It began as four young men, seemingly not connected, vanished one after the other. With tips from residents and traffic light camera footage, detectives traced the disappearances to a remote Solebury farm owned by the DiNardo family.
The investigation found Cosmo DiNardo, then 21, with the aid of his cousin Sean Kratz, had lured four men to the site. Once there, the cousins shot and killed the young men, identified as Jimi Patrick, 19, Dean Finocchiaro, 19, Thomas Meo, 21, and Mark Sturgis, 22.
Seven years after the boys went missing, the Bucks County Courier Times looks back on the case that had the nation focused on Bucks County, which was struggling to make sense of it.
The case started with separate missing person reports. One would lead authorities to the DiNardo family farm in Solebury. In those early days, new developments, new leads and information kept investigators busy as they desperately searched for the boys and tried to piece together the case. Cosmo DiNardo and his cousin Sean Kratz would ultimately be arrested and charged.
DiNardo pleaded guilty and is serving four life sentences in state prison. Kratz was convicted at trial and sentenced to life in prison.
A timeline of the killings:Solebury slayings: A timeline
Seven years later: Looking back at the disappearance and murder of 4 in central Bucks County. Cosmo DiNardo and Sean Kratz are serving life in prison
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