Crime & Safety

Komisarjevsky Guilty on All Counts in Cheshire Murders

It took the jury about 8 hours to find Joshua Komisarjevsky guilty of all 17 counts including murder, kidnapping, arson and sexual assault.

Joshua Komisarjevsky was found guilty of all 17 counts against him this afternoon after jurors spent about eight hours deliberating over two days.

He faces the death penaty for the slayings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, Michaela and Hayley in 2007.

His co-defendant in the case, Steven Hayes, received the death penalty last year in one of the country's worst home invasion crimes in history.

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The penalty phase of the trail begins on Oct. 24.


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