Saturday, December 08, 2007

Did Drew Peterson kill his wife?

All over the news, you'll see stories like this one about Drew Peterson in Illinois who is accused of killing his fourth wife. Her body hasn't been found, but they have exhumed his third wife's body and at least one investigator believes he killed her too (I found an interview with wife#2, but gave up finding anything on wife#1, the reports are just too sick). Mr. Peterson thinks wife#4 ran off with another man and just doesn't want to be found.

Now, teleport across the pond to merry old England where it's reported that John Darwin who has been gone over five years and presumed dead. The wreckage of his kayak washed on shore in March 2002 and a coroner pronounced him dead. His wife Anne, collected the life insurance money and recently moved to Panama. Now John has turned himself in claiming amnesia.

So what ties these two stories together? Is Anne Darwin's wife, Drew Peterson's next target? Or did Stacy Peterson, run off with John Darwin? No, nothing so sinister, no great conspiracy. I am just fascinated with the idea that people can run away and never be found. It turns out there are even books written about the idea: "Hide Your Assets & Disappear: A Step-By-Step Guide to Vanishing Without a Trace"

Let's see, didn't I say something a few days ago about moving to the mountains and becoming a hermit? (blog post here) If Santa wanted to bring me a book, maybe the above would be a good one...

6 comments:

John J. Kaiser said...

If history proves correct anyone with the last name Peterson MUST be guilty - especially when it comes to killing wives.

Randy said...

John,
Yes, he did have the bad luck of having the same last name as another bad guy. And this guy just LOOKS slimey.

But he at least deserves the benefit of the doubt until (or if) there is any evidence.

And I still may escape...

Randy said...

CresceNet
If your post is legit, please repost in English.

All,
DO NOT trust cresceNet. I know nothing about this person or their blog...

Anonymous said...

It's not like he'd be the first Peterson to kill his wife. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Peterson and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_%28author%29 He might be the first Peterson to kill two wives, though. I'm going to tell my daughter to stay the hell away from any guys named Peterson! :-)

Frederick

Randy said...

Frederick,
Thanks for stopping by. Yes, I'd be careful around anyone named Peterson.

I just don't want to crucify this person when his story is certainly plausible. The case in England is a timely example that someone can disappear.

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