// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var dtl_cheshire = new Array(); dtl_cheshire.ID = "dtl_cheshire"; dtl_cheshire.ID_WB = 20690144; dtl_cheshire.sPubDate = "9/11/2007 1:26:57 PM GMT"; dtl_cheshire.navsectionID = "3032599" dtl_cheshire.appFmt = 2; dtl_cheshire.itemsPerPage = 1; dtl_cheshire.appWidth = 460; dtl_cheshire.appHeader = "Images | Desperate Hours"; dtl_cheshire.appNavStyle = 7; dtl_cheshire.bPrintable = 0; dtl_cheshire.bDhtml = 0; dtl_cheshire.appLayout = 2; dtl_cheshire.copyHeight = 320; dtl_cheshire.copyMargin = 9; dtl_cheshire[i++] = new Array("","family dressed up for wedding","","http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Sections/TVNews/Dateline%20NBC/_Stories/Cheshire/fam_dressed%20up%20for%20wedding.standard.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Petit family", "", "206", "298", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); dtl_cheshire[i-1].body = "\"This becomes from what was already a horror story to, you know, likely the worst crime that's ever been committed in Connecticut,\" says Hartford Courant reporter David Altimari. 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The Petit Family Foundation
c/o Farmington Savings Bank
32 Main St.
Farmington, CT
06032 "; dtl_cheshire[i++] = new Array("","at the beach","","http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Sections/TVNews/Dateline%20NBC/_Stories/Cheshire/fam_family%20at%20beach.standard.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Petit family", "", "205", "298", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); dtl_cheshire[i-1].body = "During a eulogy, Dr. Petit said \"If there's anything to be gained from the senseless deaths of my beautiful family it's for us to all go forward with the inclination to live with a faith that embodies action: help a neighbor, fight for a cause, love your family.\""; // END editorial data