Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm US/Eastern
Drew Peterson On CNN, Insists Stacy Is Alive
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) ―
Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson has been missing now for more than five months. Her husband, Drew Peterson, appeared Friday night on CNN's "Larry King Live" to answer questions about his wife's disappearance.
CBS station WBBM-TV in Chicago reports while Drew Peterson was appearing live on cable television, family members and friends of Stacy Peterson gathered in the house next door to his to watch the interview.
The normally vocal family members and friends who watched the show at Sharon Bychowski's home said they did not want to talk about the interview Friday night, but they're planning a press conference Saturday to discuss it.
On the show, Drew Peterson once again maintained he believes his wife is alive, and simply ran off with another man.
"Stacy called me, and she told me she found somebody else and she was leaving me," Drew Peterson said.
But those who know Stacy Peterson have since the beginning said there is no way she would leave without her children.
It's a sentiment echoed by the Illinois State Police who released a statement to Larry King Live saying in part, Stacy Peterson did not "voluntarily cease all contact with her children, family and friends."
Drew Peterson, however, claims his wife's desire for attention may be why she left him.
"Stacy loves male attention and anytime we would be anywhere she would have to be the center of attention for the males on scene, older, younger, anyone," he said.
Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky says perhaps Stacy Peterson just did not want to be tied down to an older man and four children anymore.
"We've had some private investigators look into it and they discovered text messages lead us to believe she was involved with at least two people, two men," Brodsky said.
State police say they are confident their investigation will culminate in an arrest in this case.
Brodsky, meanwhile, says he does not believe there will ever be charges against Drew Peterson.
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