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Petit Family Killer Shows No Remorse, Has Nothing To Say To ‘Restore The Lives Lost’


Posted on May 16, 2012 @ 12:00PM - 6 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Convicted triple murder Joshua Komisarjevsky has broken his silence on death row and talked for the first time since he was sentenced in January for Connecticut’s most horrific home invasion.

In an interview with the Associated Press, the killer revealed that there isn’t anything he could say to Dr. William Petit that "will restore the lives lost."

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Sri Lankan Woman Faces Beheading For Witchcraft ‘Cast Spell On Saudi Teen’


Posted on Apr 19, 2012 @ 09:30AM - 4 comments

By Radar Staff

A woman in Saudi Arabia could be beheaded after she was accused of practicing witchcraft.

The Sri Lankan woman was arrested when a local man told police that she had cast a spell on his 13-year-old daughter.

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“[My daughter] suddenly started acting in an abnormal way and that happened after she came close to the Sri Lankan woman,” he told officials about the alleged encounter in a Jeddah shopping mall.

The daily Okaz claims that the father then reported the alleged “sorcerer” to security forces “asking for her arrest and the specialized units dealt with the situation swiftly and succeeded in arresting her.”

A woman in Saudi Arabia could be beheaded after she was accused of practicing witchcraft.

The Sri Lankan woman was arrested when a local man told police that she had cast a spell on his 13-year-old daughter.

“[My daughter] suddenly started acting in an abnormal way and that happened after she came close to the Sri Lankan woman,” he told officials about the alleged encounter in a Jeddah shopping mall.

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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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Family Of Iranian-American Facing Death Penalty 'Are Making A Huge Mistake,' Says Former Political Prisoner


Posted on Jan 13, 2012 @ 01:00PM - Add a comment

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Iranian-American Amir Hekmati has been in prison in Iran since August 2011 but it has only been since Monday, when he was sentenced to death, that the world heard of his plight.

That five-month silence could affect whether the 28-year-old from Flint, Michigan lives or dies, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

"His family is trying to understand the situation, but they made a huge mistake not to publicize the case at the time of his arrest," Iranian journalist Omid Memarian told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview. "If they had, this would not have happened at all."

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Iranian-American Given The Death Penalty Is 'Victim Of Tensions With Iran And America'


Posted on Jan 12, 2012 @ 10:00AM - Add a comment

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Currently locked in a prison cell in Tehran after being sentenced to death, Iranian-American Amir Hekmati is an unfortunate victim of the increased tensions between Iran and the U.S., a Middle Eastern expert at Amnesty International exclusively told RadarOnline.com.

"His treatment falls into a very known pattern of people who are trotted out and accused of espionage," Elise Auerbach, Iran Country Specialist of Amnesty International USA told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview.

However, it is the severity of the sentence that is unusual and is shocking to the human rights group.

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Dr. William Petit To Remarry Four Years After Family Killed In Horrific Home Invasion


Posted on Jan 05, 2012 @ 02:00PM - 15 comments

By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

Dr. William Petit Jr., whose wife and young daughters were brutally murdered in their home four years ago, has found love again and is engaged.

Petit, 55, proposed to Christine Paluf, 34, after Christmas but they have not yet set a wedding date according to the Hartford Courant who first reported the news.

Paluf is a photographer who worked events for the Petit Family Foundation, which William founded after the horrific murder of his entire family.

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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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Petit Family Murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky Sentenced To Death


Posted on Dec 09, 2011 @ 03:30PM - 9 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

Following five days of deliberation, the jury in the penalty phase for Joshua Komisarjevsky finally reached a verdict on Friday and sentenced the triple murderer to death.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, 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.

As the sole survivor in the home invasion, Dr. Petit had been anxiously awaiting the decision in a conference room at the New Haven court with other family members.

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Petit Killer Dubbed A Predator Out For 'Greed, Sex, Death and Destruction’


Posted on Dec 02, 2011 @ 02:00PM - 2 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

The sentencing phase of convicted killer Joshua Komisarjevsky came to a dramatic close on Friday as prosecutors made closing arguments as to why the triple murderer should get the death penalty, RadarOnline.com has learned.

On the night that a home invasion left a father badly beaten, and his wife and two daughters dead, Komisarjevsky was described as a predator out for "greed, sex, death and destruction," by Senior Assistant State's Attorney Gary Nicholson to the New Haven, Connecticut court, reported the Hartford Courant.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, 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.

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Petit Family Killer Won't Get Death Penalty, Predicts Lawyer: 'The Scale Tips In Favor Of Life'


Posted on Dec 01, 2011 @ 07:00AM - 6 comments

By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter

After more than a month of testimony in the penalty phase of the trial of triple murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky, the extensive evidence is finally complete and his attorneys are confident about his chances of dodging the death penalty.

"The scale tips in favor of life," defense attorney Jeremiah Donovan predicted on Thursday, according to a report in the Hartford Courant, despite him being co-responsible for the most horrific murder in Connecticut's history.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, 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 their father on July 23, 2007 in their Cheshire, Connecticut home.

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