Reply #24: I live about 30 minutes away from Cheshire, CT where that horrendous home invasion last July [View All]

[CTyankee]

happened. A doctor's wife and 2 daughters were killed. The wife and 11 yr. old daughter were raped. Wife was then strangled. The girls were tied to their beds and died of smoke inhalation from the invaders setting the house of fire. The doctor had been beaten and tied up but he got free and went for help.

The two alleged invaders were caught quickly. The CT legislature has recently passed some legislation aimed at preventing the problem, but really only oversight of the parole system will help. The two alleged invaders were parolees.

I like to think I am safe because my neighborhood is so quiet, but I am very careful. I feel better that I have a state trooper living across the street and he parks his cruiser in his driveway. Hopefully, that is something of a deterrent...