1a 12 13 La us Le a7 1s 19 20 22 22 23 2% 10 aL iz ls aa us ie iT 1a as 20 aa 22 23 a4 10 an 12 13 14 as 16 17 18 13 20 ar 22 23 24 19 a2 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 a. 22 23 24 21 22 23 24 La 1s 16 17 19 20 22 22 23 Okay. Any signs of a struggle noted az the scene that you're aware of? ‘A No, there was act o. Any ia ef a struggle or defense wounds noted to the decedent? A. No, there wae not. Q. Aad there wae & Iitele bis of blood in the tub from that laceration of the baek of her head, right? A. that’s correct, a. And a toxicclogy report was prepared £ the decedent, kathleen Savio? A. Yes, there wag. ¢ Bo you know what the results were? AL All negative. Q. Ave you aware of perhape any medications that ane may have bear taking er seeing a doctor for any particular condition? AL from the reports, there was indications that she took some type of antidepressant. MR. O/NBIL: Okay. Steve, did you ever see those medications? AUDIENCE MBMBSR: Yeah, she alsa took a little antiansiety, Xanax, a generic form of Xanax also. George E. Rydman & Assoc.,doliet, 1% (615) 727-4363 MR, O'NEIL: Was she seeing a doetar for that condition, Steve? believe so AUDIENCE MEMBER: 1 doz MR. O/NEIL: They're prescription medications, she probably would have had to go somewhere? AUDIENCE MEMBER: At one time, I believe, but ft believe, you know, you make a phone call, they renew it. 1 believe. BY MR, O'NEIL o Any ingurance, big insurance policies thar Trew would aave been able to profit by that you're aware of? A. None that I'm aware of MR, O'NEIL: Any financial gain, any insurance policy? AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes, there was actually a very large, it was a hundred -- Brew tock out a hundred thousand doliar policy She also had a one million dollar policy that I'm not sure if he knew that she had changed. Me was the original beneficiary. she did change it to -- down the road ro put her boyo, plug her equity in the house, which was worth a little over 300,000. Tt was paid for. But he waa trying to claim the whole house on joint a George E. Rydman & Assoc.,dolicc, TL (825) 727-4363 tenancy, which should have been hers. it was pretty much a deal that wae cut between them. Yeah, 0 there was a lot of financial gain. MR. O'NEIL: $0 the boys, they stand to inherit a millien dellars on a life insurance policy? Well, if they get everything AUDIENCE MEMBE that she should have gotten in the diverce, probably close to 1.5. MR, O'NEILL: The boys? AUDIENCE MEMBER: Well, right now, Put we don’t know. I took hin to court because he tried to claim everything, and = wanted everything frozen until thio was done and wanted the diverce to procead and everything, All proceeds from the diverce I wanted put in trust for the boys, but he’s fighting ne He'a trying to claim it, so that's undetermined yet. MR. O/NEIL: What did he right now -- what does he have to gain as a result of ker death? AUDIENCE MEMBER: He wants the whcle house, wanted to be named executor of the aseets, which means he would have controlled the one million @oliar policy, and plus he also took out a separate policy himself on her, the one hundred thousand. He said he wanted te sell her heuse, pay his off, and open a bar, That's what he said at the wake anyway, MR. O' NEIL: You saw this insurance policy? AUDIENCE MEMBER: I talked te the company. f talked to the agent MR. O'NEIL: Did you tell the police about that policy? AUDIENCE MEMBER: Called and left messages, nobody ever called me back, It’s Old Republic Insurance. AUDIENCE MEMBER: We were never questioned by the state police. MR, O'NEIL: I saw a réport in the coroner's that you called and we had asked you te contact them, AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes MR. O/NEIL: Did you talk to them? AUDIENCE MEMBER: No, I didn’t. Well, actually I called them myself to find out what was happening as far aa the investigation, what was going on, and they would just, you know, you know, talk to me. MR. O’NEIL: You did talk to them? AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes. BY MR. O'NEILL: Q. Were there any signs of any break-in or anything? A No, there was not. Q Any weapons discovered, blunt force-type weapons, anything found? zB No, there was not. Q. Any signs of a struggle in the residence, in other parts of the house? I know she had this laceration on the back of her head. Does it appear as though her death occurred right im the tub? A. Yes, it did. Q. Right there? Even where the laceration occurred, it would have bled if dt occurred ia ancther part of the house? A Yes, it would have. Q. Did you find any signs of fcul play during the course of your investigation? AL No, sir, we did not. a. Special Agent Hardy, I'm going to ask you to summarize the police investigation, if you could, please, and what revealed as to how Kathleen Savio came to her death. You may need to repeat some of your prioxy testimony or you may need to add some 20 George E. Rydman & Assoc.,Joliet, IL (815) 727-4363 portions that you felt perhaps I failed co ask you. TE you could summarize it for the jury, please. A. Okay. On March 2nd, approximately midnight, we were notified by the Solingbrock Police Department of a death investigation of a death that occurred at 392 Pheasant Chase Drive. We were also told that the person, the deceased individual. & er husband wag a sergeant on the Belingbrook Police Department, and they asked us for our assistance in this investigation, at which time we did respond. A couple of eur agents reeponded initially to it, did thedy investigation, at which time they called out crime scene techs who processed the scene, And after that was completed, Kathleen was removed from the residence and transported to the -- to the county morgue. At that time our investigation continued, at which time we spoke to all the neighbors in the general vicinity. We spoke te the boyfriend, we talked to the x-husband. Q You spoke to the X-husband’s wife, too, correct, his new wife? A. Yes, one of our agents did, yes. 1