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[Lorie Taylor]

[Lorie Taylor]

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The man Stacy went to in trying time

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November 17, 2007
BY JOE HOSEY AND JANET LUNDQUIST Herald News

Investigators in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson have turned an eye to a Shorewood man from her past she reached out to just three weeks before she vanished.

Searches have been conducted in the area around the home of 35-year-old Scott Rossetto, and authorities have called him before a grand jury this week, he said.

A police source, however, said investigators do not count him as a suspect in Peterson's disappearance. Instead, the source said investigators have speculated that Peterson's body may have been dumped near Rossetto's home in an effort to frame him as the killer.

A police source said Rossetto and Peterson, 23, were romantically involved, but Rossetto insisted they were not. He said he only knew her because his brother and a friend had dated Peterson years ago, before she married former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson.

Rossetto said he had not heard from Stacy Peterson in years when she called him last month.

"All of a sudden she called me once out of the blue about three weeks before she disappeared," Rossetto said. "That was the first contact in six years I had with her. She said she was just going through some stuff and just found my phone number."

Rossetto declined to discuss his recent conversation with Stacy Peterson, saying, "I can't tell you anything." He also refused to say whether she spoke of any trouble in her life.

The two exchanged messages, but never made plans to meet, he said. "We were friends," Rossetto said. "We talked every once in a while. But that's it." Police tracked down Rossetto through phone and text messages.

State Police have branded Drew Peterson a suspect in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, his fourth wife. And authorities exhumed the body of his third wife last week to see if she really drowned in her bathtub as initially believed.

The suspicions swirling around Drew Peterson, 53, have not frightened Rossetto.

"Let him [try to get me]. I don't give a crap," Rossetto said. "Why would I be afraid of Drew? What is he going to possibly do to me? He's more than welcome to try busting into my house."

Rossetto said he was not tempted to indulge in an affair with Stacy Peterson.

"No. I didn't want any baggage," he said. "Sorry, she had a lot. She was married to a Bolingbrook cop and could've made my life miserable. I wasn't risking it. And I knew Drew well enough to know to stay away from her."

Rossetto said he didn't know that police are looking at him as a lover of Stacy Peterson's.

"I'm sure Drew probably thinks that, but I could care less about what Drew thinks," he said.

Drew Peterson said Friday he knows little about Rossetto -- but he knows of him.

"I heard of him," Drew Peterson said, but added that he had "no idea" how long the Shorewood man may have been involved with his wife.

"The police are looking into it," Drew Peterson said of the connection between Stacy Peterson and Rossetto, although he would not elaborate. He said police have not approached him about Rossetto.

Rossetto said he met Drew Peterson only once. Asked if Stacy Peterson was afraid of her husband, Rossetto said, "I'm not confirming that."

Rossetto said his brother dated Stacy Peterson for about two months years ago and they broke up when he left for the Army. "When my brother left for the military she started dating Drew and we haven't seen her since because he cut off all ties with us," he said.

Drew Peterson has repeatedly said he feels Stacy Peterson abandoned their family and likely ran off with another man. He recently appeared before a grand jury, as did his brother, Paul Peterson.

Drew Peterson, who in the last week traveled to New York City to appear on a national talk show, said the daily grind of police and media scrutiny is wearing on him.

"I'm just tired," Drew Peterson said. "It wears on you, you know?"

[Lorie Taylor]

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Man admits sending 'flirty' messages to Stacy

November 21, 2007
BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter

A Shorewood man admitted this afternoon he exchanged somewhat flirty text messages with Stacy Peterson in the weeks before she disappeared, but insisted he never had a sexual affair with the missing woman.

Scott Rossetto told reporters he flirted with Stacy and even met with her at a Dennys where Stacys husband Drew Peterson found them. Drew Peterson, who has been named a suspect in his wifes disappearance, sat down at the table with them, Rossetto said.

Scott Rossetto told reporters he flirted with Stacy and even met with her at a Dennys where Stacys husband Drew Peterson found them. Drew Peterson, who has been named a suspect in his wifes disappearance, sat down at the table with them, Rossetto said.

He asked me how Id react if my wife was with another man, Rossetto said.

Police have canvassed Rossettos Shorewood neighborhood in recent days, but sources have said he is not a suspect in Stacys disappearance.

Stacy has been missing since Oct. 28. State Police have named Drew Peterson, a former Bolingbrook cop, as a suspect in her disappearance.

[Lorie Taylor]

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Friend says he exchanged racy text messages with Stacy Peterson

November 22, 2007 (JOLIET, Ill.) - A friend of Stacy Peterson says he and the now-missing woman exchanged racy text messages that could have been misinterpreted by her husband before she disappeared more than three weeks ago.

Scott Rossetto, the friend, testified yesterday to a grand jury convened to look into the death of Kathleen Savio and the disappearance of Stacy Peterson.

Police have named former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson as a suspect in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, but he's denied any involvement. Savio, Peterson's third wife, died in a bathtub in 2004.

Police contacted Rossetto after finding phone records that connected him to Stacy Peterson. Rossetto's brother dated her briefly in 2001.

Rossetto told reporters that he and Stacy were not having an affair. He said they traded flirtatious text messages and e-mails.

The 35-year-old Rossetto is a registered nurse from Shorewood.

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