The trial of Paul Caneiro — who authorities say fatally shot his brother after which viciously stabbed his sister-in-law, niece and nephew to loss of life earlier than burning down their New Jersey mansion — begins Monday.
Caneiro, 59, the previous vice chairman of NJ-based tech firm Sq. One, was in a cash dispute along with his little brother Keith, the president of the corporate, in a rivlary that boiled over right into a horrific quadruple homicide in 2018 on the $1.5 million Colts Neck unfold.
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The pretrial part has dragged on for seven years. The New Jersey Supreme Court docket rejected his bid to be launched, and dominated that surveillance video challenged by the protection will likely be allowed into proof.
That footage from a digicam at Caneiro’s Ocean Township dwelling dwelling allegedly confirmed him outdoors at 1:29 a.m., simply hours earlier than the carnage in close by Colts Neck.
“Him being in view of the digicam. The digicam then minimize out. He was in entrance of the display after which the facility acquired minimize,” Sgt. Christopher Brady of the Ocean Township Police testified in April 2024.
Prosecutors declare he disconnected the safety digicam at his own residence after which traveled to his brother’s property — the place he additionally minimize off the electrical energy.
Keith, 50, was lured out of the house by the lack of energy and was shot 4 instances, together with as soon as within the head.
instances allegedly by Paul Caneiro.
The crazed Caneiro then stabbed his sister-in-law Jennifer, 45, who was discovered on the basement stairs, earlier than setting upon the couple’s two children, 8-year-old Sophia and 11-year-old Jesse, with the blade, prosecutors alleged.
Jesse was discovered within the kitchen and Sophia on the steps with 30 stab wounds, in keeping with authorities.
The suspect then allegedly set the house on hearth, igniting the flames within the basement. Authorities found the our bodies hours later whereas responding to the blaze.
Caneiro then went again dwelling and set hearth to his personal home, the place his spouse and two daughters slept, none of whom have been harm, prosecutors alleged.
He apparently hoped to create an alibi that confirmed each brothers have been being hunted by an unknown assailant, authorities have stated.
Keith found that Paul had stolen as much as $75,000 from two Asbury Park-based companies, EcoStar Pest Administration and IT enterprise Squareone, which they co-owned, and was planning on shutting off his brother’s paychecks.
Simply 18 hours earlier than the killings, Keith emailed youthful brother Corey Caneiro, alleging that the cash was lacking from the family-owned enterprise and that he was ready to chop Paul’s $250,000 wage.
Jennifer and the kids have been allegedly focused for slaughter as a result of Paul wouldn’t obtain Keith’s life insurance coverage payout if the household was alive, prosecutors alleged.
Whereas locked up, Caneiro was hit with a lawsuit claiming he stole $90,000 from his niece and nephew’s faculty fund, of which he had been the trustee.
Prosecutors declare to have overwhelming bodily proof of the crime — together with weapons, blood-stained garments, a DNA path, and safety digicam footage.
Whereas looking Caneiro’s 2016 Porsche Cayenne hours after the massacre, cops discovered a backpack containing a laptop computer, his passport, a 9mm barrel of a Sig Sauer, a silencer, and FLIR night-vision scope designed to connect to a firearm.
Caneiro has pleaded not responsible to 4 counts of first-degree homicide.
Jury choice started on Jan. 6. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Workplace and protection attorneys for Caneiro declined to remark.
