Horrifying Sexual Assault on Michaela Petit, 11, Detailed During Connecticut Murder Trial
Sept. 22 2011, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
As the death penalty trial of alleged murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky continued on Thursday, horrific details emerged of the sexual assault endured by 11-year-old Michaela Petit in the hours before she died.
The New Haven, Connecticut court heard how the youngest Petit daughter's clothes were cut off with scissors before the defendant ejaculated on her stomach and took photos of her on his cell phone, reported the Hartford Courant.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Komisarjevsky - the second suspect in the most horrific murder in Connecticut history - is charged with 17 counts including murder, abduction and assault in the triple homicide of a mother and her two children, and the beating of their father.
The grisly case revolves around the seven-hour abduction of Dr. William Petit, his wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit and their daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, who were held hostage in their Cheshire, Connecticut home on July 22, 2007.
The chilling details of Michaela's sexual abuse were revealed as part of the 31-year-old triple-murder defendant's taped confession and provided a distressing start to Thursday's testimony in the trial.
The confession was made on July 23, 2007, just hours after Jennifer and her daughters perished in their home from smoke inhalation after Komisarjevsky and his accomplice, Steven Hayes, doused the house with gasoline and set fire to it.