Suspicions in Stacy Ann\'s case were fueled in part by the death of Savio, whose bruised body was found in a dry bathtub in her home in 2004, with a large gash in her scalp. Initially, Savio\'s official cause of death was found to be accidental drowning. In 2009, after the attention from Stacy Ann\'s disappearance, Peterson was indicted for Savio\'s murder after a second autopsy showed evidence of a struggle. He was convicted of Savio\'s murder in 2012, and was sentenced to 38 years in prison on February 21, 2013.\n', '

On February 9, 2015, Peterson was charged with two additional felonies – solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire – for attempting to have Will County State\'s Attorney James Glasgow killed. He was convicted on May 31, 2016, and sentenced to an additional 40 years on July 29, 2016. On February 21, 2017, Peterson was transferred from Illinois Department of Corrections custody to the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.\n', '

In 1972, Drew Peterson graduated from Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois, where he ran cross country. He joined the U.S. Army after graduation and briefly attended the College of DuPage in 1974 before moving to Falls Church, Virginia to train as a military police officer. Peterson began his 30-year career with the local police force in Bolingbrook, Illinois (suburb of Chicago) in 1977. In 1978, he was assigned to the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad, and in 1979, he received a "Police Officer of the Year" award from the department. Peterson retired in November 2007 at age 53 as a sergeant while under investigation for Savio’s death and the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy. He was given a (tax-free) $79,000-a-year pension (almost $6,600-a-month). One day after his second conviction in May 2016 his pension was terminated. Peterson appealed the termination within a week after being sentenced for the second crime in August 2016.\n', '

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