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New Jersey man, Paul Caneiro, 51, accused of killing brother and his family in mansion fire murders, pleads not guilty

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"flag-region">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Prosecutors in Momount County&comma;NJ&comma; detail how brother allegedly wiped out his brother and his family in Colts Neck mansion fire&comma; ten days ago<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Paul Caneiro&comma; suspect in Colts Neck murders&comma; Thursday pled not guilty to murdering New Jersey tech millionaire&comma; Keith Canerio&comma; his wife Jennifer&comma; 45&comma; as well as his children&comma; Jesse and Sophia<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong> Paul&comma; 51&comma; allegedly gunned down his brother and business partner&comma; Keith&comma; 50&comma; outside his million-dollar mansion on Nov 20<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>He then stormed inside to repeatedly stab his sister-in-law Jennifer&comma; his 11-year-old nephew and his niece 8&comma; to death&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Paul Caneiro then set fire to this brother&&num;8217&semi;s house&comma; and drove back to his own home in Ocean Township to do the same to make it look like he&comma; too&comma; was a victim <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Paul&&num;8217&semi;s wife Susan&comma; and his two adult daughters Marissa&comma; 23&comma; and Katelyn&comma; 26&comma; were inside the home when he set it on fir<&sol;strong><strong>e<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>His motive to kill was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;financial in nature” and connected to the brothers’ businesses &&num;8211&semi; prosecutors<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"featured-image-wrapper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"featured-image"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-302161" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Paul-Canio-in-court-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Paul Canio in court 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"708" height&equals;"470" &sol;>Paul Caneiro appeared in court Friday to plead not guilty to the murder  of his brother and his family<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured">The New Jersey man accused in the mansion-fire <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;29&sol;cand-and-abel-brother-of-new-jersey-tech-ceo-found-dead-in-his-burning-mansion-with-his-wife-and-children-charged-with-their-murders-paul-canerio-had-been-arrested-for-setting-fire-to-his-own&sol;">slayings of his brother&comma; sister-in-law and niece and nephew limped<&sol;a> into a courtroom Friday to plead not guilty to murder charges&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>Paul Caneiro wore a green jail outfit and handcuffs in Monmouth County Superior Court for his first court appearance since being charged in the deaths of his brother&comma; Keith Caneiro&comma; 50&comma; Keith’s 45-year-old wife&comma; Jennifer&comma; and their children&comma; Sophia&comma; 8&comma; and Jesse&comma; 11&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His lawyer Robert Honecker Jr&period; entered not guilty pleas on his behalf after the prosecutor read aloud the charges set forth in two criminal complaints&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-302127" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Jennifer-and-Paul-Canerio-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Jennifer and Paul Canerio 2" width&equals;"689" height&equals;"682" &sol;><strong>Victims&colon; Paul Caneiro prosecutors said&comma; first shot his brother Keith &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; before invading the home and stabbing the victim&&num;8217&semi;s wife Jennifer &lbrack;left&rsqb; repeatedly&period; he then set their mansion on fire<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-302128" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Jesse-and-Sophia-Canerio-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Jesse and Sophia Canerio 1" width&equals;"702" height&equals;"469" &sol;><strong>Victims&colon; The killer also knifed his 11-year-old nephew Jesse &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; to death and his niece Sophia&comma; 8&comma; to death&period; Both bodies were found&comma; badly burned in the torched home<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A day earlier&comma; Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni described the quadruple murder as  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;one of the most brutal cases I’ve seen in my experience here&comma;”  Gramiccioni said as he announced the charges a week after the killings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 51-year-old suspect&comma; who is also charged with arson&comma; didn’t put up a fight for bail&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Your honor&comma; my client has indicated that he wishes to consent and waive his right to have a detention hearing&comma;” Honecker told Judge James McGann as Caneiro sat in the jury box&comma; looking dazed and downcast&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A scruffy&comma; unshaven Paul Caneiro was silent at the hearing&comma; except for answering &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I do” to several questions the judge asked after reading him his rights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-302136" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Paul-Canerio-left-and-Keith-Canerio-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Paul Canerio &lbrack;left&rsqb; and Keith Canerio &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1" width&equals;"712" height&equals;"401" &sol;>Alleged killer Paul was not only the older brother to Keith &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; the man he is accused of killing&comma; the siblings were also partners in several businesses<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Asked whether he had taken any drugs or alcohol on Friday&comma; Caneiro replied&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have not&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He’s due back in court Jan&period; 3&period; It was unclear why Caneiro was limping&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In announcing the murder charges against Caneiro on Thursday&comma; prosecutors outlined the disturbing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;21&sol;brother-of-dead-tech-company-ceo-arrested-for-arson-keith-caneiro-was-shot-his-wife-jennifer-found-dead-along-with-their-two-young-children-in-huge-blaze-that-gutted-their-new-jersey-mansion-tuesd&sol;">Nov&period; 20 murders t<&sol;a>hat have shocked the affluent community in Monmouth County&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They said Caneiro gunned down his brother and business partner&comma; Keith&comma; outside his million-dollar manse&comma; then stormed inside to repeatedly stab Jennifer and the two children to death&period; Caneiro then set fire to the house&comma; and drove back to his own home in Ocean Township to start another home fire&comma; to make it look like he&comma; too&comma; was a victim&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The defendant intentionally set fire in his house at or about 5 a&period;m&period; for the purpose of both destroying evidence of his earlier crimes in Colts Neck and to also create the illusion that the overall Caneiro family was somehow victimized or targeted&comma;” Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Caneiro and his brother were business partners in two Asbury Park-based IT ventures — Square One and Jay-Martin Consulting&period; Prosecutors claim his motive to kill was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;financial in nature” and connected to the brothers’ businesses&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Related&colon; <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;21&sol;brother-of-dead-tech-company-ceo-arrested-for-arson-keith-caneiro-was-shot-his-wife-jennifer-found-dead-along-with-their-two-young-children-in-huge-blaze-that-gutted-their-new-jersey-mansion-tuesd&sol;" rel&equals;"bookmark">Brother of dead tech company CEO arrested for arson – Keith Caneiro was shot&comma; his wife Jennifer found dead&comma; along with their two young children in huge blaze that gutted their New Jersey mansion Tuesday<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;21&sol;brother-of-dead-tech-company-ceo-arrested-for-arson-keith-caneiro-was-shot-his-wife-jennifer-found-dead-along-with-their-two-young-children-in-huge-blaze-that-gutted-their-new-jersey-mansion-tuesd&sol;"><img class&equals;"attachment-loop wp-post-image alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Keith-and-Jennifer-Caneiro-5&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 174px&rpar; 100vw&comma; 174px" srcset&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Keith-and-Jennifer-Caneiro-5&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1 174w&comma; 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while wife and two children are found<&sol;strong> <a title&equals;"Brother of dead tech company CEO arrested for arson – Keith Caneiro was shot&comma; his wife Jennifer found dead&comma; along with their two young children in huge blaze that gutted their New Jersey mansion Tuesday" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;21&sol;brother-of-dead-tech-company-ceo-arrested-for-arson-keith-caneiro-was-shot-his-wife-jennifer-found-dead-along-with-their-two-young-children-in-huge-blaze-that-gutted-their-new-jersey-mansion-tuesd&sol;">&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-302154" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Keith-Canerios-burning-home-3&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Keith Canerio's burning home 3" width&equals;"900" height&equals;"578" &sol;>Keith and Jennifer Caneiro&&num;8217&semi;s home was completely destroyed by the multi alarm fire on Nov 20<&sol;strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-302142" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Paul-and-Susan-Canerio-with-their-daughters-Marissa-and-Katelyn-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Paul and Susan Canerio with their daughters Marissa and Katelyn 1" width&equals;"664" height&equals;"491" &sol;><strong>Murder and arson suspect Paul Caneiro who walks with the aid of a cane seen on the right with his wife Susan as well as their daughters Marissa &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma;and Katelyn &lbrack;send right&rsqb;&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-302141" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Paul-and-Susan-Canerios-home-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Paul and Susan Canerio's home 1" width&equals;"710" height&equals;"453" &sol;>The suspect&&num;8217&semi;s family were all at home when he allegedly set it on fire&comma; and stood around lamenting the loss&period; The Ocean Township&comma; NJ&comma; home&comma; 10 miles away from the murder scene&comma; was partially destroyed<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>No one was injured in the blaze at Paul Caneiro’s home&period; His wife&comma; Susan&comma; and adult daughters&comma; Katelyn&comma; 26&comma; and Marissa&comma; 23&comma; were inside at the time but managed to escape&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Paul Caneiro’s family was not in court Friday&comma; although they have called him a hero for saving them from the burning home and pledged to testify on his behalf&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;His family is supporting him but it’s just with what was going on this morning&comma; we felt it better and safer for them not to be here&comma;” Caneiro’s other lawyer&comma; Richard Ansell&comma; explained outside the courthouse&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We were consenting to detention&period; There was not going to be a hearing today so there really was no need for them to be here&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ansell reiterated that the suspect was innocent of the charges&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Paul Caneiro loved his brother&comma; loved his sister-in-law like a sister&comma; loved those children&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He would never do anything to harm them&period; There is no reason on this Earth to have harmed them&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;His lawyers said they’ve received not a shred of evidence against their client but refused to speculate who was behind the murders&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are not now going to give you hypotheses as to who did this&comma;” Ansell said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This process now is to search for the truth&period; Our client maintains his innocence at this time and the process is now going to unfold&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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