Drew Peterson Trial: Former co-worker testifies Peterson offered him $25,000 to hire a hitman to kill third wife
(CBS/AP) JOLIET, Ill. - A man who says Drew Peterson offered him $25,000 to hire someone to kill his third wife, Kathleen Savio, testifies today at the former Illinois police officer's murder trial.
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Jeff Pachter is the first witness Wednesday.
Judge Edward Burmila initially said prosecutors couldn't broach the hit-man allegation, but Burmila handed prosecutors a legal victory Tuesday by allowing them to introduce it.
Prosecutors accuse Peterson of killing Savio himself in 2004. But they contend the hit-man testimony gives them the chance to demonstrate how Peterson thought about killing Savio months before she died.
Neighbors found Savio's body in her bathtub with a gash on the back of her head. Peterson wasn't charged in her death until three years later after his fourth wife disappeared.