Drew Peterson indicted in 3rd wife’s death

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LOCKPORT, Ill. – Drew Peterson, the brash, mustachioed former police sergeant who found tabloid fame after his fourth wife’s disappearance more than 1 1/2 years ago, was indicted Thursday in the drowning of an ex-wife found dead in an empty bathtub in 2004.

Peterson, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Kathleen Savio, was arrested during an evening traffic stop near his Bolingbrook home and was being held on $20 million bond, Illinois State Police Captain Carl Dobrich said.

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