Cosmo DiNardo is an American serial killer from Bensalem, Pennsylvania. [5] On July 13, 2017, Cosmo admitted to murdering four missing men in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Cosmo is the heir of his parents', Antonio DiNardo and Sandra DiNardo real estate properties and is of Italian descent.

He enjoys collecting sneakers and firearms. DiNardo is known for being nutty and hunting squirrels in his rural hometown. He helps run a small farm growing corn. ^[1]

Neighbors described DiNardo as being mentally ill.

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DiNardo attended Arcadia University for one semester. He was banned from the campus after having verbal interactions with campus members.

The school sent a certified letter to DiNardo’s parents declaring him persona non grata on the campus.

On July 10, 2017, DiNardo was arrested at his residence and charged with a firearms possession offense from February 2017. The FBI and local authorities searched his property in connection to disappearances of Dean Finocchiaro, Mark Sturgis, Thomas Meo, and Jimi Tar Patrick. [5]

He was held on 10% of $1 million bail. [8] His home was one of the multiple locations being searched by authorities. ^[1] His family owns that home, along with the property on Aquetong Road that was searched on Sunday, and a farm on Upper Mountain Road near Route 202 in Solebury Township that was the scene of an active search on July 10, 2017. ^[1]

He was released on July 11, 2017, on $1 million bail, 10 percent cash, on a firearms charge.

On Wednesday, July 12, 2017, he was re-arrested on charges that he tried to sell one of the missing men’s cars a day after he was last seen.

He’s being held on $5 million bail.

An accomplice, Sean Kratz, was arrested for allegedly helping to dispose of the bodies with construction equipment.

Authorities confirmed that all men knew each other.

Weintraub said Finocchiario, Sturgis, and Patrick went missing on July 7, 2017.

^[1] Meo was last seen on July 5, 2017.

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On February 9, 2017, authorities discovered that DiNardo was in possession of a Savage Arms 20 gauge shotgun and ammunition. He was not allowed to possess a firearm because he had been previously involuntarily committed to a hospital for mental illness. [11][13]

State police began their search at 6071 Lower York Road in Solebury on Sunday evening, but would not say what led them to the home.

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On July 10, 2017, police set up a command center at the 68-acre property, and a steady stream of law enforcement vehicles was seen coming and going throughout the day.

The FBI and Pennsylvania state police parked evidence vans near a cornfield and investigators brought in public works crews to clear trees.

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A backhoe was seen near where investigators were searching. On July 13, 2017, authorities announced in a press conference that the remains of one of the missing four men, Dean Finocchiaro, were found in a 12-foot hole on the property of Cosmo's parents.

Additional remains were also discovered, but have not yet been identified.

The district attorney stated that it's clear this was a homicide.

He later confessed to the killings of the men, in exchange of not receiving the death penalty. A second suspect was also arrested.

DiNardo told investigators that he had agreed to sell Jimi Tar Patrick four pounds of marijuana for $8,000. DiNardo stated he picked up Patrick at Patrick's home in Newtown on July 5, 2017, and drove him to the DiNardo property at 6071 Lower York Road in Solebury.

When they arrived, DiNardo stated, Patrick had only $800, so DiNardo offered to sell him a shotgun for that amount. They walked to a remote part of the property, where DiNardo stated he fatally shot Patrick with a .22 caliber rifle.

DiNardo then drove a backhoe that was on the property to where Patrick lay, dug a hole no more than 6 feet deep and buried him. Investigators located Patrick's body in that grave late Thursday.

On July 7, 2017, DiNardo told investigators, he agreed to sell a quarter-pound of marijuana to Dean Finocchiaro for about $700. DiNardo first picked up Sean Kratz, whom he described as his cousin, and drove to Finocchiaro's home in Middletown, agreeing on the way that they would rob him.

DiNardo stated he gave Kratz a.357 handgun belonging to his mother, and then drove all three to the Solebury property. Kratz then shot Finocchiaro in the head as they were leaving a barn on the site. DiNardo told investigators he then took the gun and shot Finocchiaro a second time as the victim lay on the ground.

Also on July 7, 2017, DiNardo stated he met Thomas Meo and Mark Sturgis at a church parking lot in Peddlers Village, a short distance west of the Dinardo property on Route 202 in Lahaska. DiNardo told investigators that he had a marijuana deal set up with Meo.

DiNardo told investigators that Meo and Sturgis followed him to the Solebury property in Meo's Nissan Maxima.

After parking the Nissan at 2827 Aquetong Road, Meo and Sturgis rode with DiNardo in his truck to the adjacent Lower York Road property, where Kratz awaited.

After the men exited the truck, DiNardo shot Meo in the back with the.357 handgun, then fired several times at Sturgis as he fled.

DiNardo then ran over Meo with the backhoe before using it to lift both bodies into a metal tank where he already had placed Finocchiaro's corpse.

The following day, Dinardo told police, he and Kratz returned to the property, where Dinardo used the backhoe to dig a deep hole and bury the tank containing the three bodies.