Several Savio family members specifically mentioned Stacy when they addressed reporters late Thursday afternoon in Joliet.
They stood by their client, who defiantly claimed in court that he didn't kill Savio.
Authorities exhumed Savio's body and conducted a second autopsy, this time ruling her death a homicide.
He called Peterson's remarks "pathetic, " especially in how he "attacked" Savio and her mental state.
Savio's family members told the judge they hoped she was somehow watching Thursday's proceedings.
Drew Peterson had Savio arrested twice for domestic violence, though she was found not guilty in both cases.
Savio was found dead in her dry, clean bathtub on March 1, 2004.
Rather than blunting her credibility, the witness stressed to jurors that Stacy Peterson seemed to truly believe her husband killed Savio.
Savio's death was initially ruled an accident, after neighbors found the 40-year-old aspiring nurse's body in a dry bathtub at home.
Savio and Peterson filed for divorce from each other that October, and their relationship remained contentious for the next several years.
Drew Peterson picked up his two sons from Savio's home on February 27, 2004, spending the next two days with them.
Bolingbrook, Illinois, police records indicate officers were called to Savio's home 18 times to intervene in domestic fights from 2002 to 2004.
Peterson, 58, was married to Savio in 2001 when he had an affair with then-17-year-old Stacy Kales, who later became Stacy Peterson.
Savio's family also testified in that coroner's jury hearing that Savio feared her ex-husband, who stood to benefit financially from her death.
"There is no evidence that links Drew Peterson to the death of Kathleen Savio or anyone else for that matter, " Brodsky said.
Boilingbrook, Illinois, police records indicate officers were called to Savio's home 18 times to intervene in domestic fights from 2002 to 2004.
The ex-suburban police officer was sentenced for murdering Kathleen Savio in 2004.
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When Savio was found dead in 2004, her death was ruled accidental.
The investigation into Stacy Peterson's disappearance brought renewed interest in Savio's death.
But Savio edged Real ahead in the 85th minute and countryman Roberto Carlos hit the third in the final minute of the game.
Two goals in the last five minutes from Brazilians Savio and Roberto Carlos gave trouble-torn Real Madrid a important 3-1 win over Rosenborg.
It was Stacy Peterson's 2007 disappearance that prompted authorities to take another look at Savio's death and eventually reclassify it as a homicide.
Martin Glink, an attorney for the Savio family, said relatives were glad the grand jury felt there was enough evidence to charge Peterson.
"It's not over for us, but of course, a win for the Savio family is a win for the Stacy Peterson family, " Bosco said.
His sudden explosion of fury Thursday as he stepped up to address the judge who would sentence him for Savio's 2004 death left spectators gasping.
Above all, Peterson loudly insisted that he did not kill Savio.
Peterson was married to Savio in 2001 when he met then 17-year-old Stacy Kales (who later became Stacy Peterson), and those two began having an affair.
That ruling overturned an earlier judge's decision that forbid prosecutors from using eight statements made by Savio before her death and by Stacy Peterson before her disappearance.
Savio Chow, managing director of Asian operations for U.S.-based Yahoo!
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