that within six weeks of her death, the victim in this case said he s going to kill me. well, the defense then gets up and cross-examination, and when you say he said he was going to kill your sister and make it look like an accident, the defense totally messed up there. they got in evidence that the judge wouldn t allow. kelly: let s point out that kathleen savio was found dead in her bathtub, in the home that she shared with drew peterson. they were going for divorce and according to the sister, that was not going to happen. drew was not going to allow they are live. the question becomes to mind, why didn t anna doleman contact domestic shelters, domestic abuse shelters or the police to say, my sister has been threatened? kelly, it s a good question. but you have to understand there was a long history here. there were 18 times that the police were called to the home. and there was little, if any, response. kathleen was convinced that he would kill her and get away with
it. she wrote to the state s attorney. she made complaints. she did everything that she could do to defend sheriff and to place the blame on her family, you know, the sister said, move in with me. at the end, then kathleen s body is found in a bathtub within one hour the technician says, it s an accident. all of that and will that s the issue. how did she die? was it an accident or homicide? kelly: this guy was a former police officer. he was a police officer at the time. the issue will come down to, given that there is no physical evidence, there is no dna, there is no fingerprints, there is no confession and the the d.a. admd to that. but you know, kelly, there are certain circumstances and i tried murder cases where i ve gotten convictioned based on circumstantial evidence that point to no other conclusion. kelly: we ll see more details on this tonight. i ve got breaks news. more than meets the eye going on in the courtroom.
so i m sitting behind drew peterson. i m in the first row. at one point he turns around, or we make eye contact. he s three, four feet from me. he winks at me, smiles, and puts his hand on his heart, you know. and i said, this guy is cocky. he is arrogant. he is confident. it s just unbelievable, kelly. kelly: so it s really bizarre to see that go on in a courtroom drama. how do you think they re going to convict this guy? how can they get a conviction because some of the things going on that seem to be is the prosecution dropping the ball? well, for the first couple of days, the prosecution got some very bad press. it really was a result of certain rulings by the judge. now, remember that in three days, the defense made three motions for a mistrial. and the judge took his time with them. but i think they ended on a high note on friday with the sister, as you just reported, of the victim, kathleen savio, saying
it left off friday with key testimony from the victim s sister, anna doleman, claiming six weeks before she was found dead, kathleen savio said drew peterson threatened to kill her. here to discuss the trial is judge jeanine pirro, host of justice with judge jeanine. it areas tonight at 9:00 o clock. we ll tease that one more time. listen, you were there. you were in the courtroom. how can you describe the courtroom atmosphere? that s a great question. i was in the courtroom and it seemed almost like a free for all at times. you ve got this defense team and there are six of them lined up and who is jumping up, who is jumping down, toning around, looking at the audience? i thought i was at a sporting event. i expected them to start high fiving each other. kelly: kind of like a show. it was really unusual. and then the prosecution side, and i was a d.a. and i was but i was also a judge. they re somewhat more subdued. but the difference is palpable.