'I know justice will be done'
STILL MISSING | March marks Stacy's disappearance
The marchers carried candles through the cold, dark night from the Bolingbrook home Drew Peterson once shared with Kathleen Savio to the house where he later lived with Stacy Peterson.
A year after Stacy Peterson vanished from her home, 70 marchers carried flickering candles to symbolize their determination to keep alive the memories of both women until they learn the truth about Stacy Peterson's disappearance and Savio's 2004 bathtub drowning death.
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"This night has a lot of significance. Everybody here has a special place in their heart for Stacy and Kathleen," said the Rev. Neil Schori, who was Stacy Peterson's pastor. "We're just here to honor them tonight."
Will County authorities indicated last week that answers to the two mysteries might be forthcoming.
"I know justice will be done," said Savio's sister, Sue Doman.
Drew Peterson, a former Bolingbrook police officer, has been named a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, and is thought to be a target of investigators investigating the March 1, 2004, death of Savio, his third wife.
Savio's death, which came during a bitter divorce battle with Drew Peterson, initially was labeled an accident -- until Stacy Peterson vanished. After a second autopsy, investigators concluded Savio had been slain.
"Why did it take another woman to be missing for them to realize that my sister had been murdered?" Doman said.
Marchers ended their silent, four-block walk outside the darkened Peterson home, from which Stacy Peterson vanished Oct. 28, 2007. Next door, a huge shrine with posters and pictures of Stacy Peterson and dozens of flower arrangements was illuminated by candles.
"I know she's not coming back," said neighbor Sharon Bychowski, who maintains the flowers and never forgets her friend.
Stacy Peterson's sister, Cassandra Cales, and other close relatives didn't attend the vigil, saying they wanted to mourn privately for Stacy, who had two young children with Drew Peterson and acted as stepmother to the two sons from his marriage to Savio.
Drew Peterson was in New York on Tuesday to appear on "Today" on NBC. He again denied any involvement in Savio's death or Stacy's disappearance but said in a statement released Tuesday that he still thinks daily about Stacy.
"There is not a single day that goes by that I don't think about Stacy, so to me Tuesday is just another day of her being away," Peterson said. "I realize this may be a significant event for the media, but it is not for me or my family. I won't be participating in any vigils."