09-28-2011, 12:10 PM
Hartford Courant
Later today, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the state's chief medical examiner, is expected to testify about how Michaela, bound to her bed, died from smoke inhalation as her home went up in flames. Similar testimony in last year's trial of Steven Hayes, Komisarjevsky's co-defendant, brought jurors to tears and forced Michaela's father, the lone survivor of the crime, to leave the courtroom.
Jurors also might hear about cellphone photos taken of Michaela during the home invasion as she lay tied to her bed, her head covered with a pillowcase. According to testimony earlier this week, Komisarjevsky told detectives that he took the photos and planned to send them to Hayes' cellphone so that Hayes could show them to Michaela's mother in case she did not cooperate with the family's captors.
Prosecutors on Tuesday gave jurors a preview of what they say happened to Michaela on July 23, 2007. Police testimony took the jury inside the Petit home after the roaring flames were doused, the screams had subsided, and police radios were once again calm.
John Brunetti, a state forensics science examiner, testified Wednesday that six of the cellphone images showed a young female, dressed in a skirt or wrap. The photos were taken from 7:27 a.m. until 9:14 a.m. the day of the killings.
Dr. William Petit Jr., the sole survivor of the attack, watched jurors as they passed the photos — tucked inside a manila folder — around the jury box.
According to testimony in last year's trial of Komisarjevsky's accomplice, Steven Hayes, one of the images, taken at 7:27 a.m. on July 23, 2007, showed a young female, dressed in a skirt and a sleeveless shirt lying on a bed with her arms up above her head. Her face was covered with a cloth, which Komisarjevsky since has admitted was a pillowcase.
A photo, taken at 7:51 a.m., showed a close-up of the girl's private area. Another image, according to testimony in the Hayes trial, showed the same girl lying on her back.
A photo shot at 7:52 a.m. showed the girl on a bed with her legs tied.
Later today, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the state's chief medical examiner, is expected to testify about how Michaela, bound to her bed, died from smoke inhalation as her home went up in flames. Similar testimony in last year's trial of Steven Hayes, Komisarjevsky's co-defendant, brought jurors to tears and forced Michaela's father, the lone survivor of the crime, to leave the courtroom.
Jurors also might hear about cellphone photos taken of Michaela during the home invasion as she lay tied to her bed, her head covered with a pillowcase. According to testimony earlier this week, Komisarjevsky told detectives that he took the photos and planned to send them to Hayes' cellphone so that Hayes could show them to Michaela's mother in case she did not cooperate with the family's captors.
Prosecutors on Tuesday gave jurors a preview of what they say happened to Michaela on July 23, 2007. Police testimony took the jury inside the Petit home after the roaring flames were doused, the screams had subsided, and police radios were once again calm.
John Brunetti, a state forensics science examiner, testified Wednesday that six of the cellphone images showed a young female, dressed in a skirt or wrap. The photos were taken from 7:27 a.m. until 9:14 a.m. the day of the killings.
Dr. William Petit Jr., the sole survivor of the attack, watched jurors as they passed the photos — tucked inside a manila folder — around the jury box.
According to testimony in last year's trial of Komisarjevsky's accomplice, Steven Hayes, one of the images, taken at 7:27 a.m. on July 23, 2007, showed a young female, dressed in a skirt and a sleeveless shirt lying on a bed with her arms up above her head. Her face was covered with a cloth, which Komisarjevsky since has admitted was a pillowcase.
A photo, taken at 7:51 a.m., showed a close-up of the girl's private area. Another image, according to testimony in the Hayes trial, showed the same girl lying on her back.
A photo shot at 7:52 a.m. showed the girl on a bed with her legs tied.