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Decided to post this anyway - to shorten it up a bit.
Friday, January 24th:
*Status Hearing (@ am 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 56) (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.
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) & 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 $78K from Keith & Jennifer Caneiro. He stole the money sometime between January 2017 & the day of the murders.
Trial was set to begin on 6/3/24 was cancelled & reset on 3/31/25 & reset to 5/19/25 with jury selection starting & trial on 6/2/25. (should take about 4 weeks)
Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley, presiding. Monmouth County Prosecutor Deputy First assistant Christopher Decker & Nicole Wallace. Public defender’s office defense attorney Monika Masttelleone & Victoria Howard.
For STRMix motion – Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux presiding. 1st Assistant Nicole Wallace & Defense attorney Christopher Godin.
Court hearing from 11/28/18 thru 12/9/24 reference post #975 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-colts-neck-20-nov-2018-arrest.400517/page-49
12/16/24 Update: Caneiro told a judge Monday he will go to trial in the murders of four family members & risk a possible sentence of life without the possibility of parole, plus 211.5 years in prison if he is convicted of all 16 charges against him. Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux asked Caneiro some questions. The colloquy took place during a procedure known as plea cutoff, which is when all plea negotiations in a criminal case cease & a defendant enunciates his intention to go to trial & reject the final plea offer extended to him. At the conclusion of the colloquy, Lemieux set Caneiro's trial date for 3/31/25. Before the plea cutoff colloquy, a final defense witness testified at the conclusion of a more than three-week pretrial hearing on the admissibility of that DNA evidence. Much of DNA expert Keith Inman's testimony focused on problems with using probabilistic genotyping to analyze DNA from related individuals. Inman said he saw nothing to indicate the STRmix software was tested by the two labs that used it to handle the DNA evidence in the Caneiro case to ensure it could accurately reach conclusions about DNA of related individuals. Lemieux's decision will have statewide implications for the use of STRmix. Attorneys are scheduled to sum up their arguments for and against the admissibility of the STRmix DNA evidence on Friday, 12/20/24. The challenge to the STRmix software represents the first time a court in New Jersey will rule on its validity.
12/20/24 Update: While Caneiro’s defense lawyers & experts have argued that the software hasn’t been proved reliable in the same way “safety-critical” systems used in cars & airplanes are — and that it could produce false results that could help wrongfully convict someone — prosecutors have argued that STRmix has been tested & tried in labs & courts across the country. Traditional DNA analysis was largely limited to samples that contained genetic material from a couple of people, said Monica Ghannam, a forensic scientist who testified in the Caneiro hearing, according to a local newspaper, the Asbury Park Press. Using STRmix, she testified, analysts can evaluate mixtures with DNA from four people, the newspaper reported. A judge is expected to weigh in on the matter in February. Regardless of the outcome, said Marc Canellas, a public defender in Maryland who specializes in forensics & has handled cases that involve STRmix, the case highlights the long-standing need for stricter rules in an industry that can have accreditation standards but isn’t overseen by a regulatory authority.
1/24/25 Update: Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux, the county's assignment judge, had previously set March 31 as the date jury selection would begin for Caneiro on adjourned the case for almost two months because the defendant now has a new lead attorney. But as a result of reassignments in the Public Defender's Office in Monmouth County, a new attorney Monika Mastellone was recently assigned as Caneiro's lead counsel & she went before Judge Lemieux Friday 1/24/25 to ask that the trial be postponed. Mastellone asked for an adjournment of the trial [March 31] until sometime in June. Judge Lemieux, noting the case is now more than six years old, granted her a little less time. The judge said jury selection for Caneiro's trial will now start on 5/19/25 & testimony will begin on 6/2/25. Joshua Hood, deputy public defender for Monmouth County, said in a statement the late change was due to restructuring necessitated by the sudden death in September of Van Lane, who as deputy public defender, headed the Public Defender's office in Monmouth County. Previously, Michael Wicke of the Public Defender's Office had been Caneiro's lead attorney. The defense team's second chair, Victoria Howard, remains on the case. Christopher Decker, deputy first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor who will present the state's case along with Assistant Prosecutor Nicole Wallace, said the state stands ready to go to trial at any time. Judge Lemieux late last year held the hearing on the admissibility of the DNA evidence & said he will issue his ruling on it by the end of February.
Friday, January 24th:
*Status Hearing (@ am 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 56) (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.
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) & 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 $78K from Keith & Jennifer Caneiro. He stole the money sometime between January 2017 & the day of the murders.
Trial was set to begin on 6/3/24 was cancelled & reset on 3/31/25 & reset to 5/19/25 with jury selection starting & trial on 6/2/25. (should take about 4 weeks)
Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley, presiding. Monmouth County Prosecutor Deputy First assistant Christopher Decker & Nicole Wallace. Public defender’s office defense attorney Monika Masttelleone & Victoria Howard.
For STRMix motion – Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux presiding. 1st Assistant Nicole Wallace & Defense attorney Christopher Godin.
Court hearing from 11/28/18 thru 12/9/24 reference post #975 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-colts-neck-20-nov-2018-arrest.400517/page-49
12/16/24 Update: Caneiro told a judge Monday he will go to trial in the murders of four family members & risk a possible sentence of life without the possibility of parole, plus 211.5 years in prison if he is convicted of all 16 charges against him. Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux asked Caneiro some questions. The colloquy took place during a procedure known as plea cutoff, which is when all plea negotiations in a criminal case cease & a defendant enunciates his intention to go to trial & reject the final plea offer extended to him. At the conclusion of the colloquy, Lemieux set Caneiro's trial date for 3/31/25. Before the plea cutoff colloquy, a final defense witness testified at the conclusion of a more than three-week pretrial hearing on the admissibility of that DNA evidence. Much of DNA expert Keith Inman's testimony focused on problems with using probabilistic genotyping to analyze DNA from related individuals. Inman said he saw nothing to indicate the STRmix software was tested by the two labs that used it to handle the DNA evidence in the Caneiro case to ensure it could accurately reach conclusions about DNA of related individuals. Lemieux's decision will have statewide implications for the use of STRmix. Attorneys are scheduled to sum up their arguments for and against the admissibility of the STRmix DNA evidence on Friday, 12/20/24. The challenge to the STRmix software represents the first time a court in New Jersey will rule on its validity.
12/20/24 Update: While Caneiro’s defense lawyers & experts have argued that the software hasn’t been proved reliable in the same way “safety-critical” systems used in cars & airplanes are — and that it could produce false results that could help wrongfully convict someone — prosecutors have argued that STRmix has been tested & tried in labs & courts across the country. Traditional DNA analysis was largely limited to samples that contained genetic material from a couple of people, said Monica Ghannam, a forensic scientist who testified in the Caneiro hearing, according to a local newspaper, the Asbury Park Press. Using STRmix, she testified, analysts can evaluate mixtures with DNA from four people, the newspaper reported. A judge is expected to weigh in on the matter in February. Regardless of the outcome, said Marc Canellas, a public defender in Maryland who specializes in forensics & has handled cases that involve STRmix, the case highlights the long-standing need for stricter rules in an industry that can have accreditation standards but isn’t overseen by a regulatory authority.
1/24/25 Update: Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux, the county's assignment judge, had previously set March 31 as the date jury selection would begin for Caneiro on adjourned the case for almost two months because the defendant now has a new lead attorney. But as a result of reassignments in the Public Defender's Office in Monmouth County, a new attorney Monika Mastellone was recently assigned as Caneiro's lead counsel & she went before Judge Lemieux Friday 1/24/25 to ask that the trial be postponed. Mastellone asked for an adjournment of the trial [March 31] until sometime in June. Judge Lemieux, noting the case is now more than six years old, granted her a little less time. The judge said jury selection for Caneiro's trial will now start on 5/19/25 & testimony will begin on 6/2/25. Joshua Hood, deputy public defender for Monmouth County, said in a statement the late change was due to restructuring necessitated by the sudden death in September of Van Lane, who as deputy public defender, headed the Public Defender's office in Monmouth County. Previously, Michael Wicke of the Public Defender's Office had been Caneiro's lead attorney. The defense team's second chair, Victoria Howard, remains on the case. Christopher Decker, deputy first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor who will present the state's case along with Assistant Prosecutor Nicole Wallace, said the state stands ready to go to trial at any time. Judge Lemieux late last year held the hearing on the admissibility of the DNA evidence & said he will issue his ruling on it by the end of February.
Keith, Jennifer, Jesse, and Sophia.
