Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
The leader of the fourth largest police department in the country said Tuesday morning that his investigators want to speak with homicide defendant Cosmo DiNardo, 20, of Bensalem.
“Given what he was already been accused of – it’s certainly a possibility. We would be remiss if we didn’t investigate further,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross told NBC 10.
Amid reports that Bucks Co. murder suspect claims he has killed before, @PhillyPolice want to talk to him: https://t.co/SxajMoL8IH pic.twitter.com/tsh5swusUf
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) July 18, 2017
The comments come a day after LevittownNow.com confirmed through sources that DiNardo claimed while confessing to his role in the deaths of four young men on his family’s 68-acre property in Solebury to having killed two people several years ago in Philadelphia. Similar information was also reported by the New York Times and later by other regional news outlets.
Bucks County prosecutors and DiNardo’s defense team declined commenting on the claims by DiNardo.
However, authorities did note their investigation was continuing.
After an exhaustive four-day search in Solebury last week, the bodies of the four missing men were found – three were buried with a metal pig roaster and one in a desolate wooded area on the property.
DiNardo, who has mental health issues, was charged with homicide, robbery and related offenses in connection with the deaths of Dean Finocchiaro, 19, of Middletown Township; Thomas Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township; Jimi Taro Patrick, 19, of Newtown Township; and Mark Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg, Montgomery County.
Sean Kratz, 20, of Philadelphia, was charged with homicide, robbery and related offenses in connection with the deaths of three of the men.
The four young men, three of whom knew DiNardo, were killed two weeks ago on the DiNardo family property.
On Tuesday afternoon, Norristown attorney Abby Silverman Leeds entered her appearance to represent Kratz.
“My client has been charged with some very serious crimes, all of which he and his family take very seriously,” she said in a statement.
“The Kratz family sympathizes with the families of the victims in this case,” she added.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday afternoon the preliminary hearings for the two defendants has been pushed to September 7 before District Judge Maggie Snow of Buckingham. The hearing will be held at the Bucks County Justice Center in Doylestown.
DiNardo and Kratz await their preliminary hearings in separate prisons without bail.
