(Reuters) - A 20-year-old man has confessed to killing four men who were missing for days and burying their bodies at a sprawling Bucks County, Pennsylvania, farm owned by his family, his attorney said on Thursday.

Cosmo Dinardo’s attorney, Paul Lang, said Dinardo made his confession to Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub and told investigators where the bodies were buried in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

Video aired by KYW-TV showed the handcuffed Dinardo emerging from a meeting with authorities and telling reporters “I’m sorry” when asked what he had to say to the families of the men.

“He confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. In exchange for that confession, Mr. Dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty,” Lang told reporters in Doylestown, where the district attorney’s office is located.

Weintraub has not commented on any confession, but his office posted a message on Twitter that included a video of Lang’s comments to reporters.

Jimi Patrick, 19, of Newtown Township, has been missing since last Wednesday and Mark Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg, and Thomas Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township, and Finocchiaro of Middletown Township have been missing since Friday.

Dinardo was arrested on Wednesday and charged with stealing and trying to sell a car owned by one of the men. Police found Meo’s Nissan Maxima on the farm early on Sunday morning and discovered the car’s title, unsigned by Meo, along with his insulin kit for diabetes.

Weintraub said at a news conference on Wednesday, “I feel that we bought ourselves a little bit of time in charging Mr. Dinardo with the stolen car case today,” and he referenced that Dinardo’s bail had been set at $5 million.

Dinardo had been arrested on Monday at his home for owning a gun he was not allowed to possess because he had previously been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility, prosecutors said. He was released after his father posted a bond.

Cadaver dogs found 19-year-old Dean Finocchiaro’s body on Wednesday along with remains of other people not yet identified in a 12-foot-deep (3.7-meter) common grave on the 90-acre (36.4 hectare) farm in Solebury, Pennsylvania.

“This was a homicide. Make no doubt about it,” Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said at an overnight news conference. He did not say how Finocchiaro died.

Weintraub has said there were indications that some or all of the men knew one another and investigators were working to confirm the extent of any connections.

Bucks County District Attorney's Office photos show L-R, top row: Dean Finocchiaro, 18, and Tom Meo, 21, L-R bottom row: Jimi Patrick, 19, and Mark Sturgis, 22 as authorities say they are searching for the four missing men in Bucks County, about 40 miles north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on July 11, 2017. Courtesy Bucks County District Attorney's Office/Handout via REUTERS

The Bucks County District Attorney’s office wrote in a Twitter message that Weintraub would hold a press conference at 11 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) on Friday.

Investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation continued to look for the bodies on the farm Thursday evening, local media reported.

(This story has been refiled to remove extra words from second paragraph)</s>ABC News' Eva Pilgrim reports from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where a person of interest has been named in the disappearances of four men.</s>Man confesses to killing four in Pennsylvania, says attorney

Bucks County District Attorney's Office photo of Cosmo DiNardo after his arrest on Monday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in this image released on July 11, 2017. — Reuters picDOYLESTOWN, July 14 — A 20-year-old man has confessed to killing four men who were missing for days and burying their bodies at a sprawling Bucks County, Pennsylvania, farm owned by his family, his attorney said yesterday.

Cosmo Dinardo's attorney, Paul Lang, said Dinardo made the confession and told investigators where the bodies were buried in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

Video aired by KYW-TV showed the handcuffed Dinardo emerging from a meeting with authorities and telling reporters "I'm sorry" when asked what he had to say to the families of the men.

Lang, speaking to reporters in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, said Dinardo made his confession to Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.

“He confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. In exchange for that confession, Mr. Dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty,” Lang said.

Weintraub has not confirmed the confession, his spokesman Larry King said, but he said Weintraub would make a statement later yesterday evening.

Jimi Patrick, 19, of Newtown Township, has been missing since last Wednesday and Mark Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg, and Thomas Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township, and Finocchiaro of Middletown Township have been missing since Friday.

Dinardo had been arrested on Wednesday and charged with stealing and trying to sell a car owned by one of the men. Police found Meo's Nissan Maxima on the farm early on Sunday morning and discovered the car's title, unsigned by Meo, along with his insulin kit for diabetes.

Dinardo had been arrested on Monday at his home for owning a gun he was not allowed to possess because he had previously been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility, prosecutors said. He was released after his father posted a bond.

Cadaver dogs found 19-year-old Dean Finocchiaro's body on Wednesday along with remains of other people not yet identified in a 3.7-metre common grave on the 36.4-hectare farm in Solebury, Pennsylvania.

“This was a homicide. Make no doubt about it,” Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said at an overnight news conference. He did not say how Finocchiaro died.

Weintraub has said there were indications that some or all of the men knew one another and investigators were working to confirm the extent of any connections. — Reuters</s>A 20-year-old man has confessed to killing four men who were missing for days and burying their bodies at a sprawling Bucks County, Pennsylvania, farm owned by his family, his attorney said on Thursday.

Cosmo Dinardo's attorney, Paul Lang, said Dinardo made the confession and told investigators where the bodies were buried in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

Video aired by KYW-TV showed the handcuffed Dinardo emerging from a meeting with authorities and telling reporters "I'm sorry" when asked what he had to say to the families of the men.

Lang, speaking to reporters in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, said Dinardo made his confession to Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.

"He confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. In exchange for that confession, Mr. Dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty," Lang said.</s>BUCKS COUNTY, Penn. — The body of one of four missing Pennsylvania men has been found, Bucks County district attorney Matthew Weintraub said.

Finocchiaro was one of four men who disappeared last week. He was last seen at about 6:30 p.m. on July 7.

Developing story – more to come.</s>PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The timeline of events in Bucks County started last weekend when family members of the four missing men began reporting them missing.

Jimi Patrick, Tom Meo, Mark Sturgis and Dean Finocchiaro all seemed to vanish without a trace after the Fourth of July, and investigators say all of the men knew each other in some way, including Cosmo DiNardo, the person of interest in the case.

The case began days before 19-year-old Finocchiaro’s body was recovered.

On Monday, July 10, the 20-year-old DiNardo was arrested on unrelated weapons charges, but left the Bucks County jail Tuesday night after posting 10 percent of a $1 million bail.

Also on Monday, police began to focus their search on farmland owned by the DiNardo family in Solebury Township. Heavy equipment is used to begin digging on the property removing cement blocks, then digging a hole to try to unearth evidence.

Cadaver dogs, Montgomery County cadets, state police, the FBI and five law enforcement agencies, including Philadelphia police, all work in tandem, scouring for evidence on the property.

‘He Was Normal Up Until Last Year’: Friend Of Person Of Interest In Case Of 4 Missing Men

On Tuesday, July 11, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub declares DiNardo a person of interest in the case and believes foul play is involved in the disappearances of the four men. DiNardo remained free on bail at that point.

On Wednesday, July 12, Weintraub announces that investigators have found important evidence. DiNardo is arrested again, this time on charges he stole the car belonging to the 21-year-old Meo. Bail for DiNardo was set at an historic $5 million cash.

After a flurry of activity throughout Wednesday at the expansive farm sight, the investigation took a grim turn. During a midnight news conference, authorities announce they discovered the remains of Finocchiaro.

Weintraub said the body was buried in a 12-and-a-half-foot common grave. Other human remains are also discovered as multiple law enforcement agencies continue to dig for clues.

“They work in shifts due to the exhausting day-to-day conditions, the heat, the dust, the humidity, but they have to be ordered to stand down from their shifts so that they can be replaced,” said Weintraub.

Cadaver dogs have been extremely helpful in this case, sniffing out evidence that has proven crucial in the investigation.

On Thursday, July 13, attorney Paul Lang says DiNardo confessed to the murders and locations of the bodies. He will not face the death penalty.</s>HOPE, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man has confessed that he was involved in the deaths of four missing men in eastern Pennsylvania, his lawyer told reporters Thursday.

Cosmo DiNardo, 20, confessed on Thursday to "his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men," attorney Paul Lang said.

Bucks County prosecutors promised not to seek the death penalty in exchange for his confession, Lang said.

DiNardo told authorities where to find the bodies, the lawyer said, He declined to directly respond to questions of whether DiNardo killed the men.

"That will come out in time," he said.

DiNardo was arrested earlier this week on charges stemming from the investigation. His parents own the sprawling suburban Philadelphia property where the body of one of the missing men was found Wednesday. His confession came as investigators worked to excavate the 12-foot-deep grave where the body was found along with other human remains.

The body was identified as belonging to Dean Finocchiaro, 19. Additional human remains were found inside a "common grave" but haven't been identified, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said Thursday.

"We are not done yet. This is a homicide, make no mistake about it," Weintraub told reporters. "We just don't know how many homicides."

Finocchiaro, who was last seen at about 6:30 p.m. Friday, was one of the four young men who mysteriously disappeared last week.

The "all hands on deck" investigation into their whereabouts centered on a farmland property in Solebury Township owned by Antonio and Sandra Dinardo. The Dinardo family owns a cement and construction company called Cosan LLC. Cadaver dogs led authorities to discover the grave on the property Wednesday, Weintraub said.

"We are going to bring each and everyone one of these lost boys home to their families, one way or another," Weintraub said.

Finocchiaro and the three others went missing over several days last week within miles of each other.

The first to vanish was Jimi Patrick of Newtown Township. He was last seen at 6 p.m. on July 5 and was reported missing the next day after he had no contact with friends or family.

Police say the Loyola University Maryland student, 19, also didn't show up for work. He was a beer runner at a restaurant-bar in nearby Doylestown, CNN affiliate WPVI-TV reported.

"He was on the shyer side, but you would get a smile out of him, a little conversation," bartender Jennifer Albrecht told WPVI.

Patrick graduated from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in 2016, where Dinardo was also a graduate in 2015, school spokesman Bill Doherty said.

Two days later after Patrick disappeared, Finocchiaro, Mark Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg, and Thomas Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township went missing.

Close friends Sturgis and Meo were last seen near the Doylestown area in Bucks County, CNN affiliate KYW-TV reported. Both young men did not go to work on Saturday, police said.

Meo's girlfriend told investigators that she had been texting with him on Friday until just before 7 p.m. After that, she had no contact with Meo, which was "out of the ordinary and not common," court documents said.

The men's disappearances have shaken the community. About 100 residents and reporters gathered at a shopping mall a few miles from the property waiting for updates about them.

"We've been monitoring everything on Twitter. We wanted to be supportive and comforting for our community," said Bucks County resident Wyatt McLeod.

While the search intensified, DiNardo was arrested for the second time in a week after allegedly trying to sell Meo's 1996 Nissan Maxima the day after Meo was reported missing.

Data from a police license plate reader captured DiNardo's pickup and Meo's car driving in Solebury Township within seconds of each other at about 7:49 p.m. Friday, court documents said.

Meo's vehicle was found at a separate property owned by the DiNardo family, a day after authorities said DiNardo attempted to sell Meo's car to a friend for $500, according to a criminal affidavit.

The car was still registered to Meo and had not been legally exchanged. The keys and title to the vehicle were folded up and hanging on a wall inside a garage on the property, the affidavit said.

Meo is a diabetic, yet his life-saving diabetic kit was still in the vehicle, Weintraub said.

DiNardo was first arrested Monday on a charge of possession of a firearm, an offense dating to February unrelated to the missing men case, Weintraub said.

DiNardo was prohibited from possessing a firearm because he had a mental illness and had been involuntarily committed to a mental institution for inpatient care, court documents said.

A judge dismissed the charge in May, but the Bucks County district attorney's office authorized police to reinstate and refile charges last month.

DiNardo was released Tuesday evening after his father paid 10% of his $1 million bail in cash, but by Wednesday DiNardo was arrested again.

This time, he's facing one count each of theft and receiving stolen property, and is being held on $5 million bail.

"As parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dinardo sympathize with the parents and families of the missing young men and they are cooperating in every way possible with the investigation being conducted by law enforcement," the statement said.

For five days, dozens of law enforcement officers have searched the farmland owned by DiNardo's parents. Large makeshift tents were set up across the property, and investigative teams dug for evidence using large machinery.

"They're down 12-foot deep in a hole that's getting deeper by the minute," Weintraub said Thursday.

Earlier, he said he was encouraged by the pace of the investigation he called "massive" in scope.

"Take the biggest (investigation) you've ever seen and multiply it by a million," he said.

Susan Mangano and her teenage daughters said this quiet community has not seen anything like this before.

"We live here, we pass by, we saw the helicopters," Mangano said. "As a parent, it's been sickening to watch this. I have kids this age. It's just devastating."</s>DARYOUSH TAHA, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. COUNTY OF BUCKS; BUCKS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; CITIZEN INFORMATION ASSOCIATES LLC, d/b/a Mugshotonline.com, d/b/a bustedmugshots.com; UNPUBLISH LLC, d/b/a Mugshots.com COUNTY OF BUCKS; BUCKS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Appellants BEFORE: GREENAWAY, JR., SHWARTZ, and GREENBERG, Circuit JudgesFrank A. ChernakBurt M. Rublin [Argued] Ballard Spahr 1735 Market Street, 51st Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Attorneys for Appellants Alan E. Denenberg Abramson & Denenberg 1315 Walnut Street, 12th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Robert J. LaRocca [Argued] Jonathan Shub Kohn Swift & Graf One South Broad Street, Suite 2100 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Attorneys for Appellee Crystal H. Clark McNees Wallace & Nurick 570 Lausch Lane, Suite 200 Lancaster, PA 17601 Attorneys for Amicus Curiae County Commissioners Association of ... (more)

Start the conversation, or Read more at FindLaw.</s>A 20-year-old man has confessed he was involved in the deaths of four missing men in Pennsylvania after police found remains on his family's property. Here's what we know about their mysterious disappearance and the investigation that has consumed this suburban community and riveted the nation.

What we know:

The four men went missing over several days last week near Philadelphia. They were last seen within miles of each other.

The men are Jimi Tar Patrick, 19, of Newtown Township in Bucks County; Mark Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg in Montgomery County; Dean Finocchiaro, 19, of Middletown Township in Bucks County, and Tom Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township in Bucks County. Patrick was last seen July 5. The others went missing on July 7.

What we don't know:

Where are the four men?

What we know:

Finocchiaro's body was found Wednesday in what authorities described as a 12.5-foot-deep "common grave" on a 90-acre property in Solebury Township in Bucks County. "This is a homicide, make no mistake about it," Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said.

Local and state police and the FBI had embarked on an "all hands on deck" foot-and-air search of the farmland, which is owned Antonio and Sandra DiNardo. Cadaver dogs led authorities to the common grave.

Meo's 1996 Nissan Maxima, with the title inside, was found Sunday around 4 a.m. ET, on a nearby property owned by the DiNardos, Weintraub said in a news release. Also found in the Nissan was Meo's insulin kit for treatment of his diabetes, which the the district attorney said he "never went anywhere without."

Weintraub said a number of sites are now under investigation.

What we don't know:

The whereabouts of Meo and the other two missing men remains a mystery. More human remains were found inside the common grave, but police have not released the identities.

Are there any suspects?

What we know:

Cosmo Dinardo, 20, of Bensalem Township in Bucks County, admitted "his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men," said his attorney.

The lawyer, Paul Lang, declined to say whether DiNardo killed the four men who went missing last week.

At this point, no one has been charged in Finocchiaro's death or the disappearance of the other men.

DiNardo has been in custody since Wednesday afternoon after he was accused of stealing and attempting to sell Meo's car. He tried to sell the car to a friend for $500, a criminal affidavit states.

The keys and vehicle title, which had not been legally exchanged, were folded up and hanging on the wall inside the garage of the property, the affidavit states. DiNardo faces one count each of theft and receiving stolen property. His bail was set at $5 million cash after Weintraub argued he was a flight risk.

DiNardo was previously arrested Monday on a charge of possession of a firearm, an offense dating to February unrelated to the missing men, Weintraub said. He was prohibited from possessing a firearm because he had a mental illness and had been involuntarily committed to a mental institution for inpatient care, court documents said.

DiNardo's father paid 10% of his $1 million bail in cash, and he was released Tuesday evening.

What we don't know:

It's not clear whether DiNardo knew any of the four missing men before this incident.

Authorities have not named suspects in this case.

Did the four men know each other?

What we know:

Sturgis and Meo worked together at Sturgis' father's construction company and are good friends according to a criminal complaint citing Meo's mother.

Patrick may have known someone linked to the property where authorities have focused their search.

Patrick and Cosmo DiNardo, whose parents own the farmland, graduated from Holy Ghost Preparatory School a year apart from each other, school spokesman Bill Doherty said.

What we don't know:

Whether the other men knew each other isn't known, though there are "indications that some or all of the men knew one another," Weintraub's office said.

"I know more than I'm sharing on the relationships, and I have to keep it that way, unfortunately, to maintain the integrity of the investigation," Weintraub said.</s>His lawyer says he made a deal to escape the death penalty.

Less than 24 hours after investigators discovered the remains of at least one of the four Bucks County men reported missing last week, 20-year-old Bucks County resident Cosmo DiNardo has “confessed to his participation or commission” in all of their murders, according to his attorney.

DiNardo’s attorney made the announcement on Thursday afternoon. He added that DiNardo feels “deep remorse.”

On Thursday evening, a person close to the case told the Associated Press, on the condition of anonymity, that DiNardo killed the four men separately after selling them marijuana. He then burned their bodies at his family’s farm.

The anonymous source also said that a co-conspirator was involved with three of the killings. The co-conspirator has not been named.

On Wednesday night, the Bucks County district attorney announced that the remains of 19-year-old Dean Finocchiaro had been found in a grave twelve feet deep. The other victims are Thomas Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township; Mark Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg; and Jimi Patrick, 19, of Newtown Township.

DiNardo, who has a history of arrests and mental illness, was originally taken into custody on Monday on a firearms charge. He was then released on $1 million bail. Then on Wednesday, he was arrested for allegedly stealing and trying to sell the a Nissan Maxima belonging to Meo. He was held on $5 million bail.

DiNardo reportedly had access to heavy equipment through his father’s construction business. For days, police searched rural properties belonging to his parents. DiNardo’s mother and father were called to testify before a grand jury on Thursday.

Patrick was reported missing last Wednesday. The other men vanished on Friday. No motive for the crime has been announced.
A suspect in a disappearances case in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, reportedly confesses to killing and burying four men.