two suspects whose actions were beyond brutal. he swung the bat as hard as he could. before they tied anybody up, before the fire was set, joshua tried to kill dr. petit on the couch. reporter: i m rani kaye in cheshire, connecticut. tonight, a cnn special report. what happened to a wife, a husband and their two daughters in a home that became a house of horror and terror? pure evil, the killings in connecticut. for the petit family in this quiet connecticut suburb, there was never any hint of the violence that was to come. the epitome of the all-american family. a beautiful mother and two beautiful daughters. reporter: never any clue their vibrant home on this road in the town of cheshire would soon become a house of horrors. their last day together as a family was a classic summer sunday. dr. william petit, a prominent connecticut doctor, a leading expert in the field of diabetes played golf with his dad. earlier that day, his wife of 22 years, jennifer hawke-pe
two suspects whose actions were beyond brutal. he swung the bat as hard as he could. before they tied anybody up, before the fire was set, joshua tried to kill dr. petit on the couch. reporter: i m rani kaye in cheshire, connecticut. tonight, a cnn special report. what happened to a wife, a husband and their two daughters in a home that became a house of horror and terror? pure evil, the killings in connecticut. for the petit family in this quiet connecticut suburb, there was never any hint of the violence that was to come. the epitome of the all-american family. a beautiful mother and two beautiful daughters. reporter: never any clue their vibrant home on this road in the town of cheshire would soon become a house of horrors. their last day together as a family was a classic summer sunday. dr. william petit, a prominent connecticut doctor, a leading expert in the field of diabetes played golf with his dad. earlier that day, his wife of 22 years, jennifer hawke-pe
couch. reporter: i m rani kaye in cheshire, connecticut. tonight, a cnn special report. what happened to a wife, a husband and their two daughters in a home that became a house of horror and terror? pure evil, the killings in connecticut. for the petit family in this quiet connecticut suburb, there was never any hint of the violence that was to come. the epitome of the all-american family. a beautiful mother and two beautiful daughters. reporter: never any clue their vibrant home on this road in the town of cheshire would soon become a house of horrors. their last day together as a family was a classic summer sunday. dr. william petit, a prominent connecticut doctor, a leading expert in the field of diabetes played golf with his dad. earlier that day, his wife of 22 years, jennifer hawke-petit, and her daughter, michaela, 11, had gone grocery shopping at this stop & shop supermarket. the younger daughter was going to make a special dinner for her family. so she and