Drew Peterson (left) Stacy Peterson (right)

Stacey Peterson and Lisa Stebic have a lot in common, although the women have never met. Both are mothers to young children, both live in Illinois, and both have been missing for more than a couple of years. It’s the same sad story with missing mom Susan Powell who vanished late last year in Utah, and Venus Stewart who was abducted outside her parents’ home in late April in Michigan. In both cases, their husbands are persons of interest in the disappearances, and in all of these cases the husbands claim they have no clue where their wives could be. Every time I hear about a new case, and a mother vanishes, I flash back to each one of these women. Every so often a new tip or search will bring one of their cases to the spotlight, and the public its on the edge of their seats to see if the lead will pan out.  That was the case this past weekend.  Investigators in Illinois were acting on information that Stacy Peterson’s body was buried in a muddy, thickly wooded, private farmland in Peoria, Illinois.