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Peterson Allegedly Tried to Hire Hit Man

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JOLIET, Ill. (May 22) - Worried a pending divorce would leave him penniless, prosecutors say ex-police officer Drew Peterson offered someone $25,000 to kill his third wife, but then did it himself.
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Drew Peterson tried to hire someone to kill his third wife because he thought a pending divorce settlement would financially ruin him, then just months later she was found drowned in her bathtub with a gash to the back of her head, prosecutors said Friday.