Stacy, disappeared, his lawyer confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
The family of a missing Illinois woman has an "eerie feeling of dread" after a ruling that her husband's previous wife was a victim of homicide, a spokeswoman said.
The death of Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson's third wife, has been ruled a homicide. CNN's Nancy Grace reports.
CNN's Larry King talks to a panel of legal experts and TV judges about shots being fired inside the Drew Peterson home.
Attorney of Drew Peterson calls him 'victim of the media' and discusses matters of the case.
State police dive teams searched waters in connection with the disappearance of an ex-police officer's wife.
Drew Peterson is denying that he approached two truck drivers and asked them to transport a package hours after his wife disappeared in October.
Ex-cop Drew Peterson denies reports alleging that he had help moving a container that may have held his wife's body.
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