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BOLINGBROOK, Ill. - Drew Peterson, a former Illinois police sergeant long suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife, was arrested Thursday on a murder charge in the death of his third wife.

Peterson, 55, was taken into custody Thursday evening during a traffic stop in Bolingbrook, according to Will County state's attorney's office spokesman Chuck Pelkie. An indictment accuses him of murdering Kathleen Savio.


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