Crime & Safety
Convicted Cheshire Killer Tried to Commit Suicide in Prison
Both Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, convicted in the 2007 home invasion killings, were recently moved to an out-of-state facility.
CHESHIRE, CT — Convicted Cheshire home invasion killer Joshua Komisarjevsky attempted to commit suicide while at his new prison facility in Pennsylvania, according to multiple reports.
The Hartford Courant reports that Komisarjevsky tried to hang himself in his new cell within hours of arriving at the Camp Hill Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania on Aug. 18.
Komisarjevsky did not require medical attention outside the prison and is receiving mental health treatment, according to the New Haven Register.
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Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes, the other man convicted in the 2007 home invasion killings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17, were recently transferred out of Connecticut and into a maximum security facility in the Pennsylvania prison system.
The transfers were part of the Interstate Corrections Compact in which participating States Departments’ of Corrections agree to accept inmates from each other for reasons of safety and security, according to NBC Connecticut.
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Hayes and Komisarjevsky were both convicted, in separate trials, with felony murder and sentenced to death for the 2007 home invasion killings.
The men were recently resentenced to six consecutive life sentences without the chance for parole after the state Supreme Court ruled last August that the death penalty violates the state’s constitution and barred all executions.
Hayes officially dropped his appeal for a new trial earlier this month, telling a Superior Court judge that “I’m guilty,” according to the New Haven Register.
Hayes told Judge Jon C. Blue that he “played a part” in the 2007 triple homicide home invasion and all that would be accomplished in a second trial would be arguments over who did what between him and Joshua Komisarjevsky, which would be “petty” on his part, according to the Register.
Komisarjevsky has been continuing his pursuit of a new trial.
Read more about Komisarjevsky’s suicide attempt at the Hartford Courant here.
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