Missing woman said wanted out of marriage

CHICAGO, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- One day before she disappeared, Stacy Peterson talked about leaving her husband Drew, a classmate has told Chicago area law enforcement authorities.

Drew Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky said a student known as "Mike," who attended Joliet Junior College with Stacy Peterson, told police that she said she wanted out of her marriage with a 58-year-old retired Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant.

Brodsky said she was advised to "take the cash money and not use her credit cards to preclude being found" The Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

Stacy Peterson, 23, disappeared from her Bolingbrook home the following day, Oct. 28, 2007 and police have named her husband a suspect in a case they call a potential homicide.

Drew Peterson maintained from the outset that his wife ran away with another man and denies any involvement in her disappearance.