If you have not seen this documentary yet be prepared to hear both sides of the horrendous murders of three (3) female residential home occupants of a well to do family in a very affluent neighborhood. What I am referring to as a well balanced documentary is that there is no excuse for the two convicted murderers of the three (3) female house occupants. The murder victims were 48-year-old Jennifer Hawke-Petit, her 11 year daughter, Michaela, and her 17 year old daughetr Hayley Elizabeth Petit. Where was the father? Dr William Petit was asleep on the couch when one of the two perpetrators, Joshua Andrew Komisarjevsky., beat Dr. Petit over the head repeatedly with a baseball bat that Komisarjevsky found in the basement which is how he found illegal entry into their family home.
Bothe perpertrators Joshua Andrew Komisarjevsky, and his accomplice Steven Joseph Hayes (now legally transgendered to Linda Hayes) were savage animals, binding all four (4) family members after which they ransacked the house then raping both mother Jennifer and the 11 year old daughter Michaela. The documentary clearly explains that Komisarjevsky was attracted to the young 11 yaer old Michaela when he randomly spotted mom and daughter out shopping and so Komisarjevsky decided to follow them to their home to see where they lived. Afterwards he contacted his accomplice Steven Hayes and via text messages their intent is on full view for the jury to understand the mindset of these two well known convicted criminals.
These two animals savagery did not end with the binding, terrorizing, beating and raping but continued with dousing the three women with gasoline and setting the house on fire while the husband Dr. Petit was bleeding profusely from the baseball bat beating and tied to a support beam with ties. Dr. William Petit was able to eventually escape before the home was engulfed in flames, His family was not that lucky. All three female occupants were murdered.
The documentary does try to explain the way these two criminals grew up in their respective households, and their respective families were also shocked by the viciousness of their crimes.
What remained unclear was although the police were apprised of a crime in progress when Komisarjevsky dragged mother Jennifer to her bank to withdraw 15 thousand dollars from her line of credit, Mrs. Petit was able to explain to the bank personnel that her family were being held hostage by two criminals in their home and the police went to the home and remained outside even after Jennifer and Komisarjevsky returned to the home with the money where she and her 11 year old daughter were subsequently raped and then set on fire. The arrests occurred when Komisarjevsky and Hayes stepped outside from the front door and the house was on fire.
Some other IMDb reviewers viewed the documentary as forming a position on the death penalty in the state of Conneticut but I see it as a total tragedy for all involved and my heart goes out to the father Dr. William Petit who survived but has to re-live that terrorizing day over and over again when he lost his precious family.
I rate the documentary a 7 out of 10 IMDb rating.
Bothe perpertrators Joshua Andrew Komisarjevsky, and his accomplice Steven Joseph Hayes (now legally transgendered to Linda Hayes) were savage animals, binding all four (4) family members after which they ransacked the house then raping both mother Jennifer and the 11 year old daughter Michaela. The documentary clearly explains that Komisarjevsky was attracted to the young 11 yaer old Michaela when he randomly spotted mom and daughter out shopping and so Komisarjevsky decided to follow them to their home to see where they lived. Afterwards he contacted his accomplice Steven Hayes and via text messages their intent is on full view for the jury to understand the mindset of these two well known convicted criminals.
These two animals savagery did not end with the binding, terrorizing, beating and raping but continued with dousing the three women with gasoline and setting the house on fire while the husband Dr. Petit was bleeding profusely from the baseball bat beating and tied to a support beam with ties. Dr. William Petit was able to eventually escape before the home was engulfed in flames, His family was not that lucky. All three female occupants were murdered.
The documentary does try to explain the way these two criminals grew up in their respective households, and their respective families were also shocked by the viciousness of their crimes.
What remained unclear was although the police were apprised of a crime in progress when Komisarjevsky dragged mother Jennifer to her bank to withdraw 15 thousand dollars from her line of credit, Mrs. Petit was able to explain to the bank personnel that her family were being held hostage by two criminals in their home and the police went to the home and remained outside even after Jennifer and Komisarjevsky returned to the home with the money where she and her 11 year old daughter were subsequently raped and then set on fire. The arrests occurred when Komisarjevsky and Hayes stepped outside from the front door and the house was on fire.
Some other IMDb reviewers viewed the documentary as forming a position on the death penalty in the state of Conneticut but I see it as a total tragedy for all involved and my heart goes out to the father Dr. William Petit who survived but has to re-live that terrorizing day over and over again when he lost his precious family.
I rate the documentary a 7 out of 10 IMDb rating.