Stacy Peterson's Diary: Drew's Abuse & Her Disappearance

0:00It's March 30th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered stories from the Spotline. Stacey Peterson, a 23-year-old mom from Illinois, vanished back on October 28th, 2007, sparking a nationwide mystery. Her husband, Drew Peterson, a police sergeant twice her age, quickly became the prime suspect after friends revealed she'd been documenting brutal. Fights in a diary, she started just three weeks earlier. That diary painted Drew as a jealous control freak, who allegedly hid her, stalked her every move, and even blocked her from seeing her dying sister. Four days before she disappeared, Stacey reached out to family friends about a secret escape plan to leave with her two young kids and Drew's two boys. From his previous marriage, relatives like her Anne Candace and friend Steve Cesare had long urged her to record the abuse, sharing stories of bruises during her pregnancy, and constant accusations of cheating. They knew she felt trapped, especially since Drew wouldn't let her visit her sister Tina

1:02in the hospital. On the morning she vanished, Stacey called a friend from bed to plan house-painting later that day, but she never followed up. Drew claimed she called him that night saying she was leaving for another man, but phone records proved he lied flat out, turning him from person of. Interest to Top Suspect Drew's now serving a 38-year sentence for murdering his previous wife, Kathleen Savio, Drew's death guy reopened after Stacey's case. Her sister Cassandra still hunts for answers with a recent GoFundMe, while the story hits screens in the new Gamma Time series premiering April. 8th, keeping this cold case alive.