reverend neil schori, a pastor at stacy's church, reported that stacy had told him that drew had killed savio and had made it look like an accident, and that she was afraid of her husband. stacy had provided drew's alibi for his whereabouts on the evening on which savio died. peterson's trial, proceeding in july 2012, was jeopardized when prosecutors attempted to introduce evidence that was not allowed. "the chicago tribune" reported that the judge would rule on a mistrial on august 2, 2012. on august 15, peterson told a judge that he wanted to withdraw a request for a mistrial. his lawyers said that he wanted the current jury to decide if he killed his third wife. on september 6, peterson was convicted of killing savio. on february 21, 2013, he was denied a mistrial and sentenced to 38 years in prison.