Editing Steven Hayes (section)

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{{Villain Infobox
|Image = Hayes, steven.jpg
|fullname = Steven Joseph Hayes
|origin = Homestead, Florida, U.S.
|occupation = Criminal
|hobby = Stealing<br>Smoking Crack<br>
|goals = Rob the Cheshire family home
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>Burglary<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Vandalism]]<br>Theft
||type of villain=Homocidial Thug}}
'''Steven Joseph Hayes''' (born May 30, 1963) is an American criminal responsible for the murders of the Petit family during a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut, in 2007. He and his accomplice [[Joshua Komisarjevsky]] broke into the Petit home on July 23, 2007, beat and restrained the family patriarch Dr. William Petit, robbed the house and raped and abused Petit's wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit and daughters Michaela and Hayley before burning the house down. Only Dr. Petit survived.