NJ - Multiple Deaths in Mansion Fire, Monmouth County, Colts Neck, 20 Nov 2018 *Arrest*

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another bump for @Seattle1 - just going thru some of the oldies - wonder if there might be an update for a court hearing? TIA! :)
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PC now has public defenders that have not been identified. I'll keep looking for a point of contact but there seems no sense of urgency to move this guy from jail to the big house (prison)! I don't see anything happening here until 2021 earliest.
 
Thanks for checking @Seattle1 & @cass523 for the article.

Guess we wait....
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Paul Caneiro came under a microscope in 2008, a decade before police say he killed his brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew.

Paul Caneiro is accused of being a murderer, thief, arsonist and insurance cheat in a shocking case involving the killings of his brother and sister-in-law and their two young children.

Authorities allege Caneiro, 53, torched his brother’s Colts Neck mansion in an attempt to cover up the murders and set fire to his own home to divert suspicion away from himself.

Now, it’s revealed that the suspicious fire at Paul Caneiro’s home in Ocean Township in 2018, on the same day his brother’s family was found murdered, wasn’t the first.

Ten years earlier, a blaze that started in a closet in the master bedroom at Paul Caneiro’s home netted him an insurance payout exceeding $26,000, according to a court document.

Police brought in Caneiro and his wife to question them about that blaze, but no charges were ever filed, even though the fire was labeled suspicious, the document said.

“Police investigation eliminated all accidental and natural causes for the fire,’’ the document said.

That information is contained on the next to last page of a 17-page motion filed by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office seeking to admit statements made by Paul Caneiro as evidence against him at his upcoming trial for murder, arson, theft and related crimes. Caneiro has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Prosecutors aren’t seeking to admit evidence about the 2008 fire at the murder trial. Instead, they used it to argue that Paul Caneiro, having been questioned about it by detectives, understood his rights to an attorney and to remain silent when he spoke to police 10 years later about the second fire at his home. That fire broke out hours before his brother’s family was found slain 10 miles away, on the grounds of their smoldering estate in Colts Neck.

Unanswered questions in 2008

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The case has been on hold amid a moratorium on jury trials because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
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In the Asbury Park Press Today.

NJ jury trials resume next week, starting in Bergen County

Jury trials, on hold in New Jersey since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are set to resume next week, when virtual jury selection is slated to begin for a case in Bergen County, according to a news release from the state judiciary.

In Monmouth County, at least two judges this week mentioned that they have criminal trials on the docket. Superior Court Judge Vincent N. Falcetano said Friday he has a trial scheduled to start Oct. 20, and Superior Court Judge Marc C. LeMieux mentioned earlier in the week that he has a trial in November.

Neither judge mentioned which cases are going to trial.

NJ jury trials resume next week, starting in Bergen County
 
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Nov. 20, 2020

FREEHOLD - More than seven months before horrific murders claimed her life and that of her husband and two young children, Jennifer Caneiro revealed to her only sister that her husband’s older brother was stealing thousands of dollars from her children’s college funds to pay for his own children’s education, a wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in Superior Court in Monmouth County alleges.

Jennifer Caneiro first told her sister, Bonnie, in April 2018 that she and her husband, Keith, had only recently learned Keith’s brother, Paul, the 53-year-old Ocean Township man accused in the four murders, was “stealing their money,’’ the lawsuit said.

On “numerous occasions thereafter,’’ Jennifer Caneiro told her sister that Keith had not only discovered Paul, as trustee, was stealing from college funds set up for their two children, Jesse and Sophia, he was diverting the money to accounts for his own children, the suit alleged.
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The lawsuit was filed Monday, just days before the anniversary of the shocking murders of Keith Caneiro, 50, Jennifer Caneiro, Jesse, 11, and Sophia at their Colts Neck mansion.
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The lawsuit, quoting autopsy reports, said Sophia was the last to die and the only one to severely suffer as a result of the fire.

“Because the fire that caused the victims’ smoke-related injuries was first reported at 12:38 p.m. - more than nine hours after gunshots were heard - the crime scene evidence establishes that Sophia survived her parents, albeit with multiple stab wounds, for an unimaginable period of time, but demonstrably long enough to experience breathing difficulty and onset of high-degree stress,’’ the lawsuit said.

Sophia’s autopsy listed her cause of death as “sharp force injuries and smoke inhalation,’’ the lawsuit said. Her carboxyhemoglobin level - a measure of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin found in her red blood cells - at 49 percent, was fatal, the lawsuit said.
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Karidis is suing Paul Caneiro on his own behalf and as an administrator of Sophia Caneiro’s estate. Because Sophia survived her parents and was the last to die, she was heir to the family’s assets, the suit said. Because Sophia died without a will, her estate would be equally split among her four grandparents, the suit said.
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“The purpose of this wrongful death case is to prevent Paul Caneiro from ever profiting in any way from this horrible, horrible death,’’ Musmanno said.
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Since the murders, Paul Caneiro has been held at the Monmouth County Jail without bail to await a trial, which is indefinitely on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


a lot more in the article.
 
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Nov. 20, 2020

FREEHOLD - More than seven months before horrific murders claimed her life and that of her husband and two young children, Jennifer Caneiro revealed to her only sister that her husband’s older brother was stealing thousands of dollars from her children’s college funds to pay for his own children’s education, a wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in Superior Court in Monmouth County alleges.

Jennifer Caneiro first told her sister, Bonnie, in April 2018 that she and her husband, Keith, had only recently learned Keith’s brother, Paul, the 53-year-old Ocean Township man accused in the four murders, was “stealing their money,’’ the lawsuit said.

On “numerous occasions thereafter,’’ Jennifer Caneiro told her sister that Keith had not only discovered Paul, as trustee, was stealing from college funds set up for their two children, Jesse and Sophia, he was diverting the money to accounts for his own children, the suit alleged.
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The lawsuit was filed Monday, just days before the anniversary of the shocking murders of Keith Caneiro, 50, Jennifer Caneiro, Jesse, 11, and Sophia at their Colts Neck mansion.
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The lawsuit, quoting autopsy reports, said Sophia was the last to die and the only one to severely suffer as a result of the fire.

“Because the fire that caused the victims’ smoke-related injuries was first reported at 12:38 p.m. - more than nine hours after gunshots were heard - the crime scene evidence establishes that Sophia survived her parents, albeit with multiple stab wounds, for an unimaginable period of time, but demonstrably long enough to experience breathing difficulty and onset of high-degree stress,’’ the lawsuit said.

Sophia’s autopsy listed her cause of death as “sharp force injuries and smoke inhalation,’’ the lawsuit said. Her carboxyhemoglobin level - a measure of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin found in her red blood cells - at 49 percent, was fatal, the lawsuit said.
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Karidis is suing Paul Caneiro on his own behalf and as an administrator of Sophia Caneiro’s estate. Because Sophia survived her parents and was the last to die, she was heir to the family’s assets, the suit said. Because Sophia died without a will, her estate would be equally split among her four grandparents, the suit said.
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“The purpose of this wrongful death case is to prevent Paul Caneiro from ever profiting in any way from this horrible, horrible death,’’ Musmanno said.
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Since the murders, Paul Caneiro has been held at the Monmouth County Jail without bail to await a trial, which is indefinitely on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Boy he’s a real piece of work - good for the family to stop him from any profit but would his parents who appear to be heirs to her estate give him money for his defense from these proceeds ?
JMO
 
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Nov. 20, 2020

FREEHOLD - More than seven months before horrific murders claimed her life and that of her husband and two young children, Jennifer Caneiro revealed to her only sister that her husband’s older brother was stealing thousands of dollars from her children’s college funds to pay for his own children’s education, a wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in Superior Court in Monmouth County alleges.

Jennifer Caneiro first told her sister, Bonnie, in April 2018 that she and her husband, Keith, had only recently learned Keith’s brother, Paul, the 53-year-old Ocean Township man accused in the four murders, was “stealing their money,’’ the lawsuit said.

On “numerous occasions thereafter,’’ Jennifer Caneiro told her sister that Keith had not only discovered Paul, as trustee, was stealing from college funds set up for their two children, Jesse and Sophia, he was diverting the money to accounts for his own children, the suit alleged.
[.....]
The lawsuit was filed Monday, just days before the anniversary of the shocking murders of Keith Caneiro, 50, Jennifer Caneiro, Jesse, 11, and Sophia at their Colts Neck mansion.
[.....]
The lawsuit, quoting autopsy reports, said Sophia was the last to die and the only one to severely suffer as a result of the fire.

“Because the fire that caused the victims’ smoke-related injuries was first reported at 12:38 p.m. - more than nine hours after gunshots were heard - the crime scene evidence establishes that Sophia survived her parents, albeit with multiple stab wounds, for an unimaginable period of time, but demonstrably long enough to experience breathing difficulty and onset of high-degree stress,’’ the lawsuit said.

Sophia’s autopsy listed her cause of death as “sharp force injuries and smoke inhalation,’’ the lawsuit said. Her carboxyhemoglobin level - a measure of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin found in her red blood cells - at 49 percent, was fatal, the lawsuit said.
[.....]
Karidis is suing Paul Caneiro on his own behalf and as an administrator of Sophia Caneiro’s estate. Because Sophia survived her parents and was the last to die, she was heir to the family’s assets, the suit said. Because Sophia died without a will, her estate would be equally split among her four grandparents, the suit said.
[.....]
“The purpose of this wrongful death case is to prevent Paul Caneiro from ever profiting in any way from this horrible, horrible death,’’ Musmanno said.
[.....]
Since the murders, Paul Caneiro has been held at the Monmouth County Jail without bail to await a trial, which is indefinitely on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Little Sophia laid there suffering because of her own uncle. Absolutely disgusting! JMO
 
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Nov. 20, 2020

FREEHOLD - More than seven months before horrific murders claimed her life and that of her husband and two young children, Jennifer Caneiro revealed to her only sister that her husband’s older brother was stealing thousands of dollars from her children’s college funds to pay for his own children’s education, a wrongful death lawsuit filed this week in Superior Court in Monmouth County alleges.

Jennifer Caneiro first told her sister, Bonnie, in April 2018 that she and her husband, Keith, had only recently learned Keith’s brother, Paul, the 53-year-old Ocean Township man accused in the four murders, was “stealing their money,’’ the lawsuit said.

On “numerous occasions thereafter,’’ Jennifer Caneiro told her sister that Keith had not only discovered Paul, as trustee, was stealing from college funds set up for their two children, Jesse and Sophia, he was diverting the money to accounts for his own children, the suit alleged.
[.....]
The lawsuit was filed Monday, just days before the anniversary of the shocking murders of Keith Caneiro, 50, Jennifer Caneiro, Jesse, 11, and Sophia at their Colts Neck mansion.
[.....]
The lawsuit, quoting autopsy reports, said Sophia was the last to die and the only one to severely suffer as a result of the fire.

“Because the fire that caused the victims’ smoke-related injuries was first reported at 12:38 p.m. - more than nine hours after gunshots were heard - the crime scene evidence establishes that Sophia survived her parents, albeit with multiple stab wounds, for an unimaginable period of time, but demonstrably long enough to experience breathing difficulty and onset of high-degree stress,’’ the lawsuit said.

Sophia’s autopsy listed her cause of death as “sharp force injuries and smoke inhalation,’’ the lawsuit said. Her carboxyhemoglobin level - a measure of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin found in her red blood cells - at 49 percent, was fatal, the lawsuit said.
[.....]
Karidis is suing Paul Caneiro on his own behalf and as an administrator of Sophia Caneiro’s estate. Because Sophia survived her parents and was the last to die, she was heir to the family’s assets, the suit said. Because Sophia died without a will, her estate would be equally split among her four grandparents, the suit said.
[.....]
“The purpose of this wrongful death case is to prevent Paul Caneiro from ever profiting in any way from this horrible, horrible death,’’ Musmanno said.
[.....]
Since the murders, Paul Caneiro has been held at the Monmouth County Jail without bail to await a trial, which is indefinitely on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


a lot more in the article.
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Thanks for posting @Niner as I could not access the story.
 
 
New Jersey man stole $90,000 before killing his brother and family, lawsuit says

Nov 20, 2020

A New Jersey man charged with murdering four members of his family is accused of stealing $90,000 prior to their November 2018 deaths, according to a newly filed wrongful death lawsuit.

Paul Caneiro was indicted on multiple charges including four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his brother Keith Caneiro, 50; Keith's wife, Jennifer Caneiro, 45; and their two children, Jesse, 11, and Sophia, 8.

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The suit, filed Monday in Superior Court of Monmouth County, accuses Caneiro of taking money from Keith's family in the months leading up to their murders. It was filed by Vlassis Karidis, the children's maternal grandfather.

In April 2018, Jennifer told her family that she and her husband had discovered that Caneiro was "stealing their money" from trusts they had set up for Jesse and Sophia, according to the suit.

He had also diverted money from his niece and nephew's college funds to accounts for his own children, it says. Keith told Karidis three days before the murders that the amount Caneiro took from the college funds was $90,000.

The lawsuit further alleges that Keith had complained about his brother not "carrying his weight" with their joint business and spending excessive amounts of money. Keith told Karidis that he was going to cut off Caneiro's $225,000 annual salary.
 
Before N.J. family was killed, suspect was accused of stealing from children’s college funds, suit says

Nov 20, 2020

On Nov. 20, 2018, Keith Caneiro and his family were found brutally murdered at their Colts Neck home, which had also been set on fire, authorities said.

Paul Caneiro, 53, who is charged with family’s murders, has been in the Monmouth County Jail for two years, awaiting a trial that has been put on hold indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The suit was filed on behalf of Vlassis Karidis of New York City, who is the maternal grandfather of Keith and Jennifer’s children.

Since Sophia was the last to die, she inherited her parent’s estate and died “intestate” or without a will. That means the estate she inherited was split four ways among her grandparents.

According to the lawsuit, Keith and Jennifer complained to Jennifer’s sister several times that Paul had been charging excessive and improper personal expenses to the two Asbury Park businesses Keith owned – technology company Square One and EcoStar Pest Management. Keith claimed he was forced to pay the debts off.

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On Nov. 17, 2018, Keith told his father-in-law that “Paul stole $90,000 from Jesse and Sophia’s college funds.”


On Nov. 18, 2018, Keith emailed a Columbia University classmate to say he was “ready to move on from Square One and EcoStar and was willing to relocate for the right job in an IT capacity,” the suit states.
 
I shall post this just in it IS happening today.

Wednesday, Dec. 2nd:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing (@ 9am ET) – NJ – Keith Martin Caneiro (50), his wife Jennifer Karidis Caneiro (45) & 2 children Jesse (11) & Sophia (8) (Nov. 20, 2018, Colt’s Neck; died prior to fire @ home) – *Paul Jay Caneiro (51) (bro) arrested (11/20/18), charged (11/29/18), indicted (2/25/19) & arraigned (3/18/19) on 4 counts of murder, 2 counts of felony murder, 2 counts of aggravated arson, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, possession of a knife for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a knife, theft, misapplication of entrusted property & 2 counts of hindering apprehension. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
*Indicted & charged (7/1/19) with 2nd degree insurance fraud (from 11/6/12 to 7/9/19).
Previously charge with 2 counts of 2nd degree aggravated arson (in connection to fire set @ his Ocean Township home on the same day before fire in Colt’s Neck), and with 4 counts of murder, with possession of a firearm & possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Paul Caneiro allegedly stole $78,000 from Keith & Jennifer Caneiro. He stole the money sometime between January 2017 & the day of the murders.
Court hearing from 11/28/18 thru 7/29/19 reference post #762 here:
NJ - Multiple Deaths in Mansion Fire, Monmouth County, Colts Neck, 20 Nov 2018 *Arrest*
9/9/19: After much delay next hearing is scheduled on 12/2/19.
12/2/19 Update: Caneiro was back in court on Dec. 2. After that, there will likely be pretrial motions, delaying the trial for months until the spring.
4/24/20 Update: The New Jersey Supreme court ordered municipal court sessions to resume by phone or video on May 11, but also said they can resume remotely as early as Monday, as long as the parties consent. 11/23/20 Update: Next hearing on 12/2/20.
 
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