This July 2007 police photo released by the Connecticut Judicial Branch as evidence presented Wednesday, Sept. 21, 201l in the Joshua Komisarjevsky trial in New Haven, Conn., Superior Court, shows a fire-damaged portion of the Petit home in Cheshire, Conn., where three family members were killed during a home invasion July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Connecticut Judicial Branch)NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The trial of a Connecticut paroled burglar charged with a brutal home invasion that left a woman and her two daughters dead is resuming.
A state police detective is scheduled to testify for the second day running on Tuesday in New Haven Superior Court about evidence collected at the scene.
Joshua Komisarjevsky (koh-mih-sar-JEV’-skee) faces a possible death sentence if convicted of the crime in July 2007 in Cheshire.
His co-defendant, Steven Hayes, was convicted last year of strangling Jennifer Hawke-Petit and killing her two daughters, Hayley and Michaela. Hayes was sentenced to death.
Komisarjevsky admits to beating Dr. William Petit with a bat and molesting his younger daughter, but blames Hayes for the three killings. Hayes blamed Komisarjevsky, but prosecutors say both men are equally responsible.