Ted Rowlands on what to expect as the much anticipated murder trial of ex-cop Drew Peterson begins today.
Attorneys for Drew Peterson, a former Chicago-area police officer accused of murdering his third wife, argued during opening statements Tuesday that their client spent his entire career protecting the public and that murder accusations are groundless.
Eight and a half years after his third wife was found dead in a bathtub, the murder trial of former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson is set to begin in earnest with opening statements Tuesday.
Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson, who is accused of killing his third wife and is the leading suspect in the disappearance of his fourth.
Drew Peterson's attorney tells Jane Velez-Mitchell how Drew reacted to the Lifetime movie about him.
In his first court appearance in nearly two years, former police officer Drew Peterson entered an Illinois courtroom Friday for a hearing in his upcoming murder trial.
Prosecutors have won a step in the legal battle that has delayed Drew Peterson's murder trial, with a court ruling Wednesday that could have a profound effect on the proceedings.
Former police officer Drew Peterson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Drew Peterson's lawyers go to court on Wednesday for a hearing that could have a profound effect on the murder case against him.
Former police officer Drew Peterson will remain in jail while prosecutors pursue an appeal that has delayed the start of his first-degree murder trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
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.
An Illinois judge Friday will hear defense requests to bar the testimony of a medical examiner who conducted an autopsy on the wife of former police officer Drew Peterson, who is accused of killing her.
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.
Witnesses are being called to tell how his wives feared threats from the ex-cop
Stacy Peterson had disturbing things to say about her husband, Drew Peterson.
A judge will decide if hearsay evidence can be used in the Drew Peterson murder case.
HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with Lisa Bloom about a new autopsy of Drew Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio.
The private forensic pathologist who conducted an autopsy on Drew Peterson's third wife affirmed the official findings that ruled the death a homicide, a copy of the autopsy report shows.
A blue barrel found near human remains may be linked to Stacy Peterson's disappearance. HLN's Nancy Grace reports.
The remains found last week on the bank of an Illinois river and near a blue barrel are not those of Stacy Peterson, Illinois state police said Wednesday.
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.
A preliminary autopsy Thursday did not reveal any identifying information on remains found on the bank of a river, less than 30 miles from the homes of two missing Illinois women.
Drew Peterson pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Drew Peterson is escorted to jail, in handcuffs and wearing a jail outfit.
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.
"We've been waiting a long time for this [arrest]," Henry Savio tells PEOPLE
The former police sergeant, whose fourth wife is still missing, is arrested in Illinois, authorities say
Over the past year, searchers have taken to the woods, waterways and even the skies over Bolingbrook, Illinois. They've looked, and then they've looked again.
Nancy Grace reports on the disappearance of missing 23-year-old mom Stacy Peterson.
The death of Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson's third wife, has been ruled a homicide. CNN's Nancy Grace reports.
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.
A pathologist has determined that the death of the third wife of former police Sgt. Drew Peterson was a homicide, James Glasgow, the state's attorney in Will County, said Thursday.
Attorney of Drew Peterson calls him 'victim of the media' and discusses matters of the case.
Ex-cop Drew Peterson denies reports alleging that he had help moving a container that may have held his wife's body.
Before Stacy Peterson vanished, she reportedly told a clergy member that her husband killed his previous wife.
CNN's Kiran Chetry talks to an Illinois woman whose sister's 2004 drowning death is being re-examined.
Authorities looking into the case of a missing woman are exhuming the body of her husband's last wife.
The disappearance of a suburban Chicago police sergeant's wife is now being treated as a potential homicide, and her husband is a suspect, authorities said Friday.
CNN's John Roberts talks to the aunt of an Illinois woman reported missing late last month.
Police are using tracking dogs, airplanes, infrared sensors and volunteers on foot Tuesday to look for a young mother who disappeared nine days ago, leaving her 4- and 2-year-old children behind.
Officers search the Chicago-area home of a police sergeant whose wife has been missing for days.
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