By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

As a judge decides whether convicted triple murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky's nine-year-old daughter should testify in the death penalty phase of his trial, Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal that he was considered a caring parent right up to the night before the killings.

Caroline Mesel was Komisarjevsky's girlfriend at the time of the July 23, 2007 home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut and has now exclusively opened up to Breaking Celebrity News about her experiences dating the single father.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Komisarjevsky was found guilty of 17 counts on October 13 for the grisly murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, and the vicious beating of their father, Dr. William Petit, but the cold-hearted killer had a different side to him.

"His daughter was adorable, he loved her to death. He was a great dad," Mesel told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview, as she revealed how 31-year-old Komisarjevsky cared for his then five-year-old daughter.

Joshua was granted sole custody of the girl two months before the murders after being embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her mother, Jennifer Norton, who was being treated at a crisis intervention unit.

At that time, Komisarjevsky introduced his teenage girlfriend to both his daughter and the rest of his extremely religious family.

"I met his sister once or twice, I met his parents," said Mesel, who was even introduced to his criminal accomplice, Steven Hayes.

"I met Hayes, he was creepy. I don’t think even I looked him in the eye because he had a scary face," she told Breaking Celebrity News.

Despite meeting her boyfriend through her sister while he was in prison for a string of break-ins, Caroline said Josh "seemed normal."

"He seemed happy, he was alway