Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders
2007 CE.
Shown on the map at 41.512°, -72.904°.
On July 23, 2007, two home intruders entered the home of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrators, Linda Mai Lee (known as Steven Hayes at the time) and Joshua Andrew Komisarjevsky, initially planned only to burgle the house, but went on to murder Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit. Their father, Dr. William Petit, managed to escape despite sustaining severe injuries. Upon entering the Petits' home, Komisarjevsky beat William with a baseball bat, and he and Lee restrained him in the basement, along with Jennifer and her daughters. Lee later kidnapped Jennifer and forced her to withdraw money at a bank. After returning to the home, Lee raped her and strangled her to death. Komisarjevsky raped 11-year-old Michaela. The invaders then decided to burn down the house to destroy evidence.
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