Long-Delayed NJ Quadruple Murder Trial Finally Begins: Suspect Killed Four Family Members and Torched Two Homes | Crime Alert 6AM 01.14.26
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
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A long-delayed quadruple murder trial is now underway in New Jersey, with prosecutors and defense attorneys laying out starkly different versions of how an entire family was wiped out inside their own home. A North Texas reality television husband and wife are now convicted felons after a federal jury found they ran a multi-million-dollar pyramid scheme that prosecutors say preyed on trust inside the Black community during the pandemic. Shock ripples through a small North Carolina town after its police chief is jailed on child sex charges, with prosecutors detailing allegations involving secret photos taken while a child slept. Drew Nelson reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News Now. I'm Drew Nelson. A long-delayed quadruple murder trial is now underway in New Jersey, |
| 0:08.6 | with prosecutors and defense attorneys laying out starkly different versions of how an entire family was wiped out inside their own home. |
| 0:16.5 | Paul Kinero is on trial in Monmouth County accused of killing his younger brother, Keith |
| 0:21.5 | Canero, Keith's wife, Jennifer, and their two children, Jesse and Sophia, during a violent |
| 0:26.7 | rampage in November 2018. Prosecutors say Kiniro then set the family's Colts Neck mansion on fire |
| 0:33.5 | and torched his own home in Ocean Township the same day to make it look like the family |
| 0:38.3 | had been targeted by someone else. In opening statements, Assistant Prosecutor Nicole Wallace |
| 0:43.6 | described the killings as calculated and driven by money, greed, and desperation. She told |
| 0:49.5 | Jura's Canero hunted his family members inside the darkened house after shooting his brother outside. |
| 0:55.3 | He stabbed his niece Sophia 17 times over her entire 45-pound body. |
| 1:02.6 | Prosecutors say Kenero was facing mounting financial problems and feared being cut off after Keith |
| 1:07.8 | discovered tens of thousands of dollars missing from their co-owned businesses. |
| 1:12.0 | They allege the murders were carried out to gain control of a life insurance policy worth |
| 1:16.3 | millions. Canero appeared emotional at times in court, wiping away tears as the jury heard the |
| 1:22.1 | details. The defense forcefully rejected the prosecution's theory. Attorney Monica Mastalone told jurors |
| 1:28.3 | Canero is innocent and did not commit the murders or set either house on fire. |
| 1:33.2 | He certainly did not brutally murder the family members that you will hear. He loved and cherished |
| 1:41.2 | and adored so much. Mastalone argued that investigators developed tunnel vision early in the case and failed to |
| 1:48.7 | fully investigate other potential suspects, including another brother who also stood to benefit |
| 1:53.8 | financially. |
| 1:54.7 | They did not investigate any other suspects, even obvious ones, and they searched for evidence to support their theory. |
| 2:03.7 | Canero has been jailed since his arrest in 2018. The trial was delayed for years by |
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