PlusFriend Tells AP She Secretly Taped Drew PetersonFriend Tells AP She Secretly Taped Drew PetersonThe Associated PressA friend of Drew Peterson says she decided to wear a wire to tape conversations with the former police sergeant because of the way he acted after his fourth wife went missing last October. (July 24)Do secretly record conversations link a police sergeant to his third wife's death and the disappearance of his fourth wife? [Notes:aptn: friends on couch/file peterson walk shot] Friends claim they wore a wire and taped conversations with Drew Peterson from mid-November through mid-June. [Notes:aptn interview]5:43:00SOT: ABOUT A WEEK AFTER SHE VANISHED, WE NOTICED DREW WAS ACTING WEIRD. JUST THINGS THAT HE WAS DOING. THINGS I CAN'T REVEAL RIGHT NOW BUT WE KNEW HE HAD DONE SOMETHINGPAULA STARK [Notes:file: peterson walk shot/ap photo] During those seven months, Paula Stark and her husband claim Peterson wished aloud that he'd cremated his third wife, Kathleen Savio's remains. [Notes:aptn interview]15:47:02SOT: HE SAID IF I HAD CREMATED HER I COULD HAVE THROWN HER OUT MY CAR WINDOW AND SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE STREET WHERE SHE BELONGED. [Notes:ap photos] And he reportedly asked them to set fire to a memorial to his missing wife, Stacy Peterson. [Notes:aptn interview]14:44:43SOT: I TRULY BELIEVE IN MY HEART HE MURDERED BOTH FEMALES, HIS 3RD WIFE AND STACY. SHE WASN'T MISSING. I BELIEVE HE KILLED HER. PAULA STARK [Notes:aptn peterson walk shot] Peterson told the AP he's confident he never said anything incriminating to the friends he's known for 16 years. The former Bolingbrook police sergeant also said the tapes will clear him more than hurt him. [Notes:ap photos]Peterson has been named a suspect in Stacy's disappearance in October. And the family of his third wife believe he was involved in her 2004 death. Kathleen Savio's death was originally ruled an accidental drowning. But her body was exhumed after Stacy Peterson vanished and a new autopsy revealed she was murdered. [Notes:aptn interview]15:45:55SOT: THERE ARE MANY THINGS I CAN'T REVEAL RIGHT NOW- THEY WILL COME OUT IN THE TRIAL- BUT I'M CONFIDENT HE'S GOING TO JAIL. DEFINETLY. [Notes:aptn couple/ap file peterson walk shot]The couple said they became suspicious after Stacy disappeared last October. And said they agreed to help state police with the investigation. ___ ___, The Associated Press.
