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Verdict Returned In Pettit Murder Case
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Scott Pettit, owner of Karate for Kids martial arts in Riverbank, stands in front of his studio’s logo in 2012. Located at Fourth and Santa Fe streets in Riverbank’s downtown, his franchise grew to several more locations in the Central Valley, after originally beginning in Escalon. Pettit and his wife Janet, a nurse, were shot and then their home was set on fire in August of 2013. Their son, Brandon, was recently convicted of hiring a friend to kill his parents, for financial gain. Photo By Ric McGinnis
In Stanislaus County Superior Court action, the jury returned a guilty verdict in a double homicide that occurred back in August of 2013. Riverbank businessman Scott Pettit and his wife Janet were found murdered after an early morning fire in their Modesto home.