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Stacy Told 3 Drew Had Killed Ex

Posted Nov 29, 07 10:04 AM CST in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – Before her disappearance, Stacy Peterson revealed to three people, including a clergyman, that her husband had bragged of killing his ex-wife and making it look like an accident, a source tells the Chicago Sun-Times. Drew Peterson, now a suspect in his fourth wife’s disappearance, was already living with a pregnant Stacy in 2004 when Kathleen Savio’s body was discovered in an empty bathtub.

Stacy also reportedly told her husband on the day she disappeared that she was going to begin divorce proceedings—and wanted him out of the house, the source tells the Sun-Times. Peterson spoke to a stepbrother that evening about “how to dispose of the problem” he was having with his 23-year-old wife, the source says—only hours before asking that same stepbrother to help him carry a large, sealed container that felt "warm" to his car.

Source Chicago Sun-Times

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An undated photo provided by her family shows Stacy Peterson, 23, center, of Bolingbrook, Ill., with her son, Anthony, and her younger sister Cassandra Cales. Peterson, the wife of Drew Peterson, a sergeant...   (Associated Press)
Steve Carcerano a friend of former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson, who found the body of Peterson's third wife Kathleen Savio in a bathtub three years ago says when Peterson saw the woman for...   (Associated Press)
Former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson poses for a photo shoot on the back deck of his home as a photo assistant holds a reflector Monday, Nov 19, 2007 in Bolingbrook, Ill. Peterson's wife 28...   (Associated Press)
An undated photo provided by her family shows Stacy Peterson, 23, of Bolingbrook, Ill., and her husband, Drew Peterson with their children. At left are Drew's sons, Thomas, top, and Kris. Stacy's children...   (Associated Press)
This undated photo provided by the Stacy Peterson family shows Peterson's husband, Drew Peterson, 53, a Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer. Stacy Peterson was reported missing on Oct. 29, and authorities...   (Associated Press)
This undated photo provided by her family shows Stacy Peterson, 23, of Bolingbrook, Ill., and her husband, Drew Peterson, 53, a police officer with the Bolingbrook Police Department. Stacy was reported...   (Associated Press)
This photo, supplied by NBC ,shows Drew Peterson being interviewed on NBC's "Today Show" in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. The Illinois police officer who resigned after being named a suspect in...   (Associated Press)
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