Posted on 05/20/2009 8:39:37 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
A barge crew discovered the remains of what is described as a “smallish female” wearing underwear in the Des Plaines River. A source told the Joliet (Ill.) Herald News that DNA testing will likely be needed to identify the body. Relatives of Stacy Peterson, who lived in nearby Bolingbrook, Ill., have been contacted by state police regarding the discovery. Stacy was the fourth wife of ex-Bolingbrook cop, Drew Peterson, who remains in custody on charges that he killed his third wife Kathleen Savio. Stacy has been missing since Oct. 28, 2007.
Autopsy inconclusive. Weeks before DNA results:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpWM_W3kcTvxz22e6hhsxWmTIAuQD98AUHMG3
By The Associated Press
May 27, 2009
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say DNA tests show a headless, armless skeleton found along the Des Plaines River last week was from an unidentified male.
Speculation had swirled about whether the badly decomposed body was one of two women whose disappearances have drawn national media attention.
Illinois State Police said in a statement Wednesday that an investigation to identify the remains is under way.
The Will County coroner has said the person was dead for several months or more. Results of an autopsy last week were inconclusive, and DNA tests were conducted.
The location of the remains in Will County prompted speculation they were related to the high-profile missing persons cases of Stacy Peterson or Lisa Stebic.
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