Caneiro murder trial jurors hear how NJ fires, killings collided
By: Erin Vogt | Published: 2026-01-16 00:24:45 | Source: nj1015.com
⚖️ Jurors heard more details about the fires at both homes.
⚖️ Officers testified that the Caneiro children were both stabbed before flames engulfed the home.
⚖️ Paul Caneiro family heard of their relatives’ fate while with Ocean Township police.
FREEHOLD BOROUGH — After testimony piecing together the moments when police realized that two same-day Monmouth County house fires could be connected, jurors also heard of the gruesome scene that unfolded in Colts Neck.
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On Thursday, the first witnesses in the quadruple murder trial of Paul Caneiro detailed more of the early response to the 5 a.m. fire in Ocean Township on Nov. 20, 2018.
A Colts Neck police officer was the last witness of the day, sharing the awful discovery that Keith Caneiro, his wife, Jennifer, and two children…
