CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The release of convicted wife-killer Drew Peterson to attend his mother's funeral in Illinois was lawful and not related to his notoriety, officials say.
Peterson was escorted by sheriff's deputies on Oct. 11 when he went to a funeral home in a suburb of Chicago to view the body of his mother, Betty Morphey, who died at the age of 84, Chicago Sun-Times Media reported Wednesday.