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2008-12-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Drew Peterson engaged to 23-year-old woman

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#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">Spot 2008-12-18 08:23|| 2008-12-18 08:23|| Front Page Top

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

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-18 08:29|| 2008-12-18 08:29|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-12-18 10:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-12-18 13:27|| Front Page Top

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