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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 24, 2007
Filed at 10:49 a.m. ET
CHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) -- Two men were charged with burglary, arson and sexual assault for allegedly breaking into a doctor's home, forcing a hostage to withdraw cash at a bank and burning the house several hours later, killing the doctor's wife and two daughters.
William Petit Jr., a prominent endocrinologist, was severely injured and was the sole survivor of Monday's attack. The suspects were caught fleeing the burning home, which they apparently set on fire to cover their tracks, authorities said.
Joshua Komisarjevky, 26, of Cheshire, and Steven Hayes, 44, of Winsted, were due in court Tuesday on charges of assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, robbery and arson. State police said additional charges were likely.
It wasn't immediately clear if the two had attorneys.
Bank employees contacted police when one of the suspects accompanied a female hostage, who was not identified, to make a withdrawal around 9:30 a.m. Monday.
Petit's wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, were found dead in the home, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said.
The attack rocked Cheshire, an upper-middle class community of 29,000 full of colonial-style homes just east of Waterbury and about 15 miles north of New Haven.
''In Cheshire we're not used to this type of event,'' town Police Chief Michael Cruess said. ''It's a very unfortunate, tragic event that's probably going to reach right down to the core of the community.''
Hayley Petit had received an early acceptance to Dartmouth, her father's alma mater. She was a fundraiser for multiple sclerosis and captain of the basketball and crew teams. She was also devoted to her school, so much so that even while she was recovering from a collapsed lung, she attend commencement.
''She was such a good, good person,'' said M. Burch Tracy Ford, head of school at Miss Porter's School in Farmington. ''The younger kids just worshipped the ground she walked on.''
Dr. Petit, 50, the president of the Hartford County Medical Association, is a noted specialist in diabetes and endocrinology and the medical director of the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain.
''It is a shocking day for everyone. It's just beyond anyone's understanding,'' said Larry Tanner, president and chief executive officer of the hospital.
Jennifer Hawke-Petit was a nurse and co-director of the health center at Cheshire Academy, a private boarding school.
''They're just a lovely family,'' said the Rev. Ronald A. Rising, a neighbor for more than a decade. ''It's just awful to think it would happen to a family like that in this community. You don't think about those things happening.''
--The New York Times, July 24, 2007
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