Episode 17 - The Cheshire Murders & The Prom Night Killer

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Suspects Steven Hayes (left) and Joshua Komisarjevsky (right)

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The Petit Family (left to right) Michaela Petit, Dr. William Petit, Hayley Petit, Jennifer Hawke-Petit

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The Petit Home After the Attack

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Victims - Michaela, Hayley and Jennifer Petit

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Dr. Petit with his Current Wife Christine and son William III

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Jeff Pelley’s former step-sister, Jessi Toronto

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Jeff Pelley during the trial

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Jeff Pelley being questioned as a teenager

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The Pelley Family (back row left to right) Jacque, Jeff, Jessi (front row left to right) Dawn, Janel, Robert, Jolene

THIS WEEK WE HAVE 2 CRIMES AND NO CHAOS. WHY YOU ASK? BECAUSE AMBER HAD AN OOPSY.

In this episode Erika covers the Cheshire Murders. In July of 2007 in Cheshire Connecticut, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her 2 daughters, Hayley and Michaela were brutally murdered during a home invasion. Jennifer's husband, Dr. William Petit was the only survivor.

Erika pulled her sources from:
www.current.com
www.abcnews.com
www.usatoday.com

Please visit the Petit family foundation at www.petitfamilyfoundation.org. The foundation funds are given to foster education of young people, especially girls, in the sciences to help people affected by chronic illness and to protect those affected by violence.

Then Amber covers the Prom Night Killer. Jessi Toronjo was just 9 years old when she went to a friends house for a weekend long sleepover, while her older step-brother Jeffrey Pelley attended his senior prom. Jessi came home that Sunday to find her entire family had been murdered.

Amber pulled her sources from:
wwwcbsnews.com article by Chris O'Connell
ID Channel - Evil Lives Here "The Prom Night Killer"
www.mycrimelibrary.com