What to Know
- A jury is being selected in the murder trial for one of the men accused in the 2017 Bucks County farm killings.
- Sean Kratz is accused of helping his cousin kill four young men and bury them at the farm. He faces criminal homicide counts in 3 killings.
- Kratz stunned prosecutors and victims' relatives last year in turning down a plea deal that would have helped him avoid the death penalty.
Jury selection is underway for a man accused of helping his cousin kill four young men and bury them at a suburban Philadelphia farm two years ago.
Sean Kratz stunned prosecutors and victims' relatives last year in turning down a plea deal that would have helped him avoid the death penalty.
His cousin Cosmo DiNardo faces life in prison after pleading guilty to the killings.
Police found the bodies of Dean Finocchiaro, Mark Sturgis, Tom Meo and Jimi Taro Patrick after a five-day search in 2017. All the men were between 19 to 22 years old.
Three were lit on fire and placed 12-feet deep in an oil tank converted into a pig roaster.
DiNardo allegedly lured them to his family's farm under the guise of making marijuana deals.
Kratz is charged with criminal homicide in three of the deaths.
Jury selection is expected to last two weeks.
