>> DREW PETERSON.
>> I WALK INTO EVERYWHERE I GO,
AND THERE'S THIS LITTLE HUM THAT
GOES THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT.
"THERE'S DREW PETERSON."
"THERE'S DREW PETERSON."
"THERE'S DREW PETERSON."
>> FIRST, THERE WAS CAROL.
>> HE LIKED TO BRAG THAT HE'D
HAVE TO LIE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND TO
GO HOME AND SEE HIS WIFE.
>> THEN, THERE WAS KYLE.
>> I WAS 20 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS A COP.
HE TOOK ME TO BARS.
>> AFTER KYLE CAME VICKI.
>> I LOVE YOU, TOO.
>> HERE COMES HER WHITE KNIGHT
IN SHINING ARMOR.
>> THEN, DREW SWEPT UP KATHLEEN.
>> SHE WAS A LOT OF FUN.
VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
>> AND FINALLY, STACY.
>> DREW WENT AFTER STACY AS A
TROPHY ALMOST.
SHE WAS 30 YEARS YOUNGER THAN
HIM.
"LOOK WHAT I GOT.
I HAVE THIS TEENAGE GIRLFRIEND."
>> NOW ONE OF THESE WOMEN IS
MISSING, ANOTHER IS DEAD, AND
DREW PETERSON STANDS ACCUSED.
>> BASED ON THE MEDIA COVERAGE,
I'M AS GUILTY AS THEY COME.
>> THREE WORDS THAT I WOULD USE
TO DESCRIBE DREW ARE
EGOTISTICAL, SNEAKY, ARROGANT.
>> MANIPULATIVE, CONTROLLING.
>> DELUSIONAL.
CONNIVING.
>> DREW PETERSON IS A COVERT
MONSTER, NARCISSIST.
>> I CAN LOOK RIGHT IN YOUR EYE
AND SAY I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
EITHER OF THOSE INCIDENCES.
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>> IN LATE FEBRUARY OF 2004,
DREW PETERSON'S KIDS FROM A
PREVIOUS MARRIAGE WERE AT HIS
HOUSE FOR A WEEKEND VISITATION.
>> AFTER THE WEEKEND WAS OVER,
SUNDAY NIGHT, DREW TRIED TO
RETURN HIS SONS TO KATHLEEN, BUT
NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR, SO HE
BROUGHT THEM BACK HOME.
HE SPENT ALL DAY MONDAY, HE
SAYS, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE
SHE IS, LOCATE HER SO HE CAN
BRING HIS SONS BACK.
SHE DOESN'T ANSWER THE PHONE.
>> HE DOESN'T USE HIS RADIO AND
SAY, "I NEED SOME BACKUP.
SOMETHING'S WRONG.
MY FORMER WIFE ISN'T ANSWERING
THE DOOR OR THE TELEPHONE."
GOES TO A NEIGHBOR AND SAYS,
"COME WITH ME.
WE NEED TO GO TO MY FORMER
WIFE'S HOUSE."
>> A LOCKSMITH ARRIVES AND
UNLOCKS THE FRONT DOOR.
DREW IS RELUCTANT TO GO INSIDE,
HE SAYS, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW,
THE ACRIMONIOUS DIVORCE
PROCEDURE WHERE KATHLEEN'S
CALLED THE POLICE ON HIM
NUMEROUS TIMES.
>> HE HAD HIS NEIGHBOR THERE,
AND HE SENT EVERYBODY,
ALLEGEDLY -- "OKAY, YOU GO
UPSTAIRS.
YOU GO OVER HERE.
YOU GO OVER HERE."
>> SO, THE NEIGHBORS GO IN.
THEY CAN'T FIND KATHLEEN.
THEY GO UPSTAIRS, AND THEN THEY
DO FIND HER.
>> THERE'S NO WATER IN THE TUB.
SHE'S SLUMPED OVER.
SHE'S GOT A GASH ON THE BACK OF
THE HEAD.
THERE'S BLOOD THAT JUST KIND OF
LINES THE TUB.
>> SHE PREDICTED HER OWN DEATH.
>> DREW'S EX-WIFE, KATHY, HAD
WRITTEN A LETTER TO AUTHORITIES.
>> NOT ONLY DID SHE DETAIL DREW
BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE AND
MENACING HER WITH A KNIFE,
THREATENING HER, SHE SAID, "DREW
KNOWS HOW TO MANIPULATE THE
SYSTEM.
HIS NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE AWAY MY
CHILDREN OR TO KILL ME INSTEAD."
>> DREW PETERSON WAS BORN ON
JANUARY 6, 1954, IN OAK PARK,
ILLINOIS, THE ELDEST OF THREE
CHILDREN TO BETTY
AND PAUL PETERSON.
>> DREW'S FATHER WAS MILITARY.
DREW'S FATHER WAS MARINE.
DREW'S FATHER RAN A TIGHT
HOUSEHOLD.
>> IT WAS A VERY STRICT
UPBRINGING.
THERE WERE A LOT OF RIGID RULES
TO FOLLOW IN THE HOUSE.
>> DREW WAS DRIVEN TO ACHIEVE.
>> THE PARENTS WERE NOT WEALTHY,
BUT THEY BENT OVER TO MAKE SURE
THAT HE COULD GET A PILOT'S
LICENSE WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.
TO GET A PILOT'S LICENSE AT 17,
YOU'VE GOT TO WORK VERY HARD.
>> DREW ALSO APPLIED HIMSELF IN
MARTIAL ARTS.
>> DREW WAS PRETTY GIFTED IN
KARATE.
COUPLE OF BLACK BELTS, AND HE
WAS AN EXPERT IN TAE KWON DO AND
THE CIRCLE SYSTEM OF DEFENSE.
>> THE HARD WORKER ALSO HAD A
REPUTATION FOR CLOWNING AROUND.
HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS ALWAYS
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.
HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT ALWAYS TOLD
THE BEST JOKES.
>> DREW WOULD GO UP TO A
GOOD-LOOKING GIRL AND SAY IN
FRONT OF EVERYBODY, USUALLY WHEN
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A
CROWD, DREW WOULD SAY, "I BET I
COULD KISS YOU ON THE LIPS
WITHOUT TOUCHING YOU.
'COURSE EVERYONE WOULD GO, "NAH,
THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.
I BET YOU CAN'T."
AND HE GOES, "YEAH, I BET A
QUARTER I CAN KISS YOU ON THE
LIPS, AND I WON'T EVEN TOUCH
YOU."
>> EVERYONE'S LIKE, "OKAY, LET'S
SEE IT," YOU KNOW?
HE WOULD GET CLOSER, FACE
CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER, AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN, PLANT A KISS ON HER
LIPS, BACK OFF, SMILE, PUT THE
QUARTER IN HER HAND, AND SAY, "I
LOSE," AND WALK OFF.
>> BY THE TIME DREW GRADUATED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE HAD A
STEADY GIRLFRIEND.
>> DREW AND CAROL HAMILTON MET
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND FELL IN LOVE
AND WANTED TO GET MARRIED.
>> DREW OBVIOUSLY WAS OLD
ENOUGH -- A COUPLE YEARS OLDER.
BUT CAROL NEEDED TO GET
PERMISSION 'CAUSE SHE WAS, I
BELIEVE, 17 OR UNDER.
AND SO THE PARENTS BOTH HAD TO
APPROVE IT.
ALL THE PARENTS WERE APPROVING
AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATING THAT
THEY WERE GETTING MARRIED, EVEN
AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
AND DREW WAS PLANNING ON GOING
INTO THE SERVICE AT THAT TIME.
>> IN 1974, DREW AND HIS NEW
YOUNG WIFE, CAROL, MOVED TO
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, WHERE HE
WAS STATIONED IN THE ARMY.
>> HE MADE THE MILITARY
POLICE -- NOT ONLY THE MILITARY
POLICE, BUT MORE OF A DECORATED
ASPECT OF THE MILITARY POLICE
WHERE, IF THE PRESIDENT WOULD
COME OR THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN,
OMAR BRADLEY OR WHATEVER, DREW'S
DETACHMENT WAS A PART OF THE
WHOLE SHOW.
>> HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS
MILITARY SERVICE.
HE BRAGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
GUARDING THE KING OF SIAM,
PRESIDENT FORD.
>> HE WAS GUARDING GERALD FORD,
AND THE PRESIDENT TRIPPED, AND
HE LAUGHED.
THAT'S NOT BEING A JOKESTER.
THAT'S FINDING BAD HUMOR IN
SOMETHING.
>> DURING THE COURSE OF DREW'S
MILITARY SERVICE, HIS WIFE,
CAROL, GAVE BIRTH TO TWO SONS.
HIS KIDS WERE KEPT IN LINE,
ALMOST IN A MILITARY KIND OF
FASHION.
THAT'S HOW HE RULED HIS HOME.
>> AFTER COMPLETING HIS TWO-YEAR
TERM IN THE ARMY...
DREW GOT A JOB AS A PATROL
OFFICER FOR THE BOLINGBROOK,
ILLINOIS, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WITHIN A YEAR, HE WAS PROMOTED
TO THE METRO AREA NARCOTICS
SQUAD OR "MANS."
>> IT'S KIND OF AN ELITE JOB.
YOU'RE UNDERCOVER.
YOU'RE A COWBOY OUT SELLING
DRUGS TO DRUG USERS AND BUYING
DRUGS FROM DRUG DEALERS, KICKING
IN DOORS, DOING RAIDS.
YOU GET TO DRESS THE PART, YOU
KNOW, WITH THE SHAGGY BEARD
AND THE LONG HAIR.
IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF POLICE
OFFICERS ASPIRE TO DO.
>> IN THAT CAPACITY, HE WOULD
HAVE HAD TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF
CUNNING, A SENSE OF CONNIVING
AND MANIPULATING AND LYING TO
GET THE BUST THAT HE WAS LOOKING
FOR.
>> HE WASN'T IN AN OFFICE.
HE WASN'T WEARING A UNIFORM.
HE HAD AN ALTER EGO.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS MEETING A LOT
OF WOMEN, SLEEPING WITH A LOT OF
THEM, ACCORDING TO HIM.
HE LIKED TO BRAG THAT HE'D HAVE
TO LIE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND TO GO
HOME AND SEE HIS WIFE.
DREW CLAIMS THAT HE AND ONE OF
HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE NARCOTICS
SQUAD -- ONE WOULD BE A BAD GUY,
GO IN AND BOTHER A GIRL IN A
BAR, AND THEN DREW WOULD COME IN
AND RESCUE HER FROM HIS FRIEND
AND, YOU KNOW, SWEEP HER OFF HER
FEET.
AND THAT'S KIND OF DREW'S M.O.
>> DREW'S A WOMANIZER.
HE'S KIND OF THE, PARDON ME, THE
[BLEEP] THAT CAN STRUT, YOU
KNOW?
"COME GET ME, LADIES."
AND HE'S GOT THIS REALLY
WONDERFUL, LIKE, CHARISMATIC,
YOU KNOW -- "I'M WONDERFUL."
>> DREW'S WIFE, CAROL, CAUGHT ON
TO HIS CHEATING, AND IN 1980,
THE TWO DIVORCED.
NOW SINGLE, THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS
ON THE PROWL.
>> SOMEONE HAD RAN OFF WITHOUT
PAYING FOR THEIR GAS, AND HE WAS
THE OFFICER THAT CAME AND MADE
THE CALL.
HE WAS CHARMING, FUNNY.
JUST ASKED IF I WAS AVAILABLE TO
DATE, AND IT WENT FROM THERE.
I WAS 20 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS A COP.
HE TOOK ME TO BARS.
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T OLD ENOUGH TO
BE IN BARS.
ONE NIGHT WE HAD GONE TO A BAR
SOMEWHERE, AND WE WERE DANCING,
AND ONE SIDE OF THE BAR WAS
MIRRORED.
AND HE SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME
WHEN WE WERE DANCING LOOKING AT
HIMSELF -- PRIMPING, BUT NOT
REALLY HAVING ANYTHING TO PRIMP
WITH.
HE WAS AN OUTGOING, FUNNY, FUN
PERSON.
MY FAMILY LIKED HIM.
HE GOT ALONG WITH EVERYONE.
SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS.
>> AFTER ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF
DATING, THEY WERE ENGAGED.
>> WHEN I WAS WITH HIM, HE WAS A
VERY GOOD DAD.
HE WAS VERY CONSCIENTIOUS.
IF HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HIS
KIDS, HE ALWAYS HAD HIS KIDS.
HE EXPECTED ME TO HAVE THEM WITH
HIM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF ODD,
BECAUSE I WAS ONLY 20, AND I
REALLY WASN'T READY FOR THAT.
BUT HE WAS A VERY ATTENTIVE DAD.
HE WAS VERY CARING.
HE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF HIS
SONS.
>> KYLE AND DREW SOON BEGAN
HAVING PROBLEMS.
>> WHENEVER I WOULD GO OUT WITH
OTHER PEOPLE AND HE WASN'T
THERE, I WOULD GET QUESTIONED
WHEN I GOT HOME -- YOU KNOW,
WHAT WAS I DOING? WHO WAS I
DANCING WITH?
AND FOR ME, I HAD NEVER BEEN IN
A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY
THAT WAS SO SUSPICIOUS.
HE WOULD -- AND I DIDN'T REALIZE
IT AT THE TIME HOW WEIRD IT WAS,
BUT I WOULD GO TO, LIKE, AN
EXERCISE CLASS WITH MY MOTHER,
AND HE'D SAY, "YEAH, I DROVE
BY, AND I SAW YOU GUYS, AND YOU
LOOKED HORRIBLE.
YOU LOOKED REALLY FAT."
THOSE WERE THE TYPES OF THINGS
THAT FOR ME MADE IT ODD OR MADE
ME START QUESTIONING, IS THIS
PERSON REALLY THE PERSON I WANT
TO BE WITH?
>> MORRISON TOLD DREW SHE WANTED
TO CALL OFF THE ENGAGEMENT.
>> THAT ENDED UP IN A VERBAL
ALTERCATION OF HIM CALLING ME
NAMES, AND SOMEHOW WE GOT IN A
SCUFFLE.
HE PUSHED ME OVER HIS COCKTAIL
TABLE, HELD ME ON THE FLOOR WITH
HIS ARMS ON MY -- OR HIS KNEES
ON MY ARMS, WHICH UPSET ME.
I WAS VERY UPSET.
I WAS 20 YEARS OLD, NEVER BEEN
TREATED LIKE THAT, HAD NEVER HAD
ANYONE DO THAT KIND OF THING TO
ME.
I WAS HYSTERICAL AND UPSET.
HE FINALLY DID LET ME UP.
I LEFT AND WENT HOME, CALLED THE
POLICE.
THE OFFICER THEY SENT OVER,
THOUGH, WAS A FRIEND OF HIS THAT
I KNEW, THAT WE HUNG OUT WITH
FREQUENTLY, AND BASICALLY JUST
SAID, YOU KNOW, "HE'S UPSET.
HE'S HURT."
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
"WE'RE NOT GONNA PURSUE THIS."
AND I WENT ALONG WITH IT.
>> THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS OVER,
BUT SHE WASN'T YET FREE OF DREW.
>> IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD YEAR
AND A HALF AFTER I HAD LEFT
BOLINGBROOK, HIM AND OTHER
OFFICERS HAD WRITTEN TICKETS FOR
MY CAR, BUT NEVER PUT THEM ON
THE CAR.
THERE WAS A WARRANT FOR MY
ARREST FOR PARKING TICKETS THAT
I HADN'T PAID.
AND SHOW UP TO WORK ONE MORNING,
AND DREW PULLS UP IN HIS SQUAD
CAR WITH A FEMALE OFFICER AND
SAYS I'M UNDER ARREST.
>> PIRY WENT TO COURT, AND THE
CHARGES AGAINST HER WERE
DROPPED.
BUT THE MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED.
>> I EVEN KNEW THEN IT WAS A
POWER THING.
HE DID IT FOR THE FUN OF SAYING,
"I CAN DO THIS.
I CAN PULL YOU OVER.
I CAN HARASS YOU."
>> AFTER HIS SPLIT WITH KYLE,
DREW MET 23-YEAR-OLD
VICTORIA CONNOLLY.
>> DREW AND VICKI MET AT
SUNDANCER'S BAR, WHICH WAS A NEW
BAR IN BOLINGBROOK.
HE WANTED HER PHONE NUMBER,
WHICH SHE WOULD NOT GIVE OUT.
SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, LOOK, I'M
GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE.
I'M SEPARATED FROM MY HUSBAND."
AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, IT'S
COMPLICATED."
SO SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE'D BE
BACK TO THE BAR THE NEXT
WEEKEND.
WELL, IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS
LATER SHE WENT BACK, AND DREW
WAS THERE AGAIN.
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, ONCE
AGAIN, HE WANTED HER PHONE
NUMBER, SO VICKI ENDED UP GIVING
HIM HER WORK PHONE NUMBER.
THE VERY NEXT WEEK, VICKI STARTS
GETTING CARDS AND NOTES AND
FLOWERS AT WORK.
>> HE ROMANCED HER, DANCED WITH
HER, SWEPT HER OFF HER FEET.
>> I LOVE YOU, TOO.
>> YEAH? HOW MUCH?
>> WITH ALL MY HEART.
>> VICKI SAID THAT ONE OF THE
BIG THINGS FOR HER WAS THAT HE
ALWAYS SAID THAT SHE WAS
HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL, AND VICKI
IS ABSOLUTELY A STUNNING WOMAN.
I MEAN, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO, WITHIN A COUPLE OF
MONTHS, HE WANTED TO MARRY HER.
DREW WANTED TO GET MARRIED
BEFORE VICKI'S DIVORCE WAS
FINAL, AND HE WANTED TO PLAN
THIS BIG WEDDING.
AND VICKI WAS MORTIFIED, AND SHE
SAID, "IT'S NOT EVEN LEGAL, AND,
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE DIVORCED
FIRST."
HER MAJOR CONCERN WAS THE FACT
THAT IF SOMETHING STALLED AND
THE DIVORCE DIDN'T GET FINALIZED
IS THEY HAD ALREADY SENT OUT
INVITATIONS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT -- I MEAN, THIS WAS A BIG
SHINDIG.
AND SO, IT ENDED UP GOING WELL,
AND THE DIVORCE FINALIZED ON
TIME.
DREW AND VICKI WERE MARRIED ON
OCTOBER 2nd OF THAT YEAR.
SO, VERY, VERY QUICK COURTSHIP.
>> THE COUPLE PURCHASED A BAR
TOGETHER.
THEN, THERE WAS A CONTROVERSY AT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> WHILE DREW WAS WORKING AS AN
UNDERCOVER NARCOTICS AGENT, HE
WAS BOTH FIRED FROM THE
BOLINGBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND ALSO INDICTED ON FELONY
CHARGES FOR SUPPOSEDLY NOT
REPORTING A BRIBE.
HE WAS MIXED UP WITH A LOCAL
LOAN SHARK -- A MAN WHO WAS
CONVICTED OF MURDERING A COP
NAMED ANTHONY "BINDY" ROCK.
BINDY SAYS DREW TRIED TO COERCE
HIM INTO SELLING COCAINE, THAT
DREW WAS STEALING FROM HIS
RAIDS.
DREW DENIES THIS.
>> THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED DUE
TO LACK OF EVIDENCE.
DREW WAS DEMOTED TO PATROL
SERGEANT, EARNING A LOWER
PAYCHECK.
>> THEY WENT AHEAD AND SOLD
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, MOVED TO
ANOTHER PLACE -- A SMALLER HOME.
>> THERE WERE ALSO MORE SERIOUS
PROBLEMS AT HOME, ACCORDING TO
VICKI'S DAUGHTER FROM A PREVIOUS
MARRIAGE.
>> SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS
PHYSICALLY ABUSED.
DREW ADMITS THAT HE WAS A STRICT
DISCIPLINARIAN, AS HE WAS WITH
HIS OWN KIDS.
HE DENIES ANY ABUSE, PHYSICAL
ABUSE.
>> THEY WERE FIGHTING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT DREW WANTED TO BE
FIRST AND PRIMARILY THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF VICKI'S LIFE,
AND SHE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO
HIM THAT SHE HAD A CHILD AND
THAT THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE, THAT
SHE WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE MORE
IMPORTANT.
WHAT THAT TURNED INTO WAS HIM
GRABBING VICKI AROUND THE WAIST
AND THROWING HER TO THE FLOOR,
GRABBING A GUN OFF OF THE
REFRIGERATOR AND PLACING IT TO
HER TEMPLE AND LITERALLY SAYING,
"I CAN KILL YOU AND MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE AN ACCIDENT."
>> THE TENSIONS AT HOME WOULD
SOON CAUSE DREW TO SEEK COMFORT
FROM ANOTHER WOMAN.
KATHLEEN SAVIO -- A BEAUTIFUL
WOMAN.
DOE-EYED, LONG HAIR.
SHE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT.
SHE WAS ALSO GOING TO SCHOOL TO
BECOME A NURSE.
>> DURING THE DATE, HE ADMITTED
HE WAS MARRIED.
>> DREW PETERSON SAID, "I'M
DIVORCING HER.
SHE'S A HEROIN ADDICT."
NOW, THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING,
BECAUSE WHAT HE DID WAS HE SET
THE STAGE, KNOWING THAT SHE
WOULD NEVER FIND OUT, GO TO THIS
WOMAN, ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
SHE WOULD NEVER WANT THIS WOMAN
NEAR HER BECAUSE SHE'S A "HEROIN
ADDICT."
VICKI FIGURED OUT THAT DREW HAD
SKIPPED HER BIRTHDAY TO GO ON A
DATE.
>> SHE WAS AT HER BIRTHDAY
PARTY, AND DREW NEVER SHOWED UP.
I MEAN, HE WAS OUT, HE JUST
NEVER SHOWED UP, AND HE NEVER
CAME HOME.
CHECKING CELLPHONES AND THINGS,
SHE FOUND A PHONE NUMBER ON HIS
CELLPHONE BILL.
IT ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING
KATHLEEN SAVIO.
PRETTY MUCH REGISTERED IN HER
MIND THAT HE WAS CHEATING ON
HER.
>> THE PATTERN TO ME SEEMED LIKE
ONE'S NOT EVEN OUT, AND HE'S GOT
ANOTHER ONE IN THERE, READY TO
GO.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO
HAVE A PARTNER, AND HE WILL GO
TO ANY LENGTH TO GET THAT
PARTNER.
KATHLEEN BECAME HIS NEW PARTNER.
THEY FELL MADLY IN LOVE.
THEY WENT EVERYWHERE
TOGETHER, AND IT WAS LIKE THEY
WERE GLUED TOGETHER.
>> SHE WAS A LOT OF FUN.
VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
>> VICKI FILED FOR DIVORCE, BUT
SHE CONTINUED TO WORK AT THE BAR
SHE OWNED WITH DREW.
>> ON MARCH 1st, PRIOR TO THE
DIVORCE BEING FINALIZED IN ANY
WAY, VICKI WAS WORKING AT THE
BAR.
DREW CAME IN EARLY THAT NIGHT,
WHICH WAS NOT TYPICAL, AND DREW
CAME UP AND SAID, "HEY, YOU
KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND
LEAVE EARLY?"
THE FIRST THING VICKI THOUGHT
WAS, "OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON,
'CAUSE YOU NEVER WANT ME TO
LEAVE EARLY.
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHERE I AM.
YOU HAVE SURVEILLANCE ON ME.
YOU KNOW EVERY MOVE I MAKE."
BUT THEN AGAIN, SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO QUESTION IT BECAUSE SHE GOT
TO LEAVE THE BAR EARLY.
>> THE ROUTE HOME WAS DOWN A
COUNTRY ROAD.
>> IT HAD STARTED RAINING
SLIGHTLY.
SOMETHING FLASHED ACROSS THE
ROAD.
VICKI SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES.
SHE JERKED THE WHEEL.
THERE WERE NO BRAKES.
THE CAR ROLLED THREE TIMES.
EACH TIME THE CAR ROLLED, SHE
KEPT THINKING, "DID HE TRY AND
KILL ME?"
VICKI'S FACE WAS INVERTED.
HER NOSE HAD BEEN PRESSED IN
BACKWARDS.
AND SO, IN A COMA FOR A WEEK TO
10 DAYS.
COMING OUT OF THAT, TO HAVE HAD
SURGERY AFTER SURGERY JUST TO
PUT HER FACE BACK TOGETHER,
IT BECAME VERY CLEAR TO HER THAT
GETTING OUT ALIVE WOULD TAKE
BOWING DOWN TO ANYTHING.
THERE WOULD BE NO FIGHTING FOR
MONEY, NO FIGHTING FOR PROPERTY.
WHEN SHE LAID IT DOWN ON THE
LINE AND JUST SAID, "YOU KNOW, I
JUST WANT OUT, TAKE WHATEVER YOU
WANT," VICKI GOT TO LEAVE THE
MARRIAGE.
>> THE DIVORCE WAS FINAL IN
WEEKS.
DREW BOUGHT VICKI'S HALF OF THE
BAR.
>> SHE SAID THAT AFTER THEY
DIVORCED, HE WOULD SHOW UP AT
HER HOUSE.
SHE WOKE UP AT NIGHT, HE WAS
STANDING OVER HER BED.
NEVER SAID A WORD -- JUST STARED
DOWN AT HER AND THEN LEFT, WHICH
IS KIND OF CREEPY.
>> AT THE SAME TIME, DREW'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH KATHY GREW
STRONGER.
>> ONE MORNING IN BED, HE
PROPOSED TO HER, PUT A RING ON
HER FINGER.
SHE TELLS HER FAMILY WHEN SHE'S
ELATED OVER THE NEWS THAT, YOU
KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA GET MARRIED,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE'S GOT A GOOD JOB.
HE MAKES ME FEEL SECURE.
THIS IS GREAT."
>> THEY MARRIED TWO MONTHS LATER
ON MAY 3, 1992.
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, KATHY
GAVE BIRTH TO TWO SONS BORN 19
MONTHS APART.
>> AT FIRST IT WAS VERY
ROMANTIC.
AFTER SHE HAD CHILDREN, THE
HORMONES KICKED IN, AND AGAIN,
AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER WITH
HER.
>> THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE A
LITTLE BIT, ACCORDING TO
ACCOUNTS.
SHE WAS BECOMING MORE AND MORE
ISOLATED FROM FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
YOU KNOW WHEN SHE WAS HEAVY --
LOSING THE WEIGHT, BABY FAT --
HE STARTED CALLING HER NAMES,
STARTED TELLING HER SHE WASN'T
ATTRACTIVE.
KIND OF LIKE, "I'M DONE WITH
YOU."
>> HIS SON, ERIC, TOLD OF
VIOLENT EPISODES BETWEEN HIS
FATHER AND HIS STEPMOTHER,
KATHLEEN -- HOW DREW WOULD DRAG
KATHLEEN INTO THE HOUSE BY HER
HAIR, DRAGGED HER DOWN THE
BASEMENT STAIRS, SHUT THE DOOR
BEHIND THEM.
HE DESCRIBED THE NOISE OF THE
BEATING GOING ON IN THE BASEMENT
AS "A TRAIN GOING THROUGH THE
HOUSE."
>> ALLEGEDLY, ACCORDING TO
FAMILY MEMBERS, SHE WAS KEPT
SILENT BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE
WITH HER BOYS.
SHE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYBODY
OVER.
NOBODY REALLY KNEW HER AT ALL.
SHE WASN'T CLOSE TO ANYBODY.
PETERSON KEPT HER ISOLATED.
>> AFTER 10 YEARS OF MARRIAGE,
DREW BEGAN SEEING 17-YEAR-OLD
STACY CALES.
>> SHE MET DREW WHILE SHE WAS
WORKING AS A DESK CLERK AT A
HOTEL.
HE AND ANOTHER OF HIS PARTNERS
WOULD GO ON THEIR NIGHTLY
ROUNDS, AND THAT'S HOW THEY MET
HER.
>> STACY COMES FROM A VERY, VERY
SAD, TRAGIC FAMILY SITUATION.
>> HER MOM WAS CONVICTED OF
NEGLECT ON HER BROTHER.
IN 1986, HER SISTER, JESSICA,
HAD DIED WHEN SHE WAS 2 YEARS
OLD IN A HOUSE FIRE.
>> WHEN STACY WAS YOUNG, HER
MOTHER LEFT HOME AND
DISAPPEARED.
>> STACY WAS 17 YEARS OLD,
ESSENTIALLY OUT ON HER OWN.
HER MOTHER HAD BEEN MISSING.
REALLY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF
ANYTHING AND REALLY NOWHERE TO
GO.
SHE'S GOT THIS GUY WITH MONEY
AND A HOUSE AND A CAR.
HE'S GONNA BUY HER A CAR, GET
HER AN APARTMENT.
HE'S GONNA TAKE HER ON TRIPS.
HE'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF HER.
I THINK THIS IS A GIRL WHO SAW
SOMETHING SHE COULD GRAB ONTO.
>> BECAUSE OF STACY'S
BACKGROUND, I DON'T THINK ANYONE
EVER REALLY REALIZED THAT THERE
WAS THAT SITUATION GOING ON --
THAT A MAN 30 YEARS HER SENIOR
WAS DATING HER AT SUCH A YOUNG
AGE.
YOU KNOW, STATUTORY RAPE LAWS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT -- I DON'T
EVEN THINK THEY WERE EVER
EXAMINED.
>> I THINK DREW WENT AFTER STACY
AS A TROPHY ALMOST.
I MEAN, SHE'S A TEENAGE
GIRL, YOU KNOW, WHO'S 30 YEARS
YOUNGER THAN HIM.
"LOOK WHAT I GOT.
I HAVE THIS TEENAGE GIRLFRIEND."
I GUESS THEY HAD SOME CHEMISTRY,
BECAUSE PRETTY SOON, DREW WAS
TAKING HER HOME TO HIS BASEMENT
WHERE HE LIVED SO THEY COULD
STAY TOGETHER WHILE HIS WIFE AND
CHILDREN WERE SLEEPING UPSTAIRS.
>> THERE WAS A REAL ATTRACTION
BETWEEN DREW AND STACY.
HE WILL FLIRT, PLAY AROUND.
AND THEN IF SOMEONE REALLY PAIRS
UP WITH HIM AND THERE'S A
CONNECTION SEXUALLY, THAT
RELATIONSHIP WILL DEVELOP.
>> DREW'S WIFE, KATHY, WOULD
SOON FIND OUT ABOUT THE AFFAIR,
LEADING TO ACCUSATIONS OF ABUSE
AND DEATH THREATS.
>> KATHLEEN RECEIVED AN
ANONYMOUS LETTER IN HER MAILBOX
TELLING HER ABOUT DREW HAVING A
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A
TEENAGE GIRL.
>> SHE WAS DISTURBED BY THE
LETTER.
I THINK SHE BROUGHT IT UP TO
DREW, BUT HE THEN, YOU KNOW,
TOLD HER TO DUMMY UP AND TAKE
CARE OF THE KIDS AND MIND YOUR
OWN BUSINESS.
>> HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER.
HE WAS IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
THAT'S A CRIME IN ILLINOIS.
>> I KNOW THAT KATHLEEN HAD SAID
TO ONE OF HER RELATIVES, "HE'S
DATING A CHILD."
>> KATHY FILED FOR DIVORCE.
>> SHE WOULD SHARE WITH ME
PERSONALLY THAT SHE WAS GOING
THROUGH A HORRIBLE DIVORCE,
THAT HE'S VERY MEAN TO HER,
THERE'S A LOT OF ARGUING,
YELLING, CARRYING ON.
AND I FELT BAD FOR HER.
>> KATHLEEN WANTED WHAT SHE SAW
AS HER FAIR SHARE OF THEIR
ASSETS, AND DREW DIDN'T WANT TO
GIVE UP WHAT KATHLEEN AND THE
JUDGE AND THE ATTORNEYS DECIDED
THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE.
>> BEFORE THE DIVORCE WAS FINAL,
DREW BOUGHT A HOUSE DOWN THE
STREET AND MOVED IN WITH HIS NEW
GIRLFRIEND, STACY.
>> HE BUYS A HOUSE JUST BLOCKS
AWAY -- LIKE A STONE THROW
AWAY.
>> DREW AND STACY WOULD SEEM TO
ENJOY TAUNTING KATHLEEN.
THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER WOULD
ROLLERBLADE BY HER HOUSE.
STACY WOULD DRIVE BY, GIVE THE
FINGER TO KATHLEEN, JUST TORMENT
THIS WOMAN WHO IS IN THE MIDST
OF AN EMOTIONAL DIVORCE.
>> KATHY MADE SOME SERIOUS
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DREW.
>> THERE WERE 18 CALLS TO THE
POLICE THAT KATHY MADE.
NOT ALL ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT WAS HE
WAS LATE WITH THE CHILDREN.
THERE WAS AN ALLEGATION OF
BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE, HOLDING
HER AT KNIFEPOINT.
THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY-ROOM
REPORT IN WHICH THE INJURIES
KATHLEEN SUSTAINED WERE
ATTRIBUTED TO A BEATING DREW HAD
GIVEN HER.
>> SHE WROTE A LETTER TO THE
WILL COUNTY ASSISTANT STATE'S
ATTORNEY.
>> IN THAT LETTER, NOT ONLY DID
SHE DETAIL DREW BREAKING INTO
HER HOUSE AND MENACING HER WITH
A KNIFE, THREATENING HER, SHE
PREDICTED HER OWN DEATH.
YOU KNOW, SHE SAID, "DREW KNOWS
HOW TO MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM.
HIS NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE AWAY MY
CHILDREN OR TO KILL ME INSTEAD."
>> DREW ALSO FILED COMPLAINTS,
CLAIMING IT WAS KATHY WHO WAS
ABUSIVE.
>> HAD HER ARRESTED -- EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS OFF DUTY, HAD HER
ARRESTED ON A DOMESTIC BATTERY
CHARGE, WHICH SHE WAS LATER
ACQUITTED OF.
>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING
THAT DREW PETERSON GOES TO SUCH
GREAT LENGTHS TO FILE A REPORT,
A POLICE REPORT, CALL THE
POLICE, HIS OWN DEPARTMENT, AND
HAVE HIS WIFE, KATHLEEN SAVIO --
STILL HIS WIFE, OR ESTRANGED
WIFE -- ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
>> KATHY FILED AN ORDER OF
PROTECTION AGAINST DREW.
IN THE PETITION, SHE CLAIMED
DREW HELD HER DOWN, KNOCKED HER
INTO WALLS, AND CAME AFTER HER
WITH A POKER.
>> KATHLEEN HAD TOLD BOTH HER
SISTERS THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF
DREW.
SHE WAS AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT
KILL HER TO HOLD ONTO HIS MONEY
AND HIS PENSION AND HIS HOUSE.
>> KATHLEEN SAVIO TOLD HER
SISTER, "IF I DIE, IT'S NOT AN
ACCIDENT.
DREW'S GONNA MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
ONE."
>> DREW AND KATHLEEN DIVORCED ON
OCTOBER 10, 2003, BUT THE
DIVISION OF ASSETS WAS NOT YET
SETTLED.
>> THERE'S A DATE TO BE
CONTINUED TO TAKE THE FINANCIAL
ASSETS AND THE HOUSE AND STUFF
AND DIVVY IT UP.
HE HAD A LOT TO LOSE.
HE WAS GONNA LOSE MORE THAN HALF
OF HIS ASSETS.
>> ONE WEEK AFTER HIS DIVORCE
WAS FINAL, DREW MARRIED
STACY CALES IN A SMALL OUTDOOR
CEREMONY.
>> STACY PETERSON WAS A CHILD
WHEN SHE MARRIED DREW PETERSON,
SO SHE'S BEEN MOLDED AND SHAPED
INTO WHAT HE WANTED, ALMOST LIKE
HIS OWN WALKING, TALKING BARBIE
DOLL.
THAT'S A TERRIBLE WAY TO PUT
THAT, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
YOU CAN SAY IT.
>> HE GOT HER BRACES AND LASIK
SURGERY, AND HE GOT HER A TUMMY
TUCK, LIPOSUCTION, AND, OF
COURSE, A BREAST AUGMENTATION.
HE HAD HER REMADE INTO WHAT HE
WANTED HER TO LOOK LIKE, AND,
ACCORDING TO DREW, WHAT STACY
WANTED TO LOOK LIKE AS WELL.
>> DREW BECAME LIKE THE CANDY
MAN, THE PROVIDER FOR NOT JUST
HER, BUT THE FAMILY -- A GOOD
TIME, NICE EVENTS, NICE PARTIES,
YOU KNOW.
THEY LIKED HIM.
>> DREW AND STACY APPEARED
HAPPY, BUT DREW'S PROBLEMS WITH
HIS EX-WIFE LINGERED.
>> SO IT'S THE WEEKEND.
IT'S THE 28th OF FEBRUARY 2004.
HE'S GOT THE BOYS.
IT'S VISITATION.
>> AFTER THE WEEKEND WAS OVER,
SUNDAY NIGHT, DREW TRIED TO
RETURN HIS SONS TO KATHLEEN, BUT
NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR, SO HE
BROUGHT THEM BACK HOME.
HE SPENT ALL DAY MONDAY, HE
SAYS, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE
SHE IS, LOCATE HER SO HE CAN
BRING HIS SONS BACK.
SHE DOESN'T ANSWER THE PHONE.
>> HE GOES TO WORK THE NEXT DAY
BECAUSE HE CAN'T REACH KATHLEEN
THE DAY BEFORE.
SHE DOESN'T ANSWER.
HE COMES BACK THE NEXT DAY.
HE DOESN'T USE HIS RADIO AND
SAY, "I NEED SOME BACKUP.
SOMETHING'S WRONG.
MY FORMER WIFE ISN'T ANSWERING
THE DOOR OR THE TELEPHONE, AND
I'M TRYING TO RETURN THE
CHILDREN."
HE GOES TO A NEIGHBOR AND SAYS,
"COME WITH ME.
WE NEED TO GO TO MY FORMER
WIFE'S HOUSE."
>> A LOCKSMITH ARRIVES AND
UNLOCKS THE FRONT DOOR.
DREW IS RELUCTANT TO GO INSIDE,
HE SAYS, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW,
THE ACRIMONIOUS DIVORCE
PROCEDURE WHERE KATHLEEN'S
CALLED THE POLICE ON HIM
NUMEROUS TIMES.
>> HE HAD HIS NEIGHBOR THERE,
AND HE SENT EVERYBODY,
ALLEGEDLY -- "OKAY, YOU GO
UPSTAIRS.
YOU GO OVER HERE.
YOU GO OVER HERE."
>> SO, THE NEIGHBORS GO IN.
THEY CAN'T FIND KATHLEEN.
THEY GO UPSTAIRS, AND THEN THEY
DO FIND HER.
SHE'S CURLED UP DEAD IN THE TUB.
>> KATHLEEN'S BODY LAY FACEDOWN
IN A DRY BATHTUB.
HER HAIR WAS MATTED FROM A
BLOODY GASH ON THE BACK OF HER
HEAD.
WAS THIS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT OR
HOMICIDE?
>> I FELT HER PULSE, AND BEING A
POLICEMAN, I BASICALLY DIDN'T
WANT TO TOUCH ANYTHING OR
DISTURB ANYTHING.
>> IF THERE WAS A CRIME SCENE
THAT HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
A PART OF, HE CONTAMINATES IT
QUICKLY BY GRABBING THE BODY AND
CHECKING FOR VITAL SIGNS.
AND THEN THE BOLINGBROOK POLICE
ARE CALLED.
THEY REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE
ESTRANGED WIFE OF ONE OF THEIR
OWN, SO THEY CALL IN THE STATE
POLICE.
>> STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED THE
SCENE, BUT FOUND LITTLE
EVIDENCE.
>> THE NEXT DAY, THEY
INTERVIEWED DREW PETERSON AT HIS
OWN POLICE STATION -- IN THE
SNACK ROOM OF HIS OWN POLICE
STATION, INSTEAD OF BRINGING HIM
INTO THE STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS FOR QUESTIONING AS
THEY WOULD A REGULAR PERSON,
CIVILIAN.
>> DETECTIVES ALSO WANTED TO
SPEAK TO DREW'S CURRENT WIFE,
STACY.
>> DREW INSISTED ON BEING
PRESENT FOR HER INTERVIEW
BECAUSE SHE'S A YOUNG GIRL, AND
I BELIEVE SHE WAS PREGNANT AT
THE TIME.
>> STACY DOES SOMETHING VERY
INTERESTING.
SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, "WE WERE
TOGETHER."
SHE'S THE ALIBI.
>> SO, HIS ALIBI WAS SITTING
NEXT TO HIM WHEN SHE WAS
QUESTIONED.
THIS WAS JUST A SHOCKING EXAMPLE
OF INEPTITUDE BY THE ILLINOIS
STATE POLICE.
>> KATHY'S FAMILY SUSPECTED
DREW.
>> TESTIMONY WAS GIVEN BY HER
SISTER SUSAN, ALSO HER SISTER
ANNA, AND THEY SHARED CHILLING
DETAILS OF THE THREATS
DREW PETERSON SUPPOSEDLY MADE TO
KATHLEEN, HOW SHE WAS IN FEAR
FOR HER LIFE.
IT WAS SHOCKING.
>> STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS
TESTIFIED THEY FOUND NO PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE INDICATING FOUL PLAY.
>> THE JURY ADJOURNED AND
DELIBERATED AND CAME BACK WITH A
FINDING OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
THE FAMILY WAS DUMBFOUNDED.
I WAS THERE.
I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED.
THIS WOMAN DIED ACCIDENTALLY --
CASE CLOSED.
>> THE DAY OF THE WAKE, HE PACKS
HIS BOYS IN THE CAR, AND THEY GO
AND EMPTY OUT THE CONTENTS OF
THE HOME WHERE SHE DIED IN AND
BRING THOSE CONTENTS TO HIS NEW
HOUSE.
SO, HE'S ALREADY GOING THROUGH
ASSETS AND GETTING THINGS DONE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY IN AN
INSURANCE POLICY.
KATHY'S MILLION-DOLLAR LIFE
INSURANCE POLICY WAS PUT IN
TRUST FOR HER TWO SONS WITH
DREW.
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE DREW
STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS
CURRENT WIFE, STACY.
>> I THINK SHE LOOKED AROUND
AND SAW OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE,
OTHER PEOPLE HER AGE WHO ARE IN
COLLEGE OR OUT HAVING FUN, AND
SHE'S STUCK IN BOLINGBROOK WITH
A HOUSEFUL OF KIDS AND A HUSBAND
WHO WANTS HER TO COOK AND CLEAN
FOR HIM.
>> DREW NEVER ALLOWED STACY TO
HAVE ANY MONEY.
SHE HAD A CARD THAT SHE COULD
USE TO CHARGE.
HER LIFE WAS RULED BY A DEBIT
CARD.
HE'D CHECK THE MILEAGE.
HE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS.
HER PHONE WAS TRACKED.
HE HAD TOTAL CONTROL OF HER.
>> STACY TALKED TO HER SISTER,
CASSANDRA, ABOUT HER PLANS TO
LEAVE DREW.
>> SHE WANTED A DIVORCE,
YOU KNOW, CONTINUE SCHOOL, AND
JUST START A NEW LIFE.
>> ON OCTOBER 29, 2007,
STACY PETERSON DISAPPEARED.
>> HE VAGUELY REMEMBERS STACY
WAKING HIM TO TELL HIM THAT SHE
WAS GOING TO A NEARBY TOWN TO
PAINT THE HOUSE HER BROTHER
LIVED IN, SO DREW SAYS SHE LEFT.
HE WENT BACK TO SLEEP.
SEVERAL HOURS LATER, THE
CHILDREN WOKE HIM BECAUSE THEY
WERE HUNGRY.
THE DAY THAT SHE VANISHED,
STACY'S SISTER WAS LOOKING FOR
HER, CAN'T GET AHOLD OF HER,
CALLING HER CELLPHONE.
CAN'T FIND HER.
SHE ACTUALLY WENT TO STACY AND
DREW'S HOME.
DREW WASN'T THERE.
>> HER SISTER CASSANDRA NOTIFIED
THE POLICE IN BOLINGBROOK AND
THEN, OF COURSE, THE STATE
POLICE, FILED A MISSING-PERSONS
ACTION.
IT WAS A FIRESTORM.
IT JUST ERUPTED.
>> DREW TOLD ME THE NEXT HE
HEARD FROM STACY, SHE WAS
CALLING TO TELL HIM SHE WAS
RUNNING OFF WITH ANOTHER MAN.
SHE'D LEFT HIS CAR AT A NEARBY
REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR SOME
REASON, AND HAVE A NICE LIFE.
SHE HAD ALSO TAKEN THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS FROM THEIR SAFE, AND I
GUESS A BIKINI FOR HER CARIBBEAN
EXPEDITION.
>> BASICALLY SHE FOUND SOMEBODY
ELSE AND SHE WAS LEAVING.
>> YOU'VE GOT ONE WIFE
ACCIDENTALLY DROWNING IN HER
BATHTUB, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
NEXT WIFE RUNNING OFF TO THE
CARIBBEAN WITH AN UNKNOWN MAN
WITH NO ACTIVITY ON HER CREDIT
CARDS OR CELLPHONE EVER AGAIN.
>> THE MEDIA EXPLODED RIGHT AWAY
WHEN STACY WENT MISSING.
>> YES?
>> DREW PETERSON?
>> HE AVOWED FROM ONLY OPENING
HIS DOOR A COUPLE INCHES TO
STICK AN EYE IN THE CRACK.
THEN HE HAD THE BANDANA ON HIS
FACE SO EVERYONE WOULD KNOW IT
WAS HIM AND LOOK AT HIM.
THE MORE DREW GOT HIS FEET WET
WITH THE MEDIA, THE MORE HE
SEEMED TO LOVE IT.
>> THIS IS DREW PETERSON LIVE
FROM FOX NEWS.
>> HE IS REALLY NOT BEHAVING
LIKE ANY GRIEVING OR WORRIED
HUSBAND SHOULD.
IF HIS STORY IS TO BELIEVE THAT
THE WIFE HE LOVED SO MUCH DID
RUN OFF, HE'S CERTAINLY NOT
BEHAVING LIKE A JILTED HUSBAND,
EITHER.
>> DREW BECAME A SUSPECT IN
STACY'S DISAPPEARANCE, BUT HE
DIDN'T SEEM TO TAKE THE CHARGES
SERIOUSLY.
>> THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE
THERE WAS AN ILLINOIS STATE
PATROLMAN WHO CONFRONTED DREW,
SAID, "YOU KNOW, LOOK, THERE'S A
LOT OF MOTIVE HERE.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME?"
VERY SERIOUSLY, LOOKING DREW
RIGHT IN THE EYE.
DREW LEANED FORWARD, LOOKED HIM
RIGHT IN THE EYE, AND SAID, "I
LOVE YOU."
>> DREW'S GOOD STANDING AS A
POLICE OFFICER WAS IN JEOPARDY.
>> HE RAN INTO TROUBLE WHEN
STACY DISAPPEARED.
HE QUIT JUST SHORT OF THE
30-YEAR MARK RATHER THAN FACE
QUESTIONS FROM AN INTERNAL
AFFAIRS PROBE.
IN SPITE OF NOT GETTING HIS FULL
30 YEARS IN, HE STILL RECEIVES A
SIZEABLE PENSION -- NEARLY
$7,000 A MONTH.
>> DREW PROCEEDED TO ANNOUNCE
HIS OWN INVESTIGATION.
>> DREW DID HAVE A DETECTIVE
WORKING ON THE CASE, AND DREW
DID OFFER A $25,000 REWARD WHICH
STILL STANDS FOR ANYONE WHO HAS
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE
WHEREABOUTS IN THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF STACY.
>> MEANWHILE, POLICE
INVESTIGATORS BEGAN RAISING NEW
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENTS
SURROUNDING HIS THIRD WIFE'S
DEATH.
>> YES?
>> DREW PETERSON?
>> IN NOVEMBER OF 2007,
DREW PETERSON WAS AT THE CENTER
OF CONTROVERSY.
>> YOU HAVE ONE WIFE DIE -- THAT
MIGHT HAPPEN.
TO HAVE NOW ANOTHER ONE
DISAPPEAR UNDER THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND BE SO DEVOTED
TO THE KIDS -- PEOPLE ASK WHY
WOULD ANY MOTHER RUN AWAY OR
HURT THEIR KIDS IN ANY WAY?
THAT IMMEDIATELY BLEW UP ON
DREW.
>> WHILE A SEARCH WAS ON FOR HIS
FOURTH WIFE, INVESTIGATORS
REOPEN THE CASE OF HIS THIRD
WIFE'S DEATH.
>> WITHIN WEEKS OF STACY
DISAPPEARING AND UNDER INTENSE
MEDIA PRESSURE AND SCRUTINY, THE
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND THE
STATE POLICE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY
WOULD BE EXHUMING THE GRAVE OF
KATHLEEN SAVIO, THEY'D BE
DIGGING UP HER COFFIN, TESTING
THE REMAINS AGAIN.
>> AN AUTOPSY WAS DONE BY
DR. MICHAEL BADEN, WHO DECIDED
THAT MR. PETERSON'S THIRD WIFE
DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN
A STRUGGLE AND POSSIBLY FROM
DROWNING.
IN DR. BADEN'S OPINION, IT WAS
NOT ACCIDENTAL.
>> THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK
AT THIS CASE THAT THEY BUNGLED
IN 2004.
I'M NOT SAYING DREW PETERSON
KILLED KATHLEEN SAVIO, BUT IT'S
PRETTY CLEAR THAT SOMEBODY VERY
LIKELY MAY HAVE.
>> IN EARLY 2008, THE CASE OF
KATHLEEN'S DEATH WAS OFFICIALLY
REOPENED.
>> AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THE MEDIA
WOULD SHOW UP WITH THEIR
TRUCKS -- AS MANY AS 30, 40
TRUCKS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
I WAS BEING QUESTIONED BY THE
POLICE.
I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
AND ANY POLICEMAN WILL TELL YOU
THAT POLICE DEAL WITH STRESS AND
DESPAIR WITH HUMOR.
>> FOR HIM, HUMOR HAS ALWAYS
BEEN HIS WAY OF KIND OF FENDING
OFF STRESS AND DEALING WITH IT,
SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING AT ALL
THAT UNDER A SITUATION WHERE WE
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHETHER HE'S
GUILTY OR INNOCENT, HIS USE OF
HUMOR MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
>> ANYTHING NEW TODAY?
>> NOTHING.
I CHANGED A LIGHT BULB.
>> I THINK IT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE
A MOVIE STAR, WHEN REALLY HE WAS
JUST THIS BOLINGBROOK COP WHO
PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF KILLING TWO
WOMEN.
ONCE DREW DID GET A PUBLICIST,
THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF TALK --
"OH, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GIVING
INTERVIEWS WITHOUT MONEY.
THERE'S NO PICTURES WITHOUT
MONEY."
SO, THIS GUY'S WIFE IS
SUPPOSEDLY MISSING, AND HE'S
TRYING TO SELL INTERVIEWS AND
SELL STORIES AND SELL PHOTOS.
>> MANY OF DREW'S PAST
RELATIONSHIPS BECAME THE SUBJECT
OF SPECULATION IN THE MEDIA.
>> ON "LARRY KING LIVE," DREW
HAD MENTIONED THAT I WAS A
JILTED LOVER, THAT I DIDN'T
BREAK UP WITH HIM, THAT HE BROKE
UP WITH ME BECAUSE HE HAD FOUND
OUT THAT I WAS A STRIPPER AT
BACHELOR PARTIES, I BELIEVE IT
WAS.
>> SHE WAS DOING THINGS IN HER
YOUNGER DAYS LIKE DANCING AT
BACHELOR PARTIES AND THAT TYPE
OF THING.
>> AND THAT'S TOTALLY FALSE,
TOTALLY UNTRUE, AND THAT WAS
VERY UPSETTING TO ME, BECAUSE
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY
NOT TRUE.
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
>> WITH HIS TV APPEARANCES, HIS
RADIO APPEARANCES, HIS DEMEANOR
OUTSIDE OF COURT, HIS PLAYING
WITH THE MEDIA.
HE WOULDN'T BE DOING THESE
THINGS IF HE WERE NOT LOOKING
FOR ATTENTION, LOOKING FOR
EXPOSURE.
>> DREW EVEN AGREED TO MARKET
HIMSELF AS AN AVAILABLE BACHELOR
IN A RADIO STUNT.
>> YOU KNOW, HE WANTED TO DO
THIS RADIO DIAL-A-DATE SHOW -- A
DATING-GAME SHOW WITH
DREW PETERSON.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> HE WAS DOING A FOX INTERVIEW
WITH SHEPARD SMITH.
HE MADE A CONDITION OF HIS
INTERVIEW THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE
ABOUT THIS DATING GAME, YOU
KNOW, THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO
ON THE RADIO.
I WAS OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE WATCHING
IT.
>> OH, IT'S JUST A COMEDY BIT WE
WERE GONNA DO, AND IT WAS ALL
GONNA BE IN GOOD NATURE.
>> PRETTY QUICKLY, SHEPARD SMITH
TURNED IT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
CHILDREN AND YOUR WIFE'S
MISSING, AND YOUR OTHER WIFE'S
DEAD.
>> SHEPARD, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE
AGREED TO TALK ABOUT.
>> AND DREW GOT PRETTY UPSET
THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO TALK TO
HIM ABOUT THAT AND NOT ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, HIS WACKY DATING SHOW.
>> OKAY, WELL, THEN I GUESS I
GOT TO WALK AWAY.
HAVE A GOOD DAY, MR. SHEPARD.
IT WAS NICE TALKING TO YOU.
UNHOOK ME, GUYS.
>> DREW PETERSON, I BELIEVE,
WANTS TO BE THE FOCUS OF
ATTENTION, BUT I BELIEVE HE'D
LIKE TO BE THAT IN A MORE
POSITIVE LIGHT.
>> SOME POSITIVE PUBLICITY CAME
WHEN DREW ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS
SUDDENLY ENGAGED TO A
23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN NAMED
CHRISTINA RAINES.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE DID
ANYTHING WRONG, AND I LOVE HIM.
I DON'T THINK HE'LL EVER HURT ME
OR ANYONE ELSE.
>> SHE'S, YOU KNOW, A SIMPLE
GIRL, AND SHE'S GOT A COUPLE
KIDS, AND ALL I WANT FROM HER IS
HER LOVE.
>> THEN THE POSITIVE P.R. GOT
NEGATIVE.
>> IT WAS MORE LIKE A STUNT SO
HE COULD BE IN THE MEDIA.
>> THEIR RELATIONSHIP, REAL OR
CONTRIVED, ENDED.
ON MAY 7, 2009, CAMERAS ROLLED
AS DREW PETERSON LEFT HIS HOME
TO RUN AN ERRAND.
>> WHEN DREW PULLED UP TO THE
LIGHT, ALL THESE POLICE CARS
SHOWED UP.
COPS CAME OUT WITH THEIR GUNS.
THEY HANDCUFFED DREW.
ONE OF THEM SNATCHED HIS
SUNGLASSES OFF HIS FACE.
>> DREW WAS CHARGED WITH THE
MURDER OF HIS THIRD WIFE,
KATHLEEN SAVIO.
>> HE WAS HAMMING IT UP AS THEY
BROUGHT HIM FROM THE COUNTY JAIL
VAN INTO THE COURTHOUSE,
SCREAMING AT THE CAMERAS.
IT WAS REALLY KIND OF SAD, TO BE
HONEST.
>> DREW PETERSON NOW SITS IN THE
WILL COUNTY JAIL, AWAITING TRIAL
FOR THE HOMICIDE OF
KATHLEEN SAVIO.
>> BECAUSE HER BODY WASN'T
AUTOPSIED CORRECTLY THE FIRST
TIME, BECAUSE THE CRIME SCENE
WASN'T PROCESSED THE FIRST TIME,
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT PLACE
DREW PETERSON AT THE CRIME
SCENE --
IF I WAS GOING TO VEGAS, I
WOULDN'T PUT 10 CENTS ON WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN ON THE TRIAL FOR
KATHLEEN SAVIO WHEN
DREW PETERSON FINALLY GOES TO
TRIAL.
>> THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
STACY PETERSON REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
>> WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY
CRIMINAL CHARGES IN STACY'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
YOU KNOW, THE STATE POLICE CAME
OUT WEEKS AFTER SHE
DISAPPEARED AND SAID THEY
SUSPECT DREW PETERSON OF HAVING
SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER
DISAPPEARING AND THEY BELIEVE
THAT SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A
HOMICIDE, AND STILL NOTHING'S
HAPPENED.
>> I THINK IN THE EYES OF THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC, HE'S ALREADY
BEEN TRIED AND CONVICTED OF BOTH
CRIMES.
>> A BIG PART OF HIS MEDIA
PERSONA IS THAT HE TRIES TO
CONVINCE THE WORLD THAT HE'S
RIGHT.
I THINK HE REALLY BELIEVES THAT
IF HE KEEPS TALKING, HE KEEPS
BEHAVING THE WAY HE DOES THAT
PEOPLE WILL SAY, "HEY, HE'S
REALLY A GOOD GUY.
HE COULDN'T HAVE POSSIBLY DONE
ALL THIS."
>> ACCORDING TO THE LAW IN THE
UNITED STATES, IN OUR
CONSTITUTION, DREW PETERSON IS
INNOCENT.
WHY IS DREW PETERSON INNOCENT?
BECAUSE HE'S NOT BEEN FOUND
GUILTY.
