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NOW TO YET ANOTHER NEW TWIST
IN THE STACY PETERSON CASE.

Narrator: IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
CONFOUNDING DISAPPEARANCES

OF THE CENTURY.

THIS STORY HAD EVERYTHING --
LOVE AFFAIRS, JEALOUSY, MURDER.

Narrator:
23-YEAR-OLD MOM STACY PETERSON

VANISHES
FROM THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO.

THIS YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL MOTHER
WHO DISAPPEARS,

AND HER HUSBAND'S A COP?

Narrator:
IN THIS 2-HOUR SPECIAL,

WE GIVE EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT

INTO THE MAN
AT THE CENTER OF THIS MYSTERY.

PLEASE GO HOME.
PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE.

PLEASE DON'T GET INVOLVED
IN MY LITTLE WORLD.

[ LAUGHS ]

THIS WAS A MAN HIDING
SOME HORRIFIC AND DARK SECRETS.

HIS THIRD WIFE HAD DIED
"MYSTERIOUSLY" IN A DRY BATHTUB.

WAS IT AN ACCIDENT,
OR WAS SHE PUT IN THERE?

Narrator:
HEAR FROM THE VOICES

AT THE HEART
OF THIS INVESTIGATION.

AND ENTER THE COURTROOM
FOR AN EXPLOSIVE LEGAL SHOWDOWN.

THERE WERE AUDIBLE GASPS
AND A LOT OF TEARS.

Greenberg: IT WENT WORSE
THAN I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

IF I HAD BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC,

I WOULD HAVE PULLED OUT MY FLASK
RIGHT THERE IN THE COURTROOM

AND STARTED DRINKING.

Karas: YOU HAVE A COP WHO
WAS SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT,

WHO WAS REALLY
A WIFE-KILLING MACHINE.

Howard: THIS WAS A MAN HIDING
SOME HORRIFIC AND DARK SECRETS.

WHY WOULD I LOOK FOR SOMEBODY
WHO I DON'T BELIEVE IS MISSING?

Aikin: THERE'S JUST
SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

Dobrich:
THERE WERE TEXT MESSAGES

THAT WOULD MAKE
A HUSBAND JEALOUS.

Glasgow:
DREW WAS SENDING THE MESSAGE,

"YOU'RE NOT SAFE ANYWHERE."

Karas:
HE'S BRINGING THIS TEENAGER

INTO THE BASEMENT OF HIS HOME

TO HAVE SEX WITH HER.

Dobrich: HE THINKS
HE HELPED DREW MOVE A BODY.

Aikin: I HOPE THAT, ONE DAY,
DREW WILL CONFESS.

♪♪

Karas: SOMETIME BETWEEN
3:00 AND 4:00 IN THE MORNING

ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2007,

A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
NAMED CASSANDRA CALES

WALKS INTO
THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE

AND REPORTS HER SISTER MISSING.

HER SISTER, STACY PETERSON,

WAS A MOTHER OF FOUR, MARRIED,
23 YEARS OLD.

SHE HADN'T HEARD FROM HER
SINCE EARLIER ON SUNDAY.

CASSANDRA HAD BEEN WITH STACY
THAT SATURDAY.

Cales:
MY NAME IS CASSANDRA CALES,

AND I AM SISTER
OF STACY PETERSON.

WHEN I WAS LEAVING
THAT SATURDAY,

I SAID,
"JUST CALL ME WHEN YOU GET UP,

AND WE'LL PLAN OUR DAY
FROM THERE."

AND I GAVE HER A HUG AND SAID,
"I LOVE YOU," AND LEFT.

Hosey: STACY LIVED IN A TOWN
CALLED "BOLINGBROOK."

IT'S ABOUT 30 MILES
FROM CHICAGO.

IT'S RESIDENTIAL.

IT'S NOT MUCH GOING ON THERE
AT ALL.

IT'S A QUIET, SLEEPY TOWN.

Karas:
CASSANDRA HAD BEEN TEXTING

AND CALLING STACY
ALL DAY SUNDAY,

STARTING
IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

BUT STACY WASN'T
RESPONDING TO CASSANDRA,

AND CASSANDRA THOUGHT
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE

BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY CLOSE.

Narrator: TO CASSANDRA,
STACY'S RADIO SILENCE

SEEMS EXTREMELY
OUT OF CHARACTER.

Cales:
STACY WAS MY BEST FRIEND.

SHE WAS A GIRLY GIRL.

SHE WAS FUN AND BUBBLY
LIKE THAT.

TO HER, IT DIDN'T MATTER
WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT.

STACY WAS PRETTY MUCH
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.

SHE WAS VERY VIBRANT AND HAPPY.

Cales: THE MOST AMAZING MOTHER,
AND SHE WAS BEYOND INVOLVED.

SHE DID EVERYTHING
WITH THOSE KIDS --

SLEDDING, SWIMMING.

THAT'S WHY SHE STARTED WORKING
FOR THE NEIGHBOR, SELLING AVON,

SO SHE COULD MAKE EXTRA CASH
TO BUY THEM BIKES

TO BE OUTSIDE,
TO DO THINGS WITH THEM.

Narrator:
BUT STACY HAS ALSO ENDURED

HER SHARE OF PERSONAL TRAUMA.

SHE DIDN'T COME FROM
WHAT I WOULD SAY

WOULD BE THE PERFECT FAMILY.

Aikin: THERE WASN'T
A LOT OF MONEY IN THE HOME.

SHE DID NOT HAVE
A LOT OF THINGS.

Hosey:
BEFORE SHE WAS BORN,

HER FAMILY HOUSE BURNED DOWN
AND A SISTER DIED IN THE FIRE.

WHEN SHE WAS A BABY,

SHE HAD ANOTHER BABY SISTER
WHO DIED OF SIDS.

AND HER BROTHER WENT TO PRISON
ON A SEX OFFENSE.

MY MOM DISAPPEARED AROUND 1998.

ME AND STACY BOTH LIVED
WITH OUR DAD THROUGH THE YEARS.

WE MOVED AROUND A LOT.

AND BY THE TIME
WE WOULD MEET FRIENDS,

WE'D PICK UP AND MOVE AGAIN.

WE BASICALLY ONLY HAD
EACH OTHER GROWING UP.

SO WE JUST...

WE WERE ALWAYS THERE
FOR EACH OTHER.

Aikin: AFTER SHE GRADUATED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL,

SHE WAS GOING TO
JOLIET COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SHE WANTED TO BE A NURSE.

THAT'S HOW MUCH
SHE LIKED TO HELP OTHERS.

Narrator: CASSANDRA TELLS
THE STATE TROOPER

THAT SHE FOUND
STACY'S SILENCE CONFUSING.

SO EARLIER THAT SAME EVENING,
SHE DECIDED TO TRACK HER DOWN

AND DROVE TO THE HOUSE

SHE SHARES WITH HER HUSBAND,
DREW, AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.

Cales:
I GO TO THE HOUSE.

THERE'S NO CARS
IN THE DRIVEWAY.

I JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

ONE OF THE KIDS, KRIS,
OPENS THE DOOR.

AND I GO, "WHAT'S UP?"

HE GOES, "NOTHING."

HE GOES, "MOM AND DAD
GOT IN A FIGHT.

MOM LEFT.
DAD'S OUT LOOKING FOR HER."

I DIDN'T WANT TO ALARM HIM.

I JUST LEFT.

Narrator:
CONCERNED BY THE CHILD'S STORY,

CASSANDRA DECIDES
TO CONTACT DREW.

I CALLED HIM,
AND HE ANSWERED THE PHONE.

HE SOUNDED OUT OF BREATH.

I COULD HEAR KEYS.

I COULD HEAR,
LIKE, A DOOR OPEN,

LIKE WHEN YOU OPEN A CAR
AND IT DINGS.

HE WAS JUST RANTING OFF,
"SHE TOOK HER BIKINI.

SHE TOOK THE DEED TO THE HOUSE,
$25,000, AND SHE LEFT ME."

HE WAS JUST RAGING AND SAYING
SHE WAS CHEATING ON HIM.

DREW SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS IN A --
IN A PANIC.

THERE IS A PROFOUND ANALOGUE TO
THIS SCENARIO IN STACY'S LIFE.

IN 1998,

HER MOTHER, CHRISTIE,
SEEMINGLY ABANDONED THE FAMILY.

SHE GRABBED THE BIBLE,
WENT TO CHURCH,

AND NEVER RETURNED.

SHE LEFT
HER ENTIRE FAMILY BEHIND.

PERHAPS STACY
WAS DOING THE SAME.

Aikin:
SHE LOVED HAVING FAMILY.

I COULD TELL THAT

THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN IT WAS DRAINING ON HER.

I FEEL LIKE
STACY GOT OVERWHELMED

BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS
SOMETHING GOING ON WITH KIDS.

♪♪

Narrator: AS CASSANDRA RECALLS
THE CONVERSATION WITH DREW,

STATE POLICE QUICKLY REALIZE
HIS NAME RINGS FAMILIAR.

THAT'S BECAUSE DREW PETERSON IS
A COP ON THE LOCAL POLICE FORCE.

HE WAS A SERGEANT WITH THE
BOLINGBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Hosey: DREW WAS BORN AND GREW UP
IN THE SUBURBS OF CHICAGO.

Dobrich: HE HELD A LOT OF JOBS
IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

EVERYTHING
FROM EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN

TO MEMBER OF THE SWAT TEAM.

Greenberg: HE WORKED
AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A WHILE

AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN

BEFORE BECOMING
A BOLINGBROOK POLICE OFFICER.

HE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL FATHER.

HE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB
OF RAISING HIS KIDS.

Narrator: PETERSON MET
THEN STACY CALES IN 2001.

Hosey: SHE WAS WORKING OVERNIGHT
AT A MOTEL IN BOLINGBROOK.

DREW'S PARTNER WAS ROMANCING
STACY'S CO-WORKER.

DREW AND STACY GOT TO SPEND
SOME TIME TOGETHER

AND ENDED UP
GOING OUT THEMSELVES.

SHE WAS 16, 17 YEARS OLD.

DREW WAS 30 YEARS OLDER.

Hosey: IF YOU SEE PICTURES

OF WHAT STACY LOOKED LIKE
WHEN THEY FIRST MET,

SHE LOOKS LIKE A CHILD.

WHEN HE MET HER,
DREW WAS ACTUALLY STILL MARRIED

TO A WOMAN NAMED
KATHLEEN SAVIO.

DREW WAS HAVING THIS AFFAIR
BEHIND HER BACK.

THEY WERE ALWAYS ON THE PHONE
AND DOING STUFF TOGETHER.

SHE WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW,
CHITCHAT AND TELL ME ABOUT DREW.

FROM WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT,

KATHLEEN WAS THE BAD WOMAN
IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

Aikin: THE AGE DIFFERENCE
DIDN'T MATTER TO STACY.

HE WAS FINANCIALLY SET,

AND SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT MONEY.

I THINK SHE FELT,
LIKE, STABILITY --

SHE FELT SOME SECURITY THERE.

HE GAVE HER A PLACE TO LIVE,
GAVE HER A CAR.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
SHE COULD GO ON TRIPS.

HE GAVE HER A LIFE
SHE NEVER HAD GROWING UP.

Aikin:
BUT I DID FEAR FOR STACY

THAT SHE WOULD BE HURT,
MOSTLY EMOTIONALLY.

A RELATIONSHIP
WITH 30 YEARS' DIFFERENCE

IS NOT TOO LIKELY
THAT IT'LL WORK OUT.

Narrator: AFTER DATING STACY
FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS,

DREW DIVORCES KATHLEEN.

Aikin: DREW AND STACY
COULD NOT GET MARRIED

UNTIL THE DIVORCE
WAS FINALIZED.

WHEN THE DIVORCE CAME THROUGH
ON OCTOBER 10th,

THEY GOT MARRIED
ON OCTOBER 18th.

♪♪

Narrator: CASSANDRA COMPLETES
HER STATEMENT

TO THE STATE POLICE.

AND THEY OPEN A FILE
ON THEIR FELLOW COP

FROM NEARBY BOLINGBROOK.

BUT CASSANDRA
CAN'T STAND IDLY BY.

WHEN I LEFT STATE POLICE,

I WENT TO STACY'S HOUSE
WITH MY FRIEND, BRUCE.

Narrator:
AS SHE APPROACHES THE HOUSE,

SHE'S STUNNED
BY WHAT SHE FINDS.

Karas: AND THEY SEE BOTH CARS
ARE NOW IN THE DRIVEWAY.

THAT'S STACY'S CAR
AND DREW'S CAR.

WHAT'S GOING ON?
YOU KNOW, IS SHE HOME?

I JUST LOOKED AT BRUCE,
AND I SAID, "WHAT DO WE DO?"

AND HE GOES, "CALL."

IT WAS ON SPEAKERPHONE,
AND DREW ANSWERS THE PHONE.

BRUCE ASKED,
"WHERE'S STACY?"

AND HE JUST STARTS
RANTING OFF TO BRUCE THAT,

"SHE'S NOT HERE.
SHE LEFT ME."

SO BRUCE GOES,
"WHY IS HER CAR HERE?"

Karas: DREW TOLD BRUCE THAT
STACY TOOK OFF WITH A BOYFRIEND

AND LEFT THE CAR
AT CLOW AIRPORT,

"AND I HAD TO GO PICK IT UP."

DREW THEN WENT TO CLOW AIRPORT,
ONLY ABOUT A HALF A MILE AWAY

AND PICKED UP HER CAR
AND BROUGHT IT HOME.

Narrator:
DESPERATE FOR ANY INFORMATION,

CASSANDRA AND BRUCE DRIVE
TO THE SMALL REGIONAL AIRPORT.

Karas: AT CLOW AIRPORT,
CASSANDRA SEES SECURITY CAMERAS.

THE SECURITY CAMERA

COULD HELP DETERMINE
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO STACY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE,
THEY CALL THE POLICE.

Narrator: CASSANDRA PLEADS
WITH THE OFFICER

TO RETRIEVE THE FOOTAGE
FROM THE CAMERA.

Cales: THE COP TOLD ME,

"OH, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
THAT CAMERA DOESN'T RECORD."

SO...THAT WAS IT.

Karas: WITH NO FOOTAGE
FROM THAT SECURITY CAMERA,

THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHERE SHE IS,

AND THEY HAVE TO FIND
ANOTHER WAY TO TRACK HER DOWN.

SOMETHING WAS
ABSOLUTELY WRONG HERE.

Narrator:
WITH EACH PASSING MOMENT,

CASSANDRA'S DREAD GROWS.

FOR CASSANDRA, NOTHING IN THIS
BIZARRE SITUATION ADDS UP.

AND SHE STARTS TO BELIEVE

THAT DREW HAD A HAND
IN STACY'S DISAPPEARANCE.

♪♪

Narrator:
CASSANDRA CALES IS SEARCHING

FOR HER MISSING
23-YEAR-OLD SISTER, STACY.

BUT STACY'S HUSBAND, DREW,

INSISTS THAT
SHE SIMPLY RAN AWAY.

Dobrich: HE CLAIMED THAT SHE WAS
LEAVING HIM FOR ANOTHER MAN,

THAT SHE TOOK SOME CLOTHES,

THAT SHE TOOK $25,000
OUT OF THEIR SAFE,

AND HE NEVER SAW HER AFTER THAT.

Narrator: BUT CASSANDRA

FINDS DREW'S STORY
DIFFICULT TO SWALLOW.

Cales:
SHE DID NOT RUN OFF.

SHE WOULD NEVER LEAVE
HER KIDS.

THERE WAS, LIKE, JUST THIS
EERIE FEELING I DIDN'T LIKE.

I DIDN'T --
JUST DIDN'T TRUST HIM.

Narrator: ON THE MORNING
OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 29th,

JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER
CASSANDRA'S LATE-NIGHT REPORT,

THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE

BEGIN INVESTIGATING A MAN
THEY KNOW ALL TOO WELL.

Dobrich:
MY NAME IS CARL DOBRICH.

I AM A RETIRED CAPTAIN
FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.

I HANDLED
THE DREW PETERSON CASE.

DREW HAD A REPUTATION.

HE, AT ONE TIME, WAS A MEMBER

OF THE JOLIET AREA
NARCOTICS UNIT,

WHICH THE STATE POLICE
ADMINISTERED.

DREW WAS DISMISSED
FROM THAT UNIT

OVER AN ALLEGATION THAT

HE PROVIDED INFORMATION
TO AN OUTLAW BIKER GANG

THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A PROBLEM
DURING AN UNDERCOVER DRUG DEAL.

SO, AT LEAST WITH MEMBERS
OF THE STATE POLICE,

DREW'S REPUTATION
WAS NOT GOOD.

Narrator: DOBRICH'S TEAM
SET OUT TO QUESTION DREW.

Dobrich:
FIRST THING WE WANTED TO DO

WAS GO TALK TO DREW
AND GET HIS STATEMENT.

AND SO A TEAM OF AGENTS
WENT UP TO BOLINGBROOK,

ENCOUNTERED DREW AT HOME,

AND TALKED TO HIM

ABOUT WHAT HE KNEW
ABOUT STACY'S DISAPPEARANCE.

"WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE HER?
WHAT DID SHE SAY?

WHO WAS SHE WITH?"

AND DREW BASICALLY TOLD US

THAT HE HADN'T SEEN STACY
SINCE YESTERDAY.

DREW HAD RETURNED HOME
FROM WORK

ABOUT 5:00 OR 6:00
THAT MORNING.

HE HAD WORKED THAT NIGHT,
THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT.

HE SAID HE HAD TALKED TO STACY
BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP.

THE CHILDREN WOKE HIM UP
ABOUT 10:00 IN THE MORNING.

STACY WAS ALREADY GONE.

DREW JUST WENT ABOUT HIS
BUSINESS THE REST OF THE DAY,

TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS,
RUNNING ERRANDS.

HE CLAIMED LATER HE GOT
A CALL FROM STACY

WHERE SHE INFORMED HIM SHE WAS
RUNNING OFF WITH ANOTHER MAN

AND LEAVING HIM
AND THE CHILDREN,

AND HE NEVER HEARD FROM HER
AGAIN.

Dobrich:
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE,

DREW STARTED
TO LOOK FOR HER.

BUT HE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

HE WAS VERY CALM.

DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE SHOOK UP.

HE WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT
SHE TOOK OFF WITH ANOTHER MAN

AND THAT STACY'S CAR HAD
BEEN LOCATED AT CLOW AIRPORT.

Narrator: THEN, INVESTIGATORS
TURN THEIR ATTENTION

TO PETERSON'S HOME.

Dobrich: THEY DID ASK DREW
IF WE COULD LOOK AROUND.

HE ALLOWED US
TO LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE,

BUT HE SAID,
"DON'T DISTURB ANYTHING."

SO IT WASN'T
A FULL-BLOWN CRIME-SCENE SEARCH.

BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO GET A FEEL

FOR HOW THINGS WERE
IN THE HOUSE.

DID IT LOOK LIKE
THERE WAS ANY DISTURBANCES?

WERE THERE HOLES IN THE WALL?

WERE THERE BLOOD STAINS
ON THE CARPET?

WERE THERE WEAPONS AROUND?

HOWEVER,
WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING.

NOTHING WAS OUT OF ORDER.

AND THEN WE ASKED FOR PERMISSION
TO LOOK THROUGH HIS VEHICLES.

DREW OWNED A DENALI,
AND STACY HAD A GRAND PRIX.

HE ALLOWED US
TO ONLY SEARCH THE DENALI,

BUT DIDN'T WANT US
IN STACY'S CAR.

Karas: SO THAT CAST
A LITTLE SUSPICION ON HIM.

LIKE, WHY NOT?

WHY ISN'T HE GIVING THEM
EVERYTHING THEY WANT?

WHY CAN'T THEY SEARCH
STACY'S CAR?

Narrator: AS POLICE DIG
FOR INFORMATION ON DREW,

THEY ALSO BEGIN
TO SCOUR THE COMMUNITY

FOR ANY SIGNS OF STACY.

THERE HAD NEVER BEEN
A SEARCH OF THIS MAGNITUDE

IN BOLINGBROOK BEFORE.

THE POLICE WERE USING
ALL THEIR RESOURCES

TO LOOK FOR THIS WOMAN.

Narrator: AS THE SEARCH
FOR STACY CONTINUES,

THE MEDIA
LATCHES ON TO THE STORY.

Brodsky:
FOR TWO OR THREE BLOCKS

IN EVERY DIRECTION
AROUND DREW'S HOUSE,

NATIONAL AND LOCAL MEDIA
HAD TRUCKS --

HUNDREDS OF THEM, LITERALLY.

Karas: THE MEDIA
JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT.

THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL 23-YEAR-OLD
MOTHER OF FOUR WHO WAS MISSING,

AND HER HUSBAND'S A COP.

MAYBE THIS IS A GUY WHO MAY KNOW
HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE DISAPPEAR

AND GET AWAY WITH IT.

-DREW PETERSON.
-DREW PETERSON.

-DREW PETERSON.
-DREW PETERSON?

[BLEEP]

Narrator: ADDING TO THE INTRIGUE
IS DREW'S DISPOSITION,

WHICH CUTS
AGAINST THE ARCHETYPE

OF A MAN
WHOSE WIFE IS MISSING.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO HIDE
IN A CORNER AND CRY ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE
I PERSONALLY GRIEVE OVER IT.

I DO THAT ALL ON MY OWN.

Dobrich: HE ALWAYS CAME ACROSS
AS, "IT'S ALL ABOUT DREW."

SHOWING WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE DREW PETERSON

AND HAVING THIS GUY IN MY FACE
LIKE THIS.

PLEASE GO HOME.
PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE.

PLEASE DON'T GET
INVOLVED IN MY LITTLE WORLD.

[ LAUGHS ]

THEY SAW A PERSONALITY IN DREW
THAT WAS CAMERA-WORTHY.

MY REACTION WAS, "HE'S TALKING
WHEN HE SHOULDN'T BE,

SO HE'S AN IDIOT."

STAY IN SCHOOL
AND DON'T DO DRUGS.

[ Chuckling ]
HAVE A GOOD DAY.

Glasgow: HE WAS DRESSED LIKE
THE FRITO BANDITO

WITH THE BANDANA,
SUN GLASSES, A BASEBALL HAT.

IT WAS GETTING A LITTLE WEIRD.

MAYBE DREW THOUGHT THAT

ALL OF THOSE MEDIA APPEARANCES
WERE DOING SOME GOOD.

BUT IN THE END,

IT ONLY HIGHLIGHTED
THIS NARCISSISTIC FIGURE

WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING
TO GRAB THE SPOTLIGHT.

Narrator: IN THE WEEKS AFTER
STACY'S DISAPPEARANCE,

DREW SHOWS LITTLE INTEREST
IN THE EFFORTS OF POLICE.

HE ENJOYED MEDIA ATTENTION
WHEN YOU WOULD THINK

HE WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN,
"HOW'S THE INVESTIGATION GOING?

IS THERE ANYTHING
I CAN DO TO HELP?"

DREW NEVER HELPED OUT
WITH ANY OF THE SEARCHES.

HE SAID THERE WAS NO POINT.

WHY WOULD I LOOK FOR SOMEBODY
WHO I DON'T BELIEVE IS MISSING?

SHE'S JUST GONE.

SHE'S WHERE SHE WANTS TO BE.

Narrator:
DESPITE DREW'S INSISTENCE,

AUTHORITIES CONTINUE
TO SCOUR THE REGION FOR STACY.

Burek: THIS WAS SOMEBODY WE WERE
LOOKING FOR VERY INTENSELY,

AND WE WANTED INFORMATION.

THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES
WHEN WE WOULD SEARCH AREAS

WHERE SKELETAL REMAINS
WERE FOUND.

ALL OF THOSE PROVED TO EITHER
BE MAYBE MALE SKELETON REMAINS

OR DIFFERENT AGE BRACKETS
THAN WE WERE LOOKING.

Hosey: IN ALL
OF THESE OPERATIONS THEY DID,

THEY NEVER FOUND STACY
OR ANY SIGN OF STACY.

Narrator: THEN, POLICE UNCOVER
SURPRISING INFORMATION

THAT LEADS THEM TO BELIEVE

THAT DREW MAY BE TELLING
THE TRUTH.

STACY HAD RECENTLY BEEN TEXTING
WITH ANOTHER MAN.

Dobrich:
STACY HAD BEEN TO HIS HOME.

WE KNEW THAT THEY HAD
A RELATIONSHIP.

DREW SAID,
"IF SHE'S WITH ANYBODY,

SHE'S GONNA BE
WITH THIS YOUNG MAN."

♪♪

Narrator: DAYS
AFTER STACY PETERSON DISAPPEARS,

STATE POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT

FOR A MAN SHE MAY HAVE BEEN
HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH.

THE INVESTIGATION
IDENTIFIED AN INDIVIDUAL

WHOSE NAME
WAS SCOTT ROSSETTO.

SCOTT WAS A FRIEND OF STACY'S
AND KNEW HER IN HIGH SCHOOL.

DREW SAID,
"IF SHE'S WITH ANYBODY,

SHE'S GONNA BE
WITH THIS YOUNG MAN."

HE BECAME PRIORITY NUMBER ONE.

Narrator: POLICE MAKE A REQUEST
FOR CELLPHONE RECORDS

TO EXAMINE EXCHANGES
BETWEEN SCOTT AND STACY.

THEN,
THEY TRACK DOWN ROSSETTO

AND BRING HIM IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

SCOTT SAID THAT THEY HAD
RECONNECTED IN OCTOBER,

BUT IT WAS A SURPRISE TO HIM.

HE NEVER EXPECTED HER CALL.

SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE HAD
FOUND HIS PHONE NUMBER

WHILE SHE WAS CLEANING OUT
THE GARAGE.

HE SAID,
PRIOR TO HER DISAPPEARANCE,

STACY AND SCOTT GOT TOGETHER
AT HIS HOUSE ONCE.

HE ADMITTED THAT

HE HAD A PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP
WITH STACY,

THAT HE WAS VERY MUCH AWARE

THAT STACY WAS MARRIED
WITH CHILDREN.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS PRESS ROSSETTO

ON HIS WHEREABOUTS
THE NIGHT STACY VANISHED.

HE WAS A NURSE
AT ONE OF THE LOCAL HOSPITALS.

HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS WORKING
WHEN STACY DISAPPEARED.

Narrator: THEN,
ROSSETTO RECOUNTS AN INCIDENT

THAT OCCURRED ABOUT A WEEK
BEFORE HER DISAPPEARANCE.

THE EXPERIENCE
LEFT HIM TERRIFIED.

Glasgow: HE SAID STACY AND SCOTT
HAD GONE OUT TO EAT THAT NIGHT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY SEE

THIS BOLINGBROOK SQUAD CAR
CIRCLING THE RESTAURANT,

AND IT'S DREW PETERSON,
AND HE'S STARING AT THEM.

AND THEN HE PARKS HIS CAR
AND COMES IN.

DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING,

AND JUST FORCIBLY SITS DOWN
WITH THEM

AND STARES AT ALL OF THEM.

DREW PETERSON
WAS IN FULL UNIFORM.

STACY HANDLED THE SITUATION
CALMLY,

BUT SCOTT FEARED DREW,
AND IT GOT TENSE.

Hosey:
DREW WAS VERY ANGRY.

HE DIDN'T WANT HIM
HANGING AROUND WITH STACY.

HE SAID TO HIM, "HOW WOULD
YOU FEEL IF THIS WAS YOUR WIFE?"

Dobrich:
IT KIND OF PUT MR. ROSSETTO

BACK A LITTLE BIT.

AND HE ASKED MR. ROSSETTO
FOR HIS IDENTIFICATIONS,

AND HE PROVIDED HIM
WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE.

Glasgow: IT WAS CRAZY.

IT'S OUT OF A "B" MOVIE,
A BAD "B" MOVIE.

AND THEN DREW
LEFT THE RESTAURANT.

Karas: THAT PROBABLY MADE
ROSSETTO REALIZE

THIS IS NOT A WOMAN
TO GET INVOLVED WITH.

IT TOTALLY WEIRDED HIM OUT.

Narrator: POLICE PUT ROSSETTO
ON THE BACK BURNER

UNTIL THEY RECEIVE CELLPHONE
DATA THAT RAISES THEIR CONCERN.

Dobrich:
WHEN STACY WENT MISSING,

DREW CLAIMED THAT HE GOT A PHONE
CALL FROM STACY THAT EVENING.

AND WE GOT
THE CELLPHONE TOWER RECORDS

TO SHOW THOSE PHONE PINGS.

Narrator: THE LOCATION OF
THE PINGS PIQUES THEIR INTEREST.

Dobrich:
THOSE CELLPHONE CALLS FROM STACY

CAME FROM THE SHOREWOOD AREA,

WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN
WHERE SCOTT ROSSETTO RESIDED.

Hosey:
THAT CALL TO DREW'S CELLPHONE

WAS MADE RIGHT AROUND THE TIME

THAT DREW HAD GOTTEN
A CALL FROM STACY

AND SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS
RUNNING AWAY WITH ANOTHER MAN.

Narrator: ALSO BURIED
IN THE CELLPHONE DATA,

POLICE DISCOVER
A COLLECTION OF SECRETS.

Dobrich: WE DIDN'T HAVE
STACY'S TELEPHONE,

BUT THE COMPANY MAINTAINED
TEXT-MESSAGE RECORDS.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO READ
THOSE TEXT MESSAGES.

THERE WERE TEXT MESSAGES
BETWEEN HER AND SCOTT

THAT WOULD MAKE
A HUSBAND JEALOUS.

IT WAS A CONNECTION.

Karas:
THEY WERE PRETTY RACY.

CHANCES ARE, IF YOU'RE SENDING
SEXY MESSAGES LIKE THIS,

YOU'RE PROBABLY HAVING
A PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP.

Narrator: POLICE CALL ROSSETTO
BACK IN FOR MORE QUESTIONING

AND CONFRONT HIM
WITH THE EXPLOSIVE EVIDENCE.

HE SAID, "LOOK, I'M A FLIRT.
SHE'S A FLIRT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING,
BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT WENT."

BUT IT WAS CLEAR IN HIS MIND
THAT STACY WAS PURSUING HIM.

Narrator: THEN DETECTIVES BEGIN
TO INVESTIGATE

ROSSETTO'S ALIBI.

SCOTT SAYS HE WAS WORKING
AT A HOSPITAL THAT DAY

AND THAT RECORDS
WOULD PROVE THAT.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE

HE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL
WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

Narrator: HOWEVER,
ONE DETAIL ABOUT ROSSETTO

CONTINUES TO VEX AUTHORITIES.

WHY WOULD STACY'S PHONE BE
IN SCOTT'S NEIGHBORHOOD

IF HE WASN'T WITH HER?

Narrator:
POLICE ARE STAGGERED

BY THEIR INABILITY
TO PIN DOWN A SUSPECT

OR UNCOVER THE SLIGHTEST HINT
OF STACY'S WHEREABOUTS.

BUT THEY MAY SOON GET
THEIR ANSWER.

Karas: THIS MAN SAYS HE GOT
A CALL FROM DREW.

DREW SAID, "I GOT A BIG PROBLEM
ON MY HANDS,

AND I NEED HELP
TAKING CARE OF IT."

♪♪

Narrator: IN LATE OCTOBER,

A NEW WITNESS EMERGES IN
THE MISSING PERSON INVESTIGATION

OF 23-YEAR-OLD STACY PETERSON.

HE WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO US
BY A PHONE CALL FROM THE FBI.

THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS
AN INDIVIDUAL IN A HOSPITAL

WHO HAD INFORMATION REGARDING
THE STACY PETERSON CASE.

SO, IMMEDIATELY, WE SENT AGENTS
OUT TO INTERVIEW HIM.

THOMAS MORPHEY WAS HIS NAME.

MORPHEY WAS
DREW PETERSON'S STEP-BROTHER.

Narrator:
MORPHEY TELLS INVESTIGATORS

THAT THE NIGHT
BEFORE STACY DISAPPEARED,

DREW CAME TO HIM
WITH AN URGENT CONCERN.

DREW TALKED ABOUT STACY
HAVING THIS AFFAIR WITH A MAN

AND THAT DREW NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

HE ASSUMED THAT DREW WAS
GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE MAN.

THE NEXT DAY THEY MET,
AND DREW DROVE HIM TO A PARK,

AND HE GAVE HIM A PHONE.

30 MINUTES AFTER DREW LEFT,
THERE WAS A PHONE CALL,

AND THE CELLPHONE SAID
IT WAS STACY'S CELL CALLING.

AND THEN DREW APPEARED AGAIN,
PICKED HIM UP.

AND ACCORDING TO MORPHEY,
HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO.

HOWEVER, DREW,
AS MANIPULATIVE AS HE WAS,

DROVE HIM TO THE HOUSE,
AND THEY WENT INSIDE.

Hosey: THEY WENT UP
TO DREW AND STACY'S BEDROOM,

WHERE THERE WAS
A LARGE, BLUE PLASTIC BARREL.

AND DREW ASKED TOM
TO HELP HIM CARRY IT DOWN

TO HIS DENALI
PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY.

TOM SAID
THE BARREL WAS CLOSED.

HE COULDN'T SEE INSIDE,
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS INSIDE.

Dobrich: AND SO, MORPHEY
HELPED DREW CARRY IT DOWN.

DREW WAS TELLING HIM
TO BE CAREFUL --

HE DIDN'T WANT
TO SPILL ANYTHING.

ACCORDING TO MORPHEY,

HE WAS CONCERNED BY
WHAT HE WAS CARRYING.

HE SAID IT WAS WARM TO TOUCH.

MORPHEY HELPED CARRY IT
OUTSIDE INTO DREW'S DENALI,

AND THEN MORPHEY GOT BACK IN
THE CAR, AND DREW TOOK HIM HOME.

Narrator: BUT MORPHEY
IS PLAGUED BY SUSPICION.

HE THINKS
HE HELPED DREW MOVE A BODY,

AND HE THINKS
IT WAS HIS SISTER-IN-LAW.

TOM WAS DISTRAUGHT OVER THE FACT
AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Hosey:
AFTER HE'S DROPPED OFF BY DREW,

TOM STARTED DRINKING,

AND HE WAS FEELING REMORSE
AND REGRET,

AND HE TRIED TO OVERDOSE
ON PILLS.

HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.

Narrator: BUT MORPHEY'S
GIRLFRIEND STEPS IN TO HELP.

SHE KNEW HE WAS IN TROUBLE

AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
AS QUICKLY AS SHE COULD.

MORPHEY WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE,

THE DOCTORS INSISTED HE SPEND
A NUMBER OF DAYS THERE,

BUT, FORTUITOUSLY, HE SURVIVED,

AND THE INFORMATION THAT
HE PROVIDED TO INVESTIGATORS

WAS SEEN AS A BOON.

THIS IS THE LEAD
THEY HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR.

Narrator:
BUT MORPHEY'S HARROWING TALE

LACKS AN EXTREMELY CRUCIAL
PIECE OF INFORMATION.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT DREW DID
WITH THAT BARREL.

Narrator: POLICE ATTEMPT
TO VERIFY MORPHEY'S STORY

AND LAUNCH A MASSIVE HUNT
FOR THE BLUE BARREL.

Dobrich: WE LEARNED THAT

THERE WAS A CALL MADE
FROM DREW'S PHONE

IN THE AREA OF 135th
AND ROUTE 53.

IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE BRIDGE
CROSSES THE CANAL THERE.

THE CANAL IS BASICALLY

A VERY UNFRIENDLY,
ENVIRONMENTALLY TOXIC PLACE --

QUITE FRANKLY,
A GOOD PLACE TO DUMP A BODY.

SO WE DECIDED TO HAVE DIVERS
GO IN THE WATER THERE.

WE SEARCHED FOR DAYS,
IF NOT WEEKS.

WE STARTED TOWING CARS OUT
OF THERE AND SEARCHING EACH CAR,

THINKING
MAYBE A BODY'S IN HERE.

AND I THINK WE PULLED OUT
25 OR 30 STOLEN VEHICLES,

BUT NO BODY.

Narrator:
WITH NO SIGN OF THE BARREL,

THE INVESTIGATION
GRINDS TO A HALT.

COMPOUNDING MATTERS,

DREW MAKES A MEDIA APPEARANCE
TO DENY MORPHEY'S STORY

AND TO COYLY CALL
HIS CHARACTER INTO QUESTION.

I REALLY DON'T WANT
TO BAD-MOUTH TOMMY.

HE HAS
SOME SERIOUS EMOTIONAL ISSUES.

HE WAS LOSING HIS HOUSE,
LOSING HIS WIFE,

HAD A DRINKING PROBLEM,
HAD A SUICIDAL PROBLEM.

SO I REALLY --
AND HE IS A FAMILY MEMBER,

SO I REALLY DON'T WANT
TO BAD-MOUTH HIM HERE.

DREW PETERSON --
HE'S SO SPELL BINDING.

HE SEEMED COOL AND CALM
UNDER PRESSURE.

YOU WOULD
NEVER HAVE THOUGHT THAT

THIS MAN HAD BEEN PINPOINTED

AS A SUSPECT
IN THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.

Narrator:
AS FOR MORPHEY'S TRUTHFULNESS,

INVESTIGATORS GIVE IT
DEEP CONSIDERATION.

TOM HAD A HISTORY
OF DRUG ABUSE,

HE HAD A HISTORY
OF ALCOHOL ABUSE,

AND WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

INVESTIGATORS DON'T GET
TO PICK AND CHOOSE

WHO THEIR WITNESSES ARE.

Narrator: BUT AS THEY DIG
INTO MORPHEY'S STORY,

THEY UNCOVER
A CRITICAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE.

THERE WAS ONE THING
THAT HELPED US VERIFY

WHAT MORPHEY WAS SAYING.

AND HE ORDERED A COFFEE
WITH VANILLA,

AND WE WENT
TO THAT STARBUCKS.

AND AT THE TIME
THAT HE SAID HE WAS THERE,

THERE WAS DREW PETERSON
ON THE VIDEO, ORDERING THAT.

AND IT WAS THE ONLY COFFEE
WITH VANILLA THE WHOLE DAY,

WHICH HELPED US
NAIL DOWN THAT

THAT WAS A TRUTHFUL STATEMENT
ON HIS PART.

Dobrich: WE DISCOUNTED
DREW'S OPINION OF HIM

BECAUSE MORPHEY
WAS VERY CONSISTENT

WITH WHAT HE TOLD US
EACH AND EVERY TIME,

AND HE FELT BAD ENOUGH
THAT HE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

♪♪

Narrator:
THEN POLICE FIND SOMEONE

WHO CAN CORROBORATE
THE EXISTENCE OF THE BARREL.

Cales:
BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED,

ME AND STACY WALKED OUT
TO THE GARAGE,

AND THERE WAS THIS BLUE BARREL.

AND I SAID -- I GO,
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?"

AND SHE'S JUST LIKE,
"I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETHING DREW GOT FOR THE POOL.
IT'S CHLORINE OR SOMETHING."

Narrator: WITH THE HELP
OF MORPHEY'S ACCOUNT,

INVESTIGATORS PIECE TOGETHER
WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO STACY.

Dobrich:
ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 28th,

WE KNOW THAT STACY WAS
TEXT-MESSAGING SCOTT ROSSETTO.

ONE OF THE THEORIES THAT WE HAD

WAS THAT DREW ENCOUNTERED STACY
WHEN SHE WAS MESSAGING SCOTT,

AND THAT HE BECAME ENRAGED
AND KILLED HER IN THE BEDROOM.

♪♪

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT

DREW PLACED HER BODY
IN THE BARREL AND SEALED IT.

THEN, IN AN ATTEMPT
TO LAY THE BLAME ELSEWHERE,

HE GRABBED STACY'S PHONE.

THE THEORY WAS THAT DREW WAS
TRYING TO FRAME SCOTT ROSSETTO

BY MAKING
STACY'S CELLPHONE CALL

FROM NEARBY SCOTT'S HOUSE
TO HIS OWN PHONE

TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
STACY HAD BEEN WITH SCOTT,

AND THEN DREW GOT RID
OF HIS DEAD WIFE'S BODY.

Narrator: ON NOVEMBER 9th,
ENCOURAGED BY THEIR THEORY,

THE POLICE MAKE
A DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

I WOULD SAY THAT, RIGHT NOW,

DREW PETERSON HAS GONE
FROM A PERSON OF INTEREST

TO CLEARLY BEING A SUSPECT.

THE CASE HAS SHIFTED NOW

FROM A MISSING-PERSON CASE
TO A POTENTIAL HOMICIDE CASE.

WE HAD CONSULTED WITH AGENTS
FROM THE FBI IN QUANTICO.

AND THEIR
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES UNIT

BASICALLY GAVE US THE OPINION

THAT HE WAS
A NARCISSISTIC INDIVIDUAL

AND THAT HE WAS
COMPLETELY CAPABLE OF HOMICIDE.

Narrator: BUT DESPITE
THE COMPELLING NARRATIVE,

AUTHORITIES LACK THE CONFIDENCE
TO CHARGE DREW WITH MURDER.

THE MAIN REASON RIGHT NOW
IS THAT THERE IS NO BODY.

THE CONCERN IS ALWAYS THAT,
WITHOUT A BODY,

THAT, IF IT RESULTS
IN AN ACQUITTAL

AND THEN
A BODY TURNS UP LATER,

DOUBLE JEOPARDY APPLIES.

Aikin: IT'S JUST HARD
NOT HAVING A BODY.

THERE'S JUST
SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

Narrator:
AS THE INVESTIGATION GROWS COLD,

INVESTIGATORS DIG DEEPER
INTO DREW'S PAST

AND MAKE A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.

STACY ISN'T THE ONLY ONE
OF DREW'S WIVES THAT'S DIED.

Howard: THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THIS DEATH WAS MISHANDLED,

AND THAT RAISED RED FLAGS.

Narrator:
IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING

THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF STACY PETERSON,

INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER
STARTLING INFORMATION

ABOUT DREW'S PREVIOUS WIFE,
KATHLEEN SAVIO.

IN 2004, DREW HAD ALREADY
DIVORCED KATHLEEN

AND WAS MARRIED TO STACY,
WHO WAS HIS FOURTH WIFE.

THAT SAME YEAR, KATHLEEN DIED
IN WHAT POLICE DETERMINED

WAS NOTHING MORE
THAN A FREAK ACCIDENT.

Narrator:
BUT THREE YEARS LATER,

STACY'S DISAPPEARANCE IGNITES
NEW SCRUTINY OF SAVIO'S DEATH.

Glasgow: I'M JIM GLASGOW,
WILL COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY.

KATHLEEN SAVIO HAD DIED UNDER
VERY SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

ONCE I BECAME AWARE OF IT,
WE PULLED THE FILE.

THE BIG QUESTION WAS, WAS IT
AN ACCIDENT OR A HOMICIDE?

Narrator:
AS GLASGOW DIGS INTO

THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF SAVIO'S DEATH,

HIS OFFICE ALSO PIECES TOGETHER
HER BACKGROUND.

Doman:
MY NAME IS SUE SAVIO DOMAN.

I'M KATHLEEN SAVIO'S SISTER.

SHE WAS VERY AMBITIOUS,
VERY KIND, ALWAYS SMILING.

SHE WOULD LIGHT UP THE ROOM,

AND SHE WAS THE LIFE
OF THE PARTY.

Hosey:
BUT, ALSO, SHE WAS TOUGH.

SHE WAS STRONG-WILLED
AND OPINIONATED,

AND NO ONE
WAS GONNA PUSH HER AROUND.

KATHLEEN WAS WORKING
AS A BOOKKEEPER

WHEN SHE AND DREW MET.

SHE HAD NEVER BEEN MARRIED.

SHE AND DREW WENT OUT
ON A BLIND DATE,

AND PRETTY QUICKLY,
HE ASKED HER TO MARRY,

AND WITHIN MONTHS,
SHE'LL BECOME HIS THIRD WIFE.

Narrator: AFTER THEIR NUPTIALS
ON MAY 3, 1992,

KATHLEEN AND DREW SETTLE INTO
LIFE TOGETHER IN BOLINGBROOK,

WHERE SHE GIVES BIRTH
TO TWO SONS,

BUT THE RELATIONSHIP
SOON SHIFTS.

SHE WAS HAPPY IN THE BEGINNING,
BUT HE WOULD CALL HER NAMES.

HE SAID SHE WAS GETTING FAT,
SHE LOOKED LIKE A DOG,

AND THAT ESCALATED.

Narrator: ACCORDING TO SUE,

HER BROTHER-IN-LAW COP
THEN CROSSES THE LINE.

I'D GET CALLS,
AND SHE WOULD SAY,

"HE'S HITTING ME."

AND DREW WOULD TAKE
THE PHONE AWAY,

AND HE WOULD LAUGH AND SAY,
"EVERYTHING'S OKAY.

SHE'S JUST HAD TOO MUCH
TO DRINK, AND SHE'S FINE.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S CRAZY."

HE HUNG UP.

AND I CALLED BACK,
AND NOBODY ANSWERED.

Narrator:
IN SPITE OF THE ABUSE,

KATHLEEN TRIES
TO MAKE THE RELATIONSHIP WORK.

THEN, IN OCTOBER 2001,

SHE RECEIVES THE SHOCK
OF A LIFETIME.

Brodsky:
SHE GOT AN ANONYMOUS LETTER

FROM SOMEBODY THAT WAS WORKING
FOR THE VILLAGE OF BOLINGBROOK,

AND SAID, BASICALLY, "DREW'S
MAKING A FOOL OUT OF YOU.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HE'S
CHEATING WITH THIS YOUNG GIRL."

Dobrich: THIS ANONYMOUS LETTER
IDENTIFIED STACY

AS BEING THE WOMAN
THAT DREW WAS SEEING.

Hosey:
THE LETTER MADE IT OUT

LIKE HIS AFFAIR
WITH STACY WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE

AND EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT IT
BUT HER.

Narrator: UNTIL NOW,

DREW SUCCESSFULLY CONCEALED
THE AFFAIR FROM KATHLEEN,

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HAPPENING
RIGHT UNDER HER ROOF.

WHILE KATHLEEN AND THE KIDS
WERE UPSTAIRS SLEEPING,

STACY WOULD SNEAK OVER THERE
TO KATHLEEN'S HOUSE

THROUGH THE WINDOW
AND ENTER THEIR BASEMENT

AND SLEEP
AND HAVE SEX WITH DREW.

Doman:
HE HAD A SECRET ROOM DOWN THERE.

IT WAS SCARY.

IT WAS ALL BLACK.

THE BED WAS BLACK.

MIRRORS ON THE WALL.

AND IT HAD, LIKE,
A PADLOCK ON THE DOOR.

Karas:
SO HOW DISGUSTING IS THAT,

THAT HE'S BRINGING THIS TEENAGER
INTO THE BASEMENT OF HIS HOME

TO HAVE SEX WITH HER

WHILE HIS WIFE AND SONS
ARE SLEEPING UPSTAIRS?

TALK ABOUT PLAYING WITH FIRE.

Narrator: FED UP
WITH DREW'S CHEATING AND ABUSE,

KATHLEEN RESOLVES
TO TAKE ACTION.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME,

SHE DECIDED
SHE WAS GONNA DIVORCE HIM.

Howard: SOON ENOUGH,
THEIR RELATIONSHIP UNRAVELED,

BUT IT TOOK MONTHS BEFORE THE
PAIR AGREED UPON THEIR DIVORCE.

Glasgow:
HER LIFE WAS TORN ASUNDER

WHEN SHE GOT THE LETTER.

HER WHOLE WORLD
CAME CRASHING DOWN.

Narrator: WITHIN MONTHS,
DREW MOVES TO A NEARBY HOUSE

WITH THE TEENAGED STACY.

AND THE PENDING DIVORCE

TURNS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
INTO A BATTLEFIELD.

Hosey: DREW MOVED
DOWN THE STREET FROM HIS EX-WIFE

BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE CLOSE
TO HIS CHILDREN.

Karas:
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTACT

BETWEEN DREW AND KATHLEEN.

AND STACY WOULD SOMETIMES
ROLLERBLADE PAST THE HOUSE

AND TAUNT HER
AND REALLY GET ON HER NERVES.

Narrator:
AS THE DIVORCE WINDS ITS WAY

THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM,

EXCHANGING CUSTODY
OF KATHLEEN AND DREW'S TWO SONS

BECOMES A FLASH POINT.

Doman: ONE PARTICULAR TIME
DREW HAD THE KIDS,

AND HE CALLED AND SAID,
"HEY, I'M BRINGING THE KIDS."

SO SHE WENT OUTSIDE,

AND STACY GOT OUT OF THE CAR
AND HAD A VIDEO CAMERA.

STACY'S VIDEOTAPING KATHLEEN
WITH KATHLEEN'S CAMERA.

AND KATHLEEN WENT TO TRY
TO JUST GRAB IT FROM HER.

AND STACY SAID, "YOU HIT ME.
YOU HIT ME."

IN THE MEANTIME, THE CHILDREN
ARE IN THE CAR, WATCHING THIS.

THEN, DREW HELD HER
IN A HEADLOCK,

AND HE TOOK HER
TO THE CURB.

Hosey:
DREW PLACED HER UNDER ARREST.

SHE WAS CHARGED WITH BATTERY,

BUT KATHLEEN
WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY.

THE CASE WAS LATER EXPUNGED.

THERE'S NO RECORD OF IT AT ALL.

THIS WAS A MAN WHO WASN'T AFRAID
TO USE AND ABUSE HIS POSITION,

HIS POSITION OF AUTHORITY
AS A POLICE OFFICER.

Narrator: THE TURBULENCE OF
THE DIVORCE EVENTUALLY SUBSIDES.

AND IN 2003, KATHLEEN AND DREW
REACH AN AGREEMENT.

Hosey: DREW AND KATHLEEN HAD
A VERY UNUSUAL DIVORCE.

IT WAS A BIFURCATED DIVORCE.

THEIR MARRIAGE ENDED WITHOUT
SETTLING THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS,

WHICH IS GENERALLY WHAT PEOPLE
FIGHT OVER THE MOST.

DREW AND KATHLEEN
AGREED TO DO THIS

SO THAT DREW
COULD MARRY STACY.

STACY WAS ALREADY PREGNANT.

Glasgow: AND THAT PROBABLY
WAS NOT THE BEST DECISION

FOR KATHLEEN SAVIO.

Narrator: BUT,
ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT,

ON SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 29, 2004,

AFTER MONTHS OF PEACE,
DREW ENCOUNTERS A PROBLEM.

Hosey: DREW HAD HIS SONS
FOR WEEKEND VISITATION.

THEY WENT TO THE SHEDD AQUARIUM
IN CHICAGO.

Dobrich:
THEY CAME BACK FROM THAT OUTING,

AND DREW
BEGAN TO CONTACT KATHLEEN

TO RETURN THE KIDS TO HER
BECAUSE SHE HAD CUSTODY.

HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR --
DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE.

Hosey:
SO HE WENT TO THE NEIGHBORS

AND ASKED THEM
IF KATHLEEN WAS AROUND.

AND THEY HADN'T SEEN HER,
EITHER.

SO HE CALLED A LOCKSMITH.

Karas: ACCORDING TO DREW,

IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF HE DIDN'T GO INTO THE HOUSE.

AFTER ALL, HE'D THIS
ACRIMONIOUS SPLIT FROM KATHLEEN,

SO SOMEONE ELSE
CAN GO IN THE HOUSE.

SO, HE CONTACTED
THE NEIGHBORS,

MARY PONTARELLI
AND STEVE CARCERANO.

Dobrich: AND DREW TOLD THEM,
"I WANT YOU TO GO IN.

TAKE A LOOK AROUND.
I'LL STAY OUTSIDE."

Karas: STEVE AND MARY WENT IN
LOOKING FOR KATHLEEN,

AND THEY WENT UPSTAIRS.

♪♪

STEVE GOES INTO THE BATHROOM,
FOLLOWED BY MARY,

AND FOUND KATHLEEN IN THE TUB.

WHEN MARY SEES HER BEST FRIEND,
OBVIOUSLY DEAD, SHE SCREAMS.

AND THEN DREW RAN
UP THE STAIRS,

AND THEN
THEY CALLED THE POLICE.

Narrator: IN 2004,
THE DEATH WAS RULED AN ACCIDENT,

BUT NOW
INVESTIGATORS SEE RED FLAGS.

Dobrich: THERE WERE
SEVERAL THINGS THAT STOOD OUT.

INVESTIGATORS,
AT THE TIME, BELIEVED

THAT SHE DIED AS A RESULT
OF A FALL IN THE BATHTUB.

ASSUMINGLY,
THE OFFICERS THOUGHT

THAT WAS A RESULT
OF HITTING HER HEAD,

BUT THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION
DONE TO SUPPORT THAT CONCLUSION.

Glasgow: THEY BROUGHT THE BODY
TO THE CORONER'S FACILITY.

THEY LED
THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST

TO BELIEVE
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,

AND SO HE DIDN'T DO

AS THOROUGH AS AUTOPSY
AS HE MIGHT HAVE DONE.

Narrator:
OFFICIALS QUICKLY DETERMINE

THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS DROWNING.

BE HARD TO IMAGINE
A MORE FLAWED INVESTIGATION.

IT WAS OVER BEFORE IT STARTED.

Narrator: NOW,
THREE YEARS AFTER SAVIO'S DEATH,

GLASGOW DECIDES
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY

TO DETERMINE
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

WE HADN'T HAD AN EXHUMATION
IN 40 YEARS.

I MEAN, SO WHEN I SAID, "WE'RE
GOING TO DO AN EXHUMATION,

EVERYBODY SAID, "WHAT?
WE'RE GONNA DO A WHAT?"

I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE TO DO
SOME OF THE EXAMINATIONS

THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE
AT THE ORIGINAL AUTOPSY "

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS REMOVE
SAVIO'S BODY FROM ITS GRAVE

AND RE-EXAMINE PHOTOS
FROM THE FIRST AUTOPSY.

Dr. Blum:
I'M DR. LARRY BLUM.

I PERFORMED AN AUTOPSY
ON KATHLEEN SAVIO.

I BELIEVE THERE WERE
UP TO 16 AREAS OF HER BODY

THAT SHOWED INJURIES,

AND SHE HAD BRUISES
ON BOTH SIDES.

ALL THE BRUISES
THAT I LOOKED AT

APPEARED TO BE VERY RECENT.

BUT TO SLIP IN A SMALL,
GARDEN-SIZED TUB IN HER HOME

AND COME UP
WITH ALL THESE INJURIES --

I COULDN'T CONCEIVE OF IT.

Narrator:
ON FEBRUARY 21, 2008,

AFTER COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT
EXAMINING KATHLEEN'S CORPSE,

HE COMES TO
A STRIKING CONCLUSION.

I FOUND KATHLEEN SAVIO DIED OF
DROWNING DUE TO HOMICIDAL MEANS.

Glasgow: WE KNEW THAT
THIS WAS A HOMICIDE.

WE HAD A LONG WAY TO GO TO PROVE
IT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

Narrator: IN HINDSIGHT,
THOSE CLOSEST TO STACY

NOW VIEW THE DEATH OF KATHLEEN
WITH SUSPICION.

Aikin: ON THE DAY
THAT KATHLEEN WAS FOUND,

STACY CALLED ME, CRYING.

SHE WAS
IN A HYSTERICAL STATE OF MIND.

SHE WAS JUST REALLY UPSET
AND SHOCKED.

I CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS
SO MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY.

Narrator:
AS PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATE

DREW'S ROLE
IN KATHLEEN'S DEATH,

THEY DIG DEEPER INTO HIS PAST,

AND THEY DISCOVER
TROUBLING THROUGH LINES

IN ALL FOUR OF HIS MARRIAGES,

STARTING WITH HIS FIRST
IN 1974.

DREW MARRIED HIS
HIGH-SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND, CAROL.

THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN TOGETHER,
ERIC AND STEPHEN.

THEY WERE MARRIED
WHILE DREW WAS IN THE ARMY.

AND THEIR FAMILY
LIVED IN ILLINOIS

WHILE DREW
WAS A POLICE OFFICER.

THE MARRIAGE ENDED
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS

DUE TO DREW'S INFIDELITY,

WHICH WAS A RECURRING THEME
IN HIS MARRIAGES.

AFTER HE AND CAROL DIVORCED,

DREW MARRIED A WOMAN
NAMED VICKI CONNOLLY.

SHE HAD A CHILD
FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP,

SO DREW HAD A STEPDAUGHTER NOW.

HE HAD HIS TWO SONS
AND HIS STEPDAUGHTER.

Howard:
HE CHEATED ON HER, TOO,

WITH NONE OTHER
THAN KATHLEEN SAVIO.

HE DIVORCED VICKI IN 1992.

Narrator: VICKI ALSO CLAIMS
THAT DREW ABUSED HER.

AND THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS

THAT HE INTENDED TO CAUSE HER
EVEN MORE HARM.

AT ONE POINT, VICKI GOT INTO
A VERY SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT,

BUT SURVIVED.

SOME BELIEVE, PRIOR TO THAT,

DREW MAY HAVE TAMPERED
WITH THE BRAKES.

Narrator: WITH
A PATTERN OF ABUSE ESTABLISHED,

INVESTIGATORS ARE CONVINCED
THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

AND IN NOVEMBER 2007,
AS PRESSURE ON HIM MOUNTS,

PETERSON SEEKS LEGAL COUNSEL.

Brodsky:
MY NAME IS JOEL BRODSKY,

AND I WAS THE LEAD CRIMINAL
DEFENSE ATTORNEY

FOR DREW PETERSON.

GENERALLY SPEAKING,

THE FIRST RULE
OF BEING A SUSPECT IN A CRIME

IS YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT --
YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING.

I WOULD ALWAYS TELL HIM,
"OKAY, DON'T TALK TO THE MEDIA."

THERE WAS ALWAYS CONCERN

THAT HE WAS GONNA SAY
THE WRONG THING.

Narrator:
DESPITE BRODSKY'S ADVICE,

DREW CONTINUES
TO GRANDSTAND.

WHENEVER ANYTHING FLARES UP --
YOU KNOW,

WE'RE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING
OR I'M ACCUSED OF SOMETHING

IN THE COURT
OF PUBLIC OPINION --

I HAVE A NEED TO GO OUT THERE
AND JUST DEFEND MYSELF

THROUGH THESE ALLEGATIONS
THAT ARE BEING MADE.

DREW PETERSON REALLY
WAS ENAMORED OF THE CAMERA.

HE LOVED THE ATTENTION.

Narrator:
IN JANUARY 2008,

DREW'S ANTICS CATCH THE
ATTENTION OF A LOCAL CELEBRITY.

Brodsky: STEVE DAHL IS A MAJOR
RADIO PERSONALITY IN CHICAGO.

STEVE DAHL WAS ALSO DOING
DREW PETERSON IMPERSONATIONS

ON HIS SHOW.

Dahl:
"YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I THINK?

IT'S A SHAME THAT

HER 'REST IN PEACE'
HAS TO BE DISTURBED."

Brodsky: THAT BECAME ALMOST
TOO BIG OF A TEMPTATION

FOR DREW NOT TO PLAY WITH HIM.

I WAS, "OH, SURE. WHY NOT?

JUST REMEMBER --

YOU CAN'T TALK
[Chuckling] ABOUT THE CASE."

Karas: SO DREW AND HIS ATTORNEY,
JOEL BRODSKY,

APPROACH HIM WITH AN IDEA.

THEY SAID, "HEY,
HOW ABOUT DOING A SEGMENT

ON WIN A DATE WITH DREW?"

Dahl: OH, I'LL DO
A DATING GAME WITH YOU.

-DREW?
-ME?

Brodsky:
IT'S UP TO YOU, MAN.

Peterson: I DON'T KNOW.
ASK THE LAWYER.

YEAH. WHY NOT?

Brodsky:
DREW'S POSITION WAS,

"MY WIFE STACY RAN OFF
WITH ANOTHER GUY.

SO WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
I'M NOT GONNA BECOME A MONK.

SO WHAT'S WITH ME MEETING WOMEN
THROUGH THE RADIO?"

Narrator:
BUT DREW'S ROMANTIC RADIO SCHEME

COMPLETELY BACKFIRES.

Karas: HE'S MAKING LIGHT
OF HIS BACHELORHOOD

WHEN MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC
BELIEVE

HE WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR KILLING TWO WIVES.

"HEY, WHO WANTS TO BE
THE NEXT WIFE?"

YEAH. RIGHT.

AND SO THEY PULLED THE IDEA.

[ LIGHT CLICKS ]

THE STATION CHICKENED OUT.

Narrator:
THEN, ON MAY 7, 2009,

THE JOKE IS OVER FOR DREW.

Hosey: A YEAR AND A HALF
AFTER STACY DISAPPEARED,

MORE THAN 5 YEARS
AFTER KATHLEEN DIED...

[ SIREN WAILING ]

...DREW PETERSON WAS CHARGED

WITH THE MURDER
OF KATHLEEN SAVIO.

I GOT A CALL
FROM THE STATE POLICE,

AND THEY TOLD ME
HE'S BEING ARRESTED.

AND I WAS ECSTATIC.

I RAN IN THE LIVING ROOM,
PUT THE TV ON,

AND I SAW IT LIVE.

IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE --

FINALLY, FINALLY.

Hosey: IT WAS JUST ANOTHER
EXPLOSIVE WRINKLE IN THIS STORY.

HE CAME OFF AS A CRUMB.
HE CAME OFF A TERRIBLE GUY.

AND THERE WERE
A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

Narrator: BUT FOR PROSECUTORS,
VICTORY IS FAR FROM ASSURED.

Hosey: ONE OF THE BIGGEST
PROBLEMS WITH KATHLEEN'S CASE

IS THE COMPLETE LACK
OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

IF THERE WAS
ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,

THE STATE POLICE DIDN'T BOTHER
COLLECTING IT IN 2004.

WE WERE LIKE, "WHERE ARE
WE GONNA GO FROM HERE?"

Narrator:
TO LINK DREW TO THE CRIME,

PROSECUTORS SEEK TESTIMONY
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.

Karas: THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS

THAT KATHLEEN MADE
JUST WEEKS BEFORE SHE DIED

AND THAT STACY MADE JUST WEEKS
BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED

THAT THE PROSECUTION
ABSOLUTELY NEEDED AT TRIAL

IN ORDER TO SHOW WHAT
WAS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES.

WE NEEDED
ALL OF THOSE STATEMENTS

IN ORDER TO PROVE
THIS MURDER CASE.

Narrator:
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM --

BECAUSE STACY AND KATHLEEN

CANNOT TESTIFY
ON THEIR OWN BEHALF,

THEIR PAST STATEMENTS
ARE CONSIDERED HEARSAY,

WHICH IS GENERALLY NOT ADMITTED
IN COURT.

Karas: HEARSAY ARE STATEMENTS
MADE OUTSIDE OF COURT

BY SOMEONE,

AND ANOTHER PERSON
IS GOING TO TESTIFY TO IT,

BUT THERE ARE
LOTS OF EXCEPTIONS TO HEARSAY.

Narrator:
IN PRETRIAL HEARINGS,

JUDGES GRANT THE PROSECUTION
THE USE OF HEARSAY THEY SEEK.

WITH THE STATEMENTS,
IT WAS A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME.

THEY HAD A PROVABLE CASE.

Narrator: THE DEFENSE STRIKES
BACK WITH A PRETRIAL MOTION

ABOUT A SEPARATE CASE THEY FEAR
COULD DAMAGE THEIR CLIENT,

THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF STACY PETERSON.

Greenberg:
IF YOU'VE GOT A CASE LIKE THIS,

YOU'RE ASKING JURORS
TO DISREGARD

SOMETHING THAT'S STARING THEM
STRAIGHT IN THE FACE.

THEY'D HAVE TO BE LIVING
IN A COMPLETE DARK CAVE

TO NOT KNOW THE STACY STORY

AND WONDER,
"WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?"

BUT WE GOT THE JUDGE TO ORDER
THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE

NO MENTION OF THE FACT
THAT STACY DISAPPEARED.

THE JURY, TECHNICALLY,
NEVER KNEW STACY WAS GONE.

Narrator: THEN,
AT A PRETRIAL PRESS CONFERENCE,

THE DEFENSE TEAM
SAVORS THEIR VICTORY.

ONE REPORTER ASKED ABOUT STACY'S
STATEMENTS BEING USED AT TRIAL.

Reporter:
WHAT DO YOU MAKE

OF THE STACY
FACTOR IN THIS TRIAL?

-WHO?
-THE STACY FACTOR.

-WHO? STACEY WHO?
-STACEY WHO?

SHE'S ON
YOUR WITNESS LIST.

-OH, THAT STACY.
-OH, THAT -- [ LAUGHS ]

THAT'S WHEN WE DID
THE REGRETTABLE, "STACY WHO?"

Hosey: THEN ALL THE
OTHER LAWYERS STARTED SAYING,

"STACY WHO?" ALSO,
LIKE, "WHO IS SHE?"

IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO BE FUNNY,

THEY REALLY ALIENATED
THE PUBLIC.

♪♪

Narrator:
FINALLY, ON JULY 31, 2012,

THE TRIAL OF DREW PETERSON
BEGINS.

THE CHALLENGE
FOR THE PROSECUTION

IS THAT THIS DEATH
WAS ORIGINALLY RULED AN ACCIDENT

AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING
IT WAS A MURDER.

ON TOP OF IT,
THERE'S NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

TYING DREW PETERSON
TO THE MURDER.

SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK
AHEAD OF THEM.

Glasgow: I KNEW WE HAD TO DIVE
INTO THIS FULL FORCE.

WE LITERALLY WERE WORKING
14 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

Narrator:
AFTER MONTHS OF ANTICIPATION,

JIM GLASGOW GIVES THE
PROSECUTION'S OPENING STATEMENT.

Glasgow:
THE KEY IN THE OPENING STATEMENT

WAS TO, YOU KNOW,
PORTRAY KATHLEEN SAVIO

AS THE VICTIM THAT SHE WAS,

TRAPPED IN THIS CATCH-22

WITH THIS MANIPULATIVE
POLICE OFFICER.

AND WE WERE GOING TO ATTEMPT
TO SHOW

THAT HE WAS
A DANGEROUS MURDERER.

THERE WAS A HUGE MOTIVE.

THE MONEY WAS
THE NUMBER-ONE THING.

EVEN THOUGH DREW AND KATHLEEN
HAD BEEN DIVORCED

FOR FIVE MONTHS,

THERE WAS STILL
ONE FINAL ASPECT,

AND THAT WAS DIVIDING
THE PROPERTY.

KATHLEEN STOOD
TO GAIN THE HOUSE,

WHICH WAS WORTH $300,000,

HALF OF DREW'S PENSION,

AND THEN HALF
OF OTHER MARITAL PROPERTY.

THAT WAS A LOT FOR DREW PETERSON
TO BE GIVING UP.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE,
DREW PETERSON WAS SO DESPERATE

NOT TO GIVE KATHLEEN ANY
OF HIS PROPERTY AND HIS MONEY

THAT HE WAS WILLING TO KILL HER
TO PREVENT IT.

Narrator: THEN, TO ESTABLISH
DREW'S VIOLENT TENDENCIES,

GLASGOW DESCRIBES
AN ENCOUNTER

THAT KATHLEEN SHARED
WITH A LAWYER

AS SHE PREPARED
FOR THE DIVORCE.

SHE WAS COMING DOWNSTAIRS
WITH A LAUNDRY BASKET,

AND THERE HE WAS,
IN A SWAT UNIFORM.

AND HE HELD A KNIFE
TO HER THROAT.

Glasgow: HE HELD HER HOSTAGE
ON THE STAIRS

FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS,

SAID, "YOU SHOULD JUST DIE."

Karas:
HE'S THREATENING TO KILL HER,

AND HE SAID SHE'S NOT GONNA GET
ANYTHING IN THE DIVORCE.

SHE FINALLY SAID, LIKE,
"GO AHEAD.

DO IT. JUST KILL ME."

AND HE'S LIKE, "NO. I CAN'T KILL
THE MOTHER OF MY SONS."

DREW WAS SENDING THE MESSAGE,
"YOU'RE NOT SAFE ANYWHERE."

Narrator: GLASGOW TIES TOGETHER
THE PIECES OF HIS ARGUMENT

IN A FORCEFUL CONCLUSION.

Glasgow:
WE WERE GONNA PRESENT EVIDENCE

THAT DREW PETERSON
MURDERED KATHLEEN SAVIO

AND STAGED THE SCENE TO
MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT.

AND WE WERE GONNA SHOW
HOW HE KILLED HER.

Greenberg: PROSECUTORS
USUALLY ARE VERY BUSINESSLIKE,

AND GLASGOW
WAS BUSINESSLIKE.

AND THEN IT WAS OUR TURN.

♪♪

Narrator: DREW'S LEAD ATTORNEY,
JOEL BRODSKY,

TAKES AIM
AT THE COMING HEARSAY STATEMENTS

FROM PROSECUTION WITNESSES
MARY PARKS AND NEIL SCHORI.

BRODSKY CLAIMS THAT
KATHLEEN MADE THEM UP

SIMPLY TO STRENGTHEN HER HAND
IN THE PENDING DIVORCE.

Brodsky:
THAT'S VERY COMMON.

PEOPLE IN BAD DIVORCES

IS JUST TRYING
TO HURT THE OTHER SIDE

ANY WAY THEY CAN.

THAT'S THE NATURE
OF BAD DIVORCES.

Greenberg: I THINK PEOPLE GO
TO THEIR DIVORCE LAWYER,

AND THE DIVORCE LAWYER,

HALF THE TIME,
THE FIRST THING THEY SAY IS,

"MAKE UP THAT
YOUR HUSBAND HIT YOU."

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD
IN DIVORCE.

Brodsky: AND IT WAS
A PRETTY ROCKY DIVORCE.

EVERY HOUSEWIFE'S
WORST NIGHTMARE

IS THAT
SHE'S GONNA BE THROWN ASIDE

FOR SOME YOUNGER, PRETTY GIRL.

AND DREW HAD LEFT HER
FOR A YOUNGER WOMAN,

AND NOW SHE SEES THIS YOUNG
WOMAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

WEARING SHORT SHORTS.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAS KIND OF,
IN KATHY'S MIND,

RUBBING IT IN HER FACE.

KATHY WAS HURT.

SHE HAD
A VERY STORMY PERSONALITY.

Narrator:
THEN, BRODSKY ARGUES

THAT THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION
INTO KATHLEEN'S DEATH

GOT IT RIGHT.

DREW HAS INSISTED FROM DAY ONE,
CONSISTENTLY,

THAT KATHLEEN DIED
IN AN ACCIDENT.

Greenberg: THE THEORY WAS THAT
SHE WAS ON MEDICATION.

SHE FELL ASLEEP, HOT BATH,

AND SORT OF SLIPPED IN
AND DROWNED --

FREAK ACCIDENT.

IS IT RARE?

EXTREMELY.

IS IS IMPOSSIBLE? NO.

Narrator: THEN,
BRODSKY ROUNDS OUT HIS ARGUMENT

BY PLEADING WITH THE JURY

TO CONSIDER
HIS CLIENT'S CHARACTER

WITH AN OPEN MIND.

Greenberg: HE WORKED
AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A WHILE

AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN

BEFORE BECOMING
A BOLINGBROOK POLICE OFFICER.

WE TALKED ABOUT
HOW HARD HE WORKED,

WHAT KIND
OF A FAMILY MAN HE WAS.

A GOOD OPENING STATEMENT
WILL HUMANIZE YOUR CLIENT

AND BRING THE JURORS BACK

AND LET THEM KNOW
IT'S NOT SO CUT AND DRY, FOLKS.

Narrator: WITH THE CONCLUSION
OF OPENING STATEMENTS,

THE PROSECUTION IS READY
TO PRESENT THEIR CASE,

AND THEY CALL A WITNESS
THAT LEAVES THE GALLERY STUNNED.

WHAT SHE SAW AND DIDN'T SEE
IN THAT BATHROOM WAS CRITICAL.

♪♪

Narrator: IN THE MURDER TRIAL
OF DREW PETERSON,

PROSECUTORS
ARE BEGINNING TO EXPLAIN

HOW KATHLEEN'S DEATH
WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT,

AND THEY CALL HER NEIGHBOR
MARY PONTARELLI TO THE STAND.

Greenberg: MARY WAS A HOUSEWIFE
AND KATHLEEN'S BEST FRIEND.

AS SHE DESCRIBED IT,
THEY WERE ALMOST INSEPARABLE.

Narrator:
MARY GIVES HER ACCOUNT

OF THE DAY KATHLEEN'S BODY
WAS DISCOVERED.

Karas:
SHE HADN'T HEARD FROM KATHLEEN,

AND DREW REACHES OUT TO HER
THAT EVENING.

SHE AND STEVE CARCERANO

ARE THE ONES
WHO WENT INTO THE HOUSE FIRST

TO LOOK FOR KATHLEEN,

LEAVING DREW OUTSIDE.

STEVE GOES INTO THE BATHROOM,
FOLLOWED BY MARY.

WHEN MARY SEES HER BEST FRIEND
IN THE TUB,

OBVIOUSLY DEAD, SHE SCREAMS.

THIS WAS A HORRIBLE SHOCK
FOR HER.

Narrator: MARY RECOUNTS THAT,
ONCE SHE COLLECTED HERSELF,

SHE BEGAN
TO TAKE IN THE SCENE.

Karas: MARY REALIZED THAT

THERE WERE SOME THINGS
ABOUT THE BATHROOM

THAT WERE
A LITTLE BIT STRANGE.

KATHLEEN'S HAIR WAS DOWN.

SHE ALWAYS PUT IT UP IN A CLIP
IF SHE GOING TO BATHE.

SHE WAS WEARING
A VERY DELICATE GOLD NECKLACE.

SHE WOULD TAKE HER JEWELRY OFF
BEFORE BATHING.

Glasgow: MARY, BASICALLY,
WAS LOOKING AT THE BATHROOM

JUST FROM
A WOMAN'S STANDPOINT.

THERE WASN'T A BATHROBE NEARBY.
THERE WASN'T A TOWEL.

THERE WASN'T A BATH MAT.

Karas: THERE WERE THINGS THAT
DIDN'T QUITE LOOK RIGHT TO HER.

LIKE, WHAT REALLY
WAS HAPPENING HERE

AT THE TIME SHE DIED IN HER TUB?

MARY PONTARELLI'S TESTIMONY

WAS VERY HELPFUL
TO THE PROSECUTION

AS A SCENE SETTER.

WHAT SHE SAW AND DIDN'T SEE
IN THAT BATHROOM WAS IMPORTANT.

Narrator: BUT THE DEFENSE
QUESTIONS THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF PONTARELLI'S OBSERVATIONS.

Greenberg: ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT GOOD LAWYERS CAN DO

IS THEY CAN TAKE A PEBBLE
AND MAKE IT INTO A BOULDER.

THE STATE DID A GOOD JOB
OF THIS.

I DON'T KNOW
HOW SHE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT --

SHE NEVER
WOULD'VE HAD HER HAIR LIKE THAT

WHEN SHE TOOK A BATH.

HOW DOES SHE KNOW
WHAT SHE DOES WITH HER HAIR?

Narrator: THEN, TO ADDRESS

THE LACK OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
COLLECTED AT THE SCENE,

THE PROSECUTION CALLS

THE OFFICER WHO OVERSAW
THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION,

SERGEANT PATRICK COLLINS.

COLLINS DIDN'T HAVE
ANY HOMICIDE EXPERIENCE.

HE WASN'T SURE EXACTLY
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT.

HE DEFERRED
TO THE CRIME-SCENE TECHNICIAN

IN TERMS
OF HANDLING THE SCENE.

AND THE CRIME-SCENE TECHNICIAN
BELIEVED

THAT THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT,

SO COLLINS WENT ALONG
WITH THAT.

Glasgow: THE EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN
AT ONE POINT SAID THAT,

WHEN THEY WERE LIFTING HER BODY
OUT OF THE TUB,

KATHLEEN WAS BLEEDING
FROM THE BACK OF HER HEAD,

AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN
BOTHER TO LOOK TO SEE

WHERE THE BLOOD WAS COMING FROM.

Karas: THE FACT THAT

THE SCENE WAS NEVER PROCESSED
LIKE A CRIME SCENE

MEANT THEY ALSO
DIDN'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE

TYING DREW PETERSON
TO THE SCENE.

Narrator:
THE PROSECUTION THEN HONES IN

ON ANOTHER FLAW
IN COLLINS' PERFORMANCE.

♪♪

COLLINS NEVER SECURED THE SCENE.

HE DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY
REASON TO TAKE DIFFERENT ACTION.

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
TRAIPSING AROUND,

INCLUDING DREW PETERSON.

Howard:
THE BATHROOM CONTAINED

THE MOST IMPORTANT
AND SENSITIVE EVIDENCE

SURROUNDING THIS CASE,

AND IT WAS LEFT OPEN
TO MANIPULATION.

Narrator: BUT THE DEFENSE VIEWS
THE STATE'S ANALYSIS

AS NOTHING BUT SPECULATION.

Greenberg:
THEY DO AN INVESTIGATION,

AND THEN
THE PROSECUTION SAYS,

"OUR INVESTIGATORS
DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT.

SO FROM THAT, YOU SHOULD INFER
THEY MISSED SOMETHING, RIGHT?"

WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW
THEY MISSED SOMETHING?

MAYBE THEY DID DO IT RIGHT
AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

Narrator:
COLLINS ALSO TESTIFIES

ABOUT HIS INTERVIEW
WITH DREW'S WIFE, STACY,

FOLLOWING
THE DEATH OF KATHLEEN.

ON THE STAND, COLLINS DESCRIBED
INTERVIEWING STACY PETERSON

SOON AFTER KATHLEEN'S BODY
WAS FOUND IN THE TUB.

DREW APPROACHED COLLINS

AND ASKED PERMISSION
TO BE PRESENT

WHEN HE QUESTIONED STACY.

HE SAID THAT STACY WAS UPSET

AND HE JUST WANTED
TO BE A COMFORT TO HER

WHILE
SHE WAS BEING INTERVIEWED.

SO I GUESS
IT WAS A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY,

BUT COLLINS
WENT ALONG WITH IT.

AND THAT VIOLATED ALL THE
PRINCIPLES OF AN INVESTIGATION.

WASN'T A WISE DECISION
TO DO IT THAT WAY.

IT WAS BASICALLY
LIKE A MARIONETTE.

HE HAD HIS HAND ON HER,

HELPING HER FINISH
HER SENTENCES,

CONTROLLING HER STATEMENT
TO THE POLICE.

Karas:
WHEN HE QUESTIONED STACY,

SHE SAID THAT HER HUSBAND
WAS HOME WITH HER ALL NIGHT.

SHE BACKED HIM UP
AND PROVIDED HIS ALIBI

THE NIGHT
THAT KATHLEEN WAS KILLED.

WHO KNOWS
WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE SAID

IF COLLINS HAD BEEN
TALKING TO HER ONE-ON-ONE?

Narrator:
NEXT, FOR INSIGHT

INTO KATHLEEN'S RELATIONSHIP
WITH DREW,

THE PROSECUTION CALLS ON
AN OLD FRIEND NAMED MARY PARKS.

White: SHE WAS
AT THE JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

WHEN KATHLEEN SAVIO
WAS THERE,

AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

THERE WAS A TIME
WHERE SHE JUST NOTICED

THAT KATHY HAD A SWEATER
OR SOMETHING ON

WITH A VERY HIGH COLLAR
ON IT.

SHE SEEMED TO BE VERY UPSET,

SO THEN MARY QUESTIONED HER
ABOUT IT,

AND THEN KATHLEEN SAVIO
SHOWED HER

THERE WERE BRUISES ON HER NECK
AND RED MARKS ON HER NECK.

KATHLEEN TOLD MARY
THAT THOSE WERE CAUSED BY DREW.

Narrator: MARY TESTIFIES THAT,
DURING ONE VIOLENT ENCOUNTER,

DREW SAID SOMETHING CHILLING
TO KATHLEEN.

WAS MORE OF A STATEMENT,

AND THAT IS,
"WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE?"

Narrator: BUT THE DEFENSE

DIRECTLY CHALLENGES
PARKS' STORY.

Greenberg:
SHE WAS MY WITNESS.

SHE TESTIFIED
VERY SPECIFICALLY

ABOUT WHEN THESE CONVERSATIONS
HAD TAKEN PLACE --

"IN NOVEMBER,
AFTER A CLASS WE HAD TOGETHER,"

AND THEN,
ON CROSS-EXAMINATION,

I BROUGHT OUT THAT

THEY WEREN'T EVEN GOING TO
SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME.

KATHLEEN WASN'T EVEN ENROLLED
IN SCHOOL THEN.

I MADE HER CRY,

AND I FELT NO SYMPATHY
FOR DOING SO.

Narrator:
THEN, TO MEDICALLY PROVE

THAT KATHLEEN'S DEATH
WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT,

THE PROSECUTION CALLS
DR. LARRY BLUM.

IN MY EXPERIENCE OF OVER
10,000 DEATH INVESTIGATIONS,

PEOPLE CAN AND DO SLIP
IN THEIR BATHTUBS,

BUT THESE PEOPLE END UP
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM

AND NOT IN THE MORGUE.

SHE WAS
A 40-YEAR-OLD HEALTHY WOMAN

WITH TWO SONS,
11 AND 9 YEARS OLD.

NOW, YOU DON'T SEE
MOMS LIKE THAT

JUST DROWNING
IN THEIR OWN BATHTUBS.

THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

Narrator:
BLUM FOCUSES ON A WOUND

THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION
ATTRIBUTED

TO A FALL IN THE TUB,

THE INCH-LONG GASH
ON THE BACK OF KATHLEEN'S HEAD.

Karas: TO CAUSE THE LACERATION
SHE HAD ON HER HEAD,

SHE NEEDED TO HIT
A SHARP SURFACE.

THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE
SMOOTH CONTOURS OF THAT BATHTUB.

Narrator:
BLUM ALSO ARGUES THAT,

IF KATHLEEN
STRUCK HER HEAD ON THE TUB,

THERE WOULD BE
OBVIOUS SIGNS.

IF SOMEONE DOES STRIKE
THEIR HEAD ON AN EDGE

AND THEN SLIDE DOWN,

THERE IS A TRANSFER
OF BLOOD, HAIR, TISSUE

FROM THE VICTIM
TO THE OBJECT.

BUT THERE WAS NO BLOOD
ON THE SIDES OF THE TUB

OR ON THE EDGE OF THE TUB.

Narrator:
UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION,

BLUM OBSERVES OTHER INJURIES

THAT ARE INCONSISTENT
WITH A SLIP AND FALL.

THERE WAS SEVERE BRUISING OF
THE CHEST MUSCLES ON EACH SIDE.

AND HER DIAPHRAGM SHOWED
A SIGNIFICANT BRUISE,

WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT

WITH SOMEBODY GIVING YOU
A BEAR HUG FROM BEHIND,

HOLDING YOU
WHILE YOU'RE STRUGGLING.

THAT WAS STICKING OUT
LIKE A SORE THUMB.

Narrator: BLUM CLARIFIES THAT
THESE DISTINCTIVE INJURIES

HELP EXPLAIN EXACTLY
HOW KATHLEEN DIED.

Dr. Blum: THIS INDICATED THAT
SHE WAS HELD AROUND THE BODY

WHILE THE HEAD
WAS BEING HELD DOWN.

AND THE STATE'S THEORY
OF THE CASE

IS THAT SHE WAS FORCIBLY
DROWNED IN THE TOILET,

AND THEN SHE WAS PLACED
INTO THE TUB

AFTER SHE HAD BEEN KILLED.

Glasgow:
ONCE WE PROVED IT WAS A MURDER,

THAT WAS HUGE

BECAUSE HOW MANY PEOPLE
WOULD WANT HER DEAD?

AND NOW OUR
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

BECAME THAT MUCH STRONGER.

Narrator:
THEN, A PROSECUTION WITNESS

REVEALS STUNNING STATEMENTS
STACY MADE

ABOUT THE DEATH
OF HER ROMANTIC RIVAL.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE SHOCK
THAT I HAD IN MY SYSTEM.

♪♪

Narrator: THE MURDER TRIAL
OF DREW PETERSON

IS DOMINATING THE AIRWAVES.

EVERY NIGHT, PUNDITS HEATEDLY
DEBATE THE DAY'S TESTIMONY.

THE DREW PETERSON TRIAL...

WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE
ON THIS VERY HIGH-PROFILE TRIAL.

WELL, I TALKED
WITH A LOT OF COURT WATCHERS,

AND THEY SEEM
TO THINK IT'S A DRAW.

BOTH SIDES HAD GREAT ARGUMENTS
TO MAKE.

THERE'S NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
CONNECTING ANY OF THE MURDERS

TO DREW PETERSON.

THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME
FOR THESE WOMEN,

THESE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, IS DURING THE DIVORCE.

THIS IS
WHAT THE JURY IS LEFT WITH,

IN TERMS OF DEFENSE WITNESSES.

THERE WERE A LOT OF ELEMENTS
THAT CAPTIVATED THE NATION.

NO ONE WANTED TO MISS THIS ONE.

Narrator:
AND AT THE COURTHOUSE,

THE FAMILY OF KATHLEEN SAVIO
HOLDS VIGIL.

THIS IS WHAT MY SISTER
HAD TO GO THROUGH.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO VICTIMS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

THE FACES THAT WE DON'T SEE.

♪♪

Narrator: BUT WHEN COURT
IS BACK IN SESSION,

THE PROSECUTION
CALLS A WITNESS

WITH ASTONISHING DETAILS
OF KATHLEEN'S DEMISE.

Schori:
MY NAME IS NEIL SCHORI,

AND I WAS STACY
AND DREW PETERSON'S PASTOR.

THEY TALKED WITH ME ABOUT LIFE
AND SOME MARRIAGE ISSUES.

I HAD SESSIONS
WITH JUST STACY,

AND I HAD SESSIONS
WITH JUST DREW,

AND I HAD SESSIONS
WITH THEM TOGETHER.

THEY HAD NORMAL LIFE ISSUES,
NORMAL MARRIAGE ISSUES.

Narrator: ON THE STAND,
SCHORI GIVES HEARSAY TESTIMONY

AND EXPLAINS THAT,
IN AUGUST OF 2007,

STACY PETERSON CALLED HIM
WITH AN URGENT REQUEST.

AND SHE SAID, "IS THERE
ANY CHANCE YOU CAN MEET TOMORROW

AT STARBUCKS,
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING?"

I DON'T MEET WITH PEOPLE
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

IT'S JUST A POLICY
THAT I HAVE.

AND I SAID, "YEAH,
I CAN MEET AT THE STARBUCKS."

STACY WAS JUST LOOKING
AT ME CRYING,

AND SHE DESCRIBED HOW,
ONE NIGHT,

SHE AND DREW WENT TO BED
AT THE SAME TIME,

AND THEN SHE WOKE UP
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,

AND HE WASN'T THERE.

SHE TRIED TO REACH HIM BY PHONE,
AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER,

AND SHE JUST HAD NO EXPLANATION
FOR THIS.

BUT HOURS LATER, SUDDENLY,
SHE HEARD DREW COME IN,

AND HE WALKED INTO
THEIR LAUNDRY ROOM,

AND SHE SAID HE WAS COVERED
IN BLACK CLOTHES,

AND HE WAS CARRYING
SOME SORT OF A DUFFEL BAG.

AND THEN HE TOOK THE DUFFEL
BAG, AND HE UNZIPPED IT,

AND HE DUMPED ALL THE ITEMS
INTO THE WASHING MACHINE,

AND HE WALKED OUT.

SHE WAS JUST LEFT STANDING
THERE IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM,

SO SHE OPENED UP THE WASHER,
AND SHE LOOKED IN,

AND THERE WERE WOMEN'S CLOTHES
THAT SHE KNEW WERE NOT HERS.

Narrator:
THEN, GLASGOW ESTABLISHES

WHEN THESE EVENTS
TOOK PLACE.

THAT WAS THE NIGHT
WHEN KATHY SAVIO DIED.

Schori: LATER ON,
SHE FOUND HIM IN THE HOUSE.

AND HE SAT DOWN HER,
AND HE SAID,

"THE POLICE ARE GONNA COME,

AND THEY'RE GONNA WANT
TO TALK TO YOU."

SHE SAID HE COACHED HER
FOR HOURS ON WHAT TO SAY

BEFORE THE POLICE SHOWED UP.

AND SHE ADMITTED SHE LIED
TO THE POLICE FOR DREW PETERSON.

Schori: SHE WAS JUST DRIPPING
WITH FEAR IN HER VOICE

AS SHE SAID THIS.

I TRIED TO FIGHT THROUGH
MY OWN SHOCK OF HEARING THAT.

ON THE STAND,
NEIL SCHORI DELIVERED 100%.

Narrator:
THE DEFENSE THEN TAKES AIM

AT THE STAR WITNESS

AND QUESTIONS HIS RESPONSE
TO STACY'S ALLEGED CONFESSION.

THE CROSS-EXAMINATION --
IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE.

Greenberg:
WHAT WOULD A NORMAL PERSON DO?

IF SOMEONE COMES TO YOU
AND THEY TELL YOU,

"I AM FEARFUL FOR MY LIFE,"

YOU'RE NOT GONNA SAY TO THEM,

"WOULD YOU LIKE A LITTLE CREAM
AND SUGAR WITH YOUR LATTE?"

AND, "GEE,
I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR YOU,"

AND, "GO HOME."

YOU'RE GOING TO SAY,
"LET ME REFER YOU TO A SHELTER.

LET ME FIND A PARISHIONER
YOU CAN LIVE WITH."

WHAT DID YOU DO?

WHAT DID YOU DO?

NOTHING.

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER
THAN WORDS, DUDE.

SO I DON'T THINK MUCH
OF NEIL SCHORI.

Schori: SHE DIDN'T WANT ME
TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

SHE FELT VERY MUCH LIKE

THERE WAS NO ESCAPE
FROM THIS MAN,

AND I HAD STRONGLY GOT
THE FEELING FROM HER

THAT, EVEN IF SHE GOT AWAY,
HE WOULD MAKE SURE TO FIND HER.

AS UNCOMFORTABLE
AS I WAS WITH IT,

I HELD THE STORY TIGHT.

Narrator:
THE STATE RESTS THEIR CASE,

AND THE DEFENSE
TAKES THE FLOOR.

THEY HAD PUT IN ENOUGH
TO GET A CONVICTION

UNLESS WE PUT ON SOME EVIDENCE

THAT POKED SOME HOLES
IN SOME OF THEIR THEORIES.

Karas:
THE DEFENSE NEEDED TO DEAL

WITH THESE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE
BY DREW AGAINST KATHLEEN,

SO TO OVERCOME THAT,

THEY CALLED ONE OF HER
BEST FRIENDS, MARY PONTARELLI.

THE DEFENSE ASKED MARY
WHETHER OR NOT

SHE EVER NOTICED BRUISES
ON KATHLEEN,

ON HER NECK OR ARM,
OTHER PARTS OF BODY, YOU KNOW,

OVER THE YEARS THAT
SHE WAS FRIENDLY WITH HER,

OR DID SHE SEE HER
WEARING CLOTHING

THAT MIGHT BE COVERING
BRUISES.

SHE SAID NO TO ALL OF THOSE.

WHEN ASKED WHETHER
SHE HAD EVER SEEN

DREW GET VIOLENT
OR ANGRY WITH KATHLEEN,

SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T.

MARY SAID THAT DREW
WAS ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN TO HER.

SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL
TO THE DEFENSE.

SHE WAS PAINTING A DIFFERENT
PICTURE OF DREW PETERSON

FROM WHAT THE PROSECUTION
WANTS THE JURY TO BELIEVE.

♪♪

Narrator: NEXT, THE DEFENSE
QUESTIONS PONTARELLI

ABOUT KATHLEEN'S PERSONALITY.

MARY PONTARELLI ALSO SAID
THAT KATHLEEN WAS A FIGHTER,

AND THAT SHE WOULD NOT
HAVE LET SOMEONE HIT HER

WITHOUT FIGHTING BACK.

I THOUGHT MARY PONTARELLI
WAS A GREAT WITNESS FOR US

AND VERY TRUTHFUL.

Narrator:
BUILDING ON TESTIMONY

ABOUT KATHLEEN'S
COMBATIVE NATURE,

THE DEFENSE THEN CALLS
AN INVESTIGATOR

WHO WAS AT THE PETERSON HOME
THE DAY KATHLEEN WAS FOUND.

Karas: BRYAN FALAT WAS WITH
THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.

HE DID NOT SEE ANY SCRATCHES
ON DREW PETERSON

THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT
WITH KATHLEEN FIGHTING WITH HIM.

HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING
TO SUPPORT THAT.

Greenberg: IF THERE'S A STRUGGLE
BETWEEN TWO ADULTS

AND YOU'RE KILLING SOMEBODY,

THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING.

THERE'S GONNA BE
A SCRATCH MARK ON DREW.

THERE WASN'T.

THERE'S GONNA BE
SOMETHING UNDER HER FINGERNAILS.

THERE WASN'T.

Narrator:
THE DEFENSE THEN ATTEMPTS

TO EXPLAIN THE BRUISES FOUND
ON KATHLEEN'S BODY.

THEY QUESTION HER BOYFRIEND
AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH,

STEVE MANIACI.

BOYFRIEND
WAS THIS GIANT MACHO GUY,

A REAL MAN'S MAN,

AND THE BOYFRIEND SAID

THAT THEY HAD HAD SEX
TWO NIGHTS BEFORE ON THE CARPET

AND THAT THEY HAD DONE IT,

ACCORDING TO WHAT HE TOLD
THE POLICE, DOGGY STYLE,

WHICH WOULD HAVE EXPLAINED
THE MARKS ON HER KNEES

AND, IF HE'S GRABBING HER,
THE BRUISING ON HER HIPS.

Narrator:
THEN, TO DISCREDIT

THE DAMNING HEARSAY TESTIMONY
FROM PASTOR SCHORI,

THE DEFENSE COMES UP
WITH A RISKY PLAN

TO ATTACK THE STATEMENTS
OF STACY PETERSON.

THEIR STRATEGY IS TO SAY THAT
SHE WAS GOING AROUND

TALKING ALL THIS STUFF
ABOUT DREW

AS PART OF HER PLAN

TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF DREW
IN A DIVORCE.

THEY WANTED TO SAY
THAT STACY WAS A GOLD DIGGER,

THAT SHE HAD MADE UP THE FACT
THAT DREW HAD KILLED KATHY

IN ORDER TO LEVERAGE
MORE MONEY OUT OF HIM.

THE DEFENSE DECIDED TO CALL
DIVORCE ATTORNEY HARRY SMITH.

Smith:
MY NAME IS HARRY SMITH.

I WAS CONTACTED
BY STACY PETERSON

DAYS BEFORE
SHE DISAPPEARED.

SHE WAS CALLING ME
FOR A DIVORCE CONSULT.

THE FIRST THING THAT STACY
TALKED ABOUT ON THE PHONE CALL

WAS WHETHER OR NOT
SHE COULD LEAVE THE STATE

WITH THE CHILDREN.

SHE WAS GETTING READY
TO GET OUT.

Narrator:
AS BRODSKY PRESSES SMITH

ABOUT STACY'S CALL,

THE DIVORCE LAWYER REVEALS
SOMETHING STUNNING.

STACY SORT OF CASUALLY
SAID TO ME,

"CAN I GET MORE MONEY
IN THE DIVORCE

IF WE GO TO THE POLICE AND TELL
THEM HOW DREW KILLED KATHY?"

JUST SAID IT.

Narrator:
THE DEFENSE'S GAMBIT

QUICKLY TURNS
INTO A SPECTACULAR FAILURE.

Smith: MR. BRODSKY WANTED
TO CLARIFY THE FACT

THAT WHAT STACY HAD DONE
WAS ASK ME,

COULD SHE GET MORE MONEY

IF WE TOLD THE POLICE
HE KILLED KATHLEEN?

HE DID THAT
A COUPLE OF TIMES.

AND HE GAVE ME THE ABILITY
TO KEEP SAYING,

"NO. SHE SAID,
'IF I TELL HIM HOWHE DID IT.'"

AND I THINK DRIVING
THAT POINT HOME WAS A PROBLEM.

IT WENT WORSE
THAN I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

IF I HAD BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC,

I WOULD HAVE PULLED OUT MY FLASK
RIGHT THERE IN THE COURTROOM

AND STARTED DRINKING.

Brodsky:
DREW INSISTED THAT WE CALL HIM.

HE'S THE DEFENDANT.

IF HE WANTS SOMETHING
AND IT'S REASONABLE,

IT'S HARD TO SAY NO.

JIM GLASGOW,
AFTER SMITH TESTIFIED,

CALLED THAT TESTIMONY
A GIFT FROM GOD.

THAT'S THE RISKS OF TRIAL.

Narrator:
THE DEFENSE SOON RESTS.

THEN, ON SEPTEMBER 5th,

THE JURY BEGINS DELIBERATING
THE FATE OF DREW PETERSON.

Glasgow: WHEN IT WENT OVER
INTO THE NEXT DAY,

I CALLED NEIL SCHORI.

Schori: HE SAID, "I THINK THE
VERDICTS ARE GONNA COME SOON."

AND HE SAID, "AND JUST --
I NEED YOU TO PRAY

THAT THE RIGHT ONE
COMES DOWN."

AND I SAID, "YES, SIR.
I'LL DO IT RIGHT AWAY."

WE GOT OFF THE PHONE,
AND I KNELT DOWN IN MY BEDROOM.

Glasgow: I HUNG UP,
AND LITERALLY 60 SECONDS LATER,

SOMEONE CAME TO MY DOOR
AND SAID, "WE HAVE A VERDICT."

♪♪

Narrator:
AFTER 14 HOURS OF DELIBERATION,

THE JURY
IN THE DREW PETERSON MURDER CASE

HAS JUST REACHED A DECISION.

SOMEBODY YELLED OUT, "VERDICT."

I WAS TREMENDOUSLY SCARED.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

Dobrich: I WAS THERE
WITH A GROUP OF OTHER OFFICERS,

AND I WATCHED
AS THE VERDICT WAS READ ALOUD.

Karas: AS WE ALL SAT
ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS,

THE JUDGE DID THE READING.

"WE, THE JURY,

FIND THE DEFENDANT,
DREW PETERSON...

GUILTY."

Doman: WHEN IT CAME IN,
IT WAS LIKE, BOOM.

IT JUST HIT YOU
RIGHT IN THE HEAD.

I HUGGED MY SISTER,
AND WE SAID, "WE DID IT.

WE FINALLY DID IT."

Cales:
I WAS JUST FEELING GREAT.

I WAS SMILING
AND JUST STARING AT DREW.

DREW PETERSON
WAS VERY IMPASSIVE.

HE GLARED AT THE JURORS WHEN
THEY FILED OUT OF THE COURTROOM.

Dobrich: WE WERE HAPPY.

WE FELT THAT
OUR WORK WAS REALIZED.

GETTING THE FINAL VERDICT
WAS ELATION.

THERE WAS NO QUESTION.

HE WAS A THUG --
HE WOULD THREATEN PEOPLE

'CAUSE HE HAD A GUN
AND A BADGE,

AND NOBODY EVERY TOOK HIM ON.

BUT WE TOOK HIM ON NOW,
AND HE LOST.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

JUSTICE WAS FINALLY DONE
FOR KATHLEEN SAVIO'S FAMILY.

I HOPE THERE WILL BE JUSTICE
FOR STACY.

I HOPE THAT, ONE DAY,
DREW WILL CONFESS.

Narrator:
IN FEBRUARY 2013,

DREW RETURNS TO COURT
FOR A SENTENCING HEARING,

WHERE HE FACES A MAXIMUM
OF 60 YEARS IN PRISON.

WHEN DREW WAS SENTENCED,
LIKE EVERY OTHER DEFENDANT,

HE WAS GIVEN A CHANCE
TO ADDRESS THE COURT.

Cales: IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HIM
GO UP THERE ON THE PODIUM

BECAUSE I COULD JUST TELL HE WAS
JUST FULL OF THIS ANXIETY,

LIKE HE WAS HAVING
A PANIC ATTACK.

Man:
SAY WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE.

"I DIDN'T KILL HER!"
WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.

PATHETIC.

IT ALMOST SOUNDED
LIKE AN INSANE PERSON.

♪♪

THE JUDGE GAVE DREW PETERSON
A 38-YEAR SENTENCE

FOR THE MURDER
OF KATHLEEN SAVIO.

CONSIDERING HIS AGE,

THAT HE WOULD BE AN OLD MAN
BEFORE HE EVER GOT OUT.

Narrator: BUT EVEN WITH
A POTENTIAL LIFELONG SENTENCE

IN FRONT OF DREW,

ONE VITAL PIECE OF INFORMATION
REMAINS SECRET.

White:
NOBODY KNOWS WHERE STACY IS.

ALWAYS, BEHIND EVERYTHING ELSE,
IS STILL, "WHERE'S STACY?"

Karas: THEY DIDN'T
REALLY EVER FIND ANYTHING

THAT WOULD HELP THEM UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAPPENED TO STACY.

♪♪

Narrator:
DREW HEADS TO PRISON,

AND THE FAMILIES
OF STACY AND KATHLEEN

TRY TO MOVE PAST
THEIR TRAGEDIES.

BUT IN AUGUST OF 2014,

ALMOST TWO YEARS
AFTER HIS MURDER CONVICTION,

LEGAL PROBLEMS
COME ROARING BACK

INTO THE LIFE
OF DREW PETERSON.

THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
RECEIVED A LETTER

FROM A CONVICT DOWN
IN MENARD CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

Karas:
AND THE LETTER BASICALLY SAYS,

"I HAVE SOME
MIND-BLOWING INFORMATION

ABOUT JAMES GLASGOW."

WE GET LETTERS
ALL THE TIME FROM INMATES.

99-PLUS PERCENT OF THE TIME,
THEY'RE B.S.

Narrator:
THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN

BY AN INMATE NAMED
ANTONIO SMITH.

Karas: ANTONIO "THE BEAST" SMITH
WAS A GANG MEMBER

OF A GROUP CALLED
"SATAN'S DISCIPLES."

IN 2011, HE GOT CONVICTED

OF ATTEMPTED MURDER,
HOME INVASION, AND ROBBERY

AND WAS SERVING
A 40-YEAR SENTENCE.

WHILE IN THE
ILLINOIS CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM,

HE MADE A NEW FRIEND...

DREW PETERSON.

Walker:
MY NAME IS JEREMY WALKER,

AND I'M THE STATE'S ATTORNEY
OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

ANTONIO SMITH AND MR. PETERSON
BECAME FRIENDS

OVER A GAME OF BASKETBALL
DOWN AT MENARD.

BEAST
WAS SHOOTING SOME HOOPS.

HE WAS GETTING HOT,
SO TO SPEAK,

AND MR. PETERSON WON SOME MONEY
GAMBLING OFF OF HIM,

AND THAT'S WHAT FORGED
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

Hosey: THEY WOULD EAT TOGETHER,
HANG OUT TOGETHER,

COOK IN THEIR CELLS
TOGETHER.

HE AND DREW DEVELOPED
A SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP.

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO SMITH'S LETTER,

PETERSON, WHO'S IN THE MIDST
OF APPEALING HIS SENTENCE,

HARBORS DEEP ANIMOSITY
ABOUT HIS TRIAL AND CONVICTION.

Hosey: DREW BLAMED GLASGOW
FOR RUINING FOR HIS LIFE,

ACCORDING TO SMITH.

HE PUT HIM IN PRISON
FOR LIKELY THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

HE REALLY DESPISED GLASGOW.

AND SMITH SAID
THAT DREW HAD ASKED HIM

TO FIND SOMEONE
TO KILL JIM GLASGOW.

Narrator:
TO INVESTIGATE THE CLAIM,

AUTHORITIES RUSH
INTO ACTION.

WE SENT A TEAM DOWN
TO GO INTERVIEW ANTONIO SMITH.

THIS IS MY HANDWRITING.

Man: OKAY. THAT'S THE LETTER
THAT YOU WROTE TO OUR OFFICE?

YEAH. OPEN IT UP.

THAT'S INSCRIBED,
TELLING YOU EVERYTHING.

"I WANT HIM KILLED
BECAUSE OF THIS."

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.

"THE PENSION.

HE'S TRYING TO DO
THIS [BLEEP] WITH INMATES.

HE'S [BLEEP] MY APPEAL,"
ALL THIS STUFF.

HE'S LET ME KNOW ALL THIS.

AND IT TURNED OUT,

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN
FOR A VERY TERRIBLE CRIME,

HE WAS VERY SMART
AND GAVE AN EXCELLENT INTERVIEW

AND APPEARED TO BE
VERY TRUTHFUL.

Narrator:
TO BUILD A CASE,

WALKER NEEDS EVIDENCE
OF DREW'S SUPPOSED THREATS.

NOW, YOU'RE GONNA WANT THAT
MAN SAYING IT ON HIS WORDS,

AND MR. SMITH INDICATED HE WOULD
BE WILLING TO WEAR A WIRE.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY,
IN MY OPINION,

THE ONLY WAY
YOU COULD SECURE A CONVICTION.

Narrator:
ON NOVEMBER 13th,

SMITH STARTS ROLLING TAPE
INSIDE PRISON.

♪♪

FIRST RECORDING THAT WE HAVE,
THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE PLAN,

ABOUT HOW
HE WANTED HIM GONE STILL.

MR. SMITH INDICATED
THAT HE HAD AN UNCLE

THAT COULD GET THE JOB DONE
OUT ON THE STREETS.

[ PETERSON LAUGHS]

OH.
[ LAUGHS]

Glasgow:
IT CROSSED MY MIND BACK IN 2007,

KNOWING DREW PETERSON AS I DID,

THAT, IF I UNDERTOOK THIS CASE
AND I FAILED AND HE GOT AWAY,

I'D BE IN DANGER.

SO THAT
WAS ABSOLUTE CONFIRMATION

THAT MY INSTINCTS WERE RIGHT.

Narrator:
ON FEBRUARY 9, 2015,

AUTHORITIES CHARGED DREW
FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER,

AND AT TRIAL, ANTONIO SMITH
REVEALS SOMETHING SHOCKING.

Karas: HE TOLD JURORS
THAT DREW PETERSON TOLD HIM

WHERE STACY IS,
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

♪♪

Narrator: DREW PETERSON'S
MURDER-FOR-HIRE TRIAL

MOVES FULL STEAM AHEAD,

AND THE PROSECUTION
PRESENTS EVIDENCE

ON HIS PLOT TO KILL
STATE'S ATTORNEY JIM GLASGOW.

IN THE RECORDINGS, YOU KNOW,

HE SAID, "IT'S A GO.
IT'S BETTER THAN 100%."

HE ABSOLUTELY INDICATED
THAT HE WANTED MR. GLASGOW GONE.

Narrator: THE PROSECUTION
CALLS ANTONIO SMITH,

THE INMATE WHO RECORDED DREW,
TO TESTIFY.

Karas:
ANTONIO "THE BEAST" SMITH

WAS A KEY WITNESS
FOR THE PROSECUTION.

HE WAS ON THE STAND FOR DAYS.

HE TALKED
ABOUT MEETING DREW IN PRISON,

ALERTING THE AUTHORITIES,
COOPERATING.

HE ENGAGED DREW PETERSON
IN CONVERSATIONS IN THE YARD,

AT CHOW,
VARIOUS PLACES IN THE PRISON.

Narrator: THEN, SMITH PROVIDES
A STARTLING REVELATION

THAT STRIKES AT THE HEART
OF A LONGTIME MYSTERY.

ANTONIO SMITH
HAD INDICATED THAT,

IN SOME CONVERSATIONS
THAT WERE NOT RECORDED,

THAT DREW PETERSON HAD ADMITTED
TO KILLING STACY PETERSON...

♪♪

...THAT SHE WAS
IN LAKE MICHIGAN.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
ANYONE PUT WORDS IN DREW'S MOUTH

THAT HE HAD KILLED STACY.

SHE DIDN'T RUN AWAY
WITH SOMEBODY -- SHE'S DEAD.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE JURY HAVING
MUCH OF A REACTION TO IT,

BUT, CERTAINLY,
THE CHICAGO MEDIA

HAD A VERY BIG REACTION
TO THAT STATEMENT.

Narrator: THE TRIAL CONCLUDES
AT THE END OF MAY,

AND THE JURY NEEDS ONLY AN HOUR
TO RENDER A DECISION.

Walker: THE ONLY THING THAT
A QUICK VERDICT TO ME MEANS

IS EITHER
THEY ABSOLUTELY DIDN'T BELIEVE

THE PROSECUTION CASE,

OR THEY ABSOLUTELY
DIDN'T BELIEVE THE DEFENSE CASE.

Karas:
THEY SAID, "WE, THE JURY,

FIND DREW PETERSON GUILTY
OF MURDER FOR HIRE."

♪♪

Glasgow: ANTONIO SMITH

ISN'T GONNA GET OUT OF PRISON
EARLIER.

HE'S NOT GONNA GET A MEDAL.

BUT IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY NOBLE
AND BRAVE THING THAT HE DID

TO HELP US GET DREW PETERSON
ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

Walker: AND DREW WAS SENTENCED
TO 40 MORE YEARS

IN THE ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

AFTER HE FINISHES
HIS MURDER CONVICTION.

Hosey: THAT'S TWO YEARS
MORE THAN HE GOT

FOR ACTUALLY KILLING
KATHLEEN.

Narrator: DESPITE SMITH'S CLAIM
THAT DREW CONFESSED,

THERE'S STILL NO CONFIRMATION

OF WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED
TO STACY.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
STACY'S CASE REMAINS OPEN,

AND THAT THEY HAVE
A CASE AGENT

THAT MONITORS INFORMATION
THAT COMES IN.

Aikin: WE WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO HAVE CLOSURE

AND TO HAVE ALL THE UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

BECAUSE,
EVERY DAY, WE WONDER.

DREW CREATED THIS BIG MESS.

TELL US WHERE STACY IS.

STOP THE GAMES NOW.

♪♪

Brodsky:
I DON'T THINK THE FASCINATION

WITH THE DREW PETERSON CASE
IS EVER GONNA GO AWAY,

AT LEAST NOT UNTIL DREW IS,
YOU KNOW, DEAD AND BURIED.

I THINK IT CAPTURED
A LOT OF ATTENTION

BECAUSE DREW LIKES ATTENTION.

Howard: HE WAS CHARISMATIC
AND A GOOD FATHER,

BUT UNDERNEATH IT,

THERE WAS
A TWISTED DOUBLE LIFE,

A MAN HIDING
SOME HORRIFIC AND DARK SECRETS.

THIS CASE RESONATES
WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE

BECAUSE YOU HAVE A COP WHO
WAS SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT

WHO WAS REALLY
A WIFE-KILLING MACHINE.

HE WAS AN ABUSER,
A MISOGYNIST,

AND A GREEDY, ARROGANT,
EVIL KILLER.

THIS STORY HAD EVERYTHING --
LOVE AFFAIRS, JEALOUSY, MURDER.

THIS IS A STORY
THAT HAS DYSFUNCTION ALL AROUND,

BUT THESE WERE WOMEN
WHO REALLY LOVED THEIR CHILDREN

AND REALLY WANTED TO DO RIGHT
BY THEIR CHILDREN.

Narrator: TODAY,
THE CHILDREN OF STACY PETERSON

ARE IN THE CUSTODY

OF DREW'S ELDEST SON
FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE.

THEY'RE HAPPY.

I THINK THEY'RE DOING AMAZING
IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE,

BUT MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE MISSING

BECAUSE
THEY DON'T REMEMBER SO MUCH.

I JUST THINK THAT
IT'S HARD NOT TO HAVE YOUR MOM.

I WROTE DREW
A LETTER IN PRISON,

JUST ASKING IF I CAN SEE
MY NIECE AND NEPHEW

BECAUSE THAT'S THE CLOSEST
THING I HAD WITH STACY.

AND HE JUST SAID NO.

I LOVE STACY.

LOVE YOU, AND I MISS YOU.

AND I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU,
FOR YOUR JUSTICE.

FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN,

I WILL CONTINUE
ON THIS JOURNEY.

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