For months, Sean Kratz insisted his cousin alone was responsible for killing three men who were lured to lớn a Bucks County farm in 2017 under the guise of a marijuana deal.
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But on Friday, authorities played a taped police confession for Kratz’ capital murder trial that showed Kratz saying he killed one of the men at the urging of his cousin, Cosmo Di
Nardo, according to truyền thông reports.
The recording was made in April 2018, nine months after his first police interrogation where he denied killing any of the men in July 2017 in Solebury Township.
In the second video recording, Kratz described how 19-year Dean Finocchiaro walked into a barn, expecting khổng lồ conduct a marijuana transaction. Instead, when Finnocchiaro’s back was turned, Di
Nardo made a hand motion lớn Kratz, cocking his finger lượt thích a gun, urging him to kill Finnocchiaro.
Kratz said he then aimed the revolver, closed his eyes và fired a round that hit Finnocchiaro in the head. Di
Nardo grabbed the gun và fired a second shot into the victim as he lay on the ground, Kratz said, according to media reports.
Kratz said he was shaking after the shooting và stumbled out of the barn, vomiting, according khổng lồ the Morning Call. His cousin was laughing, according khổng lồ the newspaper.
“Relax,” Di
Nardo told Kratz, wrapping an arm around his neck while still holding the .357 Magnum. “You never seen a dead toàn thân before?”
The victims are Tom Meo, vị trí cao nhất left; Jimi Tar Patrick, bottom left; Dean Finocchiaro, đứng top right; và Mark Sturgis, bottom right. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office via AP)
Di
Nardo stole $700 & a cell phone from the victim before loading his toàn thân into a coverted pig roaster, according to lớn the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The recording continued with Kratz describing how his cousin picked up two more men, brought them to the farm about an hour later under the same marijuana ruse and Di
Nardo killed them both.
Kratz’s recorded comments marked the first time jurors got a clear trương mục of Krtatz’s version of events, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Kratz’s previous statements to lớn detectives were constantly changing under pressure.
Di
Nardo took a plea giảm giá last year for the murders of Dean Finocchiaro, Thomas Meo, 21, Mark Sturgis, 19, and Jimi Taro Patrick và is serving four consecutive life sentences. Patrick, a 19-year-old, was shot lớn death by Di
Nardo in a similar robbery two days prior khổng lồ the triple killing.
Kratz is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Finocchiaro, Meo và Sturgis after walking away from a plea deal earlier this year.
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Families of 3 of the 4 young men murdered on a Bucks County farm last summer are suing the confessed killer, Cosmo Di
Nardo, as well as his cousin and co-defendant Sean Kratz
Sharon Patrick, legal guardian of Jimi Patrick, (front) Melissa Fratanduono-Meo, (back left) mother of Thomas Meo, & her brother James Fratanduono mô tả their grief with the truyền thông at a press conference. Patrick & Meo were two of the four young men murdered on a Bucks County farm in 2017. (Kimberly Paynter/mamnongautruc.edu.vn)
Families of three of the four young men murdered on a Bucks County farm last summer are suing the confessed killer, Cosmo Di
Nardo, as well as his cousin and co-defendant Sean Kratz.The separate, but related complaints filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Monday also target Di
Nardo’s parents & their construction-related businesses. Attorneys for the families say they also bear responsibility for the young men’s deaths because they gave their son access khổng lồ the materials used to lớn carry out the killings, including a gun that belonged khổng lồ Di
Nardo’s mother.“This is a case which is in the news for reasons due to lớn its grisly và horrible nature,” said Tom Kline, a lawyer for the family of 19-year-old Dean Finocchiaro. “But make no mistake about it — this is a case about a mentally ill individual who had access to instrumentalities of death and mayhem.”At a news conference, Bob Mongeluzzi, lawyer for the family of 21-year-old Tom Meo, said the families asked them khổng lồ advocate for keeping guns out of the hands of people with mental illness.
“Mentally disturbed citizens & guns vì chưng not mix,” said Mongeluzzi.Mongeluzzi said Di
Nardo’s parents involuntarily committed their son to lớn a mental institution one year before murders. According khổng lồ the lawsuit, Di
Nardo was also banned from his former high school & Arcadia University, and had more than 25 run-ins with local police, including weapons charges.“There is no greater loss than a parent whose child has been taken from them especially in such tragic and horrific circumstances,” said Mongeluzzi. “They want to know what happened. They want to know how Cosmo Di
Nardo had access lớn these weapons và how this was able khổng lồ occur.”
Nardo’s parents on Lower York Road in Solebury Township, where the victims’ bodies were later recovered.Di
Nardo confessed lớn the four killings, but later he và Kratz both pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including homicide. Their criminal trial is set for Nov. 7.Attorneys for Di
Nardo & his parents could not be immediately reached for comment.The families of three of the victims also spoke about the horror và tragedy they’ve experienced & reminisced about their loved ones.“Anyone could tell you he was an awesome person khổng lồ be around, a huge heart and would do anything for you if asked. It didn’t matter how big or small it was,” said Bonnie Finocchiaro of her son Dean. “For us as a family, it’s a great loss. Nobody should ever have to khuyễn mãi giảm giá with losing their child và not in the way he was taken.”Sharon Patrick, Jimi’s grandmother, spoke of caring for him since birth và their strong bond.“Jimi was the love of my life. He was my soulmate. He was a great kid,” she said.Patrick recalled seeing him for the last time before he left that fateful night.“I was sitting at the kitchen table … và I said lớn him, ‘Are you waiting for me lớn get up lớn kiss you goodbye?’ “ she said. “So I stood up & I kissed him goodbye and I told him, ‘I love you,’ & he told me he loved me, và then we hugged each other, and I told him to come trang chủ early and he said he would.”
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