The motive for Paul Caneiro to slaughter his brother’s family while setting fire to their New Jersey home can be summed up in a phone conversation prior to the slayings, according to prosecutors who delivered their summations Thursday in the ongoing murder trial.
Caneiro, formerly of Tottenville, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges, stemming from the 2018 slayings that played out inside the victims’ Colts Neck mansion. The victims also had ties to Staten Island.
In the audio played Thursday for jurors in Monmouth County Superior Court, the defendant’s late brother, Keith Caneiro, 50, can be heard arguing with Paul about missing funds from a TD bank account…