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

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

according to his attorneys, cosmo dinardo confessed to investigators in the mass murder of four men tonight. and as a second person of interest has been taken into custody over the last hour, this investigation still continues tonight. 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

here is the search area, despite the confession by cosmo dinardo the search will continuhe massive farmland owned by dinardo's family. at midnight came the sad news for the family of of dean finocchiaro. his body was found in a grave 12 feet edema long with other remains. >> he will tell them how did he kill them and where did he kill them. these were things he would have to try to put together like a jigsaw puzzle. >> all right so back out live, that big news is the confession by 20-year-old cosmo dinardo and now investigators have work to do and they must positively identify the remains of the other three missing men. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and the dig for the remains on the farm in solebury rocked an otherwise quiet community. >> i don't know what to say. it never really happened around here like this. we are devastated. it's horrible. >> it's a tragedy for the last five days and everyone is traumatized i have been able to think straight. >> and the grandparents of jimmy patrick released a biography. jimmy attends loyola on a full scholarship and was awarded ac

we have learned fox 29 news has learned that today the parents of cosmo dinardo the person of interestthis 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 after four young bucks county men disappeared. the da stopped short of calling dinardo's father a person of interest. >> i would not classify him that way, no. report roar sources confirm that investigators have seized the cell phones of antonio dinardo, his wife and son. as they try to piece together timeline for cosmo dinardo's whereabouts sinc

we got the to see cosmo dinardo carted off in leg irons and handcuffs and we heard from his attorney about the situation now saying that cosmo has confessed to the murders. listen now as cosmo gets peppered for questions and then his attorney tells us about the confession. >> mr. dinardo this evening confessed to the district attorney. he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. in exchange for that confession, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his live by not invoking the death penalty. >> cosmo what do you say to the families. >> -- for cosmo to be very honest forth right and truthful in what occurred within the last week and a half. >> mr. cosmos did give that full confession, and he was very forth right and gave all relevant details that he can. >> reporter: now again, that's paul lange1 of three attorneys for cosmo dinardo. cosmo dinardo left here about five minutes ago in a sheriff's van. peppered by questions from reporters about what he had to say to the victims family. he did say i'm sorry at one poi

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

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

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 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

now, 20-year-old cosmo dinardo the central focus here arrest thed on charges of receiving stolen property, prosecutors say dinardo tried selling a car belonging to one of those missing men, a couple days after he was last scene. now dinardo was arrested for the second time in three days. today he's now being held on $5 million cash bail. now, for the third day federal, local and state investigators were still searching -- sifting through those piles of dirt on the farm owned by the dinardo family. tonight authorities did uncover a major clue. a large piece of evidence that was covered by a tarp was hauled away on flatbed truck with police escort. sources are telling us that that evidence is an underground oil tank that is critical piece of evidence in this case. now, so far prosecutors don't have enough evidence to charge dinardo with the disappearance of those four men, but i can certainly say those charges could be on the way in fact those charges could very welcome within the next hour. once again, a may your development from the bucks county district attorney going to be nounsed at mi

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' attorney saying the 20-year-old man agreed to plead guilty to four counts of murder in exchange dinardo will not face the death penalty. and tonight we're learning more about the murders and a possible motive. >> we have team coverage for you tonight and new information that you have not yet heard. we begin tonight with fox 29's chris o'connell on the phone. chris you broke the story tweeting out news of the confession just seconds after his attorney confirmed it. >> reporter: that is right. iain we're having video technical tran mission problems. we wanted to deliver this news to you and astonishing admission today by 20-year-old cosmo dinardo. according to his attorney, he has admitted, confessed to the mass murder of those four men. that this investigation is far from over tonight. in fact sources have told fox 29 that investigators are still looking for a co conspirator in these murders. they may have a motive and they may be even closing in on a potential suspect. now, cosmo dinardo walked out of courthouse today after investigators questioned him and after his con

on july 5th cosmo dinardo agreed to sell jimmy patrick 4 pounds of marijuana for $8,000 and drove him to his family farm. when patrick only had $800 dinardo offered to sell him a shotgun instead. dinardo then shot patrick and used the backhoe to bury his body. then on july 7th dinardo agreed to sell dean finocchiaro marijuana but first picked up his cousin sean kratz. the two planned to rob finocchiaro and dinardo gave kratz a hands gun belonging to his mother. they take him to the property where kratz shot him in the head could, to dinardo. on july 7 dinardo meets up with tom meo and sturgis. may meo's car is left on aqua tong road. dinardo shoots meo in the back and sturgis is shot as he runs away. dinardo then runs meo over with a backhoe. all three bodies are placed a metal tank. the next day dinardo and kratz return to bury the tank 12 feet underground using the backhoe. weintraub says the victims family showed tremendous strength as investigators worked to bring their loved ones home. >> i hope that i'm never in their shoes but if i ever were, i play prey that i could handle thi

we know the people who live there are friends with cosmo dinardo on facebook. sources also tell us, investigators are questioning someone in connection to the case. dinardo confessed to participating in the murders of the four missing men. which may indicate someone else was involved. take a look at what's on the cover. murder mystery case is the main headline. 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 neede

skyfox capturing 20-year-old cosmo dinardo being he is cored back inside the bucks county jail. is time on $5 million cash bail. >> we consider mr. dinardo is flight risk. we had enough evidence at this time to make this arrest based on probable cause. >> reporter: district attorney matt weinstraub announcing charges against dinardo for receiving stolen. he tried to sell the car belonging to one of the missing men thomas meo two days after he was last scene. the car was found on the dinardo property. >> on june the ninth, we allege that cosmo dinardo attempted to sell meo's vehicle for $500 to a friend whose identity we know. >> reporter: even as night falls investigators including local police, fbi and u.s. marshall's service are still methodically sifting through fields on the expansive 90-acre dinardo family farm. and tonight authorities uncovered a major clue. a large piece of evidence covered by a tarp was hauled away on flatbed truck with a police escort. fox 29 source tells us it was an underground oil tank. so far prosecutors don't have enough to charge dinardo with the d

cosmo dinardo, and one of the missing men both attended holy ghost preparatory school. investigators say all of the victims knew each other, but it's unclear if they knew dinardo. we have team coverage of all of the late breaking developments in this story. we want to turn it over to deanna durante, who has been out here all week long digging for information. the district attorney has been having news conferences at 11:00 and 3:00 every day except today. he cancelled that 3:00 news conference. >> reporter: he did, and a spokesperson says there's a lot going on in this case and it is unclear if that news conference will be scheduled for the rest of the day or if he will continue the 11:00 a.m. briefings. we can tell you we have learned that cosmo dinardo attended briefly a in montgomery county. he was there for the fall semester of 2015. when he tried to come back in 2016, the university told him he was not allowed on campus. >> they are combing through fast fields and buildings. they are down 12 feet in a hole that's getting deeper by the minute. >> the hole is is so dee

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

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

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

we know the people who live there are friends with cosmo dinardo who has confessed on facebook. dinardo confessed to being involved in the death of the four men. investigators found the remains of three victims in a grave on his family's farm in solebury township. only one set of remains have been identified. one of the men who went missing last weekend. source close to the investigation tell us dinardo told police where to find the other body. >>> this morning, loved ones of the missing men sharing pain with us. nbc 10 matt delucia joins us in the breaking news center with more of that. >> reporter: from shock to grief to anger, a range of emotions being felt by loved ones and neighbors this morning. for several days, seen family and friends gather at the site of the investigation. waiting for any sign of these four young men. dean remains were the first to be found on wednesday. spoke to someone who worked with the 19-year-old at a local business. >> kind of had a big brother, little brother relationship. and kochcosmo dinardo. the loss of him is indescribable. we will carry hi

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

meanwhile, cosmo dinardo and his attorney are speaking out. >> what do you have to say to these families, 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'

according to cosmo dinardo's confession jimi patrick the college student is killed first he's shot by dinardo at the corn field with a 22 caliber rival and buried in 6-foot grave. dean finocchiaro is next to die. dinardo joined by his cousin sean kratz now under arrest and claims kratz shoots him with dinardo's mott's 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 she's meo with a pistol and sturgis as he runs. >> what makes him kill these people? why does he want want to shoot them. >> jeff, i don't know that. i'm not really sure if we could ever answer that question. >> reporter: all the killings are linked to pot deals says the da. dinardo says he dug a 12-foot common grave with a backhoe and drops them in after placing them in an oil tank. he also tried to burn the bodies. arraigned today both men are charged with multiple counts of murder and conspiracy. cosmo dinardo will not be put to death. da says it's how he located jim

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

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 based on dinardo's attorney what he had to say yesterday leaving the courthouse and also what we're hearing from a number of sources because at this point the district attorney when he cancelled yesterday afternoon's press conference he has not addressed the media since confession broke. we are waiting to hear from him later this morning. what cosmo dinardo's attorney told thaws his client admit hissed guilt and told investigators where they can find bodies in exchange for a life spared. d.a. promised him death penalty would be off the table , despite confess to go killing and burning the bodies of four young men, dean finocchiaro, tom meo, jimi patrick and mark sturgis. remains of the finocchiaro has been located in a 12-foot hole on dinardo's expansive solebury township farm. according to the source dinardo told prosecutors there are two separate grave sites on the farm which contain all four bodies. we still do not kn

what we've learned is that jimi tar patrick and cosmo dinardo both went to high school together. they attended holy ghost prep in bensalem. we've also learned that mark sturgis, and thomas meo, worked together. dinardo was arrested yesterday accused of stealing and trying to sell a car that belonged to meo and contained his diabetic supplies. of course, so many of you were glued to any update in this case. we're expecting another briefing from investigators, at 11:00 this morning. we will bring it to you live on tv or streaming on our web page or facebook. >> and so many people have been praying that this would not be the outcome. there was a vigil last night. this is loyola university in maryland, jesuit school, where jimi patrick just finished up his freshman year, he was going to be a sophomore, see faculty, staff, on campus at the baltimore chapel to pray for jimi and all of the g men. the university president says that patrick had just finished his freshman year with distinction, such a tragic lost for all of these families, as they're getting news that they did not hope to h

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

. >> 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

dinardo's parents cosmo dinard dinardo's parents and cos doody in order dough were subpoenaed to appear before that grand jury it appears they did not because there are developments and the da may be getting cooperation now from cosmo dinardo. >> i can't comment on anything. >> with flurry of no comments, high powered philadelphia defense attorney fortunato perry, jr., left the bucks county courthouse after a four-hour closed door session with prosecutors, person of interest cosmo dinardo and his parents as investigators built their case in the disappearance of four bucks county men. >> can you say whether he's in discussions with the district attorney at this point. >> i can't comment or anything. >> or cooperating. >> i can't comment on anything. >> can you say why the presser was cancel at 3:00? >> no. thank you. >> his parents were expected to appear before the grand jury here about the 20-year-old's whereabouts during the past week when the four men disappeared. but it was unclear if they actually appeared before the grand jury. >> there are people that may have information that be

>> 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, 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 bodies were burned on the dinardo family solebury township far

despite that confession from cosmo dinardo, this investigation is far from over. the intense search for human remains will continue on that 90-acre solebury farm owned by the dinardo family. throughout the week the authorities have been painstakenly digging a deep grave from the property. where they found the body of dean finocchiaro, one of the four missing men along with additional remains that have yet to be identified. >> obviously someone who is dig that hole is dig withing heavy equipment. he didn't, in the span of time it elapsed here, he didn't dig that hole by hand, not up here, not in this kind of soil. >> experts say they, while they believe that heavy equipment was used to form that 12-foot grave, investigators must sift through the soil much of the time by hand, as not to destroy any of the evidence there. >> our coverage of the murder mystery continues on line at cbsphilly.com. there you can find the latest developments around the clock. >> meantime, philadelphia police are continuing their search for a suspect in the murder of a lawncrest woman. yest

this latest information comes just a few hours after 20-year-old cosmo dinardo confessed to participating in the murders of the four missing men in bucks county. a person with firsthand knowledge of the confession told the ap that cosmo shot the men because he felt cheated and threatened during several drug transactions. that person went on to say that dinardo sold thousands of dollars after marijuana as well as handguns to people in the area. dinardo simply uttered an apology as he was led into a police van. >> anything to say? >> i'm sorry. >> why did you do it? >>> the commonwealth will not be seeking the death penalty. so cosmo was spared life in terms of giving all of his relevant information that he possibly could. >> reporter: to recap, cosmo dinardo will not get the death penalty for that confession. he issued to the district attorney yesterday afternoon. at this hour, we are working to find out if investigations are close to taking anyone else in custody for the these crimes. i'll have another update coming up in the next half hour. reporti ining live. >> meanwhile bucks county d

cosmo dinardo and sean kratz are charged with the killing of four men in bucks county. district said cosmo dinardo killed 19-year-old jimi patrick on july a -- 5th and buried him him in a single grave on the family farm. tom meo, mark sturgis, dean finocchiaro were found in a 12-foot deep grave a different location from patrick's grave, but on the same property. the only motive disclosed by investigators, cosmo dinardo said he wanted to set the victims up when they came to the farm to buy marijuana. his attorney said he confessed to the involvement in the crimes in exchange for a promise from prosecutors to not seek the death penalty. it was his confession that led to the discovery of jimi patrick's body. >> i can tell you, i've been there, we would still be looking for jimi patrick had we not made this agreement. i rode there in the car on the same site the other three men were found, it was so far away i started get sick to my stomach on the ride. >> cosmo dinardo and sean kratz were arraigned yesterday afternoon, they are denied bail and will be jailed at separate lo

matt weintraub says if it weren't for the confession of the cosmo dinardo they might still be looking for jimmy patrick's body. on july 7th dinardo told investigators he and his cousin, sean kratz, lured dean finocchiaro tom meo and mark sturgis to the property under the guise of drug deals. dinardo and kratz then allegedly shot the three and put their bodies in a metal tank and burned the bodies before returning the next day to bury the bodies with a backhoe. >> we found them deep in the ground under an old oil tank that was converted to a cooker about 12 and a half feet down and in the sweltering heat and the dust and the pouring down rain many of the men that you seep behind me and many of the men and women that they represent worked tirelessly nonstop selflessly around the clock. we had to force them to leave when their shifts were over. they insisted that they be there every step of the way. >> reporter: dinardo and kratz have been charged with homicide conspiracy robbery and abuse of corpse. in exchange for dinardo's confession, the district attorney has agreed not to pursue the

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 w

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 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

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 weintraub have been work ago round the klong. the district attorney said he would do whatever possible to give the families of the four men closure this not the outcome he wanted. >>> tonight, authorities are not releasing any more information about the alleged coconspirator. district attorney matt weintraub in bucks county will hold a conference in sole bury township at 11:00 in the morning. >> reporter:ing live insole bury township, bucks county, david spunt, cb

comes hours after cosmo dinardo confessed to participating in the missing men.. latest there search team. begin with katy zachary live at northeast detectives. whale can you tell us about the connection that police are investigating. >>> tracey and vai. we just heard from an investigator leaving. the activity here linked to the bucks county murder investigation has wrapp eped fo the time being. we know from earlier the investigation took police to a home on the 800 block of mcgee street in philadelphia. we know the people listed at that address are friends with cosmo dinardo on social media. we also learn thad police are questioning someone in connection with the four bucks county murders. latest information comes a few hours after 20-year-old cosmo dinardo confessed to participating in the murders of tv men from bucks county. source close to the investigation says dinardo shot more than one man, burned at least two of them and buried all of them on his farm. a person with firsthand knowledge of the confession told the associated press that dinardo shot the men

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. tonight trucks nrp plawere in pe on a farm owned by dinardo's parents. teams are likely using dogs, ground penetrating radar and excavators to search for instruments of a crime and human remains. >> they're going to be using some both sophisticated technologies and some kind of ol school detective work. they're going to be sifting through, digging with shovels to grid out the whole area. >> reporter: nbc 10 can confirm that dinardo has a new lawyer. his parents have

that man, cosmo dinardo. what we know about cosmo dinardo, he has history of mental illness, comes according to police. we also know the play where authorities are focusing for the four missing men that property belongs to dinardo's family, the fbi, state police, several police departments here in bucks count have i focused their search on that property here in solebury township for at least two days now. and today, that police presence as you mentioned has increased with 50 cadets being brought in to help with the search, along with the cadets around the clock, forensic units have been seen at the site. search and rescue dogs have also been seen scouring the properties, chopper three has advantage taj point every seeing authorities focus on digging specially near large mounds every concrete on the property. officials today were adamant, though, that no remains have been found, despite that digging. but, beyond that, authorities have been really tight-lipped about why there has been such a focus here in the s

dawn. >> shawnette, thank you. >>> so who exactly is sean kratz the accomplice of cosmo dinardo in the three murder murders of r men. he's dinardos 'cuz sin end lived in northeast philadelphia. >> bruce gordon now with more from neighbors who know him. >> reporter: police using metal detectors spent friday morning scowering a property linked to sean michael kratz on susquehanna avenue in ambler. the search would ultimat ultimad to the recovery of 357 handgun believed used to commit series of heinous crimes. with kratz hip deep in the violence. next door bail hail and his wife looked on in stunned sadness. >> nice kid as far as you know. >> nice kid. >> reporter: any sense of violence. >> no. >> reporter: he showed you guns. >> he showed me guns. >> that doesn't mean anything. >> no. and he had shotguns on the hill in the back. but that's beside the point. >> reporter: never heard him shooting the guns. >> no. >> reporter: court documents say kratz teamed up with cosmo dinardo his cousin in the murders of dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis and tom meo. all three lured to dinardo's bucks cou

are still inside july 10th, construction equip amount lives to dig in the dinardo property, and cosmo dinardo ace rested on a unrelated gun charge. july 11th, the next day, dinardo is named a person of interest and released from jail, after his dad, posted bond. july 12th dinardo ace rested accused of stealing mayo's car , bail is set at five million-dollar, cash only. hours later the d.a. announced investigators found human remains on the dinardo property and identified at least one of those remains as finocchiaro. of course, around 5:00 o'clock last night we have learned dinardo confessed to four murders in exchange for promise that the prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. >>> we will continue to follow every facet of this case when we're in the on the air stay with us, up to dayton our app as well as fox 29.com. >>> there is a lot of people in chester county very upset about some problems with their water, ever since drilling began near them. they live near construction site for the mariner east two pipeline. they complained at a big meeting in west white land township last night.

authority are zeroing in on that person of interest, cosmo dinardo and his parent. >> i don't want tobut we could use cooperation from whatever source. >> when dinardo's mother and father will face a grand jury, today. >> so it is thursday, july 13th, 2017. we are going to have your weather and traffic momentarily. we want to focus on this story since it

promised by the district attorney he will spare his life by not envok envokeing the death penalty. >> cosmo dinardoold 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 weintraub have been work ago round the klong. the district attorney said he would do whatever possible to give the families of the four men closure this not the outcome he wanted. >>> tonight, authorities are not releasing any more information about the alleged coconspirator. district attorney matt weintraub in bucks county will hold a conference in sole bury township at 11:00 in the morning. >> reporter:ing live insole bury township, bucks county, david spunt, cbs3

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