incredibly difficult day. i guess those recordings were too much each for the judge. they certainly were. it was a brutal day in court. jurors, family members, even courtroom observers were seen leaving the courtroom today looking stunned and shell shocked after hearing that taped audio confession of joshua. it has never been heard before. it was played for the first time today in court. in chilling detail, he told detectives how he cased the petit home, entered the house, beat dr. petit and tied up jennifer hawk petit along with her daughters after he says he gently woke them up. the details of his sexual assault on the youngest petit daughter 11-year-old that kayla became so graphic the judge had to stop the tape when one of the jurors and family members became visibly distraught. heads in hands. tears in eyes. family spokesperson came out to not follow dr. petit to his car as they have con in the past. that tape from yesterday saying this has been an extremely difficult day.