The Colts Neck Murders Trial: Defense Attorney Says Best Opening Argument By A Prosecutor… EVER
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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It’s week 2 of the trial against Paul Caneiro, accused of brutally killing his brother Keith, his wife and their two young children back in 2018. Criminal defense attorney Alison Triessl has been following the trial closely and talks with Amy and T.J. about the prosecution’s overwhelming case so far and what she thinks of the defense’s “the third brother did it” theory. Hear who Triessl believes has to take the stand for the defense, in order for Caneiro to even have a shot at freedom.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.2 | Welcome, everyone, to this episode of Amy and T.J. Presents. |
| 0:11.9 | We are following the Colts Neck Murders Trial. |
| 0:16.4 | Last week, we gave you all basically an overview of what week one was like in this long anticipated |
| 0:23.1 | trial. This is almost eight years in the making from when these horrific murders happened |
| 0:28.8 | in this rural New Jersey town to actually now getting to trial. We have Paul Canero charged |
| 0:35.4 | with the murders of his own brother, Keith Canero, his wife, Jennifer, |
| 0:39.9 | and their two children, eight-year-old Sophia and 11-year-old Jesse, and then setting fire to their |
| 0:45.6 | home and his own home to cover up the crimes. This is such a difficult case to hear, but obviously so many people want to get to the truth. And to help us, |
| 0:58.8 | as we've been following this case each day, we have criminal defense attorney extraordinaire, |
| 1:06.0 | Alison Treasel, with us once again to help us go over what we've seen and heard so far and what her |
| 1:13.0 | legal expertise thinks about what's happened so far. Alison, T.J. and I are so excited to have |
| 1:21.5 | you back on the podcast. Thank you. I love being here. And this is a hard one to hear, right? This is a story about two |
| 1:30.7 | brothers that at some point were the best of friends. They were business partners. They care deeply |
| 1:36.1 | for each other and their families. And wow, did this go horribly wrong? I have to start by saying that of all the opening statements in my 30 years that I've |
| 1:49.8 | heard that I've been a part of, none has been more explosive than the one given by the |
| 1:56.7 | DA Nicole Wallace in this case. |
| 2:00.1 | It was riveting. It was concise. It made sense. It wasn't too |
| 2:06.0 | long. It laid out their case. And if, in fact, what she said is true, it was one of the most sinister, sinister murders ever committed. |
| 2:22.6 | And this is a family. This is a family. So, I mean, what what stood out to me is when she talked |
| 2:30.0 | about the killing of the niece, the 45-pound niece, the 17 stab wounds of the niece, |
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