Buy Photo Crime scene tape surrounded a home on Tilton Drive in Ocean Township Tuesday afternoon. (Photo: Shannon Mullen)Buy Photo 
 
 OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Paul Caneiro, accused of trying to burn down his house with his family in it, remained in the neighborhood until about noon Tuesday, a neighbor said. The noon sighting puts Caneiro in his home town just 30 minutes before Canerio's brother's home, 10 miles away, was set ablaze and his family murdered. 
 
 The neighbor said he saw Paul Caneiro at his Tilton Drive house Tuesday morning for several hours with Caneiro's wife and two daughters. 
 
 One of Caneiro's daughters even asked to use his bathroom. The last time he saw Caneiro was about noon, said the neighbor, who did not want to be identified by name. The Asbury Park Press has verified the neighbor lived near Caneiro. 
 
 "They were great neighbors, very friendly. This is unexpected news," the neighbor said, who lives two houses away from Caneiro. 
 
 Paul Caneiro booking photo (Photo: Ocean Township police records) 
 
 On Wednesday, Police charged Caneiro, 51, with aggravated arson for an alleged attempt to burn down his own house with his wife and two daughters inside, according to a police document. 
 
 Caneiro's brother, Keith Caneiro, was found dead Tuesday, along with Keith Caneiro's wife and their two children, the apparent victims of a quadruple homicide, at their burning home in at 15 Willow Brook Road in Colts Neck, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. 
 
 The Colts Neck fire was reported at 12:38 p.m. The fire in Ocean Township was reported at about 8 a.m. According to Google Maps, a normal drive from Tilton Drive in Ocean Township to the Colts Neck house would take 20 minutes. 
 
 Prosecutors are looking at the connection between the Ocean Township and Colts Neck fires, but have not charged Paul Caneiro with anything other than the arson at his home. 
 
 COLTS NECK FIRE:Brother tried to burn his own home with his wife and kids inside, cops say 
 
 Rear damage at 27 Tilton fire. (Photo: Dan Radel) 
 
 The neighbor said he saw Caneiro before news broke of the Colts Neck fire. Police were seen talking with Caneiro at his home. 
 
 "We know he was here up until at least 12. He was in the car and our neighbor … was talking to him. The kids were using his bathroom, one of his girls came over and used our bathroom," said the neighbor. 
 
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 The neighbor said he moved to the street in 2007 and has known the Caneiros since then. 
 
 Caneiro's home is located in an affluent, quiet bedroom community in the Wayside section of the town. 
 
 Other neighbors interviewed said the Caneiros were acquaintances. Neighbors said Canerio's wife Susan often walked the family dogs. 
 
 “(They were) very nice people as far as I could see. The wife sat out on the front porch with the dogs. I spoke to them occasionally. When the kids were younger they stopped by to trick-or-treat. They were sociable people,” said Betsy DiLello, who lives several houses down from the Caneiros. 
 
 William Sayre said he's lived three houses from the Canerios for the last 14 years but he didn’t know the family well other than to say hello. 
 
 He described the neighborhood as "quiet" and where "most people are friendly to each other." 
 
 "It's pretty typical of most people in this neighborhood to nod at each other, wave or say hello when we're out working on our yards," said Sayre. 
 
 Dan Radel: @danielradelapp; 732-643-4072; dradel@gannettnj.com 
 
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 Keith Caneiro grew up in Brooklyn and was the best man in his brother's wedding. 
 
 Caneiro, whom a source says was found dead outside his Colts Neck mansion on Tuesday, was the owner of a technology firm and a pest control company in Asbury Park, according to public records and social media. He also dabbled in real estate. 
 
 Caneiro, 50, his wife Jennifer Caneiro, 45, and two of their children died in an apparent quadruple homicide at the family's sprawling estate on Willow Brook Road, discovered after a fire swept through the home, a law enforcement source told NJ Advance Media 
 
 The source said that Keith Caneiro, who was found on the home's front lawn, had suffered a gunshot wound that did not appear to be self-inflicted. 
 
 Keith Caneiro is listed as the owner of both the technology firm, Square One, and EcoStar Pest Management in Asbury Park, working both businesses with his brother. 
 
 He had operated Square One, in Asbury Park since 1987, according to his LinkedIn profile. 
 
 Records show Caneiro also has an active real estate license. A professional real estate website registered with his name as the web address advertises an affiliation with Keller Williams Realty. 
 
 Jennifer Caneiro grew up on Staten Island as Jennifer Karidis, her maiden name, records show. 
 
 Photos of the Caneiros on Facebook show a happy family playing in the kitchen, relaxing with loved ones and enjoying trips overseas. 
 
 Caneiro's brother, Paul Caneiro, of Ocean Township, is involved in both the technology firm and the pest control operation, according to Jared DeVincenzo, who works in the building which houses both businesses. The pair grew up in Brooklyn before both marrying women from Staten Island and moving to New Jersey. 
 
 Paul Caneiro's home on Tilton Drive was also the scene of a fire Tuesday morning, one that is now also under investigation by the prosecutor's office for possible links to the Colts Neck fire. 
 
 Whether the two fires are related "remains to be seen," Gramiccioni told reporters. 
 
 Neighbors told NJ Advance Media Paul Caneiro appeared visibly distressed, with "tears in his eyes," after the fire broke out before dawn at his house. 
 
 Neighbors said he stayed at the scene until about noon. He and his wife had not returned home as of Tuesday evening. 
 
 Neighbors described the Ocean Township couple, who have two older children, as friendly and helpful, and said Paul Caneiro had been injured in a car accident in Asbury Park a few years ago. 
 
 When Paul Caneiro married his wife Susan in 1991, his brother Keith served as his best man, in a wedding officiated by the mayor of Shrewsbury, according to the couple's wedding announcement in the Staten Island Advance. 
 
 Keith Caneiro's LinkedIn profile says he graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in 2014, and was either enrolled or recently completed a master's program at the university. 
 
 Both his LinkedIn profile and Facebook page also indicate he had taken courses at Harvard Business School. 
 
 He graduated from John Dewey High School in Gravesend, Brooklyn. 
 
 Caneiro purchased the family's home on Willow Brook Road in 1999, according to Monmouth County property records. He and his wife paid off the $1.8 million mortgage two years ago. 
 
 Prosecutor's office officials indicate they expect to release more information Wednesday. 
 
 Sophie Nieto-Munoz contributed to this report. 
 
 Thomas Moriarty may be reached at tmoriarty@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ThomasDMoriarty. Find NJ.com on Facebook. 
 
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– A convoluted story out of New Jersey, where police have charged Paul Caneiro with aggravated arson in connection with a fire at his own home—one that the Asbury Park Press reports occurred seven hours before a fatal fire at his brother's mansion. Around 5am Tuesday, firefighters responded to Paul Caneiro's Ocean Township home and put out flames on the roof. Around 12:30pm, fire broke out at brother Keith Caneiro's home 12 miles away in Colts Neck, where police say a quadruple homicide occurred: Keith Caneiro, 50—found on the front lawn with a gunshot wound that didn't appear to be self-inflicted, per NJ.com—died along with his wife, 45-year-old Jennifer Caneiro, and their son and daughter, who were found inside, a law enforcement source tells the Asbury Park Press. The New York Times describes both children as under the age of 10. The brothers appear to have been close. Born in Brooklyn, they shared a Staten Island address for more than a decade before moving to New Jersey with their wives, per NJ.com. They would take up separate abodes: Paul in a single-family home on Tilton Drive in suburban Ocean Township, Keith in a $1.5 million mansion in upscale Colts Neck, home to celebrities like Bruce Springsteen. But Paul would still work for Keith— owner of EcoStar Pest Management and apparent web development company Square One—who also served as his best man. "They're wonderful people," says a neighbor of Paul, who saw family members Tuesday outside the house believed to have suffered damage to its back and attic, per the Times. "It's pretty shocking stuff." An earlier version of this story erroneously reported Paul Caneiro as being charged in the Colts Neck fire. (More on the case here.)