154: Married to a Murderer: Narcissistic Creep Marries a 19 Year Old Girl Then She Disappears

Drew Peterson’s personal life has been marked by a series of troubled relationships, including multiple marriages that ended because of his infidelities, and his controversial marriage to a woman 30 years his junior.

Drew Peterson had a long history of troubled relationships, including multiple marriages and affairs.

Drew Peterson, immediately after graduating high school, married his first wife Carol in 1974. The two had two children together, but this marriage ended in divorce in 1980 after Drew had an affair. He went on to marry his second wife, Vicki Connolly, but like his first marriage, it ended due to infidelity.

Drew’s third marriage was to Kathleen Savio, with whom he also had two more children. However, their relationship dissolved in 2003 after Kathleen received a letter detailing Drew’s affair with Stacy, a teenager at the time. There were 18 domestic-related calls to the police from Kathleen and Drew's house amidst their divorce proceedings. Drew violated an order of protection Kathleen had against him. At one point, while Kathleen was upstairs with their children, Drew was downstairs with Stacy, signaling the affair’s impact on the family dynamic. Drew and Kathleen were officially divorced, and he subsequently married Stacy.

After graduating high school, Drew married his high school sweetheart Carol in 1974, with whom he had two children.

Drew's first marriage ended in divorce in 1980 after he had an affair.

Drew then married his second wife Vicki Connolly, but this marriage also ended in divorce after 10 years due to another affair.

Drew's third marriage was to Kathleen Savio, with whom he had two more children, but this too ended in divorce in 2003 after Drew had an affair with a teenager named Stacy.

Stacy Peterson, Drew's fourth wife, came from a troubled family background and was only 19 years old when she married the 49-year-old Drew in 2004.

Stacy's childhood was fraught with tragedy, including the untimely deaths of her two young sisters and her mother’s abandonment of the family. Her mother, Christy, had mental health issues and problems with the law including theft and DUIs, and eventually vanished, suspected to have been murdered by her companion.

Despite these challenges, Stacy was driven to better her life. She g ...

The circumstances surrounding the deaths and disappearance related to Drew Peterson's third and fourth wives have raised significant suspicion and concerns.

Kathleen Savio, Drew's third wife, was found dead in her bathtub in 2004, shortly after their divorce was finalized.

Kathleen Savio was found lifeless in her bathtub with a gash to her head, and despite her hair being soaked with blood, her body and the tub were completely dry. Drew Peterson recounted that he was working as the watch commander at the police department when the incident occurred. He claimed his concern grew when Kathleen did not respond to his efforts to drop off their children, leading neighbors to check on her and discover her body. For years, Drew and his children believed Kathleen had died in an accidental household incident. However, after her body was exhumed, two separate autopsies concluded her death was a homicide, countering the initial accidental drowning ruling by the coroner's jury.

Pastor Neil shared that Stacy Peterson confided in him that Drew had killed Kathleen. Stacy claimed Drew returned home on the night of Kathleen's death dressed in black and carrying a duffel bag of women's clothing, which he swiftly washed.

Stacy Peterson, Drew's fourth wife, went missing in 2007, just three years after marrying Drew.

Stacy Peterson's disappearance in 2007 sparked immediate concern from family and friends, particularly her sister Cassandra Cales, having failed to show up for a planned painting day, uncharacteristic for the closely-knit sisters. Drew Peterson suggested she left him for another man and that he last spoke to her when she called him from an airport. However, this account conflicted with earlier statements, where Stacy had told Cassandra she wanted a divorce and feared for her life because of Drew's control.

Annie Elise notes the effort by Stacy's friends and family to help police establish a timeline the day she went missing, with the last confirmed communication being a conversation about painting at 10:15 am. Drew offered differing accounts concerning Stacy's whereabouts, stating she visited her grandparents and left follo ...

Investigations into Stacy's disappearance and Kathleen's death revealed a troubling pattern in Drew's behavior, leading to his arrest and conviction despite the challenges of the case.

The police investigation into Stacy's disappearance and Kathleen's death uncovered a pattern of suspicious behavior and inconsistencies in Drew's accounts.

Stacy had expressed fear to her sister about Drew, mentioning that if anything were to happen to her, Drew should be blamed. Drew's character was further brought into question when Stacy's family and Drew's ex-wives reported a history of his controlling and abusive behavior. Vicki, Drew's second wife, recounted that Drew once told her he knew how to kill her and make it seem accidental.

Additionally, Drew's status as a police officer initially gave him an appearance of being untouchable, complicating the investigation. Despite multiple calls and a protective order against him, Drew managed to maintain control. His stepbrother, Tom, was given full immunity to provide information to the authorities. Tom confessed that he had helped Drew carry a large, warm blue barrel out of Drew's house on the night Stacy disappeared, which he later believed could have contained Stacy's body. This incident, coupled with Drew's strange activities including asking Tom to rent a storage unit and his carefully orchestrated control over a phone call supposedly from Stacy, painted an incriminating picture.

Drew's stepbrother Tom claimed that he helped Drew remove a large blue barrel from the house on the night Stacy went missing, and that the barrel was warm to the touch.

Tom, who had suffered a breakdown and a subsequent suicide attempt due to guilt, informed police of his involvement in removing the blue barrel from Drew's house. He noted it was big enough to hold a body and remembered it being warm. This chilling detail corroborated the ominous circumstances surrounding Stacy's disappearance.

A pastor also revealed that Stacy had confided in him that Drew had killed Kathleen and instructed Stacy on how to cover it up.

The investigation revealed Stacy had spoken to a pastor about Drew’s role in Kathleen's death, further complicating Drew's previously untarnished public persona as an officer of the law.

Drew was eventually arrested and charged with Kathleen's murder in 2009, based on the evidence gathered through the investig ...

In the search for Stacy, her sister Cassandra has become an unyielding force, constantly pursuing leads and aiming to find closure for her family, despite serious obstacles and setbacks from law enforcement.

Stacy's sister Cassandra has never given up the search for her, continuously working to raise funds and organize searches.

Annie Elise notes that Cassandra has been on a relentless quest for over 16 years, raising funds and organizing searches. Cassandra herself believes she's found Stacy's remains in a Chicago canal, a discovery initially made possible by a sonar search in 2007. Despite reporting this to the state police and providing the coordinates, no action was taken. For three days, the body resembling her sister remained in the same location before it disappeared.

In the following spring, another search identified the body further down the canal, in an advanced state of decomposition. Again, the state police were notified but failed to act promptly, embroiling Cassandra in a year-long struggle only to result in an ineffective dive that did not include a new sonar assessment.

Cassandra believes she has located Stacy's remains in a canal, but her efforts to have the area properly investigated and the remains recovered have been repeatedly stymied by law enforcement.

With access to more advanced technology, Cassandra brought in an updated sonar ROV from Alaska to locate the body once again. She presented her findings, using the ROV, to the state police and the state's attorney but was met with resistance and delayed responses. The FBI intervened three months later, conducted a haphazard dive, and seemingly dismissed Cassandra's efforts, at one point treating her as a suspect rather than a grieving sister. The area was subsequently declared clear by the authorities, which did not ...