Today, Drew Peterson announced that he has created a website with a fund, established for those who would like to help him pay his legal fees.  AP reports that the site includes the following language (the site itself, www.defenddrew.com, shows “account has been suspended” as of the date of this post):

“For the cost of a few cups of your morning coffee, you can help to ensure that Drew can afford to support his ongoing legal defense, find his missing wife, and divert any remaining funds into a trust for his children.”

According to Peterson’s attorney, money that is collected will be used to pay not only for attorneys’ fees, but also for a private investigator to find Stacy, and anything left over will go into a trust fund for Drew’s four children. 

How much do lawyers cost?  How much would Drew Peterson need to collect here? 

Read the rest of this entry »

Last night, a third search warrant was served on Drew Peterson, allowing the police to search Peterson’s vehicles.  According to Joel Brodsky, Peterson’s attorney, the warrant authorizes the search and seizure of  things which “may have been utilized in commission of the offense of first-degree murder or the concealment of a homicidal death,” along with trace elements of several materials, including blue plastic.

Peterson’s lawyer is also setting up the defense.  He’s telling the media that this third warrant overlaps with the first search warrant but expands its language to allow for seizure as well as search.  Brodsky’s already arguing that anything taken will be an illegal seizure, because the authorities can’t attempt to correct their errors like this. 

And why are the police going to this level of detail, going back for the third time?  Because they haven’t found a body.  

Do they need a body to charge Drew Peterson with Stacy’s murder?  After all, Lacy Peterson’s body was discovered and identified through DNA testing (along with Connor) before Scott Peterson was charged. 

Read the rest of this entry »