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Ex-cop Drew Peterson has been found guilty of the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

On Sept. 6, after six weeks of testimony and around 14 hours of deliberations, a Joliet, Ill. jury found Peterson guilty.

Peterson, 58, faces up to 60 years in prison, since the state of Illinois does not have a death penalty.  His sentencing will occur on November 26.

Savio’s drowning death in her bathtub in 2004 had originally been declared an accident, but in 2007, authorities reopened the investigation.  It was reopen due to the fact that Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, 23, had vanished.  Stacy Peterson is still missing.

Peterson had been arrested in May 2009 for the death of Savio, and has stayed in jail since then.