DESCRIPTION:
On this episode of They Walk Among America… Mary Lyons was beginning her shift at the Bank of America branch office in Maple Croft Plaza, in Cheshire, Connecticut. It was the 23rd of July, 2007, a Monday, so Mary knew that it was going to be a busy day. By 9:30AM, there was already a line of customers, ready to go about their financial transactions after the weekend. A middle-aged woman approached the counter. Mary noticed immediately that she had a terrified look in her eyes. Her face was ashen. The woman quietly told Mary that her name was Jennifer Petit, and that she and her family were being held hostage at their home by two men. She needed to withdraw $15,000 to bring to the men, one of whom was in her car in the parking lot waiting for her to return. Jennifer told Mary that if police were contacted, her children and husband would be killed...
*** LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED ***
‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.
This episode was hosted by Nina Innsted.
Researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.
Editing and scoring by Kory Hilpmann.
Script editing, additional writing and production direction by Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton.
MUSIC:
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
I Can See by Moments
Bloodline by Stephen Keech
Right Behind You by Wicked Cinema
Insurgent by Wicked Cinema
Vanished by Wicked Cinema
As Fate Would Have It by Wicked Cinema
Across The Desert by Acreage
Additional musical compositions by Kory Hilpmann.
For more information, visit https://lawandcrime.com/podcasts/ or https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com/
REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
https://www.scribd.com/document/66451277/State-a-189b-9-22-Part-2
https://www.scribd.com/document/66451303/State-s-189b-9-22-Part-3
https://www.scribd.com/document/66451307/State-s-189b-9-22-Part-4
https://www.scribd.com/document/66451316/State-s-189b-9-22-Part-5
https://www.scribd.com/document/66451323/State-s-189b-9-22-Part-6
https://www.scribd.com/document/66451327/State-s-189b-9-22-Part-7
https://www.scribd.com/document/66451336/State-s-189b-9-22-Prt-8
https://www.scribd.com/doc/36085118/Joshua-Komisarjevsky
https://www.scribd.com/document/37966308/Hayes-Trial-Exhibits-9-22-10
NEWSBANK
Hartford Courant, The (CT), July 24, 2007
Cheshire Herald, The (CT), November 4, 2010
Litchfield County Times, The: Web Edition Articles (CT), October 29, 2010
Hartford Courant, The (CT), October 6, 2010
Hartford Courant, The (CT), December 10, 2011
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Hartford Courant, The (CT), July 23, 2017
Hartford Courant, The (CT), September 12, 2010
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Hartford Courant, The (CT), September 16, 2010
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Chronicle, The (Willimantic, CT), December 6, 2011
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Republican-American (Waterbury, CT), October 27, 2011
Republican-American (Waterbury, CT), October 6, 2011
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Republican-American (Waterbury, CT), October 30, 2010
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ONLINE SOURCES
https://nypost.com/2015/09/06/dr-william-petit-rebuilds-life-after-losing-family-in-home-invasion/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/med-exam-resumes-home-invasion-testimony/
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/cheshire-connecticut-home-invasion-murders-10-years-later/483863001/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/connecticut-town-finds-hope-healing-10-years-gruesome/story?id=48708022
https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Cheshire-police-could-have-saved-the-Petits-11335156.php
https://www.petitfamilyfoundation.org/
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/10/13/connecticut.home.invasion.trial/index.html
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/lawyers-for-cheshire-killer-want-new-trial/117728/