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Amy & T.J.

The Colt’s Neck Murders Trial: Week One

Amy & T.J.

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3.33K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

58-year-old Paul Caneiro is facing quadruple murder charges, accused of killing his brother Keith, his sister-in-law, his 11-year-old nephew and 8-year-old niece and then setting their home and his home on fire to cover up the crimes. The prosecution has been establishing motive this past week, playing the final phone calls between the brothers, Keith’s voice heard in court asking his brother angrily where a missing $78,000 had gone. Amy and T.J. go over the details of the evidence and where the defense is headed with their “third” brother alternate theory. 

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

Hey there, everybody. Welcome to Amy and T.J. Presents. This edition, we are talking about the first week

0:14.0

in a long-awaited trial out of New Jersey, the Colts Neck murders trial. These murders happened on November 20th,

0:22.6

2018. So we are now, nearly eight years later, finally, Paul Canero is facing quadruple

0:31.3

murder charges for the deaths of his brother, his sister-in-law, his niece and his nephew, and so much attention

0:39.5

has been on this case. There's arson involved. There's money as the motive, but this is just a

0:46.5

tragic scene where if it's true what prosecutors say happened, it's one of the most disturbing jaw-dropping murder cases

0:57.0

we've ever seen. The kids are 8 and 11, folks. Yes, he's accused of killing his niece and nephew,

1:05.0

eight and 11. The mom and dad were shot. The 8 and 11 year were stabbed, including the niece, the 8-year-old,

1:13.4

stabbed some 17 times in her 45-pound body, as the prosecutor put it.

1:17.5

So when we say this is a heinous crime, this is beyond a lot of headlines,

1:25.3

true crime stories, and shocking crimes that we've seen.

1:29.5

This is a family story about a massacre.

1:32.5

And a man we are watching every day sitting in Argyll sweaters and V-necks and ties is a guy accused of being capable of stabbing his own niece 17 times.

1:43.9

That's what we're dealing with.

1:45.3

So you say jaw dropping and shocking.

1:47.0

This is beyond comprehension.

1:49.8

You're wondering, because cameras are in the courtroom,

1:52.1

so that adds, of course, to the intrigue of this case

1:55.5

because you're actually watching this man who, if true,

1:58.7

what prosecutors say he did, you're looking at a monster who was posing

2:03.6

as a husband and a loving father. Now, his family has been in the courtroom supporting him,

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