Paul Caneiro found guilty: NJ tech boss convicted of killing brother and family

New Jersey tech boss Paul Caneiro was discovered responsible Friday of killing his brother and his brother’s household earlier than setting their home on hearth.

Caneiro, 59, was discovered responsible of 4 counts of homicide, two counts of aggravated arson and two counts of weapons within the killings of his brother, Keith Caneiro, 50; Keith’s spouse, Jennifer, 45; and their two younger youngsters.

A Monmouth County jury returned the decision after 5 hours of deliberation.

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Paul Caneiro seems for his arraignment on the murders of his brother and his brother’s household earlier than Decide Joseph W. Oxley on the Monmouth County Courthouse in Freehold, NJ, March 18, 2019. (Tanya Breen/NJ Advance Media through AP)

Keith and Paul Caneiro have been companions at an Asbury Park know-how firm known as Sq. One.

Caneiro killed his family due to a soured enterprise relationship together with his brother, prosecutors alleged.

Keith Caneiro found that his brother was stealing cash from their corporations and from him personally. After the killings, Paul Caneiro then set hearth to their mansion and his own residence in an try and cowl it up, authorities stated.

Caneiro set hearth to his own residence in Ocean Township, allegedly utilizing gasoline to set the constructing on hearth whereas his spouse and two daughters have been inside. Nobody was injured in that fireplace.

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Keith Caneiro and Jennifer Caneiro have been discovered useless of their New Jersey mansion after officers responded to a fireplace on the dwelling final month. (Fb)

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Paul Caneiro had snuck up on his brother’s household as they slept in the course of the night time after which set each fires to make it seem your entire household was being focused, the Asbury Park Press and NJ.com reported.

Protection attorneys advised the jury that investigators failed to research anybody else for the crime, together with a 3rd Caneiro brother.

They prompt that two individuals reportedly seen at Keith Caneiro’s dwelling shortly earlier than police and emergency providers arrived could have been concerned within the killings.

Paul Caneiro seems in Monmouth County Superior Court docket for a detention listening to in Freehold, NJ (Patti Sapone/NJ Advance Media through AP)

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Paul Caneiro now faces a potential life sentence when he’s sentenced on Might 12.

The Related Press contributed to this report.