NJ - Multiple Deaths in Mansion Fire, Monmouth County, Colts Neck, 20 Nov 2018 *Arrest* #2

[Niner]

Tuesday, January 27th:
*Trial continues (Day 9) (@ 8:45am 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/now 59) (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. Monmouth County
*Indicted (7/1/19) & arraigned (3/18/19) with 2nd degree insurance fraud (from 11/6/12 to 7/9/19). Plead not guilty.
Paul Caneiro allegedly stole $78K from Keith & Jennifer Caneiro. He stole the money sometime between January 2017 & the day of the murders.
Jury selection began on 1/5/26 & ended on 1/9/26. 12 jurors & 4 alternates.
Trial began on 1/12/26. (should take about 4 weeks/thru 3/20 per Judge)
Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux presiding. Monmouth County Prosecutor Deputy First assistant Christopher Decker & Assistant Monmouth County prosecutor Nicole Wallace. Public defender’s office attorneys Monika Mastellone & Andy Murray.
Court info from 11/28/18 thru 12/4/25 r& Jury Selection Days 1-5 (1/5-1/9/26) & Trial Days 1-7 (1/12-1/22/26) reference post #167 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/nj-m...colts-neck-20-nov-2018-arrest-2.740776/page-9
1/23/26 Friday, Trial Day 8: State witness: Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Brian Migliorisi, Digital forensics expert [testified about all the data that he pulled from Paul Caneiro’s iPhone, as well as emails from a massive Google Drive of the victim’s]. Migliorisi also read out loud from binders of emails, now printed out as evidence. Jurors again heard the two last known calls between brothers Paul & Keith on Nov. 19, 2018, portions of which were also played on the first day of testimony. Trial continues on Tuesday, 1/27/26 due to winter storms.

 

[arielilane]

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TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS​

DAY 9 – 1/27/26​

• LIVE STREAM: NJ v. Paul Caneiro – Day 9 | Mansion Murders Trial

MONMOUTH COUNTY, N.J. (Court TV) — A New Jersey man accused of murdering his brother and his brother’s family before setting both of their homes on fire is facing life in prison if convicted at trial.

NJ v. Paul Caneiro: The Mansion Murders Trial

UPDATE: Paul Caneiro is accused of murdering his brother, Keith Caneiro, and Keith's wife and children before setting both of their homes on fire.

www.courttv.com

1/27/2026

 

[Niner]

Day 9

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[Niner]

Wednesday, January 28th:
*Trial continues (Day 10) (@ 8:45am 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/now 59) (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. Monmouth County
*Indicted (7/1/19) & arraigned (3/18/19) with 2nd degree insurance fraud (from 11/6/12 to 7/9/19). Plead not guilty.
Paul Caneiro allegedly stole $78K from Keith & Jennifer Caneiro. He stole the money sometime between January 2017 & the day of the murders.
Jury selection began on 1/5/26 & ended on 1/9/26. 12 jurors & 4 alternates.
Trial began on 1/12/26. (should take about 4 weeks/thru 3/20 per Judge)
Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux presiding. Monmouth County Prosecutor Deputy First assistant Christopher Decker & Assistant Monmouth County prosecutor Nicole Wallace. Public defender’s office attorneys Monika Mastellone & Andy Murray.
Court info from 11/28/18 thru 12/4/25 r& Jury Selection Days 1-5 (1/5-1/9/26) & Trial Days 1-8 (1/12-1/22/26) reference post #181 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/nj-m...olts-neck-20-nov-2018-arrest-2.740776/page-10
1/27/26 Tuesday, Trial Day 9: State witnesses: NJ State Police K9 handler Sergeant Mathew Cocking. Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Debra Bassinder. Robert Block [an employee of Square One, a company co-owned by Keith & Paul Caneiro]. MCPO Detective Joseph Cordoma. Jurors shown evidence of fire damage. Trial continues on Wednesday, 1/28/26.

 

[Seattle1]

TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS​

DAY 10 – 1/28/26​

• LIVE STREAM: NJ v. Paul Caneiro – Day 10 | Mansion Murders Trial

DAY 9 – 1/27/26​

• LIVE STREAM: NJ v. Paul Caneiro – Day 9 | Mansion Murders Trial
• Detective Joseph Cordoma testified as the jury saw photos of the fire damage in Keith Caneiro’s home. He testified that the cause of the fire was determined to be incendiary and it began in the basement storage closet.
  • One mobile blood source had movement consistent with entering and exiting the kitchen where one dead victim and multiple bloodstains were found.
  • WATCH: Broken Bottles, Severed Wire Found in Keith Caneiro’s Burned Home
• NJ State Police K9 handler told jurors that human remains detection K9 Creed indicated the odor of human remains in two locations at Paul Caneiro’s home: the rear cargo area of a white Porsche Macan parked in the driveway and a frozen pile of debris found in the basement (in which a pair of jeans with staining was later discovered).

DAY 8 – 1/23/26​

• LIVE STREAM: NJ v. Paul Caneiro – Day 8 | Mansion Murders Trial
• Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Brian Migliorisi, a high-tech crimes investigator, testified about forensic data extractions from Paul Caneiro’s iPhone and the Wyze home-camera system at Keith Caneiro’s house.
• Jurors again heard Wyze audio from Nov. 19, 2018, in which Keith Caneiro pressed for bank statements and online access tied to missing Canada Life payments (first played through financial crimes detective Debbie Bassinger).
• Migliorisi also testified the home’s hardwired DVR unit was heavily fire-damaged and could not be extracted.
• On cross, the defense highlighted limits in what was shown. The detective acknowledged he was not aware the Wyze footage had already been played for the jury earlier through the state’s financial crimes detective.
• Defense questioning also pointed to other messages in the record showing Keith asking Paul for technical help, including school and home issues, after prosecutors focused the jury on a small set of contentious exchanges.
• The State’s case is expected to continue on for quite some time; jurors were told the trial itself could last until mid-March.

NJ v. Paul Caneiro: The Mansion Murders Trial

UPDATE: Paul Caneiro is accused of murdering his brother, Keith Caneiro, and Keith's wife and children before setting both of their homes on fire.

www.courttv.com

 

[Seattle1]

Detective tells jury what blood stains in Caneiro's kitchen revealed

Retired detective Joseph Cordoma testified about blood stain patterns and the cause and origin of a fire at the scene of the Caneiro family murders.

netswire.usatoday.com

1/27/26

Cordoma [Fire Expert, MCPO Detective Joseph Cordoma (Ret)] was on the witness stand, pointing out blood staining depicted in crime scene photographs of the mansion's kitchen before he was called upon to relay what conclusions he drew from the blood patterns.

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With the family members out of the courtroom, Christopher Decker, deputy first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor, asked Cordoma what conclusions he drew from the blood stains in the kitchen.

Cordoma said the patterns indicated "a mobile blood source'' who entered the kitchen and was "moving around that island area, depositing several areas of liquid blood on the island and floor,'' before moving back toward where he entered the kitchen. He said the person was either bleeding or transferring blood from somewhere else.

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Based on the time that Verizon said the line was cut, as well as surveillance video depicting someone outside on the property, Cordoma said the fire was set around 3 a.m. It burned slowly until a portion of the first floor collapsed and fed it with oxygen, causing the fire to grow out of control later in the day, when police received a 911 call about it around 12:30 p.m.

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A onetime employee of one of those businesses, technology consulting company Square One, testified he got an email the morning of Nov. 20, 2018, alerting him to a connectivity issue or power outage affecting the computer server in Keith Caneiro's basement. .

The employee, Robert Block, said he noticed the email around 7:30 a.m. as he was getting ready for work and sent a text message about it to Paul Caneiro.

"Hey, it looks like the firewall went down,'' Block testified he said in a text he sent shortly after 8 a.m.

Paul Caneiro responded, "I had a fire in my house. The place went up early this morning," Block said.

Block then sent a text asking, "Whose house?'' to which Paul Caneiro responded, "I can't talk now,'' he testified.