10-31-2011, 10:32 PM
This crime is so disturbing and now to have the perp's sister speaking up for him even after being abused by him is sick. I could hardly bear to hear Dr. Petit when he was on TV recently reliving his nightmare, now to hear that this scumbag pervert say he doesn't think Dr. P did enough to save his family is too much
Sister: Killer in Connecticut Home Invasion Abused Me
October 31, 2011 | AP
The sister of a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a gruesome home invasion told a jury Monday he sexually abused her as a child for years, but she said he wasn't a violent person and wouldn't intentionally kill.
Joshua Komisarjevsky's sister testified in the sentencing phase in New Haven Superior Court.
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His sister's name is being withheld by The Associated Press, which generally doesn't identify victims of sexual crimes.
She said the abuse began when she was about 7 and happened "quite often" before it ended when she was 9 or 10. She said her brother admitted to the abuse, which didn't involve sexual intercourse.
She disclosed the abuse when her brother was about 12, saying she broke down crying and blurted it out while at summer camp. She said her brother grew more distant and rebellious and was angry at the world.
The defense says Komisarjevsky's religious family didn't get him the proper psychological treatment. His attorneys say he was sexually abused by a foster teen the family took into their home and later as a teen by someone else. Prosecutors say those claims come from Komisarjevsky and emerged years later when he faced prison time for 19 nighttime residential burglaries.
"I know Josh is not a violent person in nature," she said. "I know Josh would not intentionally decide he is going to kill. I know he would not intentionally harm or decide to kill the Petit family."
A prosecutor asked her if sexual abuse was violence. She called it an act of control.
She began to cry as she said her brother feels a lot of sorrow, self-hatred and anger at himself for the killings. But she said her brother doesn't like Dr. William Petit, the sole survivor whom Komisarjevsky beat with a baseball bat. "He doesn't believe Dr. Petit did much to help his family out," she said.
Under cross-examination, prosecutors brought up Komisarjevsky's claim that he had not tied up Petit in the basement. But his sister acknowledged that she saw rope in the photos and that he was tied to a pole.
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...she suspected he was visiting hundreds of pornographic adult websites days before the crime. About five days before the crime, she said she saw him on the computer at around 2 a.m. with an angry look on his face.
Jude Komisarjevsky said her son's electronic monitoring bracelet was removed days before the crime. She said he immediately started staying out late at night and complained about a lack of money even though he had no bills to pay because he was living with her and her husband.
She said her son left the house late the night of the crime and she feared he was up to no good because he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt he used in the past to commit burglaries. When she heard a family had died in a fire nearby, she feared her son could have been involved
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/31/sis...abused-me/
Sister: Killer in Connecticut Home Invasion Abused Me
October 31, 2011 | AP
The sister of a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a gruesome home invasion told a jury Monday he sexually abused her as a child for years, but she said he wasn't a violent person and wouldn't intentionally kill.
Joshua Komisarjevsky's sister testified in the sentencing phase in New Haven Superior Court.
{SNIP}
His sister's name is being withheld by The Associated Press, which generally doesn't identify victims of sexual crimes.
She said the abuse began when she was about 7 and happened "quite often" before it ended when she was 9 or 10. She said her brother admitted to the abuse, which didn't involve sexual intercourse.
She disclosed the abuse when her brother was about 12, saying she broke down crying and blurted it out while at summer camp. She said her brother grew more distant and rebellious and was angry at the world.
The defense says Komisarjevsky's religious family didn't get him the proper psychological treatment. His attorneys say he was sexually abused by a foster teen the family took into their home and later as a teen by someone else. Prosecutors say those claims come from Komisarjevsky and emerged years later when he faced prison time for 19 nighttime residential burglaries.
"I know Josh is not a violent person in nature," she said. "I know Josh would not intentionally decide he is going to kill. I know he would not intentionally harm or decide to kill the Petit family."
A prosecutor asked her if sexual abuse was violence. She called it an act of control.
She began to cry as she said her brother feels a lot of sorrow, self-hatred and anger at himself for the killings. But she said her brother doesn't like Dr. William Petit, the sole survivor whom Komisarjevsky beat with a baseball bat. "He doesn't believe Dr. Petit did much to help his family out," she said.
Under cross-examination, prosecutors brought up Komisarjevsky's claim that he had not tied up Petit in the basement. But his sister acknowledged that she saw rope in the photos and that he was tied to a pole.
{SNIP}
...she suspected he was visiting hundreds of pornographic adult websites days before the crime. About five days before the crime, she said she saw him on the computer at around 2 a.m. with an angry look on his face.
Jude Komisarjevsky said her son's electronic monitoring bracelet was removed days before the crime. She said he immediately started staying out late at night and complained about a lack of money even though he had no bills to pay because he was living with her and her husband.
She said her son left the house late the night of the crime and she feared he was up to no good because he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt he used in the past to commit burglaries. When she heard a family had died in a fire nearby, she feared her son could have been involved
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/31/sis...abused-me/