Illinois State Police executed a search warrant Thursday afternoon at the Bolingbrook home of police Sgt. Drew Peterson, whose wife, Stacy, had been reported missing Monday.

The warrant was obtained by the Will County state’s attorney, according to spokesman Chuck Pelkie. Police towed two cars, a 2005 GMC sport utility vehicle and a 2002 Pontiac coupe, from Peterson’s property on Pheasant Chase Court.

Police arrived at Peterson’s house at about noon Thursday, according to neighbors, and the cars were towed at about 3 p.m.

Bolingbrook police and members of the media — local, regional and national — continued to be stationed outside Drew Peterson’s home four days after members of Stacy Peterson’s family filed a missing persons report with the Illinois State Police.

There is still no word on the whereabouts of Stacy Peterson, 23.

Bolingbrook police said Drew Peterson, 53, told investigators Monday he spoke with his wife on the telephone Sunday night about picking up her car at a Bolingbrook airport.

Police on Thursday were still labeling it a case of a missing person and not a criminal investigation.

Stacy Peterson, a mother of two, was reported missing by family members after she failed to show up Sunday morning to meet a friend help paint a house, police said.

Drew Peterson, who police said has been cooperating with authorities, told investigators Monday that he spoke with his wife by telephone at 9 p.m. Sunday, nine hours after members of Stacy’s family said they last heard from her via cell phone.

Initially, authorities did not divulge the content of the telephone call Drew Peterson said occurred — nor could they confirm investigators had verified the call had been made through telephone records, citing the ongoing investigation — but Bolingbrook police now say Drew Peterson told investigators Stacy called to tell Drew that her vehicle was at Bolingbrook Clow International Airport and that he should pick it up.

According to Ken Teppel, spokesman for the Bolingbrook Police Department, Drew Peterson told police he went to the airport and retrieved the vehicle.

“(Drew Peterson) told us Stacy called him Sunday night to tell him the vehicle had been left at the airport, and he said he went there to recover it and brought it home that night,” Teppel said.

No details were provided on whether Drew Peterson was driven to the airport to retrieve the vehicle or whether he walked there.

Peterson’s house is on Pheasant Chase Court, less than 400 yards from the airport.
“That information is investigative, and because of the ongoing investigation, I cannot comment,” said Teppel.

According to Joseph DePaulo, manager of the airport, investigators have been there regarding the case.

“Unfortunately, Clow Airport is a general aviation airport without a manned tower, and pilots can take off and leave without (being documented), so there is no way to identify all of the planes that came in and out of the airport on Sunday,” DePaulo said.

The airport does have three Web cameras — one facing the parking lot and two facing the runway — but they are not videotaped.

“The Web cameras are used to provide a live feed on our Web site, but have no capability of taping,” DePaulo said.

Family members told authorities they grew concerned when they could not contact Stacy Peterson by cell phone throughout the afternoon and evening Sunday,  said Teppel.

The last time Stacy Peterson reportedly spoke with a family member other than her husband was Sunday at about 10:15 a.m., Teppel said.

The last time a family member saw Stacy Peterson was Saturday night, police said.
The family filed a missing persons report with Illinois State Police at about 4 a.m. Monday.

Teppel said it is common practice for an outside law enforcement agency to investigate a case that involves a police officer from another jurisdiction to avoid a conflict of interest.

Three years ago state police investigated the death of Drew Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, when she was discovered dead in her bath tub, a death that was ruled an accidental drowning by the Will County coroner’s office.

That case is now under review by State’s Attorney James Glasgow, who was not in office at the time of Savio’s death.

Pelkie said the Savio case is being “re-examined because of the unique and unusual circumstances involved.”

Teppel said police have received no calls for domestic disturbances or other requests for assistance at the Pheasant Chase Court address where Drew and Stay Peterson reside.

The case has received local, regional and national media attention.

“We’ve had requests for information from at least seven national media outlets and almost all of the Chicago area print and electronic media,” Teppel said. “This is the most attention we’ve ever had here, probably as much or more than the case of Rachel Mellon disappearing more than 10 years ago.

“Because of all the attention and all the media that have been camped out at the Peterson home, we have a unit on the street just to maintain some order.”

According to Teppel and Illinois Trooper Mark Dorencz, Drew Peterson has been in touch with police and has been cooperative.

Drew Peterson has worked for the Bolingbrook Police Department for 29 years and has been married four times.