Psychic Used at Drew Peterson Trial

As reported by abclocal.go.com Local 7 News, a Psychic testified at the trial of accused murderer Drew Peterson.

A psychic who knew Stacy Peterson and a state police officer were among the key witnesses Thursday at the pretrial evidence hearing in Joliet for retired Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson.

During her marriage to Drew Peterson, Stacy Peterson met with psychic Irene Lalagos. She testified she read cards for Stacy on several different occasions.

Months before Drew Peterson’s fourth wife disappeared, Stacy Peterson expressed to Lalagos how she wanted to leave Drew but didn’t know how to do it with four kids. Lalagos said Stacy was in fear of Drew. Referring to a conversation with Stacy, Lalagos testified, “Drew told her he was a cop, he could kill her, hide her body and no one would ever find her.”

It was not until after Stacy’s disappearance that police reopened the investigation into the death of Drew Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio. The 40-year-old was found dead in a dry bath tub in March of 2004. It was ruled an accident but reclassified as a homicide after Savio’s body was exhumed.

There has been a large spotlight on how the case has been handled and some who think mismanagement of the investigation is at play.

Illinois State Police crime scene investigator Bob Deel admitted that he never took any fingerprints at the scene, never took evidence from Savio’s bathtub, bathroom or anywhere else in the house.

Master Sgt. Bryan Falat was assisting in the investigation. Thursday he said in court, “quite honestly, I was sort of disgusted about how the investigation was handled.”

There have now been over 50 witnesses in the pre-trial hearing and there are more to come. It will then be up to Judge Stephen White to decide which witness will be allowed to testify under the new hearsay law at Drew Peterson’s trial.