I never followed up on this story, but lately I have been intrigued by these unsolved mysteries. This story is about an ex cop, Drew Peterson of Illinois who has had 4 wives. The first two he divorced, the third was found dead in a dry bathroom drowning and the fourth has been missing since 2007. Lifetime did a portrayal of these lives starring Rob Lowe (Brothers and Sisters) as Drew Peterson and Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory) as missing wife Stacy Peterson. Let's dig in.
Opening scene is gray haired and mustached Drew having sex with his wife Kathleen as their son walks in. He is in shock and Drew reassures him that it is normal because he is "Big daddy" as he gets up nude and the son stand there. Drew Peterson is cocky and full of himself although he is old and potbellied. I think Rob Lowe did him justice, because Lowe is much sexier than Peterson ever was.
Kathleen says she has had enough of this marriage. They go to a cop mixer and he locks her in a cell after she wont have sex with him. She thinks this is the last straw and says they are done. Peterson goes to a local hotel after responding to a complaint by receptionist Stacy. He flirts with her and she being 17 falls for it. He later picks her up on his motorcycle and they fall in love. He buys her a car and she is whisked away into fairy tale land. She realizes they are pregnant and he gets a divorce from his wife. She is going to take him for all that he is worth since he has been cheating.
Stacy and Drew move into a house only a few blocks away. Kathleen drives by and warns Stacy that she is her just a few years back and that someday she will be miserable too. She ignores her. They have their baby boy and get married. His brother in law tries to explain that Big Daddy always gets the pretty young ones.
Drew goes to drop off the kids at their moms, but nobody is home. He asks the neighbor to open the door and he finds Kathleen dead in the bathtub. Oddly enough, it was a dry bathtub. How does one drown in a dry bath tub? The coroner's do an autopsy and rule it accidental drowning. Stacy is relieved as she tells the police he was with her all night. (After I read some articles, I learned that the coroner was his friend and forged the report. She actually had bruises all over her). Drew and Stacy have another baby. She meets her neighbor and becomes besties with her.
What happens in every lifetime movie after they find bliss? The husband turns nuts. He accuses her of cheating on him and looks through her phone. He even thinks she is flirting with her brother in law after her sister dies at her funeral. He pushed her into the TV. She confides in her neighbor that she is scared for her life and her priest that she knows Drew killed Kathleen. Late on the priest comes forward and talks about what she had said. She tells him that it is over.
One morning she tells him she is going to meet her sister to help her paint her house. They have an argument and then she is never seen again. Drew claims that she left him for another guy, but everyone who knows her doesn't believe him. Since they have no hard evidence and he is a policeman they cannot arrest him. He gets fired from the squad but that doesn't stop him. He even tries to meet a new girl and proposes to her. She is stupid, but not fully. She breaks it off after her friends and her father wont even talk to her.
There is a scene where he threatens his neighbor saying he is "untouchable". His brother in law almost commits suicide, because he fears he helped Drew dispose of Stacy's body in a large blue tub. After the priest comes forward they exhume Kathleen's body and find the bruises and realize it was a murder. They charge Drew for this and he is taken away as he smugly says "I should've returned those library books". He is brought to jail and asked to put on the orange jumpsuit as there is this awkward scene of him stripping and showing him "big daddy" package.
The mystery to me is, where is Stacy Peterson's body? And how can something like this happen without him being charged?
Opening scene is gray haired and mustached Drew having sex with his wife Kathleen as their son walks in. He is in shock and Drew reassures him that it is normal because he is "Big daddy" as he gets up nude and the son stand there. Drew Peterson is cocky and full of himself although he is old and potbellied. I think Rob Lowe did him justice, because Lowe is much sexier than Peterson ever was.
Kathleen says she has had enough of this marriage. They go to a cop mixer and he locks her in a cell after she wont have sex with him. She thinks this is the last straw and says they are done. Peterson goes to a local hotel after responding to a complaint by receptionist Stacy. He flirts with her and she being 17 falls for it. He later picks her up on his motorcycle and they fall in love. He buys her a car and she is whisked away into fairy tale land. She realizes they are pregnant and he gets a divorce from his wife. She is going to take him for all that he is worth since he has been cheating.
Stacy and Drew move into a house only a few blocks away. Kathleen drives by and warns Stacy that she is her just a few years back and that someday she will be miserable too. She ignores her. They have their baby boy and get married. His brother in law tries to explain that Big Daddy always gets the pretty young ones.
Drew goes to drop off the kids at their moms, but nobody is home. He asks the neighbor to open the door and he finds Kathleen dead in the bathtub. Oddly enough, it was a dry bathtub. How does one drown in a dry bath tub? The coroner's do an autopsy and rule it accidental drowning. Stacy is relieved as she tells the police he was with her all night. (After I read some articles, I learned that the coroner was his friend and forged the report. She actually had bruises all over her). Drew and Stacy have another baby. She meets her neighbor and becomes besties with her.
What happens in every lifetime movie after they find bliss? The husband turns nuts. He accuses her of cheating on him and looks through her phone. He even thinks she is flirting with her brother in law after her sister dies at her funeral. He pushed her into the TV. She confides in her neighbor that she is scared for her life and her priest that she knows Drew killed Kathleen. Late on the priest comes forward and talks about what she had said. She tells him that it is over.
One morning she tells him she is going to meet her sister to help her paint her house. They have an argument and then she is never seen again. Drew claims that she left him for another guy, but everyone who knows her doesn't believe him. Since they have no hard evidence and he is a policeman they cannot arrest him. He gets fired from the squad but that doesn't stop him. He even tries to meet a new girl and proposes to her. She is stupid, but not fully. She breaks it off after her friends and her father wont even talk to her.
There is a scene where he threatens his neighbor saying he is "untouchable". His brother in law almost commits suicide, because he fears he helped Drew dispose of Stacy's body in a large blue tub. After the priest comes forward they exhume Kathleen's body and find the bruises and realize it was a murder. They charge Drew for this and he is taken away as he smugly says "I should've returned those library books". He is brought to jail and asked to put on the orange jumpsuit as there is this awkward scene of him stripping and showing him "big daddy" package.
The mystery to me is, where is Stacy Peterson's body? And how can something like this happen without him being charged?
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