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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – One of the men awaiting trial for capital murder in a horrific home invasion cackled as he escaped from the burning home where a family lay dying, according to a new book. On his head, was a school cap from one of the victims.

Author Brian McDonald writes in "In the Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood," that one of the girls who was killed had tried to call 911 on her cell phone and one of the accused killers watched as the mother of two girls begged for her life while being strangled to death.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. At 52, Dr. William Petit faces years — perhaps decades — of emotionally draining court hearings before the two men charged with murdering his family in a 2007 home invasion may be convicted and executed.

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BEULAH, Fla. - A couple with hearts big enough to raise 16 children, 12 of them adopted, were murdered in their bedroom Thursday night while eight of their children slept.

Authorities in Florida are seeking three men and a large, red, 1970s or early 1980s model van caught on the murdered couple's home video surveillance system.

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