Police Seize Peterson Bathtub
Police detectives, anticipating its importance as evidence in the eventual trial for the 2004 murder of Drew Peterson’s third wife Kathleen Savio (her death was initially ruled accidental, a ruling that was reversed after an autopsy following the October 2007 disappearance of Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy), have taken custody — from the home the Petersons used to own — of the bathtub in which her body was found.
Peterson is a suspect in both Savio’s murder and Stacy’s disappearance, but hasn’t been charged in either case.
Friday, Candace Aikin, Stacy’s aunt, told a grand jury investigating Stacy’s disappearance that “she wanted out” of her marriage to Drew. This can be spun two ways, of course: To the prosecution, it’s a sign of a bad marriage and a possible motive for murder. To the defense, it’s confirmation of Drew’s claim that Stacy left him, possibly for another man.