Conn. Suspects Showed No Violent Signs
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State officials are re-examining their policies after learning two convicted burglars out on parole are accused of killing three family members during a home invasion and arson. But Robert Farr, chairman of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Parole, said the task would be difficult because neither suspect had a history of violent crimes. Farr acknowledged the board did not have as much information as it should have had about the men’s records, such as the transcript from a 2002 sentencing. In that hearing, a Bristol Superior Court judge called Joshua Komisarjevsky “a cold, calculating predator.” Komisarjevsky, 26, of Cheshire, and Steven Hayes, 44, of Winsted, were arraigned Tuesday on charges of assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, larceny and risk of injury to children. Bond was set at $15 million each. The state medical examiner confirmed that Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, was strangled and that her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela, died of smoke inhalation. The deaths More : abcnews.go.com |