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Petit Family Massacre Survivor Faces Killer, 'Evil Does Live Among Us'


Posted on Jan 27, 2012 @ 02:30PM - 7 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

The courtroom ordeal for Dr. William Petit is not yet over, as the grieving widow once again faced one of the men who murdered his family.

Petit addressed the New Haven, Connecticut courtroom on Friday during the formal sentencing of convicted triple murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky, reported the Hartford Courant.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and daughter Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, were tortured and murdered in 2007, and Dr. Petit brutally beaten, by Steven Hayes and Komisarjevsky, both of whom have been sentenced to death in Connecticut.

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Convicted Petit Family Killer Seeking New Trial


Posted on Jan 12, 2012 @ 02:30PM - 10 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Just when Dr. William Petit thought that he could put all the courtroom dramas surrounding his family's massacre behind him and move on with his life, the lawyers for convicted killer Joshua Komisarjevsky have requested a new trial.

Komisarjevsky’s attorney filed a motion at the Superior Court in New Haven, Connecticut on Wednesday stating that he should be allowed a new trial because he was not granted a probable cause hearing, despite repeated requests for the constitutionally mandated hearing, reported the Hartford Courant.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, 31-year-old Komisarjevsky was found guilty of 17 counts on October 13 for the grisly murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, and the vicious beating of Dr. William Petit in their Cheshire, Connecticut home, on July 23, 2007, and the same New Haven jury later sentenced him to death by lethal injection.

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Dr. Petit Wished 'The Very Best' On His Engagement By Uncle Of Family’s Murderer


Posted on Jan 07, 2012 @ 03:00AM - Add a comment

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Four years and two murder trials since his family was massacred, Dr. William Petit has finally found happiness with a new love and the uncle of convicted killer Joshua Komisarjevsky has offered his congratulations on their engagement, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.

"Of course, we wish him the very best," Christopher Komisarjevsky told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview. "We are happy that he’s found happiness after the tragedy."

Komisarjevsky was found guilty of 17 counts on October 13 for the grisly 2007 murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, and the vicious beating of Dr. Petit in their Cheshire, Connecticut home.

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Petit Family Killer’s Ex-Girlfriend Says 'He Deserves The Death Penalty'


Posted on Dec 12, 2011 @ 02:30PM - 6 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

A jury decided on Friday that convicted Petit family killer Joshua Komisarjevsky should be sentenced to death for his part in the horrific triple murders, and his ex-girlfriend thinks he deserves it, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.

"He's going to get the death penalty. He kind of deserved that," Caroline Mesel, who was dating the stone-faced killer at the time of the July 23, 2007 deadly home invasion, told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview.

Komisarjevsky was found guilty of 17 counts on October 13 for the grisly murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, and the vicious beating of Dr. William Petit in their Cheshire, Connecticut home, and it took 20 hours of deliberation over five days for the same New Haven jury to sentence him to death by lethal injection.

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