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Morning Cup of Murder

A Police Officer's Secret - January 5 2022 - Todays True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

January 5th: Drew Peterson (1954) Never trust a Peterson. If you’ve been in the true crime world for a bit it's a statement that you are all too familiar with. In fact, this show has, over the years, covered a Peterson or 2, or 3. On January 5th 1954 another Peterson was born who would go down in history for the mysterious death and disappearance of not 1 ex-wife but 2.   MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Peterson, https://www.kfvs12.com/2020/06/04/drew-peterson-appeal-heard-fifth-district-appellate-court/, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/drew-peterson/, https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-drew-peterson-transferred-to-another-prison-20191211-furyrny6ard7xmzhqdxem6lz5a-story.html, https://www.jacksonville.com/article/20130222/NEWS/801257139, https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/its-been-13-years-since-stacy-peterson-disappeared-a-look-back-at-the-case/, https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-drew-peterson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away. When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

1:06.2

We have a weird homicide.

1:09.0

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

1:12.6

A cop a murder...

1:14.6

Never trust a Peterson.

1:16.6

If you've been in the true crime world for a bit, it's a statement that you are all too familiar with.

1:21.9

In fact, this show has, over the years, covered a Peterson or two or three.

1:28.2

On January 5, 1954, another Peterson was born who would go down in history for the

1:33.3

mysterious death and disappearance of not one ex-wife, but two.

1:39.2

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

1:43.7

morning cup of murder.

1:48.4

Drew Walter Peterson, born January 5, 1954, graduated in 1972 from Willowbrook High School in

1:55.8

Villa Park, Illinois, where he was known as an all-American type of young man. He joined the Army straight out of school and briefly attended the College of DuPage in 1974 before moving to Falls Church, Virginia, to train as a military police officer, and later begin what would be a 30-year career in Bowling Brook, Illinois, where, in 1979, he would receive the Police Officer of the Year

2:19.8

Award from his department.

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