Body Bags With Joseph Scott Morgan: The New Jersey Mansion Murders - Part 1

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🗓️ 29 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Paul and Keith Caneiro are brothers and business partners. They live 10 minutes from one another in New Jersey and on November 20, 2018, both of their homes were on fire. About 5 a.m. the police received a report of a fire burning at 27 Tilton Drive in Ocean Township, Paul Caneiro's home. Arriving on the scene police and fire fighters find Paul, his wife, and two adult daughters , all safe outside the home. In the first hours of the investigation officials determine the fire at Paul Caneiro's home appears to have been intentionally set and gas cans are found on the premises. While the investigation is taking place at Paul Caneiro's home, a fire is reported at the home of Keith Caneiro. While the fire at Paul Caneiro's home consisted of two fires near the perimeter of the home, the fire at Keith Caneiro's home takes 20 fire companies hours to get under control. Investigators quickly discover the fire at Keith Caneiro's mansion was staged to cover up the murder of Keith Caneiro, his wife, Jennifer, and their two young children, Jesse, 11 and Sophia, 8. Keith's body is found in the front yard, dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and back. The body of Jennifer Caneiro is found inside the house with a gunshot wound to the head and multiple stab wounds. The bodies of the children are found inside with multiple stab wounds. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain the different scientific disciplines used in solving a murder or multiple murders when fire is used to destroy evidence.

Transcript Highlights

00:00.54 Introduction,

02:00.69 Joe's respect for firefighters

04:55.44 Fire and murders took place in November 2018

10:04.10 Fire started on purpose

15:16.22 DNA expert from New Zealand

21:01.75 A financial motivation to the murders

24:56.51 Paul accused of taking money from college accounts for Keith's children

30:13.51 Data presented in court will be very complex

35:10.18 Fire at Paul Caneiro home, two set in perimeter areas of home

39:59.24 Mansion is not close to neighbors

42:43.90 Keith shot multiple times, no gun found

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0:41.9	I think that maybe a lot of it has to do with a little boy in me.
0:47.2	When I was a little boy, actually my uncle, my dearly love, bought me a Texaco Fire Chief Fire Helmet that actually had a radio
0:57.9	inside of it. Now, this is in the 60s. This was really high-tech stuff. But just the pure bravery
1:04.8	of what these people do, the old adage of while everyone else is running away from a burning structure, they're running
1:14.4	into it. But just for a moment, think about this. A fire at a home, a mansion, as it's been referred to,
1:26.4	was so big that it took almost 20 fire companies
1:32.9	to come and knock this thing down.
1:37.8	And when they finally got it knocked down, they discovered the bodies of three individuals inside of that home.
1:47.6	And oh, by the way, outside of that mansion, another decedent lying in the front yard with five gunshot wounds.
2:01.9	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan, and this is Bodybags.
2:10.1	I've got a pretty good relationship with the firefighters here in where Kim and I live in Jacksonville, Alabama. And I have taken my grandson,
2:21.5	who is six years old, to the fire station when he comes and visits Papa and Gammy. And he thinks
2:31.9	that he is in heaven.
2:34.5	And it brings me joy because I always felt the same way when I was a little boy.
2:39.8	And, you know, they'll let him stand on the rails on the side of the thing and get inside the cab and look at all the hoses.
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