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12 Crimes of Christmas - "THE COP WHO KILLED HIS WIVES: DREW PETERSON'S BATHTUB MURDER & THE WIFE WHO VANISHED"
Published 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Reid Carter concludes the 12 Crimes of Christmas with the police sergeant who murdered his third wife and likely killed his fourth. March 2004: Kathleen Savio found dead in dry bathtub - ruled accidental despite bruises and gash to head. October 2007: Fourth wife Stacy, 23, vanishes. Stepbrother helped Peterson carry warm blue barrel from bedroom - tried to kill himself afterward believing Stacy was inside. Body never found. Stacy had told her pastor Drew confessed to killing Kathleen. "Drew's Law" allowed hearsay testimony. September 2012: Convicted. 38 years. Then 40 more for plotting to kill the prosecutor.
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