Episode 66: Burned Alive - 7 Hours of Torture (Cheshire Home Invasion Murders)

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A family of 4 is startled awake by two masked men - they tell them that everything is going to be okay. We just want money - that’s all.

Slowly for the next 7 hours - it becomes clear that’s not all they want. The 11yr old daughter was assaulted. The mother was assaulted and strangled. The house engulfed in flames - all while the police were standing outside.

“A thief in the night. I’ve come to steal NOT your jewels and money. But your personal safety, privacy, and security. I violate your inner asylum of intimacy.” - Cheshire Home Invader / Killer.

Source notes:

Book - “In The Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood” - by Brian McDonald

Documentary - “The Cheshire Murders”

https://www.scribd.com/document/66451297/State-s-189b-9-22-Part-1#from_embed

https://www.scribd.com/document/66451277/State-a-189b-9-22-Part-2?ad_group=131678X1600839X2c5134d89006d367efbaeb52622b9638&campaign=SkimbitLtd&keyword=660149026&medium=affiliate&source=hp_affiliate

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a10035/william-petit-case-0611/

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a11309/joshua-komisarjevsky-verdict-6514484/

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a10987/william-petit-trial-news-6470590/

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a12022/joshua-komisarjevsky-sentencing-6614990/

https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Steven-Hayes-from-Death-Row-I-just-snapped-11397437.php 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/petit-trial-coroner-describes-teen-daughters-death/story?id=14607151

https://patch.com/connecticut/northhaven/komisarjevsky-s-religious-upbringing-detailed-in-court-21822b9e

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/12/connecticut.murders/index.html

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