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Inside Dr. William Petit's Wedding Day, 'A Time For New Beginnings'

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Aug. 9 2012, Published 7:00 a.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

The sole survivor of Connecticut's most horrific home invasion got remarried on Sunday and Breaking Celebrity News has a just-released photo of the emotional event.

After losing his wife and two daughters in the brutal 2007 attack, Dr. William Petit wed photographer Christine Paluf, 34, in a heartfelt ceremony near his home in Hartford, Connecticut, which paid homage to his slain family.

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Dressed in an ivory strapless lace gown by local designer Modern Trousseau, Christine - who met her new husband when she worked as a photographer at events for the Petit Family Foundation - glowed as she walked down the aisle with the dashing 55-year-old on her arm. Around 300 people attended the nuptials with a reception in Simsbury, which was simply described by guest Hayley Hovhanessian as "fun."

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As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Dr. Petit's wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, were tortured and murdered in 2007, and Dr. Petit brutally beaten, by Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, both of whom have been sentenced to death.

Jennifer's family has rallied around the union with her father, Reverend Richard Hawke, saying that his daughter would have wanted William to find someone like Christine to spend the rest of his life with.