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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Drew Peterson engaged to 23-year-old woman

2008-12-18

Looks like it's bride number 5 for Drew Peterson. "Yeah, he proposed and she accepted," Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, said of his client's impending nuptials.
Hope she don't plan on sleeping much.
I wouldn't spend any time bathing, either.
Don't start reading War and Peace ...
But Brodsky added, "I guess he's got to get divorced." Peterson's current wife, Stacy, has been missing since last year.
Does that mean he'll have to dig her up?
Peterson said he does not believe his marital status should prevent him from becoming engaged. "I was married to Kathleen when I was engaged to Stacy," he said.

Kathleen -- Kathleen Savio, wife number 3 -- was the victim of an unsolved March 2004 homicide. Stacy -- wife number 4 -- vanished in October 2007. State police say she is the victim of a potential homicide and have named Drew Peterson their sole suspect.

Peterson's publicist, Glenn Selig, said Drew's betrothed is a 23-year-old woman from the Bolingbrook area, making her even younger than Stacy, who would be 24.
Homicide suspects have publicists? Is this a great country, or what?
A sleepy Peterson on Wednesday morning seemed perturbed that news of his engagement had leaked. "I can't believe this is happening," he said. "How the f--- did this get out?"

Peterson said he wants to keep details of his new love under wraps. "Last time I had a relationship, you guys screwed it all up," he said of 22-year-old tanning salon worker Kim Matuska. "The police had her, the grand jury had her. I'm not putting her through all that."
...and they say chivalry is dead.

Posted by:Fred

#4 Her daddy ain't too thrilled about it...

Drew Peterson, under a cloud of suspicion since his 23-year-old fourth wife vanished more than a year ago, has popped the question to another young woman -- drawing anguished pleas from a Chicago father convinced his daughter is the one.

"That ain't going to happen," Ernie Raines said. "I'm doing everything I can to try to get her away from him. . . . I'd like to say to him: Stay away from my daughter, take his ring back and look for his wife before he's out trying to get another young girl."

Raines said his daughter told him about Peterson's proposal when he spotted a ring on her finger Friday. "I said, 'You need to take that back. If you don't want to, I will,' " said Raines, 53. "I said, why would you want to marry someone like that anyway? He's my age for Christ's sake."

Christina Raines said her dad's got it wrong -- it was just a friendship ring from someone else. She said she doesn't know who Peterson plans to marry.

Raines said he and his daughter met Peterson at a Bolingbrook laundromat years ago, and that she has been friendly with him for months. Peterson has brought her roses, taken her to "Blue Man Group," promised to buy her a car and even autographed a book for him, Raines said.

Concerned about Peterson -- "I don't want a third one to come up missing" -- Raines said he drove to Peterson's house last month to "let him know that I'm here, that I'm around, that I know where he lives."

He said Peterson asked him, "Did you get my book?"

"We talked, I said, 'You know me, I'd kill for my kids, you know that,' " Raines said. "He told me: 'I will never do nothing to hurt your daughter, that's why I didn't put her name out.' "

Raines thinks his daughter sees security with Peterson. "He's got a house. He's got money."

But, as a father, he sees troubles."I said, if you don't answer your [cell] phone, don't worry about it," Raines said. "I'll drive my Cadillac right through his house."

Posted by: tu3031 2008-12-18 13:27

#3 Drew Peterson should consider converting to islam. The guy has all of the necessary qualities to be a perfect muslim.

Posted by: MarkZ 2008-12-18 10:58

#2 yep, a guy who craves privacy has a publicist. Makes sense

Posted by: Frank G 2008-12-18 08:29

#1 "How the f--- did this get out?"
Uh, because you have a publicist?
A better question would be "why the f--- would she do it?"

Posted by: Spot 2008-12-18 08:23

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