he was found guilty in 2012 of murdering his third wife kathleen savio, after his fourth wife stacy went missing in 2007. well he's serving 38 years in an illinois prison and is about to stand trial once again. this time accused of hiring a hit man to kill the prosecutor who put him in prison. tonight a new cnn special report looks at the case and here is a preview. >> october 28th, 2007 the day candace akins' niece stacy peterson vanished without a trace. >> i thought she had been murdered most likely by drew. >> akin was not alone. all eyes were on stacy's husband, illinois police officer drew peterson a man whose third wife kathleen savio, had been found dead in the bathtub about three years earlier. >> i walk into everywhere i go and there's this little hum that

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and a lot of people argue, well of course he killed kathleen savio. found brutally beaten in a bone dry bathtub. she was no more taking a bath than you are right now. so he's convicted of that. but what about stacy peterson? what about this? before the search was even done, he was starting to give away her clothes. he certainly wasn't afraid she was going to come in the front door right? >> what do you think happened to him? >> what do i think? i think that in that jurisdiction the death penalty is on a moratorium so he can kill as many people as he wants to and it won't change his sentence. he's got an appeal going right now. the appeal is basically when a defendant is in a corner and they don't have anything to argue, they attack their defense attorney no matter how fateful that attorney was. his attorney was a good lawyer and his appeal is that brosky cared too much about the limelight and not focusing on his trial and let evidence in that shouldn't have and that would be referring to one wife's preacher and the other wife's divorce lawyer. both of

eyes were on stacy's husband, illinois police officer, drew peterson a man whose third wife kathleen savioose third wife had been found dead in the bathtub about three years earlier. >> i walk into everywhere i go and there's this little hum that goes through the establishment, there's drew peterson. >> this morning drew peterson spoke to reporters through his front door. >> first few days he was peeking out of his front door but then he was letting people in to talk to him. >> posey was the first. >> it was kind of strange. >> strange because they were watching the news coverage. >> she was last heard from on sunday morning. >> about their missing mother. >> let's bring in jean -- tell us more. so many crazy twists and turns in this case. drew peterson allegedly ordered a hit on the prosecutor in this case? >> reporter: it's ironic and this case is far from over. his trial is this august and he is now charged with soliciting the murder of the prosecutor, that prosecuted him for murder which he was convicted of. at his sentencing several years ago, drew peterson at sentencing said don't fo

were on stacey ace husband, illinois police officer drew peterson a man whose third wife kathleen saviobout three years earlier. >> i walk into everywhere i go and there's this little hum that goes through the establishment, there's drew peterson there's drew peterson. >> joe staked out his home when news broke of stacey's disappearance. >> this morning drew peterson spoke to reporters through the front door. >> first few days he was peeking out the front door. >> joe was the first. >> it was eerie. i had a view of the living room and i was watching the kids watching the tv and it was kind of strange. >> reporter: strange because they were watching the news coverage. >> she was last heard from on sunday morning. zwr >> reporter: about their missing mother. >> and be sure to tune in tonight at 9:00 for "married to a murder," the drew peterson story from our jean casarez. we'll be back. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you wouldn't ignore signs of damage in your home. are you sure you're not ignoring them in your body? even if you're treating your crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis an occasional