as we have learned, a confession from cosmo dinardo. live in doylestown, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> staying with this major story, e we want to turn to deanna durante, who has been following this case for days now. what's the latest from your location where that digging has been going on? >> reporter: investigators are still out here, but we have been working our sources trying to find out more ab the confession and what happened inside that room. we can tell you that defense attorneys and prosecutors were in that room with cosmo dinardo and his parents for most of the day. and those negotiations wrapped up around 2:00 this afternoon. we can tell you that a source very close to those negotiations says three bodies were discovered here on the farm property and that they were still looking for another one. and part of the plea deal is giving up the location of where that fourth person may be in this case. we're also told that avoiding the death penalty for cosmo dinardo was a priority here for the defense team. there was some talk

cosmo dinardo named as a person of interest in the case just released from jail a few hours ago. people who know him, floored over this case. we have team coverage tonight on fox 29. our chris o'connell talked to stunned neighbors but we begin with our dave schratwieser. dave? >> reporter: dawn, investigators tonight turning up the heat. we have learned fox 29 news has learned that today the parents of cosmo dinardo the person of interest in this case received subpoenas to appear before a grand jury later this week. >> we've been in touch with them. >> reporter: sources say antonio dinardo and his wife have been subpoenaed to appear before a county grand jury thursday morning as the fire storm swirling around their 20-year-old son cosmo intensifies. >> i want to be very careful to stress that he is a person of interest. he has not been charged or arrested with respect to any of the missing four young men at this time. >> reporter: sources say the spotlight is being shifted to dinardo's parents as investigators want to question them under oath about their son's actions last weeken

a confession from cosmo dinardo te bucksillings of four men y. clients a that he taken off ctims and the body of dean f finch butentithey ca a common ga property in solebury township. that belongs to cosmo dinardo's family and the district attorney will hold a news conference at some point that evening and we'll learn even more. abc world news ton with davidtir rogers. f entire "acti onyo.jim gardner, we >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. we have just learned of a confession after a gruesome discovery. dog sniffers finding bodies buried 12 feet down after four young men vanished. what the attorney for the man under arrest just revealed. >>> president trump on the world stage asked about his son, don junior. and the russian lawyer who flew from moscow and went to trump tower. what the president said about his son, and what the president also said to the first lady of france, making headlines too. >>> the newest republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare revealed tonight. reaction pouring in right now. what does it mean for seni

revealed cosmo dinardo, the main. suspect in the case, had help. on friday killing three of the four men. police say his cousin confessed his role in the robbery and murders of the three men on the farm. >> i feel a lot of sadness and relief. >> police emts and the fbi dug down 12 feet deep expecting to find all of the missing men, they found three on thursday. court papers described the vicious killing. patrick on wednesday didn't see the shots coming. nor did dean, killed on friday in the barn. they both were shot in the head. prosecutors say he stayed with the body. cosmo dinardo went and picked up two more and the two shot them both. thomas meo screamed. no one made it off the farm alive. the plea deal ask confession made led to the body of patrick, the first to be killed and the last to be found. >> we'd still be locking for jimmy patrick had we not made this it agreement. i rode there in a car on the same site as the other three men were found. it was so far away that i started getting sick to my stomach on the

cosmo dinardo's attorney says his -- said he confessed to those murders today. man' home security camera rolling as an suv demolishes a park car right in front of his home. luckily the driver of that suv was not badly hurt but the impact of that crash is still being felt. our bruce gordon has the story from havertown, delaware county. >> reporter: randy had just finish talking to contractor out front of his home on west chester pike wednesday morning. just two minutes later with randy now inside, the driver of a dark colored suv demolished his hold today hmm sitting in the parking lane by the curb. >> that was little unnerve. >> reporter: kaboom. >> it was a very loud bank. you could hear the metal on metal report roar randy raced outside while dialing 911. he offered help to the woman driver. she did not appear badly hurt. and then check that target vehicle. resting upside down to see if anyone was inside that was hurt. >> i took a look in and i started seeing my stuff. it dawned on me it was my car. >> reporter: it's not just any car. >> it's my animal rescue

cosmo dinardo left here about five minutes ago in a sheriff's van. peppered by questions from reporters about what he had to say to the victims family. he did say i'm sorry at one point. and then got in the van the doors were closed and he was carted back to the bucks county jail. lots of quick-moving developments. there was grand jury going on all day today. some people went in there. cosmo dinardo' parents were supposed to go in. they did not. he sat down with investigators. gave them the details, the whereabouts of the bodies, all four bodies from what we're being told. some weapons that were involved, and other specific details which they would not reveal. the district attorney matt weintraub is expected to announce something later tonig tonight. he told me and chris o'connell a short time ago he wasn't sure if he was going to be announced murder charges to night but i would bet at this hour that's a good possibility. i will also tell you that within the last half hour, another individual was brought in to the detective building behind me. we do

first cosmo dinardo was charged withing all four men. he confessed to the crime and made a deal with prosecutors. sean kratz was charged with killing three of the men. he was arrested late last night. he calls hill his cousin. >>> all of the victims were shot in three separate incidents. on two different days. three bodies were found on wednesday. the last body was found last night. police have been searching all week long. all of the victims were lured to that farm over drug deals and all were buried there. three of the bodies were burned. we are bringing you live team coverage of the killing spree. randy gyllenhaal is focused on the suspect who was arraigned this afternoon. >> we begin with deanna durante, who was there as prosecutors connected the dots today. >> we know all the victims know each other. we know they know cosmo dinardo at this point and prosecutors lured them to that farm. investigators say at this point, they have done what they could to bring these victims home to their families. >> we're here to accomplish two goals

cosmo dinardo says he killed them all. so the four men have been missing since last week, only one other body have been identified by authorities. >> there has been speculation did he act alone? we are hearing this morning there is a second person of interest. >>> so our crews are covering this store friday all angles this morning. steve keeley is standing by doyletown with more on this second person of interest that we are learning about. >> lets go to jenny joyce in solebury township with the latest on this investigation, good morning, jenny? >> reporter: good morning, alex and thomas, a lot of news came out of yesterday's aspect of the investigation, we are awaiting a news conference to learn so much more, we have not heard from the district attorney in this case, in several hours, expecting many developments to come. at this point even though cosmo dinardo has issued a confession he has not yet been officially charged. cosmo dinardo's defense attorney says his client admitted his guilt and told investigators where they

cosmo dinardo will not be allowed out of jail. in a video arraignment, he was wearing that same orange jump suit as the judge denied bail. he will remain in a bucks county jail cell. his cousin and co-conspirator also denied bail. kratz had no attorney telling the judge he worked as a tile installer and saying he was shot three months ago saying he's concern about his injury behind bars. prosecutors say both men are risks to the wider community. >> both committing multiple murders over a week-long period. bail is set at zero. >> reporter: the nature of the accusations, guns, drugs, murder cover up were part of the reason bail was denied. but dinardo structure a deal to avoid the death permanent whole it's possible kratz could still face. capital punishment. >> there's an expect thags that he will be following through with any deals made. . there's still discussions. >> both suspects are no longer a danger to the public. adding that the families of the four victims have suffered enough and justice is quickly coming. >> our hope is

cosmo dinardo admits he took part in killing all of them. katherine scott is live at the jail with the disturbing details cosmo dinardo told investigators. >> reporter: there's been a lot of rumors and speculation, but we're starting to hear more about what happened. the attorney for the person of interest in this case said his client has confessed. >> reporter: you're sorry? >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: the only two words uttered to reporters by cosmo dinardo of bensalem after his attorney paul lang said he confessed to his part in the murders of the four missing men in bucks county. in exchange, he said the death penalty was taken off the table. >> he confessed to his participation or the commission in the murders of the four young men. >> dean finocchiaro of middletown township. 19-year-old jim patrick of newtown. mark sturgis of penns,b up -- pennsberg and tom meo have been missing for the past week. cosmo dinardo killed each of the victims separately after selling them marijuana feeling cheated or threatened by the transaction and burned

two of the witnesses cosmo dinardos month parents. today we learned that cosmo dinardo him itself received a grand jury subpoena. >> well 20-year-old cosmo dinardo was being he is cored back to jail wednesday afterno afternoon, his father and mother were getting ready to appear before a county grand jury thursday morning. a grand jury that could provide some answers in the case of four missing young help from bucks county. >> it's obviously a very tragic situation mr. and mrs. dinardo are parents, um, and they certainly can sympathize with the parents of these young boys who are missing. >> reporter: as fox 291st reported tuesday, the dinardos were subpoenaed to the grand jury as investigators tried to nail down where cosmo dinardo was and what he was doing over the past week. when the four men vanish without trace. authorities have identified cosmo dinardo as a person of interest in the disappearance. the attorney for the dinardos say they are cooperating. >> i can tell you that they are doing everything in their power to cooperate w

cosmo dinardo's lawyer says he told investigators he killed four men. tonight, more clues are falling into place in the case that turned from a disappearance to murder. four young men and four families at the heart of it all. thanks for joining us at 10:00. i'm iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney. lucy is off tonight. you saw it first on fox. cosmo dinardo told police he is the man they're looking for. here's what we know at this hour. cosmo dinardo' attorney saying the 20-year-old man agreed to plead guilty to four counts of murder in exchange dinardo will not face the death penalty. and tonight we're learning more about the murders and a possible motive. >> we have team coverage for you tonight and new information that you have not yet heard. we begin tonight with fox 29's chris o'connell on the phone. chris you broke the story tweeting out news of the confession just seconds after his attorney confirmed it. >> reporter: that is right. iain we're having video technical tran mission problems. we wanted to deliver this news to you and astonishing admission

the car was found on the dinardo property. >> on june the ninth, we allege that cosmo dinardo attempted to sell meo's vehicle for $500 to a friend whose identity we know. >> reporter: even as night falls investigators including local police, fbi and u.s. marshall's service are still methodically sifting through fields on the expansive 90-acre dinardo family farm. and tonight authorities uncovered a major clue. a large piece of evidence covered by a tarp was hauled away on flatbed truck with a police escort. fox 29 source tells us it was an underground oil tank. so far prosecutors don't have enough to charge dinardo with the disappearances but they say those charges could be on the way. for three straight days family members have been gathering at the search site for any news but a few have told us they are lo losing hope of seeing their loved ones alive. >> handing down that record $5 million cash bail for a case like this, the district judge called dinardo a grave risk given the circumstances. he remains in the bucks county jail tonight. iain. >> thank you, chris. >>> fox 29's dave sch

. >>> it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the arrest of cosmo dinardo's alleged accomplice and the bucks county d.a. disclosing the details of this sordid tale. "action news" reporters nora muchanic in solebury township, vernon odom in buckingham township and trish hartman in doylestown have covered every angle. we begin with trish hartman with a full accounting of what we learned today. trish. >> reporter: well, jim, we now know much more about what happened to these four young men who have been missing since last week according to what cosmo dinardo told investigators, the d.a. says dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz face charges of homicide, conspiracy and abuse of corpse. the d.a. also says without dinardo's confession they might still be looking for the final body. >> as a result of an agreement that i decided to make with cosmo dinardo, we were able to also secure jimmy patrick's body and bring him home. >> reporter: here's what dinardo told investigators. on july 5th cosmo dinardo agreed to sell jimmy patrick 4 pounds of marijuana for $8,000 and dr

dinardo's attorney paul lange about 15 minutes after that we ran into cosmo dinardo being transferred. he admitted to killing all four missing men. he told authorities where bodies were as well. take a listen to this exchange as he got in the sheriff's vehicle. you admitted to killing four people. what do you have to say to these families, anything to say, are you sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> why did you do it. >> mr. dinardo this evening confessed, to the district attorney. >> he confessed to his participation or commission, in the murders, of, the four young men. in exchange for that confession mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> no death penalty, no trial, for cosmo dinardo in this case this has been such a painful case for people in bucks county, really around nation to watch this unfold, over the last few days, but as we just heard here behind me this this building, cosmo dinardo told detectives he killed those four missing men. he hid their bodies. he told the authorities where those bodies were he gave t

play on cosmo dinardo's name. kos monster. nbc10.com and free nbc 10 app put together a timeline of the search for the four men. click through interactive map to see where investigators are found clues in the case. keeping story updated as we get new information coming in. very latest information there 24 hours a day. >>> new blood test could lead to earlier detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer. typically detected in advanced stages making it harder to treat. >>> says the state is not measuring the effectiveness of the addiction treatment programs. launched the audit of those programs last year. recommends state agencies do more to assess if people are being cured. also warns more funding is needed for the program. >>> meantime in delaware county. state lawmaker pushing a bill to fight the heroin epidemic by upping the punishment for dealers. drexel hill yesterday announced legislation calling for a mandatory five year minimum sentence for first time dealers. right now the maximum prison time in pennsylvania is one yea

cosmo dinardo was named a person of interest in the case. his parents own the farm where resources say forensic evidence that led them to believe a violent crime occurred has been found as early as monday. now we can tell you that investigators have yut lieszed cell phone records. they have also used mobile license plate readers to be able to try to pinpoint where those four were last seen. we were told they were all within this area of the dinardo family farm between wednesday and friday. though investigators are still not talking about a direct link between all four of these men and the person of interest in the case ch. that's the very latest, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> a quick question. do woe know anything else about the university? you have been working your sources to find out a lot about his time there. >> reporter: we did confirm with investigators that they did receive a letter about this incident. multiple incidents. there were verbal altercations between dinardo and members of the university community. and we were told by th

cosmo dinardo meets up with tom meo who is car was left at his parents property, cosmo dinardo shoots him in the back and falls to the ground screaming, mark sturgis is shot as he running away. all three bodies are placed in the metal tank he called the pig roaster, and set them on fire. they buried the men 12 feet underground using the backhoe. one thing the d.a. is certainly of they may have never found jimi patrick's remains had they not made the plea deal. >> we found him where weere told we would. i hope i'm never in their shoes, but if i ever were, i pray i could handle this with the courage and the dignity they exhibited. >> reporter: weintraub said the confessions led to the two weapons that were use in the killings. in exchange for cosmo dinardo's confession he was spared the death penalty. >> court records for sean kratz indicate he was due in court for outstanding burglary charges in philadelphia. we've learned that kratz was arrested twice for break-ins in june 2015 and this past february, he was expected to be in court two days ago from the second case. we'll hear from ji

what police sources tell cbs-3 claiming cosmo dinardo did exhibit violent tendencies. and we're back live here in solebury township. you are looking at area where family of the four men hoff been missing have been gathering, all of the while, this is the scene of intense police presence, including the fbi, state police, local police, all here, of course, this investigation continuing ton driven by bucks county district attorney's office. once again though family largely declining to speak to reporters about what has been a agonizing process. reporting live, from solebury township joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> our coverage of the missing men search continues on line, you can check out cbs philly.com anytime for up to the minute developments. >>> philadelphia police are asking for public's help locating a man who disappeared on june 1 22-year old timothy caesar was last seen bristol road and neshaminy boulevard in bensalem. he got out of his parent's car and walked away. if you have any information on his whereabouts police want to hear from you. >>> there

cosmo dinardo meets up with tom meo and mark sturgis. he shoots tom meo in the back and mark sturgis runs away. he runs him over with a backhoe. the next day the men return to bury the tank 1 feet -- 12 feet under ground using a backhoe. one thing, they may have never have found jimi patrick's remains had they not made the plea deal with cosmo dinardo. >> we found him. >> reporter: weintraub said the victim's family showed tremendous strength as they worked to bring the victims home. >> i hope i am never in their shoes, but if i ever with, i hopic -- hope i can handle it with the strength and dignity. >>> in exchange for cosmo dinardo's confession he was spared the death penalty. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" as learned that sean kratz was already in trouble before his arrested. he was twice arrested for break ins in june 2015 and february of 2017. later that night he was taken into custody and charged with three counts of murder and related offenses. >>> the community is invited to a vigil of healing to remember

cosmo dinardo confessed to the implication in the murder. katherine scott has more from the bucks county jail. >> reporter: cosmo dinardo is being held on five million dollars bail from a previous charge. so far the district attorney has not announced any murder charges in the case, we're expecting that some point after yesterday when his attorney came out and said his client confessed to four murders. in a stunning development thursday, a confession from 20 energid cosmo dinardo of bensalem. his attorney general paul language -- lang said his client confessed in the murders of four missing men in bucks county and the location of their remains. >> in exchange for the confession, mr. cosmo dinardo was promised by the district attorney he will spare his life a by not invoking the death penalty. dean finocchiaro, jimi patrick, and mark sturgis and tom meo had she missing since last week. dean finocchiaro's remains have been identified found in a common grave 12 1/2 feet under ground on the sprawling solbury township property owned by in and aro

a play on cosmo dinardo's name. kos monster. tribute to the victims. tonight neighbors gather for a vigil in honor of tom meo. worked for the construction company owned by the father of his friend, mark sturgis, who is also one of the victims. nbc.com and free nbc 10 app we have put together a timeline of the zsearch for the four missin men. click on the map. keeping this story updated with the very latest information as it comes in 24 hours a day. >>> breaking knew overseas. two israelis were wounded in the attack. killed in a fight with security forces. 76 degrees outside. president trump's travel ban has suffered another set back. overnight a federal judge in hawaii expanded the list of family relationships that qualify for entry into the u.s. to include grandparents, grandchildren, uncles and aunts. the travel ban targets people from six muslim majority countries. >> within their own party, after coming out with their latest version of the health care bill. in an effort to win over moderates, the new bill includes $45 billion to fight the opioid ep

cosmo dinardo will not be put to death. da says it's how he located jimi patrick's body. >> your belief is had you not opened the deal of no death penalty you don't get patrick's body? we'd still be looking. i know that much. i can't predict the future, but that is what i believe. >> reporter: now the district attorney says he does not think that dinardo'ss mother will face charges because her son used her handgun in the killings. now we've heard cosmo dinardo's name since monday. in fact fox 29 was the first one to report it. what we've just learned in the last couple of hours is that there was an accomplice. our bruce gordon has been working that story and joins us tonight live. bruce? >> reporter: jeff, that dinardo confession really was the first time we ever heard the name sean kratz. well it now turns out say prosecutors that these heinous murders were all part of those somewhat called family affair. police using metal defectors spent friday morning searching a property where sean michael kratz spent time on susquehan

property, and cosmo dinardo is arrested on a unrelated gun charge. july 11th next day dinardo is named a person of interest and released from jail after his dad post bond. july 12th dinardo ace rested accused of stealing mayo's car , bail set at five million-dollar cash only. hours later the d.a. announced investigators found humane remains on the dinardo property, and identifies at least one remains as finocchiaro. of course around 5:00 last night we have learned dinardo confessed to four murders in exchange for promise that the prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. >>> we will continue to follow every facet of this case, when we're in the on the air stay with us on our web site at fox 29.com, as well as our fox 29 app. >>> people in chester county are venting about problems with their well water, they live near construction site of sunoco's mariner east two pipeline or actually they are building the pipeline right through their properties and they are really concerned because water, either pressure has gone out or turned cloudy. they packed

cosmo dinardo will spends the rest of his life behind bars. a person with knowledge of the confession tells the aep that a co-conspirator was involved. >> president trump is celebrating bastille day in paris. the president is drawing criticism for his comment to the wife of the french president. >> part of the midwest are experiencing potentially record breaking flooding. >> it is flooded before but nothing this severe. >> an unusual crash in oregon. >> i didn't know what it was. >> a truck full of hag fish, known as slime eel, overturned, causing a slimy mess. >> you've invest in the uber, spotify, air b and b, skype -- >> are you investing in anything fun now? >> yes, i invested in a company called cowler. basically fit bit for cows. see, that's how i

and this cosmo dinardo probably knew how to operate that machinery. so not out of the question that he could have done it himself. but that's one of the questions that the da's offers and the police are trying to ascertain, whether this was just one person or number every people. >> okay. >> we will find out more in the investigation, we'll find out what comes out of the grand jury. >> i sad situation. it is horrifying for the parent, for sure. >> do you have think of the families. >> definitely have to think of the familieser. >> good to see you. of course a story we'll stay on top of all morning and throughout the dayment make sure to stay tuned to us for those updates. but we'll take a quick break. #p >> my neice told me about this. >> well, some people like to play this. >> when you hear what it is, you'll be like hum why does she know about it. >> explain it again. new edition, original ones, i never played it, but i heard about it. >> i forgot what it is now, yes, toll me about it briefly, okay, why do you know about this, why are you playing? s

katherine scott is outside the bucks county jail where cosmo dinardo is in custody. >> reporter: this investigation is fast paced, moving quickly. we learned yesterday in a stunning development that in coo dinardo confessed to his part in four murders. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: the only two words uttered by cosmo dinardo in bensalem after he confessed to his part in the murders of four men in bucks county. in exchange the death penalty was taken off the table. >> he questioned to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. >> 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown. 22-year-old mark sturgis of and tom meo have been missed since last week. they were found 12 1/2 feet under ground on this farm in solbury. cosmo dinardo killed each of the victims separately after selling them marijuana feeling cheated or threatened by the transactions and burned the bodies at his family farm. three of the bodies were burned inside a drum adding a coconspirator was involved in three of the deaths. the district said the families ar

cosmo dinardo runs him over with a backhoe. all three were put in a pig roaster and buried under ground. the motive for this? >> i'm not sure we can answer that question. >> reporter: one thing they are certain of they would have never found jimi patrick's remains if they had not made the plea deal with cosmo dinardo. >> we found him i don't know that we would have ever. >> reporter: weintraub said the victims' families showed tremendous strength as they worked to bring their loved one homes. >> i hope i'm never in their shoes, if i were i hope ink handle -- i can handle it with the courage and dignity. >>> in change of cosmo dinardo's confession away spared the death penalty. in new hope, bucks county, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" learned that sean kratz was already in trouble with the law before his arrest. the 20-year-old was due in court next week on outstanding burglary charges in philadelphia. kratz had twice been arrested for break-ins in june 2016 and february 2017. he was in court early thursd

dinardo's parents cosmo dinard dinardo's parents and cos doody in order dough were subpoenaed to appear before that grand jury it appears they did not because there are developments and the da may be getting cooperation now from cosmo dinardo. >> i can't comment on anything. >> with flurry of no comments, high powered philadelphia defense attorney fortunato perry, jr., left the bucks county courthouse after a four-hour closed door session with prosecutors, person of interest cosmo dinardo and his parents as investigators built their case in the disappearance of four bucks county men. >> can you say whether he's in discussions with the district attorney at this point. >> i can't comment or anything. >> or cooperating. >> i can't comment on anything. >> can you say why the presser was cancel at 3:00? >> no. thank you. >> his parents were expected to appear before the grand jury here about the 20-year-old's whereabouts during the past week when the four men disappeared. but it was unclear if they actually appeared before the grand jury. >> there are people that may have information that be

we know they are murdered, cosmo dinardo took part if killing all of them. katherine scott is live for us at the jail with the disturbing details that cosmo dinardo told investigators. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: there's been a lot of rumors and speculation about the case, we're starting to learn more about what happened, meanwhile, the man's attorney said he confessed to the murder. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: the only two words uttered to reporters of cosmo dinardo of bensalem after his attorney said his client confessed to the part in the murders of the four missing men in bucks county and the location of their remains. in exchange, the death penalty was taken off the table. >> he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of four young men. 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township. 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown. mark sturgis of pens grove and tom meo of plumstead have been missing for two weeks. their remains were found on the sprawling grounds of the farm in sole burr township. according to the associated press

. >> reporter: rick and monica, 20-year-old cosmo dinardo was just arraigned here at the bensalem township police department by a video conferencing, this just happened a new charge the theft of one of the vehicles of one of the missing men. the da argued that dinardo was a flight risk. this is video of him departing from the bensalem police department in the back of a police van. they are trying to figure out what happens here in bucks county. investigators kept up the search for clues in the property on solebury township owned by the family of 20-year-old cosmo dinardo a young man credited a person of interest in the disappearance of four young men. the district attorney says that important evidence was already uncovered but the intensive work continues. >> we will fine something for sure, i have no doubt of that. >> dinardo posted 10% of a million dollars bail on a weaponed charge in bensalem. and today they took him back into custody at his family's home. now under arrest for the theft of a nissan maxima belonging to tom meo of plumstead. >> we allege that cosmo dinardo attempted to se

tonight cosmo dinardo and his cousin sean kratz are behind bars with no bail. and now we know that this video shows on the excavation of a large tank. the temporary coffin for three of these men. >>> it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the arrest of cosmo dinardo's alleged accomplice and the bucks county d.a. disclosing the details of this sordid tale. "action news" reporters nora muchanic in solebury township, vernon odom in buckingham township and trish hartman in doylestown have covered every angle. we begin with trish hartman with a full accounting of what we learned today. trish. >> reporter: well, jim, we now know much more about what happened to these four young men who have been missing since last week according to what cosmo dinardo told investigators, the d.a. says dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz face charges of homicide, conspiracy and abuse of corpse. the d.a. also says without dinardo's confession they might still be looking for the

. >> a murder confession from cosmo dinardo. we'll tell you about the deal that led to his admission, what we now know about the motive. the key change, and how it will affect thousands of families, trying to get into the us. >> and storm scan3, tracking more showers, katie's timing out the best chances to see some rain. very busy this morning, today is friday, july 14, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jan carabeo. rahel solomon is off today. let's gather check on today's forecast with katie and meisha. >> great to see up. tgif indictment looking outside right now, fairly quiet again. you know wha what is up. >> construction. >> a the love construction, like your a on repeat every day. >> specially in the summer. >> so am i, it has been humid. storms, yesterday was a brutal afternoon, we will several tornado warnings came through, and setting ourselves up for fresh rounds of stormy weather. you know, we've been real lucky on the morning show anyway. we haven't had a heck of a lot to track during the morning, that changes to

. >> cosmo dinardo admits to killing the four men who mysteriously vanished in bucks county last week, trang do, liver in solebury township, trang, hearing dinardo may have had an accomplice, what do we know? >> source with direct knowledge of cosmo dinardo confession says co-con spore at this involved in three of the killings. we hope to learn more about that person, and their relationship, to dinardo, but thursday we heards from dinardo for the very first time after his attorney got a deal with prosecutors. >> what do you have to say? are you soree? >> i'm sore. >> i cosmo dinardo apologized to the families of the four men he has confess today killing, as he was taken away to the bucks county jail. >> he confess today his partition pages or commission in the murders of the four young men. in exchange, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> his attorney, paul lang said he told investigators everything, including why he participated in the killings of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, tom meo and mark sturgis,

cosmo dinardo confessed to participates in the murders of four men. source close to the investigation tells us they are looking into the possibility he had help. overnight police in philadelphia have been investigating a connection to the bucks county case. >> officers at a home on mcgee avenue. we know the people who live there are friends with dinardo on facebook. two sources tell us investigators are requesting someone in the case. search will continue for the remains on the farm in solebury township today. investigators found the remains of three victims though only one set has been identified as one of the missing men. source close to the investigation tells us dinardo told police where to find the other body. >>> three-year-old ran away from a car that was stole nn kansas while the child was asleep. the chief aabandon the car inside. the child ran into the arms of a police officer. the car was stolen while parked at a gas station convenience store. found the car after they were able to ping the suspect's cell phone. investigators have arrested o

cosmo dinardo and sean kratz are charged with the killing of four men in bucks county. district said cosmo dinardo killed 19-year-old jimi patrick on july a -- 5th and buried him him in a single grave on the family farm. tom meo, mark sturgis, dean finocchiaro were found in a 12-foot deep grave a different location from patrick's grave, but on the same property. the only motive disclosed by investigators, cosmo dinardo said he wanted to set the victims up when they came to the farm to buy marijuana. his attorney said he confessed to the involvement in the crimes in exchange for a promise from prosecutors to not seek the death penalty. it was his confession that led to the discovery of jimi patrick's body. >> i can tell you, i've been there, we would still be looking for jimi patrick had we not made this agreement. i rode there in the car on the same site the other three men were found, it was so far away i started get sick to my stomach on the ride. >> cosmo dinardo and sean kratz were arraigned yesterday afternoon, they are denied bail and will be jailed at separate lo

cosmo dinardo taken back into custody yesterday on stolen vehicle charge. police accuse the 20 year old person of interest of trying to sell a car belonging to one of the four missing teens. now, cosmo, and his parent, anthony and sandra, will appear at a grand jury hearing beginning at 9:00 this morning to help investigators pinpoint a time line of event of this missing person's, and now homicide case. it has been one week since the first of four men went missing while remains of dean finocchiaro were recovered yesterday. jimi patrick, marge sturgis, tom meo remain missing, attorney force dinardo's parent spoke with us yesterday. >> it is obviously a very tragic situation. >> how am i supposed to -- >> dinardo's are parent, they certainly can sympethize with the parents every these young boys missing, and i can tell you they're doing information their power to cooperate with law enforcement investigation at this point. >> dinardo is being held at bunks county prison on $5 million cash bail accused of trying to sell one of the missing men's vehicles, which

cosmo dinardo pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for all four. the da believed only dinardo killed jimmy patrick was the first to go missing. he said the accomplice for the murders of the other three. >> i'm very relieved to say that we brought four young men, one step closer to their loved ones so they can rest in peace. dean, tom, mark, and jimmy have all been positively identified. we have notified their loved one. >> shawn kratt says to penny burglary cases in philadelphia. hehe posted 10% of 10000-dollar bill in march. a hearing in may was postponed because he was dealing with medical issues which is according to his attorney. >> thank you, ashley. we are now joined with retired new york police department detective, sergeant joe. welcome back to chasing news. >> you know the details of the case. is there more to this story, or can we say that law enforcement to their job and it looks like they got their guy in this is a wrap? >> they have to make sure they're not any other connections. looks like there's a drug connection between these four

cosmo dinardo is free on bail this morning. who is cosmo dinardo? that's the person of interest in the case of four missing young men out of bucks count high haven't been seen since last week. meanwhile, this morning, we are getting report that investigators are shifting their attention to dinardo's parent. our steve keeley joining us from solebury with the latest, steve? >> day bring coming up on day four of what's going to be another full day of searching this rural community up here in the new hope area, and far reaching bucks county owned by the parent of cosmo dinardo. and as today marks one full week since the first of the four missing men, vanished last wednesday, tomorrow "fox 29 news" has learned a grand jury convenes in doylestown to begin to hear testimony, and first up to appear tomorrow morning the parent every 20 year old cosmo dinardo. the bensalem couple owned properties up here in sole burr that i haves been focus for three past days, and the parent bailed their son out of bunks county prison last night front willing the 10% require

admission from cosmo dinardo dinardo comes days after a search often a bucks county property. >> a lawyer for cosmo dinardo says he admitted to be part of the murders of all four men and told investigators where to find them in a mass grave. one victim was identified, 1 19-year-old dean justin finch. the bodies were burned according to the associated press and dinardo will be spared the death penalty in exchange for his confession. >> hof hof spoke to a friend of one of the victims. we begin with david spunt insolebury township. you came pace to face with the killer this evening. >> ukee, i did. he stared at my. coye tell he wanted to say something. i asked what he wanted to say, two words, i'm sorry, those words do not resonate well. a lot of people say that is certainly not an execution for what he admitted to doing and tonight we're learning that there is a second accomplice involved and authorities are saying this was all over drug drugs. >> moments after his confession, cosmo dinardo faced cameras. >> "cosmo" you admitted to killing four people. what do you have to say to the familie

he's outside one of the dinardo's other properties in be bensalem. >> reporter: cosmo dinardo's past is a stark contrast to the 20-year-old facing stolen gun charges. he grew up in homes close to half a million dollars. he graduated from a private catholic prep school two years ago, had ambitious goals for college and was a member of his committee. jordan's gun clips and ammo. police did not say if there is a connection between the gun paraphernalia and dinardo's gun charges. nbc 10 dinardo learned he's the heir to a massive farm in bucks county. property records show the property is worth more than $5 million. his parents will also pass down other real estate properties in bucks and montgomery counties. growing up in bensalem he graduated from an all boys catholic school in 2015. ranked one of the top private high schools in pennsylvania. we found after graduation he went to arcadia college briefly n. an article posted on the college's website dinardo, a then biology major, talked about studying abroad. those dreams are short-lived as he's now the center of a missing men case that h

comes hours after cosmo dinardo confessed to participating in the missing men. we have everying onle of the story covered. latest there search team. begin with katy zachary live at northeast detectives. whale can you tell us about the connection that police are investigating. >>> tracey and vai. we just heard from an investigator leaving. the activity here linked to the bucks county murder investigation has wrapp eped fo the time being. we know from earlier the investigation took police to a home on the 800 block of mcgee street in philadelphia. we know the people listed at that address are friends with cosmo dinardo on social media. we also learn thad police are questioning someone in connection with the four bucks county murders. latest information comes a few hours after 20-year-old cosmo dinardo confessed to participating in the murders of tv men from bucks county. source close to the investigation says dinardo shot more than one man, burned at least two of them and buried all of them on his farm. a person with firsthand knowledge of the confession told the

that man, cosmo dinardo. what we know about cosmo dinardo, he has history of mental illness, comes according to police. we also know the play where authorities are focusing for the four missing men that property belongs to dinardo's family, the fbi, state police, several police departments here in bucks count have i focused their search on that property here in solebury township for at least two days now. and today, that police presence as you mentioned has increased with 50 cadets being brought in to help with the search, along with the cadets around the clock, forensic units have been seen at the site. search and rescue dogs have also been seen scouring the properties, chopper three has advantage taj point every seeing authorities focus on digging specially near large mounds every concrete on the property. officials today were adamant, though, that no remains have been found, despite that digging. but, beyond that, authorities have been really tight-lipped about why there has been such a focus here in the s

exchange for deal with cosmo dinardo who investigator say confessed to the murders fourth victim jimi patrick's body also found. >> we'd still be looking for jimi patrick had we not made this agreement. i rode there in car on the same site as the other three men were found. it was so far away that i started getting stick my stomach on the ride. >> reporter: the details of what happened to these 19 and 20-year-old bucks county boys are sickening. investigators say in a confession thursday by cosmo dinardo on july 5th and he jimi patrick went to the corn field where he shot patrick after a marijuana deal went bad. and buried him in 6-foot deep grave. dinardo also says at the same corn field sean kratz he refers to as his cousin since dean finocchiaro. denardo fires at him while he's on the ground. kratz says never shot the vict victim. on july 7th mark sturgis and thomas mayo went up to dinardo and go to field where he shot meo in the back and sturgis as he tried to run. investigators say all the murders are linked to marijuana deals. but as for why dinardo and kratz allegedly killed th

property, and cosmo dinardo ace rested on a unrelated gun charge. july 11th, the next day, dinardo is named a person of interest and released from jail, after his dad, posted bond. july 12th dinardo ace rested accused of stealing mayo's car , bail is set at five million-dollar, cash only. hours later the d.a. announced investigators found human remains on the dinardo property and identified at least one of those remains as finocchiaro. of course, around 5:00 o'clock last night we have learned dinardo confessed to four murders in exchange for promise that the prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. >>> we will continue to follow every facet of this case when we're in the on the air stay with us, up to dayton our app as well as fox 29.com. >>> there is a lot of people in chester county very upset about some problems with their water, ever since drilling began near them. they live near construction site for the mariner east two pipeline. they complained at a big meeting in west white land township last night. there is many people hoff wells and th

admission from cosmo dinardo dinardo comes days after a search often a bucks county property. >> a lawyer for cosmo dinardo says he admitted to be part of the murders of all four men and told investigators where to find them in a mass grave. one victim was identified, 1 19-year-old dean justin finch. the bodies were burned according to the associated press and dinardo will be spared the death penalty in exchange for his confession. >> hof hof spoke to a friend of one of the victims. we begin with david spunt insolebury township. you came pace to face with the killer this evening. >> ukee, i did. he stared at my. coye tell he wanted to say something. i asked what he wanted to say, two words, i'm sorry, those words do not resonate well. a lot of people say that is certainly not an execution for what he admitted to doing and tonight we're learning that there is a second accomplice involved and authorities are saying this was all over drug drugs. >> moments after his confession, cosmo dinardo faced cameras. >> "cosmo" you admitted to killing four people. what do you have to say to the familie

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cosmo dinardo of bensalem. the dinardo parents were subpoenaed to appear at a grand jury and cosmo's attorney refused to answer questions. and bill goldman is a defense attorney not associated with this case. >> the witnesses are called before the grand jury so additional evidence can be obtained. as to the person of interest, as to his back grown and his mental status. >> cosmo dinardo was taken into custody for the sec time this week and charged with the theft of a car belonging to one of the missing men thomas meo. held on all cash bail now. weintraub announce that the remains of dean finocchiaro was identified after being taken from the grave 12 feet deep. >> a protocol to hope to repeat that at some point. >> reporter: now, weintraub canceled the news conference scheduled for 3:00 p.m. and the grand jury meets in secret and weintraub cannot confirm that proceedings are underway. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> each twist in this case continues to shock the surrounding commun