Testimony resumes in Conn. home invasion trial

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A state police sergeant has testified that the men charged in the home invasion killings of a Connecticut woman and her two daughters were found in possession of the victims’ belongings.

Sgt. Karen Gabianelli testified Wednesday in New Haven Superior Court that a knapsack with one the victim’s initials on it was found in the pickup truck used by the suspects.

The trial of Steven Hayes resumed Wednesday after being delayed early this week when the judge was hospitalized for two days.

Hayes and another man awaiting trial in the 2007 Cheshire killings, Joshua Komisarjevsky, face the possibility of the death penalty if convicted of murder and sexual assault charges. Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, ages 11 and 17, were killed.