Bolingbrook Police Department

Drew Walter Peterson (born January 6, 1954) is a former Bolingbrook, Illinois, police sergeant who is suspected of killing his third and fourth wives. The story has received national media attention in the United States. Peterson has repeatedly denied involvement in both cases. In the non-fiction book Fatal Vows, Chicago journalist Joseph Hosey maintains that Drew Peterson believed he would never be charged in either wife's case. On May 7, 2009, Peterson was indicted by the Will County Grand Jury and charged for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

In 1972, Drew Peterson graduated from Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois, where he ran cross country. After high school graduation, Peterson joined the US Army. In 1974, he briefly attended the College of DuPage. Peterson later moved to Falls Church, Virginia, where he trained as a military police officer.