3rd wife’s death ruled a homicide

The death of a former suburban Chicago police officer’s third wife has been ruled a homicide after a second autopsy showed she drowned, a prosecutor said in Joliet.

The death of Kathleen Savio four years ago was initially ruled an accident. She was found dead in her bathtub shortly before her divorce with Drew Peterson was finalized.

Savio’s body was exhumed late last year after he was named a person of interest in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy. Peterson, 54, has denied any involvement in either case, and he has not been charged with wrongdoing.