MAN CHARGED IN DEATH OF FAMILY AT N.J. MANSION

A New Jersey tech executive was charged Thursday with killing his brother and the brother’s family over a business dispute and then setting fire to their mansion and his own house to cover up the crimes.

Paul Caneiro, 51, was charged with four counts of murder as well as arson and two weapons violations in the deaths of his 50-year-old brother, Keith, along with Keith’s wife, Jennifer, and their two children, at their Colts Neck estate, about 80 km south of New York City. They were shot, stabbed or both.

“This one is the most brutal case I’ve seen in my experience here,” said Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni.

Caneiro had already been under arrest on a charge he set fire to his own home 16 kilometres away in Ocean Township, while his wife and two daughters were inside.

The second fire was a “ruse,” the prosecutor said. He said there was no evidence he intended to kill his own family. They escaped without injury.