as we have learned, a confession from cosmo dinardo. live in doylestown, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> staying with this major story, e we want to turn to deanna durante, who has been following this case for days now. what's the latest from your location where that digging has been going on? >> reporter: investigators are still out here, but we have been working our sources trying to find out more ab the confession and what happened inside that room. we can tell you that defense attorneys and prosecutors were in that room with cosmo dinardo and his parents for most of the day. and those negotiations wrapped up around 2:00 this afternoon. we can tell you that a source very close to those negotiations says three bodies were discovered here on the farm property and that they were still looking for another one. and part of the plea deal is giving up the location of where that fourth person may be in this case. we're also told that avoiding the death penalty for cosmo dinardo was a priority here for the defense team. there was some talk

take listen. >> cosmo, what do you say to those families? admitted to killing four people. why did you do it? what do you have to say to these families? anything to say. >> i'm sorry f why did you do it? >> was it some other crime, drug dealing good cosmo you want to say anything to the families? >> anything? >> you saw that was cosmo dinardo speaking with us after speaking with investigators today. once again giving that full confession. now according to his defense attorney, paul lange he tells us tonight in exchange for that full confession today, that the district attorney has agreed not to seek the death penalty in this case. that is according to his district attorney. we are -- that is according to his defense attorney. we are expected to hear from district attorney matt weintraub in a briefing over the next couple of hours. hopefully to outline some of these details but cosmo dinardo and now behind bars on $5 million cash bail most likely these murder charges will be enveloped that in those charge from before guys. right now, the inve

cosmo what do you say to these families? >> after confessing to the murders of four missing men, cosmo dinardo speaks. >> i'm sorry. >> why dud do it. >> mr. dinardo this evening confessed to district attorney. >> reporter: his attorney says dinardo gave investigators a detailed account of the murders of jimi tar patrick, dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis and thomas meo in exchange for his confession his attorney says prosecutors have agreed not to pursue the death penalty. >> we negotiated this out come for cosmo to be very honest, forth right and truthful in what occurred within the last week and a half. >> reporter: dinardo also told investigators where the bodies are located. remains have already been discovered in what's been described as 12 and a half foot common grave on the expansive solebury township family farm. what is still not certain is how dinardo knew his victims or how they were connected. but a source telling fox 29 tonight the killings may have been over a deal over marijuana and a gun. >> how are the familie

it's thursday night and the big story is cosmo's confession. we got word of it a short time ago from cosmo dinardo's attorney paul lang he is live at the courthouse in doylestown we have the confession the first time we have absolute confirmation that all four men are dead. jim, an extraordinary development unfolding within the last hour within the last few minutes we can say. we know that cosmo dinardo is in the building behind me meeting with the district attorney along with his own private attorneys, we have video coming out of that building into a sheriff vehicle in an orange jump suit he gave a full confession being involved in the commission of or participating in all four murders. dinardo telling reporter he was sorry. this is his attorney, paul lang explaining. >> in exchain for the confession mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. mr. cosmo did give the full confession and he was forthright and gave all relevant details that he could. >> reporter: lang saying his

cosmo dinardo says he killed them all. so the four men have been missing since last week, only one other body have been identified by authorities. >> there has been speculation did he act alone? we are hearing this morning there is a second person of interest. >>> so our crews are covering this store friday all angles this morning. steve keeley is standing by doyletown with more on this second person of interest that we are learning about. >> lets go to jenny joyce in solebury township with the latest on this investigation, good morning, jenny? >> reporter: good morning, alex and thomas, a lot of news came out of yesterday's aspect of the investigation, we are awaiting a news conference to learn so much more, we have not heard from the district attorney in this case, in several hours, expecting many developments to come. at this point even though cosmo dinardo has issued a confession he has not yet been officially charged. cosmo dinardo's defense attorney says his client admitted his guilt and told investigators where they

revealed cosmo dinardo, the main. suspect in the case, had help. on friday killing three of the four men. police say his cousin confessed his role in the robbery and murders of the three men on the farm. >> i feel a lot of sadness and relief. >> police emts and the fbi dug down 12 feet deep expecting to find all of the missing men, they found three on thursday. court papers described the vicious killing. patrick on wednesday didn't see the shots coming. nor did dean, killed on friday in the barn. they both were shot in the head. prosecutors say he stayed with the body. cosmo dinardo went and picked up two more and the two shot them both. thomas meo screamed. no one made it off the farm alive. the plea deal ask confession made led to the body of patrick, the first to be killed and the last to be found. >> we'd still be locking for jimmy patrick had we not made this it agreement. i rode there in a car on the same site as the other three men were found. it was so far away that i started getting sick to my stomach on the

>> cosmo, did you admit to killing -- >> for cosmo to be very honest, forth right and truthful in what occurred within the last week and a half. mr. cosmo did give that full confession and he was very forth right and gave all relevant details that he can. >> reporter: now, that was dinardo's attorney telling us that he gave investigators a detailed account of the murders of dean finocchiaro, thomas meo, tim jimi tar patrick and mark sturgis. dinardo told investigators where the bodies are located. remains have already been found and what's been described as 12 and a half foot common grave but what is still not certain is how dinardo knew the victims or how they were connected, but new information coming to us by a source telling fox 29 these killings may have been over a deal over marijuana and a gun. now finally right now dinardo has not officially been charged with the murders. in fact the da has made no comment on this reported confession. he has scheduled a press conference for tomorrow at 11:0g where we might find more information on details about a potential accomplice in this ca

today we learned that cosmo dinardo him itself received a grand jury subpoena. >> well 20-year-old cosmo dinardo was being he is cored back to jail wednesday afterno afternoon, his father and mother were getting ready to appear before a county grand jury thursday morning. a grand jury that could provide some answers in the case of four missing young help from bucks county. >> it's obviously a very tragic situation mr. and mrs. dinardo are parents, um, and they certainly can sympathize with the parents of these young boys who are missing. >> reporter: as fox 291st reported tuesday, the dinardos were subpoenaed to the grand jury as investigators tried to nail down where cosmo dinardo was and what he was doing over the past week. when the four men vanish without trace. authorities have identified cosmo dinardo as a person of interest in the disappearance. the attorney for the dinardos say they are cooperating. >> i can tell you that they are doing everything in their power to cooperate with law enforcement's investigation at this point. >> reporter: sources tell fox 29 that in addition to h

cosmo dinardo named as a person of interest in the case just released from jail a few hours ago.ple who know him, floored over this case. we have team coverage tonight on fox 29. our chris o'connell talked to stunned neighbors but we begin with our dave schratwieser. dave? >> reporter: dawn, investigators tonight turning up the heat. we have learned fox 29 news has learned that today the parents of cosmo dinardo the person of interest in this case received subpoenas to appear before a grand jury later this week. >> we've been in touch with them. >> reporter: sources say antonio dinardo and his wife have been subpoenaed to appear before a county grand jury thursday morning as the fire storm swirling around their 20-year-old son cosmo intensifies. >> i want to be very careful to stress that he is a person of interest. he has not been charged or arrested with respect to any of the missing four young men at this time. >> reporter: sources say the spotlight is being shifted to dinardo's parents as investigators want to question them under oath about their son's actions last weekend af

cosmo dinardo will not be allowed out of jail. in a video arraignment, he was wearing that same orange jump suit as the judge denied bail. he will remain in a bucks county jail cell. his cousin and co-conspirator also denied bail. kratz had no attorney telling the judge he worked as a tile installer and saying he was shot three months ago saying he's concern about his injury behind bars. prosecutors say both men are risks to the wider community. >> both committing multiple murders over a week-long period. bail is set at zero. >> reporter: the nature of the accusations, guns, drugs, murder cover up were part of the reason bail was denied. but dinardo structure a deal to avoid the death permanent whole it's possible kratz could still face. capital punishment. >> there's an expect thags that he will be following through with any deals made. . there's still discussions. >> both suspects are no longer a danger to the public. adding that the families of the four victims have suffered enough and justice is quickly coming. >> our hope is

first cosmo dinardo was charged withing all four men. he confessed to the crime and made a deal with prosecutors. sean kratz was charged with killing three of the men. he was arrested late last night. he calls hill his cousin. >>> all of the victims were shot in three separate incidents. on two different days. three bodies were found on wednesday. the last body was found last night. police have been searching all week long. all of the victims were lured to that farm over drug deals and all were buried there. three of the bodies were burned. we are bringing you live team coverage of the killing spree. randy gyllenhaal is focused on the suspect who was arraigned this afternoon. >> we begin with deanna durante, who was there as prosecutors connected the dots today. >> we know all the victims know each other. we know they know cosmo dinardo at this point and prosecutors lured them to that farm. investigators say at this point, they have done what they could to bring these victims home to their families. >> we're here to accomplish two goals

cosmo was arrested on unrelated weapons charge. tuesday believed to be a person of interest in the messing men's case. wednesday arrested again for trying to sell thomas may owe's car. at midnight they found the remains. last night dinardo confessed to participating in the murders. we put together this timeline of the search for the four missing men. click through the interactive map to see why investigators have found clues in the case. >>> president trump will celebrate bastille day in paris. mark if 100 anniversary of the united states entering world war one. attended the ceremony this morning in paris. followed a dinner last night with french president ma cron and his wife in a restaurant at the top of the eiffel tower. included meetings, joint news conference and tour of paris. yesterday president trump signaled he may rethink pulls out of the worldwide climate agreement. >> something could happen with respect to the paris accord. we'll see what happens. >>> also during that news conference yesterday the president defended his

cosmo dinardo admits he took part in killing all of them.e at the jail with the disturbing details cosmo dinardo told investigators. >> reporter: there's been a lot of rumors and speculation, but we're starting to hear more about what happened. the attorney for the person of interest in this case said his client has confessed. >> reporter: you're sorry? >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: the only two words uttered to reporters by cosmo dinardo of bensalem after his attorney paul lang said he confessed to his part in the murders of the four missing men in bucks county. in exchange, he said the death penalty was taken off the table. >> he confessed to his participation or the commission in the murders of the four young men. >> dean finocchiaro of middletown township. 19-year-old jim patrick of newtown. mark sturgis of penns,b up -- pennsberg and tom meo have been missing for the past week. cosmo dinardo killed each of the victims separately after selling them marijuana feeling cheated or threatened by the transaction and burned the bodies at his famil

play on cosmo dinardo's name. kos monster. nbc10.com and free nbc 10 app put together a timeline of the search for the four men. click through interactive map to see where investigators are found clues in the case. keeping story updated as we get new information coming in. very latest information there 24 hours a day. >>> new blood test could lead to earlier detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer. typically detected in advanced stages making it harder to treat. >>> says the state is not measuring the effectiveness of the addiction treatment programs. launched the audit of those programs last year. recommends state agencies do more to assess if people are being cured. also warns more funding is needed for the program. >>> meantime in delaware county. state lawmaker pushing a bill to fight the heroin epidemic by upping the punishment for dealers. drexel hill yesterday announced legislation calling for a mandatory five year minimum sentence for first time dealers. right now the maximum prison time in pennsylvania is one yea

so take your time, guys, this morning. >> cosmo what do you say to these families. >> cosmo you admitted to killing four people anything to say to these families. >> i'm ore why did you do it. >> with those word i'm sorry admission of guilt from cosmo dinardo his attorney says he has admitted to killing a four year monk missing in bucks county. those four missing since last week this comes as police take another person of interest into custody. we have got continuing team coverage this morning, of the investigation, our steve keeley is in doyletown with the very latest on the second person of interest, but we will begin with jenny joyce in solebury township with more on the possible motive for this crime as well as search for rest of the victims, jenny. >> reporter: despite a confession, cosmo dinardo has not been officially charged, we are waiting to hear from d.a. weintraub on all of this, he has been quiet with the media since the confession yesterday afternoon. cosmo dinardo's defense attorney said his client admitted his guilt and told investigators where they can find bodies in exc

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authorities only saying at this time, cosmo dinardo is simply a person of interests. d.a. earlier in the news conference that we had a while ago would not say whether cosmo dinardo is cooperating with thin investigation. we have reached out to his attorney and that attorney had no comment. for now reporting live from solebury township alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> we will go now to "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden with the rest of the team coverage and as we learn more about the person of interest we have learned that this search has disrupted and unsettled a lot of people in solebury township. >> reporter: first on the person of interest sources telling us his family has made contact with prominent philadelphia defense attorney, fortune perry, our sources say he has not been retained yet with you that contact has been made police sources trying to examine possible connection was cosmo dinardo and if he is even capable behind these four disappearances. first to go missing was jimmy patrick of newtown. it will be one week tomorrow, that he was last see

. >> cosmo, what do you say to these families? >> cosmo you admitted to killing four people, anything to say to these families. >> i'm sorry. >> with those word i'm sorry, admission of guilt from cosmo dinardo his attorney says his client has admitted to killing the four young men missing in bucks county. those men missing since last week. >> this admission comes as police have taken another person of interest, into custody, we have got continuing coverage of the whole investigation. our steve keeley is in doyletown with the very latest on this second person of interests, but we will begin with jenny joyce in solebury township with more on the possible motive for the crime as well as the search for more remains, jenny, there may have been two grave locations. >> reporter: that is what we are hearing our dave schratwieser broke that information last night, did he a post saying according to sources there were two grave sites and that is all part of the cosmo dinardo's confession to authorities, yesterday we're piecing this together

cosmo dinardo is free on bail this morning. who is cosmo dinardo? that's the person of interest in the case of four missing young men out of bucks count high haven't been seen since last week. meanwhile, this morning, we are getting report that investigators are shifting their attention to dinardo's parent. our steve keeley joining us from solebury with the latest, steve? >> day bring coming up on day four of what's going to be another full day of searching this rural community up here in the new hope area, and far reaching bucks county owned by the parent of cosmo dinardo. and as today marks one full week since the first of the four missing men, vanished last wednesday, tomorrow "fox 29 news" has learned a grand jury convenes in doylestown to begin to hear testimony, and first up to appear tomorrow morning the parent every 20 year old cosmo dinardo. the bensalem couple owned properties up here in sole burr that i haves been focus for three past days, and the parent bailed their son out of bunks county prison last night front willing the 10% require

cosmo dinardo. >> also, a lot to talk about this morning.ther the big story today, happy to report there aren't any major incidents with traffic as we take this look at the ben franklin bridge from the new jersey side. heading into philadelphia, free and clear this morning. and a look at the loud 42 at creek road, quite a few cars for this hour of day, but everybody moving along just fine, heading toward philadelphia. and, this view of i95, at cottman avenue, plenty of room for you to make your way out early on this thursday morning. but later on today, oh, boy, this is going to be the worse every this particular heatwave. we'll have the details coming up in 15 seconds. >> he can he is i have heat warnings. you know where you live. then the heat advisory, for all of the outlying areas, excluding the mountains, and even lancaster county, that doesn't mean it is going to be nice and cool out there. but it will be better than it is in the urban areas. so, with the heat index of around 105, plus we have an air quality alert in effect for today.

cosmo dinardo pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for all four. the da believed only dinardo killed jimmy patrick was the first to go missing. he said the accomplice for the murders of the other three. >> i'm very relieved to say that we brought four young men, one step closer to their loved ones so they can rest in peace. dean, tom, mark, and jimmy have all been positively identified. we have notified their loved one. >> shawn kratt says to penny burglary cases in philadelphia. hehe posted 10% of 10000-dollar bill in march. a hearing in may was postponed because he was dealing with medical issues which is according to his attorney. >> thank you, ashley. we are now joined with retired new york police department detective, sergeant joe. welcome back to chasing news. >> you know the details of the case. is there more to this story, or can we say that law enforcement to their job and it looks like they got their guy in this is a wrap? >> they have to make sure they're not any other connections. looks like there's a drug connection between these four

today we learned cosmo dinardo himself was hit with a grand jury subpoena.s 20 year cosmo dinardo headed back to jail wednesday afterno afternoon, his father and mother were preparing to appear before a county grand jury thursday morning. a grand jury that could provide some answers in the case of four missing young men from buck county. >> it's obviously a very tragic situation. mr. and mrs. dinardo are parents, um, and they certainly can sympathize with the parents of these young boys who are missing. >> reporter: as fox 291st reported tuesday, the dinardos were subpoenaed to the grand jury as investigators try to nail down where cosmo dinardo was and what he was doing over the past week. when the four men vanish without trace. authorities have identified cosmo dinardo as a person of interest in the disappearance. the attorney for the dinardos says they are cooperating. >> i can tell you they are doing everything in their power to cooperate with law enforcement's investigation at this point report roar sources tell fox 29 that in addition to his parents, c

. >>> it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the arrest of cosmo dinardo's alleged accomplice and the bucks county d.a. disclosing the details of this sordid tale. "action news" reporters nora muchanic in solebury township, vernon odom in buckingham township and trish hartman in doylestown have covered every angle. we begin with trish hartman with a full accounting of what we learned today. trish. >> reporter: well, jim, we now know much more about what happened to these four young men who have been missing since last week according to what cosmo dinardo told investigators, the d.a. says dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz face charges of homicide, conspiracy and abuse of corpse. the d.a. also says without dinardo's confession they might still be looking for the final body. >> as a result of an agreement that i decided to make with cosmo dinardo, we were able to also secure jimmy patrick's body and bring him home. >> reporter: here's what dinardo told investigators. on july 5th cosmo dinardo agreed to sell jimmy patrick 4 pounds of marijuana for $8,000 and dr

, cosmo, anything say? i'm soree? >> i'm sore. >> i cosmo dinardo apologized to the families of the four men, his confessed to killing, as he was taken away to the bucks county jail. >> he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men, and in exchange for that confession, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> his attorney, paul lang said his client told investigators everything, including why he participated in the killings of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, tom meo and mark sturgis. source telling the ap the men were shot in the head or the back after dinardo felt cheated during three drug transactions. the source also said the bod wrist burned on the dinardo family solebury township farm of the of the four men, finocchiaro has been positively identified from remains found in a 12-foot grave on the property. where investigators continue to dig. neither the da nor dinardo's attorney was ready t

and this cosmo dinardo probably knew how to operate that machinery. so not out of the question that he could have done it himself. but that's one of the questions that the da's offers and the police are trying to ascertain, whether this was just one person or number every people. >> okay. >> we will find out more in the investigation, we'll find out what comes out of the grand jury. >> i sad situation. it is horrifying for the parent, for sure. >> do you have think of the families. >> definitely have to think of the familieser. >> good to see you. of course a story we'll stay on top of all morning and throughout the dayment make sure to stay tuned to us for those updates. but we'll take a quick break. #p >> my neice told me about this. >> well, some people like to play this. >> when you hear what it is, you'll be like hum why does she know about it. >> explain it again. new edition, original ones, i never played it, but i heard about it. >> i forgot what it is now, yes, toll me about it briefly, okay, why do you know about this, why are you playing? s

cosmo dinardo meets up with tom meo who is car was left at his parents property, cosmo dinardo shoots him in the back and falls to the ground screaming, mark sturgis is shot as he running away. all three bodies are placed in the metal tank he called the pig roaster, and set them on fire. they buried the men 12 feet underground using the backhoe. one thing the d.a. is certainly of they may have never found jimi patrick's remains had they not made the plea deal. >> we found him where weere told we would. i hope i'm never in their shoes, but if i ever were, i pray i could handle this with the courage and the dignity they exhibited. >> reporter: weintraub said the confessions led to the two weapons that were use in the killings. in exchange for cosmo dinardo's confession he was spared the death penalty. >> court records for sean kratz indicate he was due in court for outstanding burglary charges in philadelphia. we've learned that kratz was arrested twice for break-ins in june 2015 and this past february, he was expected to be in court two days ago from the second case. we'll hear from ji

a lawyer for cosmo dinardo says the 20 year-old has confessed to their killing. in exchange, the district attorney will not seek the death penalty. investigators recovered body of one of the missing men last night and other human remains. those remains have yet to be publicly identified. we will continue to follow all of the developments, in this case, and bring them on television and on line at cbs philly.com. >>> hundreds of the contractors who worked for american airlines are picket to go day at philadelphia international airport. >> attendance and baggage handlers who work for prime flight and prospect are striking over what they say is the refusal by their employers to recognize, newly formed labor unions. employees voted to form unions this past spring but co will not negotiate a contract. >>> finding hope in philadelphia, that is what a family from the uk says happened, for them, their little boy is getting treated at shriner's hospital. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more with the grateful family. >> wait until you meet them kind of treatment that

cosmo dinardo taken back into custody yesterday on stolen vehicle charge. police accuse the 20 year old person of interest of trying to sell a car belonging to one of the four missing teens. now, cosmo, and his parent, anthony and sandra, will appear at a grand jury hearing beginning at 9:00 this morning to help investigators pinpoint a time line of event of this missing person's, and now homicide case. it has been one week since the first of four men went missing while remains of dean finocchiaro were recovered yesterday. jimi patrick, marge sturgis, tom meo remain missing, attorney force dinardo's parent spoke with us yesterday. >> it is obviously a very tragic situation. >> how am i supposed to -- >> dinardo's are parent, they certainly can sympethize with the parents every these young boys missing, and i can tell you they're doing information their power to cooperate with law enforcement investigation at this point. >> dinardo is being held at bunks county prison on $5 million cash bail accused of trying to sell one of the missing men's vehicles, which

about the situation now saying that cosmo has confessed to the murders.s cosmo gets peppered for questions and then his attorney tells us about the confession. >> mr. dinardo

. >> cosmo dinardo admits to killing the four men who mysteriously vanished in bucks county last week, trang do, liver in solebury township, trang, hearing dinardo may have had an accomplice, what do we know? >> source with direct knowledge of cosmo dinardo confession says co-con spore at this involved in three of the killings. we hope to learn more about that person, and their relationship, to dinardo, but thursday we heards from dinardo for the very first time after his attorney got a deal with prosecutors. >> what do you have to say? are you soree? >> i'm sore. >> i cosmo dinardo apologized to the families of the four men he has confess today killing, as he was taken away to the bucks county jail. >> he confess today his partition pages or commission in the murders of the four young men. in exchange, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> his attorney, paul lang said he told investigators everything, including why he participated in the killings of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, tom meo and mark sturgis,

cosmo dinardo was named a person of interest in the case. his parents own the farm where resources say forensic evidence that led them to believe a violent crime occurred has been found as early as monday. now we can tell you that investigators have yut lieszed cell phone records. they have also used mobile license plate readers to be able to try to pinpoint where those four were last seen. we were told they were all within this area of the dinardo family farm between wednesday and friday. though investigators are still not talking about a direct link between all four of these men and the person of interest in the case ch. that's the very latest, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> a quick question. do woe know anything else about the university? you have been working your sources to find out a lot about his time there. >> reporter: we did confirm with investigators that they did receive a letter about this incident. multiple incidents. there were verbal altercations between dinardo and members of the university community. and we were told by th

. >> reporter: rick and monica, 20-year-old cosmo dinardo was just arraigned here at the bensalem township police department by a video conferencing, this just happened a new charge the theft of one of the vehicles of one of the missing men. the da argued that dinardo was a flight risk. this is video of him departing from the bensalem police department in the back of a police van. they are trying to figure out what happens here in bucks county. investigators kept up the search for clues in the property on solebury township owned by the family of 20-year-old cosmo dinardo a young man credited a person of interest in the disappearance of four young men. the district attorney says that important evidence was already uncovered but the intensive work continues. >> we will fine something for sure, i have no doubt of that. >> dinardo posted 10% of a million dollars bail on a weaponed charge in bensalem. and today they took him back into custody at his family's home. now under arrest for the theft of a nissan maxima belonging to tom meo of plumstead. >> we allege that cosmo dinardo attempted to se

this is cosmo dinardo in custody again this afternoon.udge ordered him held on $5 million cash bail as he's walked there with the assistance of two officers into the bucks county jail. police say he stole a car belonging to one of the missing men and tried to sell it. that car belonged to tom mayo. he's a diabetic and his family told authorities he never went anywhere without his medicine. the investigator says that medicine was in the car dinardo was trying to sell. >> authorities have intensified the search at the dinar doe family house. they say they have not found human remains. nbc 10 has a team of reporters. live coverage coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00. >>> now at 5:00, the dangerous heat wave. three words sum it up. what are they? hot, hot, hot! very simple to remember. >> find ways to stay cool. the hot and humid temperatures are sticking around. >> the heat really is no joke. the scorching temperatures can overheat your body. temperatures in the 90s and thanks to the heat and humidity, it feels more like 100 to 105 degrees. we

dinardo faced cameras. >> "cosmo" you admitted to killing four people.hat do you have to say to the families. even you're sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> two words, i'm sorry. that is what dinardo told me as they put him into a bucks county sheriff vehicle. his destination behind bars for rest of life. he worked out a deal with prosecutors according to his attorney paul lang. >> in exchange for confession before dinardo was promised by the district attorney he will spare his life by not envok envokeing the death penalty. >> cosmo dinardo told authorities everything, including why he killed jimi patrick, thomas meo and mark sturgis and dean finocchiaro. a person with knowledge of the confession told associated press dinardo killed the men over marijuana then burned their bodies at his family farm. that same person said a coconspirator was involved with three of the murders. defense attorney lang would not say why dinardo did it. >> that will come out in time. i don't think it's appropriate out of respect for the families. >> bucks county district attorney mat wei

cosmo dinardo confessed to the implication in the murder. katherine scott has more from the bucks county jail. >> reporter: cosmo dinardo is being held on five million dollars bail from a previous charge. so far the district attorney has not announced any murder charges in the case, we're expecting that some point after yesterday when his attorney came out and said his client confessed to four murders. in a stunning development thursday, a confession from 20 energid cosmo dinardo of bensalem. his attorney general paul language -- lang said his client confessed in the murders of four missing men in bucks county and the location of their remains. >> in exchange for the confession, mr. cosmo dinardo was promised by the district attorney he will spare his life a by not invoking the death penalty. dean finocchiaro, jimi patrick, and mark sturgis and tom meo had she missing since last week. dean finocchiaro's remains have been identified found in a common grave 12 1/2 feet under ground on the sprawling solbury township property owned by in and aro

i don't deserve the same life sentence cosmo dinardo will get.hat would be in his best interest if he didn't pull the trying tore maybe try to cut a deal. >> of course, we will discuss this with an attorney, we have fred coming in 20 minutes, thanks, steve for those updates. >>> meanwhile one of the family members of the victim tom meo is speaking out about what happened. >> meo's uncle lives in kansas city, missouri. he sat down with our sister station w d.a. f to share his thoughts about thomas saying it is a difficult situation for the family as would you imagine. >> it it it tough. it is really tough. >> he went on to say tom was a good kid who liked to help people work on their homes. >>> 7:09. is there a dangerous internet challenge making round on social media. >> karen hepp's joining us live with more on why this app is so concerning. >> reporter: this is something on many different formats like a trending around and it is sick, horrific, awful and two families are dealing with the consequences. one in texas, other in georgia it is so-cal

dinardo faced cameras. >> "cosmo" you admitted to killing four people. what do you have to say to the families. even you're sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> two words, i'm sorry. that is what dinardo told me as they put him into a bucks county sheriff vehicle. his destination behind bars for rest of life. he worked out a deal with prosecutors according to his attorney paul lang. >> in exchange for confession before dinardo was promised by the district attorney he will spare his life by not envok envokeing the death penalty. >> cosmo dinardo told authorities everything, including why he killed jimi patrick, thomas meo and mark sturgis and dean finocchiaro. a person with knowledge of the confession told associated press dinardo killed the men over marijuana then burned their bodies at his family farm. that same person said a coconspirator was involved with three of the murders. defense attorney lang would not say why dinardo did it. >> that will come out in time. i don't think it's appropriate out of respect for the families. >> bucks county district attorney mat w

cosmo dinardo meets up with tom meo and mark sturgis. he shoots tom meo in the back and mark sturgis runs away. he runs him over with a backhoe. the next day the men return to bury the tank 1 feet -- 12 feet under ground using a backhoe. one thing, they may have never have found jimi patrick's remains had they not made the plea deal with cosmo dinardo. >> we found him. >> reporter: weintraub said the victim's family showed tremendous strength as they worked to bring the victims home. >> i hope i am never in their shoes, but if i ever with, i hopic -- hope i can handle it with the strength and dignity. >>> in exchange for cosmo dinardo's confession he was spared the death penalty. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" as learned that sean kratz was already in trouble before his arrested. he was twice arrested for break ins in june 2015 and february of 2017. later that night he was taken into custody and charged with three counts of murder and related offenses. >>> the community is invited to a vigil of healing to remember

cosmo dinardo runs him over with a backhoe. all three were put in a pig roaster and buried under ground. the motive for this? >> i'm not sure we can answer that question. >> reporter: one thing they are certain of they would have never found jimi patrick's remains if they had not made the plea deal with cosmo dinardo. >> we found him i don't know that we would have ever. >> reporter: weintraub said the victims' families showed tremendous strength as they worked to bring their loved one homes. >> i hope i'm never in their shoes, if i were i hope ink handle -- i can handle it with the courage and dignity. >>> in change of cosmo dinardo's confession away spared the death penalty. in new hope, bucks county, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" learned that sean kratz was already in trouble with the law before his arrest. the 20-year-old was due in court next week on outstanding burglary charges in philadelphia. kratz had twice been arrested for break-ins in june 2016 and february 2017. he was in court early thursd

a play on cosmo dinardo's name. kos monster. tribute to the victims. tonight neighbors gather for a vigil in honor of tom meo. worked for the construction company owned by the father of his friend, mark sturgis, who is also one of the victims. nbc.com and free nbc 10 app we have put together a timeline of the zsearch for the four missin men. click on the map. keeping this story updated with the very latest information as it comes in 24 hours a day. >>> breaking knew overseas. two israelis were wounded in the attack. killed in a fight with security forces. 76 degrees outside. president trump's travel ban has suffered another set back. overnight a federal judge in hawaii expanded the list of family relationships that qualify for entry into the u.s. to include grandparents, grandchildren, uncles and aunts. the travel ban targets people from six muslim majority countries. >> within their own party, after coming out with their latest version of the health care bill. in an effort to win over moderates, the new bill includes $45 billion to fight the opioid ep

we know they are murdered, cosmo dinardo took part if killing all of them. katherine scott is live for us at the jail with the disturbing details that cosmo dinardo told investigators. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: there's been a lot of rumors and speculation about the case, we're starting to learn more about what happened, meanwhile, the man's attorney said he confessed to the murder. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: the only two words uttered to reporters of cosmo dinardo of bensalem after his attorney said his client confessed to the part in the murders of the four missing men in bucks county and the location of their remains. in exchange, the death penalty was taken off the table. >> he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of four young men. 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township. 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown. mark sturgis of pens grove and tom meo of plumstead have been missing for two weeks. their remains were found on the sprawling grounds of the farm in sole burr township. according to the associated press

katherine scott is outside the bucks county jail where cosmo dinardo is in custody. >> reporter: this investigation is fast paced, moving quickly. we learned yesterday in a stunning development that in coo dinardo confessed to his part in four murders. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: the only two words uttered by cosmo dinardo in bensalem after he confessed to his part in the murders of four men in bucks county. in exchange the death penalty was taken off the table. >> he questioned to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. >> 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown. 22-year-old mark sturgis of and tom meo have been missed since last week. they were found 12 1/2 feet under ground on this farm in solbury. cosmo dinardo killed each of the victims separately after selling them marijuana feeling cheated or threatened by the transactions and burned the bodies at his family farm. three of the bodies were burned inside a drum adding a coconspirator was involved in three of the deaths. the district said the families ar

it's thursday night and the big story is cosmo's confession. we got word of it a short time ago from cosmo dinardo's attorney paul lang he is live at the courthouse in doylestown we have the confession the first time we have absolute confirmation that all four men are dead. jim, an extraordinary development unfolding within the last hour within the last few minutes we can say. we know that cosmo dinardo is in the building behind me meeting with the district attorney along with his own private attorneys, we have video coming out of that building into a sheriff vehicle

we got our first glimpse of cos cosmo dinardo. >> we've uncovered new details about his past. >> reporter: we can tell there are major developments happening down here because the past few nights there has not been this kind of activity. we have the live pictures from sky force 10 which shows the area they zeroed in on. they've set up tents. they've been sifting through the dirt. they've been digging through the ground. about an hour from now we expect to hear from the district attorney with more information about what they found. >> person of interest cosmo dinardo is back in custody and held on $5 million bail less than a full day after his release, the new stolen car charge based on detectives saying dinardo had one of missing men's cars on his family's property and tried to sell it for $500. in court prosecutors also revealed dinardo was diagnosed ski schizophrenic. motions are running height after one relative of a missing man began to speak with a reporter. >> i really feel horrible for all the family. >>. >> reporter: the district attorney says they are going to find something. ton

. >> a murder confession from cosmo dinardo. we'll tell you about the deal that led to his admission, what we now know about the motive. the key change, and how it will affect thousands of families, trying to get into the us. >> and storm scan3, tracking more showers, katie's timing out the best chances to see some rain. very busy this morning, today is friday, july 14, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jan carabeo. rahel solomon is off today. let's gather check on today's forecast with katie and meisha. >> great to see up. tgif indictment looking outside right now, fairly quiet again. you know wha what is up. >> construction. >> a the love construction, like your a on repeat every day. >> specially in the summer. >> so am i, it has been humid. storms, yesterday was a brutal afternoon, we will several tornado warnings came through, and setting ourselves up for fresh rounds of stormy weather. you know, we've been real lucky on the morning show anyway. we haven't had a heck of a lot to track during the morning, that changes to

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cosmo dinardo will not be put to death. da says it's how he located jimi patrick's body. >> your belief is had you not opened the deal of no death penalty you don't get patrick's body? we'd still be looking. i know that much. i can't predict the future, but that is what i believe. >> reporter: now the district attorney says he does not think that dinardo'ss mother will face charges because her son used her handgun in the killings. now we've heard cosmo dinardo's name since monday. in fact fox 29 was the first one to report it. what we've just learned in the last couple of hours is that there was an accomplice. our bruce gordon has been working that story and joins us tonight live. bruce? >> reporter: jeff, that dinardo confession really was the first time we ever heard the name sean kratz. well it now turns out say prosecutors that these heinous murders were all part of those somewhat called family affair. police using metal defectors spent friday morning searching a property where sean michael kratz spent time on susquehan

what we do know is that cosmo dinardo gave a full confession.uthorities with this case. in exchange, the death penalty is off the table. when it comes to his cousin, sean craft, that wasn't the case and the death penalty is still a possibility. >> now, let's discuss this with our civil rights attorney and law professor in cleveland, richard herman, joining us from las vegas, criminal defense attorney. under these circumstances, this is a really troublesome case. the prosecutor took the death penalty off the table for cosmos dinardo. avery, what are the consequences now that the suspects now face? that was taken off the table before they learned what we know now about the story. >> well, that was the inducement, fredricka. the idea of taking death penalty off was to find out where the other three young men were. you can't substitute your judgment for mr. weintraub, the prosecutor there. these families couldn't -- needed to know where their sons were. that was the deal. very good work by the defense lawyers. if i'm prosecuting this case, i would g