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Joel Brodsky, Steven Greenberg
Attorneys for former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson, Joel Brodsky and Steven Greenberg, confer outside the Will County Courthouse during the second day of jury deliberations in Peterson's murder trial, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Joliet, Ill. The jury reconvened Thursday after failing to reach a verdict during more than eight hours of deliberations Wednesday. Peterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. The former Illinois police officer was charged after

Peterson Convicted of Killing 3rd Wife



JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A jury has convicted former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson of murdering his third wife.

Jurors returned with a guilty verdict against Drew Peterson on Thursday in the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio.

The 58-year-old Peterson faces a maximum 60-year prison term.

Savio's body was found in her bathtub in 2004. Authorities initially ruled the 40-year-old died accidentally. Her death was reclassified after Peterson's 23-year-old fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, vanished in 2007.

Authorities presume Stacy Peterson is dead, though her body has never been found. Drew Peterson is a suspect but has not been charged in her disappearance.

As authorities investigated what happened to the women, Drew Peterson gained a national reputation as unsavory and tactless, often cracking off-color jokes about the case.

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Locations : Illinois, Joliet
People : Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Stacy Peterson
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