Wife, children found dead in Colts Neck mansion fire were stabbed
The bodies of the wife and children of the tech CEO who was found with a fatal gunshot wound outside his burned-down New Jersey mansion had multiple stab wounds, it was revealed Wednesday.
Law enforcement sources told NBC 4 that Keith Caneiro, 50, was shot in the back of his head, while his wife, Jennifer, 45, and their two children had stab wounds when their bodies were pulled from their Colts Neck home Tuesday.
Their children have been identified as Sophia Caneiro, 8, and Jesse Caneiro, 11.
Their causes of death were not immediately clear.
Caneiro’s body was found outside the $1.5 million, five-bedroom home with a gunshot wound that did not appear to be self-inflicted, sources told NJ.com.
The gruesome details come as Caneiro’s brother, Paul, 51, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of aggravated arson in connection with a fire that tore through his own Ocean Township home earlier in the day Tuesday.
According to a criminal complaint, Paul set fire to his Tilton Drive residence “by using gasoline and igniting the gasoline causing the residence to catch fire while his wife and two daughters were inside.”
Paul and Keith were business partners at the Asbury Park-based tech firm Square One.