Drew Peterson: The Cop, the Husband… the Killer
“I’m just a guy whose wives keep disappearing.”
— Drew Peterson, joking on national TV
He was a decorated police sergeant. A charming father of four. A grieving husband after one wife drowned… and another vanished without a trace. But beneath the badge and the bravado, Drew Peterson was hiding more than heartbreak — he was hiding murder.
Today’s Plot Twist Tuesday uncovers a twisted turn of events that took the nation by surprise and exposed the darkness behind a badge.
The Officer Next Door
Drew Peterson spent over 30 years in law enforcement in Bolingbrook, Illinois. To the public, he was a seasoned officer with a big personality. But behind the scenes, his personal life was turbulent — five marriages, four ending in divorce, and one ending in death.
The Wife Who Drowned… or So They Thought
In 2004, Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in a dry bathtub. The cause? An apparent accidental drowning. At the time, Peterson was already seeing his next wife, Stacy Cales, 30 years his junior.
No charges were filed.
No suspicions were raised.
But then… Stacy disappeared.
The Plot Twist: A Missing Person Opens a Cold Grave
In 2007, Stacy Peterson vanished without a trace. Drew said she ran off with another man. But her family didn’t believe it — and neither did investigators.
As the media circled, attention turned back to Kathleen Savio’s mysterious death. Her body was exhumed, and a second autopsy revealed blunt force trauma and signs of a staged accident.
Drew Peterson went from a widower… to the prime suspect in a reopened murder case.
The Trial That Shook the Badge
In 2012, Drew Peterson was convicted of the murder of Kathleen Savio — largely thanks to "hearsay" evidence, known as “Drew’s Law”, which allowed testimony from the grave: Kathleen had told multiple people, “If I die, it’s him.”
Though Stacy’s body was never found, her disappearance helped prove a pattern.
And the final twist? In 2015, from prison, Drew was caught plotting to have the prosecutor who convicted him killed.
Another charge. Another conviction.
Plot Twist Breakdown
Public Perception: Grieving husband
Reality: Serial manipulator with a trail of broken lives
Death ruled accidental: Later proved murder
Twist: His missing wife exposed his past
From cop to convict: A justice system he once upheld, now turning on him
Final Thought:
Drew Peterson’s case proves that the most dangerous people aren’t always strangers in the dark — sometimes, they wear uniforms, smile for cameras, and sit across from you at the dinner table.
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