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51:23Now PlayingOn October 28, 2007, 23-year-old mother of two Stacy Ann Peterson disappears from her home in Bolingbrook, Illinois, no struggle, no note, no sightings. Her husband, veteran officer Drew Peterson (her fourth marriage), claims she left for another man, yet he says he found her car at a nearby airport, drove it home without alerting police, and didn’t report her missing until roughly 24 hours later.
Dr. Phil examines why a young mother wouldn’t vanish without her children, and the warning signs of coercive control behind closed doors including Stacy’s growing fear, divorce talk, and preparations that suggest she believed she was in danger. As Drew leans into the spotlight, investigators begin looking backward to the suspicious death of Drew’s third wife, Kathleen Savio—setting up what comes next.
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