Crime scene cop testifies of body bags and bullets at Caneiro mansion

FREEHOLD — A detective took jurors on a photographic tour of the crime scene at 15 Willow Brook Road in Colts Neck during his testimony on Jan. 28, showing the panel everything from body bag labels to bullets, cartridge casings and a chef’s knife missing from an 18-knife set in the kitchen of the Caneiro family’s home. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Detective tells jury what blood stains in Caneiro’s kitchen revealed

FREEHOLD — Blood stain patterns inside the kitchen of the Caneiro family’s charred Colts Neck mansion indicated the person who was the source of the blood was moving around a kitchen island in the room, heading toward a foyer that led to the front door, a retired detective testified on Jan. 27. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Angry texts between Paul and Keith Caneiro preceded murders: Detective

FREEHOLD — About two months before Keith Caneiro and his wife and children were murdered at their Colts Neck mansion, he shared a heated text message exchange with his brother Paul, in which he repeatedly threatened to sever financial ties with him, a detective revealed in court Friday. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Cop testifies he found bloody jeans, guns in Paul Caneiro’s home

FREEHOLD — A day after an arson fire damaged Paul Caneiro’s home on Tilton Drive in Ocean Township on Nov. 20, 2018, a search of the premises turned up a cache of firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, a crime scene detective told a jury on Jan. 22. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Colts Neck man testifies hearing gunfire near Caneiro murder scene

FREEHOLD — Dennis Corpora was in bed at his home on Rivers Edge Drive in Colts Neck in the early morning of Nov. 20, 2018, when the sound of gunshots awakened him from a light sleep, he told a jury on Jan. 21. “I woke up, I heard the shots and I said, ‘Someone just got whacked,’” Corpora testified. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Caneiro jury hears frantic report of bloody corpse at Colts Neck home

FREEHOLD — Dr. Boris Volshteyn thought his neighbor, Keith Caneiro, was burning leaves in his backyard on Nov. 20, 2018, when he received a call from his landscaper alerting him to smoke coming from his neighbor’s Colts Neck mansion, he told jury on Nov. 20. Concerned that Caneiro would be fined for burning the leaves, Volshteyn tried calling him and his wife, but neither answered the phone, the plastic surgeon testified. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Colts Neck cops describe grisly Caneiro family murder scene at trial

FREEHOLD — The call came in as a structure fire at 12:34 p.m on Nov. 20, 2018, Colts Neck police Sgt. Daniel Mazzucola told a Monmouth County jury on Jan 15. As he approached the two-story residence set back from Willow Brook Road on several acres, Mazzucola could see some smoke coming from the building, he said. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Paul Caneiro’s neighbor testifies seeing mystery men before fire

FREEHOLD — Heather Capp was asleep in her Ocean Township home on Nov. 20, 2018, when she was awakened by voices outside about 4:30 a.m. She got up, opened her window shade and saw two unfamiliar men outside, dressed in dark clothing and black baseball caps, running across the street, she said. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Paul Caneiro financed brother’s funds for lavish lifestyle, detective says

FREEHOLD — On the evening before he and his family were murdered in their Colts Neck mansion, Keith Caneiro called his brother, Paul, demanding an explanation for money that was missing from a trust account his brother oversaw, a detective testified Jan. 13. “Paul, I need to know where that money went,” Keith demanded on the phone call, played in court for a jury during the detective’s testimony. “I just spent a half a day looking for it. I need to know where it went.” Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins

Heartbreaking details emerge in Paul Caneiro murder trial

FREEHOLD —  As Paul Caneiro’s trial in the 2018 murders of four family members got underway Jan.12, a prosecutor revealed a startling detail never before made public – that the smallest victim, 8-year-old Sophia Caneiro, suffered 17 stab wounds before she was left to die of smoke inhalation in her family’s burning mansion. Read more.

— Kathleen Hopkins