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Dr. William Petit to Become a Father Again

The man, whose family was brutally murdered in the infamous 2007 Cheshire home invasion, is expected to have another child on Dec. 3.

By Paul Petrone

Dr. William Petit is going to have a family again.

In 2007, Petit's wife and two daughters were brutally murdered in the infamous 2007 Cheshire home invasion by Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky. He has since remarried, and nowWFSB is reporting that his wife, photographer Christine Petit, is 22-weeks pregnant.

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The baby is due on Dec. 3, and the couple has decided to be surprised by the child's gender, according to the news station. William and Christine Petit got married in 2012.

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