News Your tax dollars paid a Peace Corps worker $258,000 — after he killed a woman July 13, 2022 Tricia L. Nadolny and Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY Comments Off on Your tax dollars paid a Peace Corps worker $258,000 — after he killed a woman The Peace Corps paid relatives of the woman John Peterson killed just $13,000. It paid more to the law firm it hired to handle the negotiations.