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Funeral Held for Victim of Bucks County Murders

Loved ones gathered at the James J. Dougherty Funeral Home, Inc. on 2200 Trenton Road in Levittown for the funeral service of Dean Finocchiaro, 19.

The final funeral for the four young men killed in the Bucks County murders was held Saturday afternoon.

Loved ones gathered at the James J. Dougherty Funeral Home, Inc. on 2200 Trenton Road in Levittown, Pennsylvania for the funeral service of Dean Finocchiaro, 19.

Cosmo DiNardo and his cousin, 20-year-old Sean Kratz, were charged last week in the murders of Finocchiaro along with Jimi Taro Patrick, 19, Thomas Meo, 21, and Mark Sturgis, 22.

DiNardo confessed to all four killings in exchange for being spared the death penalty. The remains of the young men were found on a farm owned by DiNardo's parents in Solebury, 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Philadelphia.

Finocchiaro was born in Bristol Township and was a lifetime resident of Middletown Township. He graduated from Neshaminy High School in 2016 where he played for the school's ice hockey team. He worked at Richman's Ice Cream Company in Levittown where he was a cook since it opened in March of this year.

Earlier this month, Finocchiaro's co-worker Bill Tosti tearfully recounted the 19-year-old's sense of humor.

"He had a smile that would just hug you," Tosti said. "He was real warm, very friendly, would do anything for anybody, a great teammate to work with."

A funeral was held for Patrick on Friday in Newtown while services were held Thursday for Meo and Sturgis.

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