Brother went from business partner to murder suspect accused of killing 4 and torching 2 houses

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the long-awaited trial of a New Jersey man accused of killing four relatives in a murder and arson plot after his younger brother uncovered a web of financial deceit

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the long-awaited trial of a New Jersey man accused of killing four relatives in a murder and arson plot after his younger brother uncovered a web of financial deceit.

Paul Caneiro, 59, will stand trial in a Monmouth County courtroom on more than a dozen counts of murder, aggravated arson, theft and other crimes linked to the killing of his younger brother Keith Caneiro and his family on Nov. 20, 2018. If he is convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole on just the murder charge.

The trial is expected to last several weeks.

Caneiro is accused of torching his brother’s home and his own to create an “illusion” that the entire Caneiro family was being targeted, former Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has said.

Jennifer Caneiro and her husband, Keith Caneiro.Keith Caneiro via Facebook“This is one of the most brutal cases that I’ve seen in my experience here,” he said at a news conference at the time.