In Session The sidebar ends. Did you have occasion to work with her in a lab? Yes, I did. Did you see Kathy performing physical tasks in the laboratory? Yes, I did . . . the tasks involved learning how to perform blood pressure, moving a patient in a bed as you change the bed, raising and lowering hospital beds. Is that physically demanding? Yes. Objection/Sustained. Did you watch her perform those duties? Yes, I did. How did she perform them? Kathy was very competent at performing all of those things.
In Session Did you have an occasion in the fall of 03 to meet with Kathleen Savio in the laboratory area of Joliet Junior College? Yes. Where she confided something in you? Yes . . . right before Thanksgiving. What year was this? 2003 . . . she was wearing a long sleeve fleece-type top, with a collar . .. the collar was zipped, and the collar was up . . . she was . . . she was . . . she looked as if she was in shock. Did you have a conversation with her at that time? Yes, I did . . . during that conversation, before she said anything, she unzipped her top. Objection/Overruled. Did you see anything? Yes, I did. As I unzipped the top it opened, and I saw marks on her neck . .. a dark red color . . . there was a mark on either side of the neck, and one in the middle. So it was three marks on the neck. Did she tell you anything? Yes, she did. Objection/Overruled.
In Session She told me that the evening before she was coming down the stairs and her husband came in the house and he grabbed her by the neck and pinned her down. Did he say anything when he did that?: Yes, he did . . . Kathy told me, she said that her husband said, and I quote . .. she said her husband said to her, Why dont you just die? Do you know her husbands name? Drew Peterson. The witness says she advised Savio to call the police, and also offered for her and her sons to come and stay at her house. Did she take you up on that offer? No, she did not.
In Session On occasion, the witness walked Savio to her car. The time period would have been from October, further into the fall, after Thanksgiving . . . 2003. Do you recall her confiding with you a statement from her husband? Objection. The defense asks for a sidebar.