He also told police where to find the rest of the bodies. but I don't believe that was successful.'ĭiNardo said he did so because he felt threatened or cheated when he tried to sell them marijuana, a source close to the investigation has said. He said at the press conference: 'There was an attempt to burn the bodies. But the DA said his attempt was unsuccessful. Weintraub said DiNardo confessed to dousing the bodies inside the pig roaster with gasoline. Then his body was wrapped in a blue tarp from a corn crib and he was thrown into the pig roaster. Kratz shot Finocchiaro then DiNardo fired at his body after he had died. He conspired with Kratz to rob Finocchiaro on the way to pick him up. The other three were killed on July 7 by Kratz and DiNardo jointly.ĭean Finocchiaro was shot by both after DiNardo agreed to sell him a quarter pound of pot for $700. DiNardo shot him with his mother's gun and buried his body 'far away' from the other three in a six-foot grave. He offered to sell Jimi Taro Patrick a shotgun and four pounds of marijuana for $8,000, but when he went to pick him up on July 5, he only had $800. He took a deal to reveal where the bodies were buried to avoid the death penalty. They were arraigned on Friday and are being held in separate prisons with no bail.Ĭosmo DiNardo and Sean Kratz (pictured) were charged Friday with murder, conspiracy and abuse of corpse and robberyĭistrict Attorney Matthew Weintraub said in a press conference that DiNardo confessed to putting the bodies in a metal tank converted into a cooker he called a 'pig roaster'.
Kratz was charged with three of the murders.
They dug a 12.5-foot grave with the same backhoe the next day and placed the bodies and the container inside.ĭiNardo and Kratz, both 20, have been charged with murder, conspiracy and abuse of corpse in connection with the slayings of the four men.
The cousins put the corpses in the pig roaster with Finocchiaro, poured in gasoline and set it on fire. Then, DiNardo used the backhoe to move their bodies. He then drove over Meo, who may have still been alive, with an earth mover because he ran out of ammunition. Kratz told police his cousin 'basically crushed' Meo with the backhoe. He planned to rob them with the help of his suspected accomplice, Sean Kratz.ĭiNardo first shot Meo first and he screamed, then Sturgis started running away and DiNardo shot him until he ran out of ammunition. DiNardo told other Snapchat users that he wasn't concerned about the whereabouts of his friend Finocchiaro just days after he vanishedĭiNardo made a deal to sell marijuana to Tom Meo and Mark Sturgis and the three met behind a church to head to DiNardo's property together.