ON THE RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUSTEREN - January 12, 2009GRETA: The former sergeant has an infamous history with wives. His third wife'sdeath has been ruled a homicide and his fourth wife, Stacy, is still missing. Joining us live is Derek Armstrong, Author of the book, Drew Peterson Exposed.Derek conducted the interview you just heard (sic). Do we have the tape? We dohave the tape. We can listen to it.PHONE CONVERSATION EXCERPT:

ARMSTRONG: Tellme about the reasoning for the move-in so soon after youtold me that you were engaged. What happened there?PETERSON: Well, she's coming out of an abusive environment where the ex-boyfriend had originally moved out when they broke up. Chrissy didn't break up with this guy to be with me. She broke up with him to not be with him. Heoriginally moved out and I guess, at first when we were first seeing eachother he moved back in and they were both on the lease of the apartment soshe had no legal standing to keep him out so... They shared an apartment but there was no (inaudible) between them. The relationship becameabusive where she was physically and emotionally abused and it wasn't agood environment for her and the kids. What had happened was early last week he came home drunk and it had caused Chrissy to leave the house withtwo small children at two, three in the morning to avoid a physicalconfrontation. ARMSTRON: Which day did this happen on?PETERSON: It was last week some time.

VAN SUSTEREN: Derek Armstrong who has written a book, Drew

Peterson Exposed

, joinsus. Derek, that's your tape, isn't it?ARMSTRONG: Yes it is Greta, Hi.(CROSSTALK)VAN SUSTEREN: Go ahead.ARMSTRONG: Sorry. I interviewed him Friday and Sunday --two different interviews. That one was from Sunday.GRETA: Did you have an opportunity to talk to his young fiancée?ARMSTRONG: No. She wouldn't come on. I spent about ten minutes trying toconvince her to come on, through Drew. She would just say, "No comment." andthat she was happy she moved in. That's all I could get.