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Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders
| Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders | |
|---|---|
The location of Cheshire within Connecticut | |
| Location | Cheshire, Connecticut |
| Date | July 23, 2007 |
| Target | Petit family |
Attack type | Home invasion, arson, murder |
| Weapons | Baseball bat, gun, gasoline |
| Deaths | 3 |
Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrators | Steven Hayes Joshua Komisarjevsky |
The Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders were on July 23, 2007.
A mother and her two daughters were murdered during a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut.[1]The Hartford Courant called the case "possibly the most widely publicized crime in the state's history".[2] In 2010, Steven Hayes was convicted of the murders and sentenced to death.
His accomplice, Joshua Komisarjevsky, was found guilty on October 13, 2011, and sentenced to death on January 27, 2013.[3]
Victims
[change | change source]- Jennifer Hawke-Petit, age 48, was a nurse and co-dir