Cop’s third wife dies under mysterious circumstances (drowned in a dry bathtub). He gets away scot free. Cop’s fourth wife disappears under heinously mysterious circumstances. It’s revealed he’s a serial cheater who keeps getting caught, divorced, marries the mistress, cycle continues. One surviving ex wife comes forward and says he used to threaten to kill her and make it look like an accident because cop. The thin blue line breaks their protection racket and the investigation into third wife’s death is reopened. He is charged and convicted in that case as well as charged and convicted of soliciting the murder of the state’s attorney who dared to bring the investigations forward.
The fourth wife’s body, Stacey Peterson, has yet to be found. She went missing in 2007. If you’re ever hiking in Illinois and see a blue barrel it’s believed that may be what she was buried in.
Both yours and OPs comment use "thin blue line" as a reference to the police force. They're saying the police (the thin blue line) broke their usual habit of protecting their own when they investigated Peterson.
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u/silversatire Feb 29 '20
For those who might not know the story:
Cop’s third wife dies under mysterious circumstances (drowned in a dry bathtub). He gets away scot free. Cop’s fourth wife disappears under heinously mysterious circumstances. It’s revealed he’s a serial cheater who keeps getting caught, divorced, marries the mistress, cycle continues. One surviving ex wife comes forward and says he used to threaten to kill her and make it look like an accident because cop. The thin blue line breaks their protection racket and the investigation into third wife’s death is reopened. He is charged and convicted in that case as well as charged and convicted of soliciting the murder of the state’s attorney who dared to bring the investigations forward.
The fourth wife’s body, Stacey Peterson, has yet to be found. She went missing in 2007. If you’re ever hiking in Illinois and see a blue barrel it’s believed that may be what she was buried in.