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According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

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Stacy Ann Peterson










Stacy, date, approximate 2007; Drew Peterson
Date Missing 10/28/2007
Missing From
Bolingbrook, Illinois
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/20/1984 (38)
Age 23 years old
Height and Weight 5'2, 100 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A red jogging suit and rings.
Medical Conditions Stacy was reportedly taking the prescription anti-depressant drug Effexor at the time of her disappearance. Her loved ones described her as depressed, anxious and unable to sleep.
Associated Vehicle(s) Purple two-door 2002 Pontiac (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Stacy has a tattoo of a blue and yellow carnation on the small of her back and a tattoo of two red cherries with a stem and green leaves on the front of her left hip. She had blonde highlights in her hair at the time of her disappearance. Stacy's ears are pierced. She has surgical scars on her breasts and a surgical scar on her lower abdomen. She has breast implants with unique serial numbers; the serial number for the right implant is 11426003, and the left implant number is 11431462.
Details of Disappearance Stacy's husband of four years, Drew Walter Peterson, says he last saw her leaving their home on Pheasant Chase Court in Bolingbrook, Illinois at approximately 10:00 or 11:00 a.m. on October 28, 2007. She was supposed to go meet a friend and help paint a house, but never arrived.
Drew claims he spoke to Stacy by telephone at 9:00 p.m. that day. She has never been heard from again and her cellular phone has not been used. She was reported missing at 4:00 a.m. the next morning.
After her disappearance, her purple two-door 2002 Pontiac was found in the parking lot of the Clow Airport, about 400 yards from the Peterson home. Drew says Stacy told him she had left it there, and he went there to get it.
Stacy's husband, Drew Peterson, was an officer with the Bolingbrook Police Department at the time of her disappearance. He had worked for the department for 29 years by 2007. He had been fired in 1985 for misconduct. It was alleged that he conducted a self-assigned investigation and failed to report a bribe offer. He was reinstated in 1986 because there was insufficient evidence to prove the allegations.
A photograph of Drew is posted with this summary. He was placed on paid leave from the police department after Stacy's disappearance, then permitted to retire on a $6,000 monthly pension. Prior to Stacy's disappearance, he had decided to retire from law enforcement in November or December 2007. The chief refused to accept Drew's resignation and wanted him to be fired instead, as he was under investigation for alleged misconduct.
Stacy is Drew's his fourth wife. His third wife, Kathleen Savio, divorced Drew after a troubled marriage. She claimed he had beaten her and threatened her life. Savio was located deceased in a bathtub in March 2004. She was lying face-down in the tub and had a gash in the back of her head. The tub was dry, but Savio's hair was wet and her fingertips were wrinkled from recent water immersion.
Her death was originally ruled an accidental drowning, and Drew collected life insurance policies totaling $1 million, but investigators took another look at the after Stacy went missing.
Drew initially cooperated with the police investigating Stacy's disappearance. In media interviews, he said he believed she had left him for another man, was safe and simply did not want to be found. He claimed he had received an anonymous letter from someone who had seen Stacy alive and well in Peoria, Illinois.
Drew said Stacy had been under the care of a psychiatrist and was taking medication for anxiety and depression at the time of her disappearance, and that she had been irritable and short-tempered. He said she took some cash, her passport and her bikini when she left.
Stacy's loved ones did not believe she would have voluntarily abandoned her two young children. Her sister stated Stacy had described Drew as controlling and abusive, and that she wanted a divorce.
Police executed several search warrants on the Peterson home in the days and weeks following Stacy's disappearance, and removed bedding, eleven guns, electronic equipment, Drew's 2005 GMC SUV and Stacy's car. Some items, including a nightstand, scuba diving weights and a blue barrel large enough to hold a human body, were said to be missing from the home.
A neighbor reported seeing Drew and another man hauling away the blue barrel around the time Stacy vanished. Drew's stepbrother, Thomas Morphey, says he helped him dispose of the barrel and was paid for his assistance. Afterwards, he believed he had unknowingly helped Drew dispose of Stacy's body and became so distraught he tried to commit suicide. He survived. Drew denied having removed any container from his home and said Morphey has a history of mental illness and alcohol abuse problems.
On November 9, a week and a half after Stacy disappeared, investigators announced they believed she was a victim of foul play. Previously, they had classified her as a simple missing person. Drew was named as a suspect in Stacy's disappearance and presumed homicide. That same month, Savio's body was exhumed from her grave and autopsied. The results indicated she had been murdered and then the scene was staged to make it look like an accident. Savio's family stated they had always suspected as much.
Drew's second wife, who divorced him in 1992, said in media interviews that Drew had repeatedly threatened to kill her and make her death look like an accident. Another woman, who agreed to marry Drew in the 1980s but then ended their relationship, described him as jealous and possessive. Drew become engaged to another woman Stacy's age in December 2008. He is still ly married to Stacy.
In May 2009, Drew was arrested and charged with Savio's murder. The prosecution theorized he killed her to avoid being ruined financially in a divorce settlement. His attorney stated the against him is weak and one of Drew's sons could provide an alibi for him. Drew was tried for the murder in the summer of 2012 and convicted in September. He was sentenced to 38 years in prison; he could have faced a maximum of sixty.
Stacy's own mother,Christie Cales, disappeared in 1998 and has never been located. The s are not believed to be connected, however.
At the time of her disappearance, Stacy was a nursing student at Joliet Junior College, which she had been attending on and off since 2001. Foul play is suspected in her , which remains unsolved.
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Illinois State Police
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Missing Person Photos

A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.

Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

Missing Person Case Updates with Photos