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Drew Peterson Engaged Again

Would-be wife No. 5 is also 23; but murder suspect is still married to missing No. 4, Stacy

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 17, 2008 11:00 AM CST
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(Newser) – Drew Peterson, whose wife Stacy has been missing since last year, wants to move on to bride No. 5, his lawyer tells the Chicago Sun-Times. “He proposed and she accepted,” Joel Brodsky says, though “I guess he’s got to get divorced.” Peterson doesn’t see the problem. “I was married to Kathleen when I was engaged to Stacy,” the ex-cop points out of wife No. 3—in whose unsolved 2004 murder he’s the lone suspect.

Peterson’s new paramour is 23, as was Stacy when they married, and Peterson says he wants to keep her away from the media. “Last time I had a relationship, you guys screwed it up,” he said, referring to dalliances with a 22-year-old tanning salon worker.

This undated file photo originally 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.
This undated file photo originally 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.   (AP Photo)
Drew Peterson appears on the NBC Today television program in New York Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008.
Drew Peterson appears on the NBC "Today" television program in New York Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A undated photo provided by her family shows Stacy Peterson, 23, right, of Bolingbrook, Ill., with her younger sister Cassandra Cales.
A undated photo provided by her family shows Stacy Peterson, 23, right, of Bolingbrook, Ill., with her younger sister Cassandra Cales.   (AP Photo)
Former Bollingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson waits to be interviewed on the NBC Today show, Feb. 28, 2008.
Former Bollingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson waits to be interviewed on the NBC "Today" show, Feb. 28, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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