Pathologist testifies that Kathleen Savio was murdered

Position in tub makes it unlikely she drowned accidentally, Larry Blum says
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Chicago tribune

By Steve Schmadeke

chicagotribune.com
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February 5, 2010
Kathleen Savio's 2004 bathtub drowning death was murder, a state-hired pathologist testified Friday, in part because he believed injuries to the front, back and sides of her body could not have been caused accidentally. Dr. Larry Blum performed a second autopsy on Savio's body...

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...Blum said the position of Savio's body in the tub — facedown with both feet pressed hard against the tub wall, her toes hyperextended — made it "highly, highly unlikely" she drowned accidentally. Judging from the flow of blood, it appeared a 1-inch gash on the back of her head was inflicted after her body settled in the tub, Blum said...

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(This makes me sick) Peterson leaned in and squinted when autopsy photos of his third wife were shown on a computer monitor. He seemed to take copious notes...

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Blum testified the alleged murder scene was "pristine" with little blood, no splashed water and nothing around the tub knocked over..."
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State police investigator says no evidence gathered at Savio death scene:

State Investigator Robert Deel said he had been handling crime scene investigations for about one year when he was called to Savio's Bolingbrook house in the overnight hours of March 1, 2004...Deel also testified that after Stacy Peterson's disappearance in 2007, he was asked by Will County prosecutors to never again process a crime scene in their county. Also,

Master Sgt. Bryon Falat was taken off the investigation March 10 for objecting to lack of investigation.

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