9, 2010, the world first heard from dr. Webon july 23, 2007, two burglars broke into the petit family home in cheshire, connecticut. They planned to merely rob the place, but things took a deadly turn. The july 23, 2007, home invasion in which two paroled burglars broke into a cheshire, connecticut, home after. Webharnett county, n. c. Webin the early morning hours of july 23, two men broke into the petit's cheshire, conn. , home, held the family hostage for hours and assaulted them. Webthe facts of the crime are horrific: He was hit on the head and tied up in his basement while the two intruders tied his daughters, michaela and hayley, to their beds,. Webthe connecticut doctor whose wife and two daughters were tortured and killed in a horrific 2007 home invasion says he now lives in constant fear that.