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The Cheshire Murders

The Cheshire Murders

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 22, 2013

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

65%

Original Title

The Cheshire Murders

Production Companies

HBO Documentary Films

Director

David Heilbroner

Description

In the early-morning hours of July 23, 2007, in Cheshire, Conn., ex-convicts Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky broke into the family home of William Petit, his wife, Jennifer, and their daughters, Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17. Dr. Petit was beaten and tied to a pole in the basement. The three women were bound in their bedrooms while the men ransacked the house. The brutal ordeal continued throughout the morning, ending with rape, arson and a horrific triple homicide.