The quadruple murder of the neck colts: a chronology of tragic events

COLTS NECK, NJ – Friday afternoon, November 23, here is the latest absolute point on the magnificent investigation into the quadruple homicide in Colts Neck, as well as a calendar of events occurring in the killings of the Caneiro family :

5:01 Tuesday morning November 20: Two fires are burning at Paul Caneiro, at 27 Tilton Drive, Ocean Twp. According to the New York Times, a fire was fired at the back of the house and a second, smaller, at the adjoining garage door. Caneiro's wife, Susan, was sleeping on the floor at the time of the fire and her two daughters were also at home. But the four family members, including Paul, met firefighters outside the house when they arrived and were not injured. Paul is in the picture above.

A few hours later, at Colts Neck: Neighbors told Asbury Park Press that Keith and Jennifer Caneiro, her two children, Jesse, 11, and Sophia, 8, had not been seen this morning at Willow's bus stop Brook Road to Colts Neck, which they thought was unusual.

Tuesday morning Ocean Twp .: Neighbors said Paul stayed on his property at 27 Tilton Drive for several hours on Tuesday morning to talk to firefighters and neighbors. A neighbor saw him at his house at noon, and his house is 16 km from his brother's estate, Colts Neck. A neighbor told NJ Advance Media that Paul was about to cry when she saw him in the hours after the fire of his home. He said, "I'm completely shocked, I can not believe it's happening to me," said the neighbor. "He said it must be a gas leak."

12:30 pm, Tuesday: A neighbor of Willow Brook Road in Colts Neck told Asbury Park Press that he saw smoke coming out of Willow Brook, home to the Caneiro family. But the neighbor said that she supposed that they were lighting a fire in their chimney. A few minutes later, she heard what looked like an explosion coming from the property. At about the same time, a landscaper working on a nearby house called 911 to report that the house was on fire. The first firefighters and police arrive to discover the body of Keith Caneiro, 50, shot several times, lying on the lawn, said the prosecutor. Three other bodies are found inside the house. They are Jennifer Caneiro, 45, and the two children. The three bodies were badly burned, said the county attorney. Firefighters take several hours to extinguish the fire, which completely destroyed the house located at 15 Willow Brook Road.

16:30, Tuesday afternoon: The Monmouth County Attorney, Christopher Gramiccioni, is holding a press conference during which he states that both fires are under investigation as arson and that they are doing the same. 39; subject to investigation as related, but it does not offer much more than that.

Wednesday, November 21 at 12:01 pm: Paul Caneiro was arrested without incident by detectives from the Monmouth County District Attorney's Office and charged with burning his own home on 27 Tilton Drive. The prosecutor said that he had used gasoline to ignite his own home and that he was accused of arson while his wife and daughters were in the house. inside the house at that time.

Wednesday, 2 pm: Gramiccioni holds a second press conference and says that his detectives have made little progress in the murders and arsons at Colts Neck, the Willow Brook crime scene has still not been secured by the County Fire Marshal; they have not even been able to penetrate the Colts Neck House yet. Gramiccioni says the scene is protected from tampering, but the fire marshal is worried that the roof of the house will collapse. At this press conference, Grammiccioni also stated that it was impossible for Keith and Jennifer to die of a murder / suicide, and said the Caneiro family in Colts Neck was murdered. He also says that they were "targeted". In addition, he added that they had all perished sometime before the fire of their home, which means that Jennifer and her children did not die in the flames. An hour of death is difficult to establish at this stage. A police source told NBC that the mother and children had been stabbed to death, but the prosecutor refused to confirm this information. The bodies of the four people stay at the forensic doctor as of Friday; the fact that three of them were badly burned makes it difficult to gather a lot of information, the prosecutor said. However, he promised that his detectives would work on Thanksgiving, "missing their own families … to do justice to the Caneiros".

A few hours later, Wednesday night: The detectives finally have the green light to enter 15 Willow Brook Road at Colts Neck. They have been working tirelessly day and night since.

Wednesday, eve of Thanksgiving: The Colts Neck community is holding a vigil at the Colts Neck Town Hall for the Caneiro family. Many people were crying and brought photos of the Caneiro couple and their children.

Thursday, November 22: Paul Caneiro's lawyer, Robert A. Honecker Jr., talks with several media on Thanksgiving Day. He stated that his client was innocent of having started the fire at home and that his wife and daughters had supported him since his arrest. He also said that Paul, "51 years old," loved "his younger brother, Keith, 50," They were best friends. And he would not hurt his brother, "said Honecker in the New York Times, no serious problem was developing between them, he said, and nothing went in the two companies owned and managed together by the brothers, namely Square One, a technology company, and EcoStar Pest Management, both operating in the same building on Cookman Avenue, at Cook Avenue, Asbury Park.

Friday, November 23: The investigators stay at the Colts Neck House and are also seen on Tilton Drive for evidence. An officer from the Monmouth County Sheriff can block traffic from RT. 34 to Colts Neck on Willow Brook Road.

Wednesday, November 28th: A detention hearing (when a judge decides whether a bond will be fixed and how much) will be set for Paul Caneiro next Wednesday at 9 o'clock. That means he's staying at Monmouth County Jail at Freehold for Thanksgiving and all weekend. This is an unusually long time to hold someone before his bail hearing.

Photo of Paul Caneiro provided by Ocean Twp. police.

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