Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Peterson hit with wrongful death lawsuit

It’s been almost two years sense we moved north and I still follow this Illinois continuing story. This is another twist in the story. We will have to see how this plays out. Another O.J. story in the making?

JOLIET — It's about justice, a lawyer for the family of Drew Peterson's slain third wife said of the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the former cop and serial marrier.

"We want to make sure justice is done, one way or the other," Joliet attorney Lawrence Varsek said filing the suit before criminal charges have been brought in the investigation of Kathleen Savio's March 2004 homicide.

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Drew Peterson (left) and Kathleen Savio

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Varsek, who filed the lawsuit Tuesday afternoon, conceded it was unusual to bring a such a civil action before the criminal case is resolved, but added, "Everything in this case is unusual." Read the full story here

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