PrintNovember 9, 2010
Savages Are Walking Among Us
For the New England family, it was just another July day in 2007 as Jennifer Petit and her daughters, Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17, went shopping at stores in their community, Cheshire, Connecticut. Jennifer was married to Dr. William Petit, a prominent endocrinologist and medical researcher who enjoyed gardening in his spare time. The family represented the best of civilized society, donating their time and money to worthy causes and always ready to lend a hand to those in need. But even in the most cultured and genteel landscapes, savages are on the prowl. The Petits had no reason to assume that they were being watched and followed by two-legged creatures with murder on their minds. As they drove their Mercedes out of the parking area and headed for home, they never bothered to check the rearview mirror. If they had, they might have noticed that they were being followed by Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, a couple of ex-cons with a laundry list of arrests and convictions. Why...(Read Full Article)
