Christina Raines

Getty Images. Stacy Peterson, missing since October 28, 2007. Christina Raines , the 24-year-old woman who shocked thousands when it was reported she had become engaged to Drew Peterson , the husband of long-missing Stacy Peterson , told the Early Show that her engagement was "more like a stunt." Raines explained that Peterson had used her to make it back in the spotlight: He had told me that his lawyer had wanted him to be in the media and wanted to propose to someone at a restaurant... Legally, Peterson would not have been able to marry Raines, as he is still technically married to ... Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Before moving on to a new relationship, most people seek to gain some sort of closure from the old one. ZIMBIO POLL Is Christina Raines in danger? VOTE HERE For instance, finding the body is a good start. But such antiquated social traditions are passe for someone like Drew Peterson , whose last wife, Stacy Peterson , has been missing since October of 2007. Instead, Peterson has moved on to a new young victim *cough* I mean girlfriend. At 23, Christina Raines is the same age Stacy was when she disappeared. Raines recently moved in with Peterson, and his publicist reports that ... Read Full Story

Woman calls her engagement to Drew Peterson a media stunt A young mother of two who had been living with a former police officer suspected in his wife’s disappearance said Monday that she moved out when she came to her senses. "We were never engaged," said Christina Raines, 24, during an appearance Monday on "The Early Show" on CBS. Raines told CBS that she decided not to go along with Drew Peterson’s "staged" engagement, which she said was a publicity "stunt" so the former police sergeant from Bolingbrook, Illinois, "could be in the media." Here is the original Woman calls her engagement to Drew ... Read Full Story

Fox News : The fiancée of ex-cop Drew Peterson, who is suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife and the death of his third, left him after her father gave her a "him or me" ultimatum. Christina Raines, 24, packed up and moved out of Peterson's Chicago-area house Friday with her two children after her father, Ernie Raines, forced the issue, according to "Drew Peterson Exposed" author Derek Armstrong. Ernie Raines, 53, came to Peterson's home in Bollingbrook, Ill., Friday morning with a news crew and the police and demanded that his waitress daughter leave, he told FOX News. He said he feared ... Read Full Story

Drew Peterson back on the market. In the morning after his appearance on the national ABC's "Night Line" - where 55-year-old opened up about his relationship with his 24 years finances - the woman packed their bags and moved out of his Bolingbrook home. Christina Raines , her father, a CBS cameraman and the police were on hand Friday that his property was filled in loggbok waste bags, boxes and windows. "He was starting to control her and make her completely dependent on him," said Raines' father, Ernie. My daughter is safe now, and I will keep my eyes on her. "Ernie Raines said ... Read Full Story