Stacy Ann Peterson, Bolingbrook IL #12

[DeltaDawn]

We know the two older boys (13 and 14) have been questioned by the police through children's advocates, but what about the two younger ones? I've never heard that they were questioned at all. The little ones, esspecially the 4 year old would be able to tell you alot about how the family operated, who was awake, who was asleep, if Mommy and Daddy fought alot, etc. The two older boys would have been in school during the day (not that Sunday) but the two little ones would have been home with Mom and Dad most days. Drew usually worked nights, so these two may have seen alot more going on in the house from day to day then we think.

The other thing that bothers me and this is small..is I didn't see, maybe I missed it, any toys or playthings for small children in the backyard. There didn't seem to be a swingset, or playhouse or sandbox. To me that just is so unusual with having the pool, and all the Drew toys..to not have the outside things for young children most familys have in their backyard.

Then there is the neighbor who saw the blue container being loaded in the Denali. This maybe someone across the street or it may even be anyone in the neighborhood ( a few blocks away) who may have been out walking their dog. But the LE knows who they are and that is all that is important.

 

[Taximom]

As I understand it, it was a body from 2004. Now while we would love to connect this man to every single bad thing that ever happened within 100 miles...that is just not going to work. However, we do need to continue to connect the pieces of people who DP has had dealings with. There are many and they are all suspect, imo. We can't go on tangents that happen outside of his jurisdiction, if you ask me. Concentrate~

When I read the comment here that police were inside a Chicago home looking for a body, I didn't think it was another dead body from Drew's past. I thought it meant they might have found Stacy. I don't read FSP much, and the comment brought over here wasn't that specific. Even the news link provided said this:

"to follow a lead regarding a missing person,"

So any comments here made after that comment probably weren't meant to blame Drew for another dead body found. I don't think that was going off on a tangent!

 

[SeriouslySearching]

When I read the comment here that police were inside a Chicago home looking for a body, I didn't think it was another dead body from Drew's past. I thought it meant they might have found Stacy. I don't read FSP much, and the comment brought over here wasn't that specific. Even the news link provided said this:

"to follow a lead regarding a missing person,"

So any comments here made after that comment probably weren't meant to blame Drew for another dead body found. I don't think that was going off on a tangent!

Didn't mean us so much as others are going on tangents. I think we look at things more objectively here. Sorry, if I wasn't clear on those thoughts, Taxi. I get frustrated going over there. LOL They would like to connect him to everything from A to Z from Chicago to Burbank!

 

[Trino]

We know the two older boys (13 and 14) have been questioned by the police through children's advocates, but what about the two younger ones? I've never heard that they were questioned at all. The little ones, esspecially the 4 year old would be able to tell you alot about how the family operated, who was awake, who was asleep, if Mommy and Daddy fought alot, etc. The two older boys would have been in school during the day (not that Sunday) but the two little ones would have been home with Mom and Dad most days. Drew usually worked nights, so these two may have seen alot more going on in the house from day to day then we think.

The other thing that bothers me and this is small..is I didn't see, maybe I missed it, any toys or playthings for small children in the backyard. There didn't seem to be a swingset, or playhouse or sandbox. To me that just is so unusual with having the pool, and all the Drew toys..to not have the outside things for young children most familys have in their backyard.

I disagree with paragraph one. Chldren this young can easily be led.

I agree that there aren't the usual playthings, but not every house (even in the 'burbs) has a swing set, playhouse, or sandbox. Our backyard is completely built into a hill - never would have happened here. Anyway, we were always bicycling, inline skating, hiking with our kids - little time at home. However, DP does not seem to be the type who was active with his children.

 

[Taximom]

Didn't mean us so much as others are going on tangents. I think we look at things more objectively here. Sorry, if I wasn't clear on those thoughts, Taxi. I get frustrated going over there. LOL They would like to connect him to everything from A to Z from Chicago to Burbank!

OH, see I haven't read over there in a bit and wasn't aware of that. I actually got excited that there was a search going on somewhere and wondered why you thought that wouldn't be part of this story. Thanks for clearing that up!

 

[Pharlap]

Didn't mean us so much as others are going on tangents. I think we look at things more objectively here. Sorry, if I wasn't clear on those thoughts, Taxi. I get frustrated going over there. LOL They would like to connect him to everything from A to Z from Chicago to Burbank!

I see your point.
However I believe(jmo) Drew has many seedy, shady friends....
If Le finds who did this in Chicago, probably will look into if it's one of Drews friends.
Birds of the feather flock together, as the saying goes.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

In Chicago, there is much gang violence among other things. I would expect to find buried bodies there that have absolutely nothing to do with Bolingbrook or DP. I don't think that DP and his friends are that well connected, imo.

 

[Pharlap]

I I don't think that DP and his friends are that well connected, imo.

You may be correct.
However almost 30 years in law inforcement and he did grew up in Burr Ridge right?
Might have more then anyone thought.
Time will tell.:waitasec:....wish the time was now though....

 

[DeltaDawn]

Usually when they interview small children they use a form of play therapy where they let the children through toys and dolls act out what they have seen and heard. I am not speaking of the day she disappeared..I am speaking of in general in their day to day life. And certainly this is something these children are going to need in the future. I don't think Drew would be capable of dealing with all their feelings on his own. Right now he is insisting the two little ones have no feelings in his statements that they don't miss her or ask about her. Maybe they know from past experience not to bother Daddy with questions and feelings. Mommy probably dealt with that end.

 

[dee10134]

When I read the comment here that police were inside a Chicago home looking for a body, I didn't think it was another dead body from Drew's past. I thought it meant they might have found Stacy. I don't read FSP much, and the comment brought over here wasn't that specific. Even the news link provided said this:

"to follow a lead regarding a missing person,"

So any comments here made after that comment probably weren't meant to blame Drew for another dead body found. I don't think that was going off on a tangent!

There are literally THOUSANDS of missing persons in the Chicagoland area. The Chicago Sun-Times just finished up a series on them about a month ago.

 

[dee10134]

I disagree with paragraph one. Chldren this young can easily be led.

I agree that there aren't the usual playthings, but not every house (even in the 'burbs) has a swing set, playhouse, or sandbox. Our backyard is completely built into a hill - never would have happened here. Anyway, we were always bicycling, inline skating, hiking with our kids - little time at home. However, DP does not seem to be the type who was active with his children.

I live in the 'burbs and I don't have a swing set, playhouse, or sandbox in my backyard. I didn't think that was a prerequisite for having children...

Typically, we take our kids to the park when they want to play or we go bicycle riding or play soccer or do other outdoor activities.

Not all people with children want to "advertise" it by having those types of outdoor toys for children. Or they don't want to give in to their kid's every whims.

 

[Wudge]

I disagree with paragraph one. Chldren this young can easily be led.

I agree that there aren't the usual playthings, but not every house (even in the 'burbs) has a swing set, playhouse, or sandbox. Our backyard is completely built into a hill - never would have happened here. Anyway, we were always bicycling, inline skating, hiking with our kids - little time at home. However, DP does not seem to be the type who was active with his children.

Because of false testimony by young children, over forty people were wrongfully convicted in the day care riitual abuse hysteria that swept America during the mid 80's and early 90's, And some of those wrongfully convicted souls remain imprisoned to this day.

 

[Leila]

As I understand it, it was a body from 2004. Now while we would love to connect this man to every single bad thing that ever happened within 100 miles...that is just not going to work. However, we do need to continue to connect the pieces of people who DP has had dealings with. There are many and they are all suspect, imo. We can't go on tangents that happen outside of his jurisdiction, if you ask me. Concentrate~

I had hoped that this might have been it.......finding Stacy's body when and where we least expected it. I wasn't thinking in terms of it being yet another death connected to DP - only hoping that the body buried in that building was Stacy.

I have the feeling that if Stacy's remains are found, it will happen when and where we least expect it. With Laci Peterson, it happened that way, long after many people had given up hope that she would be found.

 

[Leila]

We know the two older boys (13 and 14) have been questioned by the police through children's advocates, but what about the two younger ones? I've never heard that they were questioned at all. The little ones, esspecially the 4 year old would be able to tell you alot about how the family operated, who was awake, who was asleep, if Mommy and Daddy fought alot, etc. The two older boys would have been in school during the day (not that Sunday) but the two little ones would have been home with Mom and Dad most days. Drew usually worked nights, so these two may have seen alot more going on in the house from day to day then we think.

The other thing that bothers me and this is small..is I didn't see, maybe I missed it, any toys or playthings for small children in the backyard. There didn't seem to be a swingset, or playhouse or sandbox. To me that just is so unusual with having the pool, and all the Drew toys..to not have the outside things for young children most familys have in their backyard.

Then there is the neighbor who saw the blue container being loaded in the Denali. This maybe someone across the street or it may even be anyone in the neighborhood ( a few blocks away) who may have been out walking their dog. But the LE knows who they are and that is all that is important.

I think the four-year-old would be able, through play-acting, to give some sort of clues to the day-to-day household activity. With DP working the night shift, he probably slept during the morning hours. For the children, this could be a time when they had to play quietly, or perhaps that was the time that Stacy got them out of the house - taking them to the park, or doing grocery shopping and errands so DP wouldn't be disturbed. Certainly the 4-year-old would be able to say if mommy and daddy yelled a lot, indicating arguing. And, if the child ever saw "daddy hitting mommy" that would make an impression on a young child. I think the most LE could expect from a child that young is just a general idea of the household atmosphere.

I'm very interested in the person who saw DP and an unidentified man (who we now know was Tom Morphey) moving a container into DP's Denali. I find it very curious that this person hasn't been identified and the media hasn't sought an interview with questions such as, "what time did you observe this" and "what exactly did you observe?" This person's observations would help confirm the time line of events on October 28th. I'd also be curious if this person had observed other activity around the Peterson house. The next-door neighbor, Sharon, has given an excellent time line for the cars being in the driveway and when they were gone. Perhaps the person who observed the moving of the container also observed the coming and going of cars.

 

[busybee]

Ignore you?! Never! I applaud your efforts! : )

Thank you! The wine was so good I drank three glasses and whew! I hit me fast.........:blowkiss:

 

[busybee]

I had hoped that this might have been it.......finding Stacy's body when and where we least expected it. I wasn't thinking in terms of it being yet another death connected to DP - only hoping that the body buried in that building was Stacy.

I have the feeling that if Stacy's remains are found, it will happen when and where we least expect it. With Laci Peterson, it happened that way, long after many people had given up hope that she would be found.

I agree, but I think once she is found it will also be so obvious just like with Laci. Men like Scott P and DP think they are smarter than anyone and that they planned and pulled off the perfect crime so it seems like with Scott P he thought he could put the bodies right underneath everyone's nose, I am sure Drew did pretty much the same thing.

 

[panthera]

Usually when they interview small children they use a form of play therapy where they let the children through toys and dolls act out what they have seen and heard. I am not speaking of the day she disappeared..I am speaking of in general in their day to day life. And certainly this is something these children are going to need in the future. I don't think Drew would be capable of dealing with all their feelings on his own. Right now he is insisting the two little ones have no feelings in his statements that they don't miss her or ask about her. Maybe they know from past experience not to bother Daddy with questions and feelings. Mommy probably dealt with that end.

I wonder if the two older kids do a lot of the parenting in Stacy's absence? When I've seen DP answer questions about the kids missing their mom he does seem so detached I can't believe he could be comforting them.

 

[panthera]

I had hoped that this might have been it.......finding Stacy's body when and where we least expected it. I wasn't thinking in terms of it being yet another death connected to DP - only hoping that the body buried in that building was Stacy.

I have the feeling that if Stacy's remains are found, it will happen when and where we least expect it. With Laci Peterson, it happened that way, long after many people had given up hope that she would be found.

I so hope you're right! I may not have the time to be here everyday like so many of you are but I'm thinking about her and trying to check all the news just praying there's a new development.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

I wonder if the two older kids do a lot of the parenting in Stacy's absence? When I've seen DP answer questions about the kids missing their mom he does seem so detached I can't believe he could be comforting them.

I think the boys have always been the ones to take care of thier little siblings on many occasions. When Cassandra stopped by late at night all four were at the home alone.

 

[DeltaDawn]

I disagree with paragraph one. Chldren this young can easily be led.

I agree that there aren't the usual playthings, but not every house (even in the 'burbs) has a swing set, playhouse, or sandbox. Our backyard is completely built into a hill - never would have happened here. Anyway, we were always bicycling, inline skating, hiking with our kids - little time at home. However, DP does not seem to be the type who was active with his children.

I agree that not every house in the burbs has all the toys ..but to me it just goes to show that all the important and minor toys seem to be Drew's. He has the camper, the motorcycles, the pool, the ultrlight, etc...they have a nice home, fairly large backyard..I just would have expected something to show of the younger kids being there. Stacy didn't work, they weren't in daycare..so if they are such an outdoor family and so family oriented where are the toys that two and four year olds play with? My recollection of that age is that a hike turns out to be more of a carry me experience. Not too many two year olds inline skate or play soccer.
I did preface it by saying it was a small thing, but to me it seems like their life was just more geared to Drew and the older boys, not the younger two children.