Feet down. Reporter all men had been shot. Remains were identified. Those of three others were burned in a barrel lit with gasoline. Police say these two men, Cosmo Dinardo and his cousin sean kratz, weren behind the murders. The victims arriving to this family farm under the guise of buying drugs. Sturgis tried to run while meo was on the ground screaming. That was to bring two men home to their loved ones who have done nothing wrong and deserve this unspeakable tragedy that has been set upon them. Were here to seek justice for them. Reporter thats not been easy since four were reported missing. Police spent nearly a week searching for remains and the first killed was the last to be found. Prosecutors say they may have never found the body of Jimmy Patrick without a plea deal to pair spare of the Death Penalty. We were able to also secure Jimmy Patricks body and bring him home as well. Reporter now that plea deal does not apply to kratz here. Hes charged with three murders in this cas
Good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and we begin with new developments in the bucks county investigation after Cosmo Dinardo confessed to killing four men. Katherine scott has the very latest. Reporter rick that is right we learn that a second man was taken into custody, so far his name has not been released and investigate ofs continue to search multiple properties as they try to gain evidence this this quadruple homicide. Crews are in place in solebury township. And overnight another man was taken into custody. Police could be seen at a home on magee in philadelphia. Believed to be connected to the investigation and meanwhile Cosmo Dinardo remains behind bars. His Attorney Says that his client confessed to his part in the murder of four bucks county men and supplied investigators the location of their remains. In exchange mr. Dinardo was promised by the District Attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. 19yearold dean finocchiaro and jimi patrick of ne
Flash flood warnings also anywhere from philadelphia right through wilmington and salem. Rain rates with these storms nearly 2inches an hour so some flooded roads in time for the evening rush hour. In addition we have severe thunderstorm watches in effect until 9 00 all areas in yellow basically south of philadelphia so these storms will be ongoing through the evening hours. Large hail and powerful winds is the major concern. In fact the highest concern is that very dangerous vivid cloud to ground light thing, those torrential downpours and strong winds and a moderate risk for that large hail and also an isolated tornado could still spin up. Well have much more in the full accuweather forecast and talk about the weekend as well coming up in just a little bit weve brought four young men one step closer to their loved ones and so that they can rest in peace. They went from missing to murdered. Now the person who confessed to the crime is officially charged with taking their lives. And le
Eddie tales that he could actually provide what we got today was detailed accounting of multiple murders as told to investigators by a 20yearold with Mental Health issues, a grudge and an access to guns. The bucks County District attorney was clearly relieved friday, the search and grim discovery of bodies were over. We brought four young men one step closer to their loved ones and so that they can rest in peace. Reporter details of the killing are star link. According to Cosmo Dinardos confession jimi patrick the College Student is killed first hes shot by dinardo at the corn field with a 22 caliber rival and buried in 6foot grave. Dean finocchiaro is next to die. Dinardo joined by his cousin sean kratz now under arrest and claims kratz shoots him with dinardos motts handgun. Kratz denies it. Dinardo shoots fin pin while on the ground. He tells investigators thomas meo and mark sturgis are slain on the seventh of july. They, too, end up at the corn field where dinardo shes meo with a
Persons investigation for four men in bucks county ends in tragedy with two men now charged with their murders. Today investigators positively identified all of the victims found shot then buried on Solebury Township property. They are indeed the four men reported missing last week. Now tonight, two men are under arrest and charged with the murders. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im chris oconnell. Im dawn tim feature theres no bail tonight for the two men accused of in these Solebury Township slayings. We have Team Coverage of the bombshell developments. Our dave kinchen talked to Community Members in bucks county shaken from whats happened in their neighbor. Lets begin with Shawnette Wilson live with the very latest. Shawnette. Reporter well, dawn and chris, dinardo and kratz are charged with multiple counts of murder, conspiracy, abuse of a corporation and weapons charges and theyre both being held as you mentioned without bail after an a rain many this afternoon. Weve brought four