HAWKINS, BRIAN et al: Cold Case Files TV -
[rozzer]: ‘We turned our attention to a close examination of the vehicle. There was a significant amoung on the driver’s dog, arm rest, and down the inside of the door.’ Cold Case Files s4e1: A Killer Confession, CI 2024
‘Two mushroom-hunters stumbled across human remains, specifically the bones of a skeleton. And at that point they had also discovered some ID laying on the ground belonging to Franck McAlister.’ ibid.
‘My girlfriend at the time was Shanna Culver, and she had an idea um, she wanted to murder Frank.’ ibid. Brian Hawkins’ confession
With Brian Hawkins’ television confession set to air in less than 24 hours, detective race to find the Culvers [Curtis & Shanna]. ibid.
HAWKINS, CHRIS: Killer in the Family TV -
2007: A brutal assault on two children … Chris Hawkins: his victims were his son Ryan and youngest daughter Donna. Killer in the Family s1e2: The Revenge Killer
Hawkins had a history of violence … Hawkins displayed many warning signs he could be a killer. ibid.
HAYES, STEVEN & JOSHUA KOMISARJEVSKY: The Cheshire Murders TV - People Magazine Investigates TV - True Crime Recaps -
Monday July 23 2007 9:21 a.m. … We have a lady who is in our bank right now. She says that her husband and children are being held at their house. The people are in a car outside the bank. She is getting $15,000 to bring out to them. If the police are told, they will kill the children and the husband. Her name is Jennifer Petit. The Cheshire Murders, 911 call, HBO 2013
All I can tell you right now is that we do have three confirmed fatalities, two female and we’re still checking on the third. ibid. rozzers’ press briefing
The suspects – 26-year-old Joshua Komisarjevsky of Cheshire and 44-year-old Steve Hayes of Winstead were caught while trying to escape in the Petits’ car. Now the only question remains – why did this happen to the Petit family? ibid. television news
In 2002 Komisarjevsky was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was paroled in April 2007. ibid. caption
November 7 2007: The court imposes a ‘gag order’ barring police, lawyers and witnesses from talking with news media. ibid.
Both Hayes and Komisarjevsky offer to plead guilty and accept life in prison without parole. ibid.
He raped a woman. He choked her to death. He poured gasoline on two little girls and he set them on fire. How does a person do that? ibid. victim
While all is quiet in the Petit home, two men are watching and waiting. People Magazine Investigates s2e4: Connecticut Horror Story, ID 2017
With Dr Petit unconscious and the women tied up, the intruders ransacked the home. ibid.
The house is consumed in flames … Screaming at them to stop with guns drawn … the police rush the car … The men are apprehended. ibid.
This is the last time this wife and mother of two [Jennifer Hawke-Petit] will be seen alive. She’s at the bank to make a withdrawal: $155,000. But it’s what she skips to the bank manager that clues police into one of the most heinous crimes in Connecticul history. So what happened to this innocent family of four? True Crime Recaps: Invasion Night: The Petit Family Tragedy, Youtube 2014
Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky: At first the plan is to rob the Petits after everyone is asleep. ibid.
Our killers barely make it out of the driveway in the Petit family car before they smash into three cop cars. ibid.
Both Steven and Josh confess, but they call each other the masterminds. ibid.
HAYNES, ANTHONY: Life and Death Row TV -
Many states in America use the death penalty to punish the worst crimes. On average 45 prisoners are executed each year. Over half of those on Death Row were arrested for murder in their teens or twenties. For two of the youngest men on Death Row in Texas execution day has arrived. Life and Death Row s1e1: Execution, BBC 2014
‘Houston cop killer Anthony Haynes will be executed by lethal injection.’ ibid. news report
‘We received nothing from the US Supreme Court that Anthony Haynes received a stay of execution.’ ibid. legal statement
HAYSOM, ELIZABETH & JENS SOERING et al: Storyville: Killing for Love TV -
21 June 1990: We the jury find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder of Derek Haysom and Nancy Haysom. A fixed punishment of imprisonment for life. Storyville: Killing for Love, BBC 2021
The amount of overkill there was involved. And the amount of blood that was there. I’d never seen anything like that before. ibid. Ricky Gardner, investigating rozzer
You were creating the alibi while he was committing the crime. ibid. prosecutor in court
She’s doing everything she can to destroy me even more. ibid. boyfriend Soering
We’ve got the wrong man: this man didn’t do it. ibid. brief
HAZELL, STUART: Tonight: Living With a Killer: Tonight TV - The Guardian online - Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV - The Murder of Tia Sharp: My Daughter TV - Forensics: Catching the Killer TV -
Face to face with a child killer. And a family betrayed ... With the country basking in the glory of the Olympic Games, here in South London Tia Sharp disappeared from her grandmother’s home and was never seen again. Tonight: Living With a Killer, ITV 2013
Christine’s house was searched for a third time and this time police discovered Tia's body wrapped in sheets in the loft. But the failure to find her earlier was widely criticised. ibid.
He was sentenced to Life in prison with a minimum of thirty-eight years. ibid.
Stuart Hazell has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 12-year-old Tia Sharp and must serve a minimum of 38 years before he can be considered for release.
The 37-year-old escaped a whole-life sentence, which would have meant he was never released, after the judge said he could not be sure that the murder was sexually motivated.
Mr Justice Nicol said Hazell had been sexually interested in Tia, sexually assaulted her and photographed the child's body in a sexual pose.
There were shouts of ‘beast’ from the public gallery at the Old Bailey and some relatives outside court said of the sentence: ‘Nowhere near long enough.’ The Guardian online article 14th May 2013, ‘Tia Sharp murder: Stuart Hazell to serve a minimum of 38 years in prison’
The killer who invites the cameras into his own living room while a terrible secrets lies hidden upstairs. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s1e2: Stuart Hazell
August 9th 2012: A televised appeal for a missing schoolgirl. The missing girl 12-year-old Tia Sharp. The man making the appeal, Stuart Hazell, her grandmother’s boyfriend. For seven days and nights, Hazell had been suspected of involvement in Tia’s disappearance, and now he was aiming to clear his name, but he was faking it. The house where he spoke contained a terrible secret. ibid.
If Tia had left the house to go shopping as he claimed, her image would have shown up somewhere. ibid.
Hazell was a violent drug addict who had been to prison repeatedly. ibid.
Tia was dead and hidden upstairs in the loft. ibid.