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Drew Peterson asks public for money
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Dec 11, 2007 11:56pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A former police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance has set up a Web site to ask for financial help with his legal defense.
Drew Peterson's site says he wants to collect money from people who believe he deserves a defense without going broke.
"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," the site says.
Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, said Tuesday any money collected on DefendDrew.com will go into a trust account over which Peterson will have no control.
Brodsky said it will be used first to pay for legal fees and then to hire a private investigator to look for 23-year-old Stacy Peterson, who vanished in late October. Any remaining money will be put into a trust for Peterson's four dependent children, the Web site says.
Peterson, 53, a longtime member of the Bolingbrook Police Department until he quit after his wife disappeared, has denied any involvement in her disappearance. He has said he believes his wife left him for another man and is alive.
Investigators from several agencies continued their underwater search of a canal just south of Bolingbrook on Tuesday, said Trooper Mark Dorencz. Authorities have not said why they are searching the canal.
A spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family, Pamela Bosco, said she was shocked to learn about the plea for money. She said the funding priorities should be rearranged to hire a private investigator first.
"His best defense is to find Stacy," Bosco said. "Let's put that as a priority, Drew."
The site, which collects money through PayPal, appeals for sympathy for Peterson and his children, who "may end up impoverished" by the cost of mounting a defense. The site says "media sensationalism" surrounding the story has caused the family hardship and stresses Peterson's years of public service as a police officer.
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