Suspected wife killer Drew Peterson wants to get a divorce from his missing wife Stacy, but first he’ll have to prove where she is – something the police would love to know.
Under the law in Illinois, where Peterson lives, a divorce can be granted for desertion or abandonment after a spouse has been gone more than a year – but a judge must be convinced that one party willingly walked out.
“Until Drew can show that Stacy definitely deserted him or is dead, a judge is not going to do anything,” Chicago divorce attorney Dion Davi told The ENQUIRER.
Peterson, 54, a former Bolingbrook, Ill., cop, is the prime suspect in the possible homicide of Stacy, 23, and is a suspect in the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio, whose body was found in her bathtub.
Stacy vanished last year on Oct. 28.
Peterson said she left him for another man, but state police investigating the disappearance believe she was murdered by her husband.
A grand jury probing Stacy’s disappearance and the death of Kathleen Savio has been hearing evidence against the former cop for months.
Recently, Peterson consulted with Chicago divorce attorney Jeffery Leving, who believes he could successfully get Drew a divorce. “He is entitled to his day in court,” says Leving.
But officials investigating Peterson scoff at his divorce plans. Explained a source close to the case: “He’s just trying to keep the myth alive that Stacy left him.”
