Answer on Peterson wife? Prosecutor close to solving one of the Peterson cases
Prosecutor close to solving case -- won't say which one
It has taken nearly a year, but Will County prosecutors say they are finally close to determining exactly what happened to one of Drew Peterson's wives.
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow won't say which case he is close to solving -- the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio or the Oct. 28, 2007, disappearance of Stacy Peterson.
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Describing the ongoing investigations into the fate of the two women as "highly productive," Glasgow said Wednesday he expects to have some answers soon.
"I fully expect there to be a resolution in at least one of these investigations in the near future," Glasgow said in a statement timed for the one-year anniversary of Stacy Peterson's disappearance.
But he offered no new details, and attorneys for former Bolingbrook cop Drew Peterson -- who has been labeled a suspect in Stacy's disappearance -- dismissed Glasgow's assessment as nothing new.
"That's the same stuff we've been hearing for quite a while. There's nothing there that's causing us any concern," said Joel Brodsky, who said Peterson had nothing to do with Stacy's disappearance or Savio's death.
Stacy Peterson -- Drew Peterson's fourth wife -- was 23 when she vanished last fall from the couple's Bolingbrook home. He contends that she left him voluntarily, possibly for another man.
After she disappeared, authorities reviewed Savio's bathtub drowning death, which originally was ruled an accident. A new investigation concluded that Savio -- who had recently divorced Drew Peterson -- was murdered.
Family members of the two women said they're heartened by Glasgow's optimism.
"To us, it's hopeful," said Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's relatives.
Savio's sister Anna Doman offered a similar sentiment.
"I'm hoping something happens," she said. "There's no way I'm giving up hope of finding out what happened."