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Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm reed Carter. Tuesday, January thirteenth,
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twenty twenty six. Three courtrooms, Three different kinds of horror. Uvalde,
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Day four of testimony in the Adrian Gonzalez trial, the
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first person to face criminal charges for the police response
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to the rob Elementary massacre. Yesterday, the jury heard from
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Jennifer Garcia, mother of Eleana Garcia. Everyone called her Ellie,
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nine years old. There was an award ceremony that morning.
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Ellie wanted to come home afterward. Her mother told her
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to stay at school. She'd pick her up later. She
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never got to pick her up. Ellie was one of
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the twenty one people murdered that day. New Jersey opening
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statements in what prosecutors call the Mansion murders, Paul Canaro
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accused of murdering his brother Keith, his sister in law Jennifer,
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and their two children, Sophia eight and Jesse eleven, shot
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and stabbed to death, then set fire to their mansion
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to cover it up. Prosecutors say it was about money.
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Defense says police ignored another suspect, a third Canaro brother,
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and Florida The Boy in the Box case is back
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in the news. Tim Ferridder, convicted of locking his adopted
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teenage son in an eight y eight foot windowless room
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for forty five days, is appealing his conviction. Claims evidence
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of abuse in Arizona shouldn't have been allowed at trial.
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He got five years. State says that's not enough. I'm reed, Carter. Today,
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When mothers bury children, when brothers kill brothers, and when
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appeals try to undo justice, this is celebrity trials. Let's
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start in Nueces County, Texas, the trial of Adrian Go Gonzales,
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former Uvaldi School District police officer, twenty nine counts of
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child endangerment and abandonment. First person to face criminal charges
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for the police response or lack of response to the
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rob elementary massacre. We covered days one and two last week.
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Opening statements the prosecution's case that Gonzales arrived while the
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shooter was still outside the building and did nothing. The
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defense's claimed that he did what he could in a chaotic,
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confusing scene. Days three and four brought testimony that will
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haunt you. Day three opened with drama teacher Stephanie Hale
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returned to the stand for cross examination after her testimony.
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On day two caused the defense to request a mistrial.
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Hale had testified she saw the shooter, a person dressed
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in black with long hair, near the playground close to
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where Officer Gonzalez was positioned, within one hundred feet. The
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defense claimed this was a Brady violation, that Hale never
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mentioned seeing the shooter in her original interviews with law enforcement,
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that prosecutors sandbagged them with surprise testimony. Judge sid Harll
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denied the mistrial motion, determined the issue was negligence, not
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intentional misconduct, but after reviewing the evidence, he made a
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significant ruling Hale's testimony would be stricken from the record.
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The jury was instructed not to consider it. The judge
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told Hale she did nothing wrong, but her testimony, her
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claim that she saw the shooter from one hundred feet
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away from where Gonzalez was positioned, will not be part
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of the case. Make it make sense. A teacher saw
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the gunman, tried to tell the jury, and her testimony
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gets erased because of paperwork issues, but other testimonies stood.
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Emilia Marine, the school's ace coordinator, described opening a locked
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gate around eleven twenty a m. That morning for a
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dance celebration. Heard a loud vehicle crash, saw a truck
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going into a ditch, called nine one one to report
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the crash. Then she saw a man in a black
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hoodie throwing bags over the school fence, carrying a gun
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approaching campus, firing toward the south pe area where children
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were playing. Children screaming running inside. Maren yelled for students
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to get into classrooms. While on the phone with nine
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one one, kept asking the operator, where are the police?
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Where are the police? She hid in her classroom for
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forty to forty five minutes, heard continuous gunfire, feared for
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her life. Years later, she learned something that should terrify
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every parent. The west door of the school, the door
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the shooter entered through, could not lock. She didn't know
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that until years after the incident. Teacher Lynn Deming testified
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about being in Room one oh four when shots were
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fired through her classroom window. She was hit by shrapnel,
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lost her glasses, used a desk for protection, heard shots
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outside and in the hall. Encouraged students to pray, told
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them she loved them, sent a text to her husband
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expressing love and concern for her own children. Eventually, officers
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pulled her and her students out through the classroom window.
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She expressed gratitude for the officers who helped evacuate, but
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the implication was clear. Those officers came through the window
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because they couldn't come through the door because other officers
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were standing in the hallway doing nothing. Teacher Nicole Augburn
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was in Room one O two at eleven twenty one.
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She heard a noise like metal hitting brick, looked out
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the window, saw an armed individual dressed in black. No
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lockdown had been called. She instructed students to hide behind
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a black curtain. The classroom door was unlocked. One student
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attempted to protect her. She tried to call nine one
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one multiple times, succeeded on the third attempt, reported an
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active shooter, reported injuries, then hung up the phone. She
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was afraid the shooter might hear her talking. Day four
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brought the forensics. Texas Rangers testified about bullet defects in windows, walls, ceilings,
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the trajectory of shots fired through classrooms, the physical evidence
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of a massacre. Doctor Garrett Phillips, the forensic pathologist from
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the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office, identified each victim, put
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names to the bodies, made them real for the jury,
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and then Jennifer Garcia took the stand. Her daughter was
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Eleana Garcia. Everyone called her Ellie, nine years old, would
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have turned ten on June fourth, twenty twenty two, just
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weeks after the shooting. That morning, May twenty fourth, twenty
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twenty two, there was an award ceremony at the school.
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Ellie wanted to come home afterward. Jennifer told her to stay.
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She'd pick her up later that day. A neighbor asked
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about her children. Jennifer said all but one had gone
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to school. The neighbor urged her to go to rob Elementary.
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Something was happening, chaos. Jennifer went to the civic center,
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waited for notification, prayed, hoped, waited, and then she learned
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Ellie was one of the dead. Let me tell you
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what that moment looks like. A mother who told her
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daughter to stay at school, a daughter who wanted to
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come home, A decision made in thirty seconds that a
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mother will replay for the rest of her life, even
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though it wasn't her fault, even though she had no
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way of knowing, even though any mother would have said
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the same thing. Eleana Garcia was nine years old, should
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be thirteen. Now, should be in middle school, should be
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dealing with homework and friends and all the drama of
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being a teenager. Instead, her mother had to sit in
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a civic center and wait to be told her daughter
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was dead. And Adrian Gonzalez, the officer charged with protecting
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children like Ellie, allegedly stood outside while it happened. Twenty
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nine counts of child endangerment and abandon Each count carries
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up to two years in jail. If convicted on all counts,
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Gonzales faces fifty eight years. His former boss, Pete Aredondo
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faces ten counts. No trial date set for him yet,
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the trial continues. More forensic evidence, more testimony, more horror.
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Someone has to say their names. Eleana Garcia, nine years old,
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should be alive. We'll be right back with the Mansion
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murders trial. A brother accused of slaughtering his family over
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stolen money, and a defense that points the finger at
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someone else entirely Welcome back to celebrity trials. I'm reed. Carter,
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Monmouth County, New Jersey, The trial of Paul Kniro began
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with opening statements. Four counts of first degree murder, two
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counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated arson and
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eight other charges, including weapons offenses, theft, and misapplication of
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entrusted funds. If convicted on all sixteen counts, Canaro faces
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life without parole plus an additional two hundred eleven and
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a half years in prison. He rejected a plea deal
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that would have guaranteed life without parole, said he wanted
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his day in court. He's getting it. November twentieth, twenty eighteen,
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colts Neck, New Jersey, wealthy suburb horse farms mansions, the
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kind of place where the worst crime is usually someone's
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landscaper parking on the wrong side of the street. Keith Canaro,
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fifty years old, lived there with his wife, Jennifer forty five,
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and their two children, Sophia eight and Jesse eleven. Beautiful home,
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successful business, picture perfect family. November twenty first, early morning fire,
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the Canio mansion engulfed in flames. Firefighters responded found four
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bodies inside. Keith Canaro had been shot four times in
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the head and once in the back. Jennifer Canero had
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been shot in the head and stabbed repeatedly. The children,
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Sophia eight and Jessee eleven, had been stabbed to death.
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All four bodies were badly burned. But here's where it
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gets complicated. That same night, there was another fire at
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the home of Paul Knio, Keith's brother in Ocean Township,
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about ten miles away. Two fires, same night, same family.
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Investigators immediately focused on Paul. The prosecution's theory Paul Kaniro
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was stealing from the businesses he co owned with his
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brother Keith. The day before the murders, Keith sent Paul
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an email about missing money from the business accounts. A
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business associate told investigators Keith wanted to sell one of
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their two companies. He was frustrated with Paul. Frustrated with
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how much money Paul was spending from business accounts, so
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Paul decided to eliminate the problem. Killed his brother, killed
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his sister in law, killed his niece and nephew, then
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set fire to the mansion to destroy evidence, drove home,
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set fire to his own house to make it look
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like the whole family was being targeted by violent thugs.
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Poor Paul victim of the same attackers who killed his brother.
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Prosecutor Nicole Wallace laid it out for the jury. Paul
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murdered his family, then lit fires to cover his tracks.
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When police searched Paul's home, they found damning evidence, a
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container in his basement holding clothing and a latex glove
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with red stains consistent with blood. A nine millimeter unspent
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projectile in the clothes, the same type of ammunition found
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in Paul's home and used in the murders. DNA analysis
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found a mixture from Paul and Sophia on that clothing,
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another mixture to which Jesse was deemed to be a
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contributor the children's DNA on the defendant's clothes in his basement.
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But the defense has a different theory. Paul Kanero's attorney
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told the jury her client is innocent. Police, she said,
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did not investigate other suspects, including a third Caniro brother.
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That's right, there's another brother, and the defense is pointing
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the finger directly at him. The defense argued, the prosecution's
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theory makes no sense. Why would Paul kill his brother's
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entire family, including children, over a business dispute. Why would
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he set fire to his own house if he was
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trying to frame outside attackers. Why would he leave DNA
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evidence in his basement. The answer, according to the defense,
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he didn't do it. Someone else did, and police were
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so focused on Paul that they ignored other possibilities. This
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is a fascinating defense strategy. Don't just argue reasonable doubt.
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Give the jury an alternative suspect, a different theory of
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the crime, someone else who had motive, means, and opportunity.
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The challenge. The defense will need to present evidence supporting
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their theory. It's not enough to say maybe someone else
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did it. They need to make the jury believe that
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someone else actually did it. Paul Canero sat in court,
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assertive and confident when he rejected the plea deal in December,
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told the judge he was absolutely comfortable with his decision
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to go to trial. Either he's innocent and willing to
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fight for his freedom, or he's gambling that the DNA
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evidence won't be enough to convict him. The trial is
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expected to last weeks. Will be following it closely. Keith
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Caniro was fifty years old, Jennifer was forty five, Sophia
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was eight, Jesse was eleven. A family destroyed and now
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a jury will decide who destroyed them. Quick update on
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a case we covered extensively in twenty twenty three, The
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Boy in the Box. Tim Farreder, forty eight years old,
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convicted of aggravated child abuse, false imprisonment, and child neglect
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for confining his adopted teenage son in an eight by
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eight foot window room in the family's Palm Beach County
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garage forty five days, no control over lights or air conditioning,
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forced to use a bucket as a toilet. The jury
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convicted him. He faced up to forty years in prison.
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The judge gave him five. Now. Farreder is appealing. His
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attorneys appeared before Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal last Thursday,
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arguing that evidence from Arizona should never have been admitted
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at trial. Here's the backstory. Before the Farreders moved to Florida,
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they lived in Arizona, and, according to testimony at trial,
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the abuse started there. Farreder's own daughter testified that she
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feared her father would kill her brother. In Arizona, said
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she heard sounds of slapping or hitting, followed by her
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brother's screams. The defense argues this Arizona evidence was so
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much more severe than what happened in Florida that it
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unfairly prejudiced the jury. That once you hear a sister
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say she feared her brother would be killed. You can't
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unhear it. You can't evaluate the Florida charges Objectivelyttorney Leonard
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Foyer told the appellate court, once you ring a bell,
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you just can't undo it. He also challenged expert testimony
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from doctor Wade Myers, who described Farredter's treatment of his
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son as solitary confinement for three years and tortuous behavior.
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Feyer argued this testimony went to the ultimate issue of guilt,
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something experts aren't supposed to do. The state fired back.
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Assistant Attorney General Rachel Goldbloom argued the Arizona evidence was
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properly admitted because Farader's primary defense was that his actions
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were reasonable parental discipline of an out of control child.
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If that's the defense, the prosecution gets to show the
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full context, including three years of escalating abuse, a continuing
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course of action, Goldbloom said, not a desperate, last minute,
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isolated attempt to address certain problematic behavior. The state also
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cross appealed the sentence itself five years for torturing a child.