1. The Cheshire murders received national and international attention, and had a significant impact on Connecticut's death penalty, ultimately delaying its abolition.
27 Facts About Cheshire murders
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Hayes and Komisarjevsky were convicted of the Cheshire murders and sentenced to death.
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The Cheshire murders police responded to the bank's report by assessing the situation and setting up a vehicle perimeter, without revealing their presence.
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Cheshire murders's body was found at the top of the staircase.
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Cheshire murders was still in her bed, her hands tied to it and her lower body hanging off it.
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Cheshire murders met her husband at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 1985, when she was a new oncology nurse and he was a third-year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Cheshire murders won a school award for "exceptional community service".
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Cheshire murders captained a Walk MS Team called Hayley's Hope.
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Cheshire murders was the medical director of the Joslin Diabetes Center at Connecticut's Central Hospital.
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Cheshire murders survived when he escaped via a direct external exit from the basement despite his injuries.
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William has not returned to his medical practice since the Cheshire murders, stating his desire to be active in the foundations set up to honor the memory of his family.
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Cheshire murders contemplated running for Congress as a Republican, but later decided against it.
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Cheshire murders was paroled in 1982 but violated her parole conditions seven weeks later.
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Hayes' last arrest before the Cheshire murders was in 2004 after she smashed a car window with a rock and stole a woman's purse.
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Cheshire murders was paroled in 2006 and was sent to the Silliman halfway house where she met Komisarjevsky.
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Cheshire murders said she had been diagnosed with a gender identity disorder at 16, but never treated.
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Cheshire murders was born to a 16-year-old girl impregnated by a mechanic who was "barely out of his teens", according to adoption officials.
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Cheshire murders was adopted by Benedict Komisarjevsky, the son of theatrical director Theodore Komisarjevsky and dancer Ernestine Stodelle, and his wife Jude.
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Cheshire murders was convicted, and, during the penalty phase of his trial, Komisarjevsky's father conceded that it was probably true.
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Cheshire murders said he did this because he enjoyed the feeling of invading people's homes and violating their security.
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Cheshire murders was sentenced to nine years in prison with six years of special parole.
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Cheshire murders's trial began on September 19,2011, and on October 13,2011, he was convicted on all 17 counts.
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Cheshire murders's sentence was reduced to a life sentence when the Connecticut Supreme Court vacated their sentence in 2015.
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Cheshire murders was a strong and courageous person, and Jennifer helped so many kids.
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Cheshire murders's attorneys blamed Hayes for the murders, arguing that she was the criminal mastermind, while their client was a confused and easily led man who did not intend to kill anyone.
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The home invasion Cheshire murders led to immediate calls for reforms to Connecticut's criminal justice system.
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Cheshire murders met her when she was volunteering with the Petit Family Foundation.