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 from court today. in tonight s crime and punishment report. randi, we finally learned the alleged motive behind this just horrific crime. we sure did, anderson. chilling details. what we now know after years of waiting is that this crime may have taken place because one of the suspects, steven hayes, was desperate for money. that s according to a connecticut police detective who interviewed hayes after the murders in july of 2007. the detective testified in court today that when he interviewed hayes after the suspects had been caught leaving the petit
higher taxes. no, we re going to cut the pay roll tax not the tax on the wealthy who don t either spend or invest at this point. no doubt we ll be talking about this a lot tomorrow as well. appreciate it. we re friends, by the way. i know. we re going to go out in the hall later, i m sure. don t miss parker/spitzer starting october 4th. tonight in crime and punishment, the home invasion that ended in a triple murder. you ve seen this video, mom desperately trying to save the lives of her two daughters and husband being held hostage in l home. she ended up dead along with their daughters. new information on what happened after she left the bank. and new details on the men, what police say what one of the men said about the motive. and this woman s own muscles are growing wildly out of control. she doesn t work out, take steroids and no one seems to know what s causing it. can a team of disease detectives find the answer? it became increasingly difficult just to walk. at
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 from court today. we finally learned the alleged motive behind this horrific crime. we sure did, anderson. chilling details. what we now know after years of waiting is this crime may have taken place because one of the suspects, steven 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
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 from court today. we finally learned the alleged motive behind this horrific crime. we sure did, anderson. chilling details. what we now know after years of waiting is this crime may have taken place because one of the suspects, steven 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.
almost 30 minutes go by. still, not a single officer approaches the petit home. no other authorities are alerted. not the fire department, not state police. in court, police testified that was protocol. in a hostage situation, they said, they don t storm the house. adding, they had no reason to believe anyone was in immediate danger. at 9:54 a.m., a police dispatch. dr. william petit, who would turn out to be the only survivor of this horrific crime, was in the yard calling for help. he was bleeding badly from his head, his ankles still tied. by now, nearly 40 minutes had passed since the bank manager had warned cheshire police about the nightmare scenario unfolding at the family s home. 40 minutes. police would soon learn that jennifer hawke-petit had been strangled. she and one of her daughters sexually assaulted. in chilling testimony, dr. petit described how he had been beaten with a baseball the bat,