Teresa Peterson also reportedly told the police that Stacy told her stories about how she used to sneak into the house Drew and Kathy (Savio) shared., At the time, Drew was living in the basement because they were in the process of separating or getting a divorce, the report says. At the time of Savio's death, Peterson had already remarried. CHICAGO (CBS) -- The son of convicted killer and former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson has revealed he believes his father "probably" killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio, and his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. Shortly afterwards, Peterson, then still Kathleen Atwater, moved to Durham, North Carolina, and met Michael Peterson, a local novelist and occasional columnist for The Durham Herald-Sun who had served in Vietnam with the Marines. He also thinks his father killed his fourth wife, and said so on a Lifetime show in January and again to the Chicago Tribune this month. The Oak Brook Board of Fire and Police Commissioners ruled Stephen failed to disclose Drew had given him three guns and checks totaling nearly $240,000 just three days after Stacy vanished in October 2007, and later claimed they were irrelevant to the investigation. ", Melissa Moore, daughter of the Happy Face Killer, meets for the first time with Stephen, the son of Drew Peterson, in this scene from "Drew Peterson. He was sentenced in 2012 to 38 years in prison for Savios murder, but has never faced trial in Stacys disappearance. In February 2008, her death was ruled a homicide. Though it is unknown how Kathleen may have felt about Michaels bisexuality, the prosecution argued that she would not have tolerated his infidelity. Drew Peterson remains in jail as he waits to be tried on charges he murdered his previous wife, Kathleen Savio, who was found drowned in a dry bathtub in March 2004. Stacy would sneak into the house and sleep with Drew while Kathy was upstairs.. On the phone from prison, Stephen said, his father seems to remain in good spirits, still joking, despite another recent criminal conviction. But by the time paramedics arrived, they couldnt find a pulse. The revelation marks the first time Stephen Peterson has spoken out against his . The disastrous fallout from Drew Peterson murder trial of Savio has impacted Stephen. He Doesn't Mind, It's the Second-Largest Bank Failure in US History, Michael J. Peterson, 37, said he doesn't know details of what might have happened to Stacy, and that his father still maintains his innocence to him. Steve Patterson Career. (Feb. 2, 2017), Stephen Peterson and his former aunt Sue Doman meet face to face for the first time since her sisters funeral in this scene from "Drew Peterson. His marriage soon ended, and Stephen moved into his fathers home. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. ", A post shared by Dateline NBC (@datelinenbc). But even his son doesnt believe in his innocence. Thus, when she went missing, Drew became their sole guardian. "His conscience is finally catching up to him," she tells CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez. Unfortunately, no particular information on Kristopher is publicly known. After several appeals, he entered an Alford plea meaning a defendant acknowledges that the prosecution has enough to convict them but maintains their innocence in 2017 to have his charge reduced to manslaughter. Though he and his siblings still talk to their father on the phone, Stephen said the family has yet to visit Drew at downstate Menard Correctional Center. Soon, the investigation looked inward at Michael as more of their personal life came out. It was revealed during the trial that Kathleen was the only owner of their mansion and car and that Michael may have been enticed by her $1.8 million life insurance policy. Stacy was a devoted wife and even supported her husband when he was being investigated for Savio's death in 2004 (Although sources later claimed she did out of fear). The Season 2 premiere of Monster in My Family starsStephen Peterson, 36, the eldest son of convicted murderer Drew Peterson. Cales also adopted Drews two children from his previous marriage. Lindsey Vonn, photo by Duncan Rawlinson from Vancouver, BC [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons, 2012-2023, 2paragraphs Productions, LLC, Carol Brown (1974-1980) sons Stephen (b. Stacy Peterson disappeared on October 28, 2007. He is affiliated with medical facilities Enloe Medical Center and Oroville Hospital. A native of Palestine, Texas, Adrian grew up playing a multitude of sports. I dont want to come out and say he did it but, Im sure he did it.. Durham County Tax AdministrationThe exterior of the Peterson home in 2017. Stephen Peterson also recalled his younger half-brothers Savios sons Thomas and Kristopher waking the next morning and learning their mother was dead. He was sentenced to an additional 40 years in prison for the murder-for-hire plot. Oak Brook police fired Stephen after village officials found that, after Stacy's disappearance, he stored his father's guns and checks totaling more than $200,000. "Over time, you hear enough ," Stephen Peterson, 37, told the newspaper. They married in 1974 and had two sons during their marriage: Stephen Paul Peterson and Eric Drew Peterson. Carol Brown, Peterson's first wife, was his high school sweetheart and prom date. Peterson was convicted of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2003, with his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, missing since 2007. 5 (13 ratings)Leave a review He launched his journalism career by joining The CBS Evening News in May 2007 as an intern. Dateline airs on Fridays at 9 p.m. "He wants people to feel sorry for him.". Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. They divorced in 2003. Keep scrolling for everything we know about Drew Peterson's four ex-wives. He is acting as guardian to Drew and Stacy's two children, now in middle school, and looked after Drew's two sons with Savio, who are now young adults. / CBS Chicago. About a year later, Peterson was arrested and charged with murder. Since Drew Peterson's arrest, Stephen lost his job as an Oak Brook police officer for failing to disclose details of interactions he had with his father after Stacy disappeared. As the story is once again brought to living rooms across the nation with HBOs dramatized telling of The Staircase, Kathleen Peterson, the scholar, mother, and advocate, may finally get the attention she deserves. "He put me up against the wall in the garage and grabbed me by the throat," she said, detailing one of their arguments. Fox on Parkinson's: 'It's Banging on the Door', Teen Shot by Homeowner Gets Invite From a Big Star. Reviewed On 9/12/2013 by Samantha K Stephen and his wife did a fantastic job at our wedding. All Rights Reserved. The theory, left out of the 2018 Netflix documentary The Staircase, posits that the lacerations found on Kathleen Petersons scalp were caused by the talons of an owl that attacked her outside. After Drew Peterson was apprehended, Stephen Petersons own marriage ended. Drew Peterson, a retired police sergeant, was arrested for the 2004 murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio and became a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy (nee Cales) Peterson, who has never been found. He told the newspaper that his father kind of put us in a really bad situation I have to clean up now.. Stephen said his father brought him the guns the day after Stacy went missing, telling him he assumed there would be a search because police would look for her and he didn't want them damaged. After learning about the mysterious death of Kathleen Peterson, read the shocking story of Dalia Dippolito, whose murder-for-hire plot to kill her husband was caught on camera by police. Because Thomas and Kristopher were still kids when their mother passed, Stacy adopted and raised them as her own. In court last year, fellow inmate Antonio Smith testified that Peterson had called Stacy a dead woman while discussing the case. But the autopsy also revealed she sustained several lacerations on her head as a result of beating and died from blood loss hours after she fell. NetflixMichael Peterson while incarcerated at Nash Correctional Institution, 2003. She has not been seen or heard from since. Stacy is still missing. With Kathleen Savio, who Drew tied the knot with in the summer of 1992, he had two more sons, Thomas Peterson (born 1993) and Kristopher Peterson (born 1994), making them around 10-years-old when their mother was found dead in March 2004. Foul play is suspected but has never been able to be proven, per CNN. A forensic analysis showed that she had been lying there alive for hours before Michael called 911 around 2:40 a.m. Here's What We Know About Her, A New 'Dateline' Special About Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell Promises to Reveal Even More. 3, for which he's been sentenced to 38 years in prison. There was also a massive stab on her scalp. It has been theorized that a Barred Owl attacked Kathleen. The two are reportedly college sweethearts - they both attended the University of Oklahoma, where Adrian played football. :) Absolutely love the Stone Blue Metallic paint. Born on March 21, 1985, Adrian Peterson is an accomplished athlete. 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In 2003, 19-year-old nursing student Stacy Cales married 49-year-old Peterson. Savio was found face down in a dry bathtub on March 4, 2004, with an open head wound. Not one shred of evidence. Thomas and Kristopher moved out of Stephens home, the one they once shared with Drew and Stacy, when they graduated high school. Stacy's pastor testified at Peterson's murder trial that she told him Peterson murdered Savio, made it look like an accident, and she provided him with an alibi. Mike Kekich, ex-Yankee, sweats wife-swap film. Stephen W. Peterson of Lake Stevens, WA, passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2008. . Drew told him the allegations "aren't what they seem," his son said. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. The Petersons were heavily in debt, owing over $100,000 in credit debt. ", Stephen Peterson, the son of convicted murderer Drew Peterson, said he's spent the better part of a decade cleaning up his dad's "mess." ADRIAN Peterson is a professional running back who has played in the NFL for over ten years. Stephen said he didn't suspect anything was wrong at the time his father gave him the guns and money. 1980) and Eric, Kathleen Savio (1992-2003) sons Thomas (b. Stacy's disappearance led to authorities exhuming the body of Savio for a new autopsy. During one of Michael Petersons appeals, an unusual theory emerged about Kathleen Petersons death: she was not murdered at all, but died after being attacked by a barred owl. As a freshman, Adrian was named an All-American and finished as a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Their prices are amazing and I would recommend them to anyone. Cellmate Secrets: Drew Peterson chronicles the baffling story of a retired sergeant from Bolingbrook, Illinois, who was accused, arrested, tried, and convicted for the murder of his third wife after his fourth one disappeared. And since 2017, he has been a free man after his charges were reduced to manslaughter and he was released on time served. The evolution of Drew Peterson from police officer to murderer is fascinating in a "can't look away from the trainwreck" way. Pick up PEOPLEs special edition True Crime Stories: Cases That Shocked America, on sale now, for the latest on Casey Anthony, JonBent Ramsey and more. Like us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/TheSunUSand follow us from our main Twitter account at@TheSunUS, Vanessa Bryant remembers daughter Gigi on what would have been her 17th birthday, World's sexiest volleyballer sprawls on bed to show off curves in lingerie shoot, Tragedy as Shaq Barrett's daughter Arrayah, 2, 'drowns in family pool', NFL Network host peed on live TV during draft as fans joke 'that's ruff', 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Adrian Peterson is a professional running back, Adrian Peterson has played in the NFL since 2007. Stephen Peterson acknowledged he appeared on "Monster in my Family" for the money, because his father's pension payments have ended, and he was using the pension to help support his father's children after Stephen was fired as a police officer in 2011. "Why would you do that?" Stephen Peterson said he understands how Doman feels about his father, "and that's okay," but he said he is not his father. Adrian was listed as a five-star recruit and ranked the best running back and overall prospect in the Class of 2004 by Rivals.com. In 1992, they bought a 14-room mansion on three acres in the Forest Hills neighborhood. 20 2020, Updated 7:08 p.m. After four months as an intern. He has his suspicions about the 2007 disappearance of Stacy Peterson, in which his father remains a suspect. On October 10, 2003, the jury found Michael Peterson guilty, and the judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole. 2005). A fast and unbiased roundup of whats happening in the world today. According to an NBC report, to provide them with a sense of stability, he kept raising them in his convicted fathers home in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Michael Petersons attorney, David Rudolf, told the court, Show me one piece of evidence, one person who says that Kathleen was upset because Mike was bisexual. She thinks he's looking for sympathy. Lifetime cable network show "Monster In My Family,". According to Cosmopolitan, barred owls are native to the area and known to attack joggers with some frequency. Kathleens career as a telecommunications executive was thriving, and Michael had received a half-million-dollar advance on a book deal. Savio, who was newly divorced from Peterson at the time of her death, drowned in her bathtub on March 1, 2004. The report also noted that she had been found holding clumps of her hair when she died. They cant all be full of s. Thanks @Ford!" Brown and Peterson had two sons, Stephen and Eric, per Investigation Discovery. Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for Savio's murder. So when Lifetime called with a $10,000 offer to be on the show Monster in My Family, Stephen took the deal. In 2010, Connolly testified at Peterson's trial for the death of Savio, according to ABC 7. He was sentenced to 40 additional years in prison, to be served after the 38 years he is currently serving. This, they said, led to a heated argument that ended with Michael pushing Kathleen down the stairs. 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. A coroners jury, which included a close friend of Petersons, ruled her death as an "accidental drowning. In 2012, Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2004 slaying of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, whose death was re-examined after Peterson's next wife, Stacy, disappeared. Stephen has managed and advised the assets of individual and institutional clients for the past 40 years. Her death was ruled an accident two months later. I dont want to come out and say he did itbut, Im sure he did it. He does not like to bash his father publicly, but it happens because Stephen continues to clean his mess. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Petersons son, Stephen, said that his father probably killed both wives. Consequently, when Drew was charged and arrested for Kathleens killing in 2009, Stephen took in all the minor children Thomas, 16, Kristopher, 15, Anthony, 5, and Lucy 4. Kathleen Savio married Drew Peterson right after he divorced Connolly in 1992. Steve is survived by his wife, Cathy; son and daughter-in-law, Matthew and Nicole . Still, Stephen said he thinks his dad will understand he needed the money he received from the show. In an interview with the Tribune, and on a Lifetime cable network show that aired in January, Stephen revealed that he believes his father, a former Bolingbrook police sergeant, "probably" killed Savio. He was predeceased by : his parents, Henry Peterson and Marion Peterson (Hippenmeyer); and his nephew Thomas Grenchik. PEOPLE reached out to Petersons attorneys, but did not immediately receive a response. However, Michael Peterson was released from prison to serve house arrest in 2011 after a judge found that a witness had misrepresented facts at the trial. This is her 4th Escape since the launch back in 2001. Stephen and Eric had already grown up and were doing their own things, but Eric was estranged from their father. Stephen Peterson told the newspaper that he doesnt know the details of Stacys disappearance. She was a successful student and was the first woman admitted to Duke Universitys School of Engineering in 1967, where she earned her bachelors and masters degrees and met her first husband, physicist Fred Atwater. "I don't want to come out and say he did it but, I'm sure he did it.". In October of the same year, he was traded to the Arizona Cardinals. They got married a few months after graduating in 1974. He faces no charges in connection with the missing Stacy, but the state police have named him their only suspect in the investigation of what they have termed her potential homicide.. We are sad to announce that on March 23, 2023, at the age of 75, Stephen Peterson of Ottawa, Illinois passed away. He was convicted on September 6, 2012, per CNN. Stephen and Teresa Peterson have since divorced. What has yet to be determined was exactly how Kathleen met her demise. 2003), daughter Lacy (b. He graduated from UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE in 1976. Who are/were these women? Stephen Petersons bid to reclaim his job. Qerim delighted at Orlovsky's suit as Stephen A. growls 'stop that nonsense' WORLD TRAVELER What to know about Will Levis . He told the operator she was still breathing. "I don't want to come out and say he did it but, I'm sure he did it," Stephen now says. Moore has gone through the same emotions, Peterson said. Coming to Eric Peterson, hes made it no secret that he doesnt like Drew. He also has a daughter of his own, who lives with him part time. Stephen Peterson has been raising his father's four children in his father's home while Drew Peterson has been serving a 38-year prison sentence for the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. That verdict remained in place until 2007, when Petersons fourth wife, Stacy Ann Cales, went missing. Stephen Peterson, 32, moved out of their North Aurora home and now lives in his fathers house in Bolingbrook, where he cares for his younger half-siblings. Where Is Alex Murdaugh's Dog, Bubba, Who Helped Place the Disgraced Attorney at Murder Scene? "I don't think he fully realizes what he has done to Stacy's family, Kathy's family, our friends, the kids, everybody," he said. In 2011, Stephen was fired from his job as a police officer after officials learned that he had stored his fathers guns and checks totaling more than $200,000 after Stacys disappearance. Then, although he was with Victoria Connolly for over a decade, they had no kids together. Peterson, 55, is being held in lieu of $20 million bond as he awaits a hearing next week on first-degree murder charges in the 2004 death of Savio, who was found drowned in a dry bathtub, a gash. Stephen Peterson said Drew's younger children at first were told their dad was away "helping the police," but now know he's in prison. Drew Peterson's first ex-wife is named Carol Brown. Peterson is serving a 78-year sentence for the murder of Savio and for then trying to hire a hitman to kill the prosecutor who sent him to prison. 3, for which he's been sentenced to 38 . Before that, his father's legal team told Stephen that Drew's murder conviction could possibly be overturned on appeal. Adrian Peterson married his wife, Ashley Brown, on July 19, 2014. . During the trial, evidence suggested she was hit with a fire poker after a heated argument about Michael Petersons closeted sexuality. He also lost his job as a local police officer in Oak Brook for failing to disclose details concerning his father after Stacy disappeared. Peterson alleged that she called him and told him she was taking off with another man. "Steve was on (the show) because he just wanted to portray himself as this good guy," Cales said. Know more in just minutes with our free newsletters. Stacy Peterson has now been gone for 10 years she was last seen on Oct. 28, 2007, and reported missing the following day and by now even Peterson's son Stephen Peterson has admitted that . Drew "kind of put us in a really bad situation I have to clean up now," Stephen Peterson said, sitting at his kitchen table. Another Remains Jailed for It, Fugitive in Texas Killings 'Could Be Anywhere', Mom: Kidnap Scam Used AI Clone of Daughter's Voice, Man Fatally Rammed Teens' Car After Doorbell Prank, Gunman On the Run After Texas Mass Shooting, She Claimed a Kidnapping Attempt. Over time, you hear enough [from police], Stephen Peterson, 37, told the newspaper. He further told the Tribune that he's come to believe his father also killed Stacy. "I'm not my father, and if I screw up, I own what I do. In 2012, Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2004 slaying of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, whose death was re-examined after Peterson's next wife, Stacy, disappeared. According to NBC Chicago, Thomas was the valedictorian of his class at Bolingbrook High and, in 2012, was a neuroscience major at UPenn. Wife #2, Vicki Connelly, was married to Peterson from 1982 to 1992. Stephen has since stated that his father probably killed both Kathleen and Stacy, even though no legal charges have ever been placed on him for the latter. At Prio Wealth, he provides thoughtful and dynamic investment advisory solutions for many of the firm's institutional clients, in addition to complex multi-generational families. "I'm sure he'll be upset," he said, "not like his opinion matters now." Still, experts could not say with certainty that this was her cause of death. Connolly said that during their almost decade of marriage, he had pulled a gun on her at least three times. They were married from 1982 to 1992. The show focused on Drew Peterson's four marriages, his infidelity, Savio's death and the circumstances surrounding Stacy's disappearance. Or Kathleen was upset because Michael was seeing other people outside the marriage. He also said his father repeatedly cheated on his wives with younger women, and noted that Stacy Peterson acted scared after Savio's death, though he dismissed her fears at the time. In an interview on Lifetime cable network show "Monster In My Family," Stephen Peterson said he initially believed his father's claims his third wife drowned accidentally and that Stacy left him for another man, but that he eventually grew to believe his dad killed Savio. Stephen Peterson has been raising his father's four children in his father's home while Drew Peterson has been serving a 38-year prison sentence for the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Drew did not leave and she told him she wanted a divorce, the report says. Carol Brown was Drew Peterson's high school sweetheart, according to Investigation Discovery. He and his wife, Ashley, tied the knot in 2014. ", More stories: Drew Peterson on trial, and in prison, Drew Peterson gets 40 extra years for plot to kill prosecutor. In 2013, Drew Peterson, who maintains his innocence, was sentenced to 38 years in prison. "Over time, you hear enough (from police). According to the reports, Stephen Peterson said his father appeared to be in a state of shock after discovering Savios dead body. He also said he told his father that he was going to appear on the show because he needed the money. Stacy Peterson's disappearance prompted authorities to reopen the investigation of Savio's death, leading to Drew Peterson's conviction for murder. The reports were released as part of the case file for Stephen Petersons bid to reclaim his job with the Oak Brook Police Department. They had two sons, Thomas and Kristopher, before their divorce was finalized in October 2003. Then, she stumbled indoors and, disoriented, fell down the stairs and was knocked unconscious, unable to call for help. 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"Why would my dad put me in a bad position?". They married in 1974 and had two sons during their marriage: Stephen Paul Peterson and Eric Drew Peterson. We use cookies. Stephen Peterson also said he believes his father probably killed Stacy, who remains missing. They can't all be full of s---," Stephen said. Monster in My Family airs Tuesdays at 10pm on LMN. In 1980, Brown ended the marriage after she found out he was having an affair. Last summer marked the end of Drew Peterson's pension payments, which Stephen said he had used to support the family after he lost his job in 2011. Eventually he and the kids started to redecorate and paint, he said. Drew Peterson has not been charged in connection with Stacy's disappearance. So, who were all of the women who were married to this dangerous man? 'Dateline' Is Covering Her 2019 Murder, What Happened to Chad Daybell's First Wife? Not like his opinion matters now..
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