happened in the end. we don t know all the details of course of what happened in that house, but we do know from police that jennifer hawke-petit was sexually assaulted and strangled, that was after the mother of two kaz was captured on the bank camera as she withdrew $15,000 to try to save her family. you can see how calm she is in the security video. that s because nobody at the home had been sexually assaulted before she left for the bank. she hoped it would be okay at that time. but by the time she did return home, police testify today, that the younger suspect had already already sexually assaulted the youngest daughter, 11-year-old michaela. she and her sister, 17-year-old haley were left to die in the fire allegedly set by the two suspects. another disturbing detail from court today, the detectives said hayes told him both men had a beer and a shot of liquor in a bar before they parked their van and walked up to the back of the petit family house.
tomorrow. we have a copy tonight. it s basically a blueprint of how they say they d govern if they take back the house. the tone is interesting. have they borrowed language from the tea party? we ll show you that. also you can join the live chat right now at ac360.com. ahead, disturbing testimony about these moments captured on a bank surveillance tape. the mom you see there, the woman, her two daughters were being held captive at home. she was later killed, so were her daughters. disturbing testimony in court today. new evidence about what the possible motives of the killers were. we ll have details on that. and later, a team of highly skilled disease detectives racing to save a little girl s life. can they solve the medical mystery? sanjay gupta reports. and will a grueling week of tests pay off for little kylie and her parents? maybe someday we ll get that phone call, hey, we think we might know what it is.ti an accidental touch can turn ordinary into something more. moments
from court today. we finally learned the alleged motive behind this horrific crime. we sure did, anderson. chilling details. what we now now after years of waiting is this crime may have taken place because one of the suspects, stephen hayes, was, quote, desperate for money. according to a connecticut police detective who interviewed hayes after the murders in july 2007. the detective testified in court today that when he interviewed hayes after the suspects had been caught leaving the petit home, he noted a strong odor of gasoline coming from hayes body. the home was allegedly set on fire by hayes and co-defendant, so it would make sense there could have been a gasoline odor on him. also hayes showed, quote, no emotion and he remembers him being pretty quiet. so the guy was desperate for money, that was their plan all along, just get money? it seems so. according to the testimony today, the two men devised a plan to, quote, break into a house, tie some people up, grab some mone
home, he noted a strong odor of gasoline coming from hayes s body. remember, the home was allegedly set on fire by hayes and co-defendant joshua komisarjevsky. so it would make sense there could have been a gasoline odor on him. the detective also said, anderson, that hayes showed no emotion and he remembers him being pretty quiet. so the guy was desperate for money, that was their plan all along, just get money? it seems so. according to the testimony today, the two men devised a plan to break into a house, tie some people up, grab some money and get out as fast as they can. well, we know that wasn t what happened in the end. we don t know all the details of course of what happened in that house, but we do know from police that jennifer hawke-petit was sexually assaulted and strangled. that was after the mother of two was captured on that bank security camera as she withdrew $15,000 to try and pay off the attackers and save her family. you can see how calm she is in that sec
lengthy interrogation of this man, steven hayes, as one of the men who could get the death penalty. we learned about the key moment when jennifer hawke-petit was forced to withdraw $15,000 from her bank account, her family being held hostage at the time at home. we have a lady who is in our bank right now, who says that her husband and children are being held at their house. the people are in a car outside the bank. she s getting $15,000 to bring out to them. that if the police are told, they will kill her children and the husband. her name is jennifer petit, p-e-t-i-t. she lives at [ bleep ]. she says they are being very nice. they have their faces covered. she is petrified. randi kaye has new details