The psychiatrist for Steven Hayes, who was convicted for the brutal 2007 home invasion and murder of a Connecticut family, testified yesterday, saying Hayes raped Jennifer Hawke-Petit after killing her. Hayes was allegedly upset that Jennifer Hawke-Petit betrayed him by tipping off the police. The psychiatrist also said that Hayes, who was allegedly abused as a child, was under the sway of his partner, Joshua Komisarjevsky, who had calmly beat Hawke-Petit's husband to the brink of death: "He said, 'It is like I am transported from the earth to the moon. I'm just following Josh's lead." Hayes is currently in the sentencing phase and faces the death penalty.
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