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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: im 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 violenc...

>> 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: im 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. ...

tried to kill dr. petit on the couch. >> reporter: im 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...

number two engine. >> we felt this loud boom. >> shepard: tonight, what went wrong on the worlds largest passenger plane. plus, this is somebodys car that was parked in the garage. this is one of the fdn lines trucks. >> shepard: art facts of tragedy. >> this is ladder three. you can see the absolute damage that took place. >> shepard: tonight, the effort to preserve the pieces of 9/11. but first from fox this thursday night, there are new signs of compromise in washington as the presi...