Cheshire library to keep book on Petit murders

A controversial book about the Petit murders will stay on the library shelves.

The Library Board sided with Director Ramona Harten and her staff in their decision to order two copies of “In the Middle of the Night: The Shocking Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood” by New York author Brian McDonald.

The book tells the story of the 2007 home invasion and triple murder from the perspective of Joshua Komisarjevsky, one of two men accused in the murders. McDonald interviewed Komisarjevsky in prison and exchanged several letters with him, material which he used for the book.

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