SandraN said... Canon Vs. Leno
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If I had to choose who should do the late nigths on nbc, it would most definately be Canon. Unfortunately, for some strange reason, they want Leno back. Ew!!!

Finally The Truth We've All Been Waiting To Hear

Who is she??

Years after the mysterious bathtub drowning of Drew Peterson's third wife, a noted forensic pathologist told a hushed Will County courtroom Friday that Kathleen Savio was murdered.

Dr. Larry Blum testified the pattern of Savio's injuries, the position in which her body was found and the scene of her death led him to rule out an accidental drowning due to a single fall.

"There was no blood, hair or tissue to show she hit her head on the tub," said Blum, in his first public comments about Savio's 2004 death. "The evidence doesn't really bear that out."

"That is my opinion, that it was homicidal."

Peterson, 56, maintains his innocence on charges he killed Savio, weeks before the financial terms of their bitter divorce were to be finalized. A Will County coroner's jury ruled the 40-year-old Bolingbrook woman's death accidental after Illinois State Police said they found no evidence of foul play.

But her body was exhumed Nov. 13, 2007, three weeks after Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, 23, vanished as that marriage crumbled. The former Bolingbrook police sergeant has not been charged, but authorities said he is the only suspect.

Blum testified at a Will County pretrial hearing to determine what hearsay evidence will be allowed at Peterson's upcoming murder trial. The hearing, which has included testimony of 55 prosecution witnesses, may end next week.

As Blum detailed Savio's injuries, Peterson focused intently on photos of her decomposed remains - which showed a gash on the back of her head, about one half dozen small bruises and several cuts and scratches along her extremities, abdominal area and buttocks. Peterson even changed chairs at the defense table to view the photos, shown on a television monitor turned away from the courtroom gallery of spectators.

Blum said Savio tested negative for drugs or alcohol. He did not find any medical reason to support the defense's theory that she slipped and fell in the bathtub. In fact, Blum testified, it was his opinion that Savio's head wound and her other injuries - sustained near the time of her death because there were no signs of healing - were inconsistent with a single fall. He noted internal bruising on Savio's diaphragm consistent to a "bear hug."

Despite defense attorney Joel Brodsky's intense cross examination, a resolute Blum said he is "without doubt" that it would be impossible for Savio to suffer that pattern of injuries in a single fall.

"I've never seen that in 30 years," testified Blum, who said he's personally conducted 9,233 autopsies. Celebrity forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden reached a similar opinion in a third autopsy Savio's family sought.

Several relatives, friends, co-workers and neighbors of both of Peterson's last two wives said they portrayed him as controlling, abusive and full of bravado that his training as a longtime cop would allow him to get away with their murders.

Also Friday, Mary Parks testified about an unforgettable encounter she had with Savio while the two attended nursing school. Parks described how a devastated Savio unzipped her fleece jacket one day to reveal neck bruising.

"I said, 'Oh my God, what happened?'" Parks said. "She told me her ex-husband, Drew, the night before had come into her home and had penned her down."

Parks said Savio quoted Peterson telling her: "Why don't you just die."

The violent encounter is alleged in fall 2003 but, upon defense attorney Andrew Abood's cross examination, Parks conceded she may have confused the date. For example, Savio had another family - the Andersons - living in her basement for a couple months then. Still, Parks was certain of one thing - Kathleen Savio lived in fear of the man with whom she had two children during an 11-year marriage.

"More than once, she told me he told her he could kill her and no one would know; no one would find out," said Parks, echoing other prosecution witnesses. "She indicated that he had a huge ego and that he was going to get whatever he wanted. He wanted everything. It became very scary, because he was a huge ego with a gun."

Earlier in the hearing, the lead Illinois State Police investigator in Savio's death conceded he believed from the onset that her death was accidental and never viewed Peterson as a suspect or followed up with interviews of her family members. Sgt. Patrick Collins said he relied on the opinion of the crime-scene investigator, Robert Deel, who testified earlier this week that he did not collect a shred of forensic evidence, dust for fingerprints, test for traces of blood elsewhere in the home or even collect a disposed condom in the bathroom trash, for possible clues.

In fact, Deel said, he didn't even notice the gash on Savio's head.

Blum said authorities also didn't use what's commonly called a rape kit during the initial investigation to ensure Savio, found nude, wasn't sexually assaulted. He did. The results came back negative. Still, Blum described the original failure to perform one as, "not good."

So many years I have been waiting for investigators to find out the truth of the Peterson's murder. Now knowing the above information, he is guilty, in my mind, he will always be guilty. Why? If you compare is response to the everyday murders that are being reported on television, you would say to yourself, "somethings wrong with that picture!" Many people weather they want to be seen or not express their emotions very heavily through bod language. Don't get me wrong, not everybody express their emotions visibly in public, but your actions can reflect a psychological expression. Peterson seemed to calm about the situation, was it a hit man that he hired or was if his bare hands doing the work?

To those of the Peterson family, please don't take this personally, I too know how it feels to have a love one be convicted or believed to be a murderer. Yet, do you think that the authorities let him get away purposely?

Insurance Policy

When you pay you insurance faithfully every month, it's one question you have to ask yourself. "Am I getting what I pay for?" Meaning when we pay for plots and our insurance, we expect to have a decent burial. Now, we have to worry about where our remains will be relocated to when the burial is over. So much disrespect for the dead. How their bodies are not properly put to rest. Thinking that our loved ones still reside in their same resting area as we left them and to find out from the news channel their not. Many protesters are trying to gain the right of the dead to return their bodies to their final resting place.

Believing that we are going to visit our deceased mothers', fathers', sisters', brothers', and friends. when we are actually visiting empty plots or "temporary" resting place for others loved ones. How cruel our society can be towards The People. Imagine if they started burning the remains after a certain time frame, would you still pay for life insurance? Or what would you do to insure that your remains are properly at rest?

My Uncle

I used to watch the news before I went to bed or early in the morning before I leave out. I would hear reports on women and children being murdered by their husband or love ones. I used to sit and wonder, "what could make a person commit such actions?" or "what if that happened to me or someone in my family?" Convincing myself that the possibilities were too low. The truth of the matter is it could happen to anybody. No family is ever too perfect, everyone has their "dirty little secrets."

My uncle usually called me every other day, but at that time I was blowing off his phone calls, thinking that the only thing he wanted was to constantly push me into getting my CDL. Which I wasn't sure if I wanted to do or not since it wasn't apart of my previous study in health care. A couple of weeks went by, still not answering the phone, I look at the caller ID and see that it was my cousin Rochelle calling. I had answered the phone before it went to the voicemail. I had received the disturbing news...

"Why didn't I answer the phone?" I had said before hanging up in total shock. "If only I had answered the phone," I kept repeating to myself, rocking while setting up in the bed clinching the phone. I want to see him I said, but I couldn't, I had to wait until his court date. Saying "Why did he do it?" to "What if I could have talked him out of it?"

Calling around for more and more information, I had discovered that my uncle on April 11th, 2009, murdered his children's mother and tried to conceal the murder by lining the trunk with plastic and traveling to Tennessee to dispose of the body. I guess his conscious was eating him up inside, because he turned himself in two days later.

I haven't been able to go see him yet maybe next month in February, his birth month. Maybe I might find out the truth to what really happened. I have provided a link below for those of you who want to find out more information, you can also view blogs/comments, as well as pay respects to the mother of his children by leaving comments in the text box at the end of the page.

Link: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04/1m-bail-for-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriend.html