Where will Drew be tried?
DEFENSE BID | Judge to rule Oct. 2 on leaving Will County
On Oct. 2, Drew Peterson will find out if his murder trial will be held somewhere else.
His lawyers want the trial moved out of Will County. Peterson can't get a fair trial here because of the publicity, they argue.
Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow says it's too early to make that decision, since the jury hasn't been picked.
After hearing arguments from both sides Friday, Will County Judge Stephen White decided to take the matter under advisement.
Peterson, a retired Bolingbrook police officer, was arrested in May and charged with the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. He is being held in the Will County jail.
In 2004, the 43-year-old mother of two was found dead in a dry bathtub at her Bolingbrook home.
Her death initially was ruled accidental. When Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007, authorities took another look at the case and decided Savio's death was a homicide.
White called 240 potential jurors to the courthouse Friday and began interviewing them in groups of 60.
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