Doctor: Man said he raped woman post-strangling

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) — A psychiatrist says a Connecticut man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion told him he raped the woman after he strangled her.

Dr. Eric Goldsmith testified for a second day Thursday in New Haven Superior Court during the punishment phase of Steven Hayes' trial. Jurors will consider whether Hayes should get the death penalty or life in prison.

Other witnesses said earlier in the trial that Hayes confessed to raping and strangling Jennifer Hawke-Petit in her Cheshire home. Prosecutors said her daughters died of smoke inhalation after the house was set on fire by Hayes and a co-defendant.

Hayes was convicted earlier this month of killing Hawke-Petit, 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit.