# Bucks County killings . . . strangerer and strangerer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066 "2017-07-12T08:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/41 "2017-07-13T21:55:04Z")
Cosmo DiNardo just confessed to killing the four missing men in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. One victim has been recovered and DiNardo has supposedly told FBI where the other three are buried/dumped. No more recovery will happen tonight, we’re experiencing a major storm. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/42 "2017-07-13T22:14:48Z")
A **12-foot deep** common grave?? Good grief. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/43 "2017-07-13T22:29:17Z")
This just in… “Attorneys says person of interest in missing Penn. men confesses to role in killings” > **[Pa. man confesses to ‘participation’ in slaying of four as search for bodies...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/pa-man-confesses-to-participation-in-slaying-of-four-as-search-for-bodies-continues/2017/07/13/87417764-67ec-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html)** > > Mysterious case in Bucks County followed a series of disappearances; authorities said they have found some remains in a 12-foot-deep common grave. > [@](#): > > Hours after authorities said they discovered human remains during a search for four missing men in Bucks County, Pa., an attorney for a person of interest in the case said he had confessed to his role in the slayings of the men… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/44 "2017-07-13T22:32:16Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I work in the County and word on the street here is that four bodies have been found buried 12’+ underground (and under an old oil burner tank). Only one body, that of Dean Foccachio (sp?), was identified at the midnight press briefing. The speculation is that the other human remains were – maybe – in more gruesome shape ☹ > > There have been some odd disappearances here in the last few months, including a partially burned body of a man that turned up last week. However, Philly is a violent place and it’s not unusual for bodies to be dumped up here in more rural areas. > > Again, this is what the local buzz is so it comes with a FWIW, YMMV, Social Media speculations, etc. And the dogs could still smell it. :eek: I had a weird thought that I just posted on another board. Years ago, I worked with a woman who had lived in Texas during the 00s, and her husband was in the National Guard at the time. They were in charge of retrieving the wreckage and bodies when the space shuttle crashed; her husband found “something” and had to get counseling for PTSD. I’ll say what that “something” was in a PM. Anyway, they were looking for 7 bodies, and found 9. :eek: :eek: They turned out to be victims of a serial killer who was in the area at the time, and they hadn’t even been reported missing yet when they were found. I suspect that a big crime ring of some kind is about to collapse in on itself. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/45 "2017-07-13T22:48:47Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And the dogs could still smell it. :eek: > > I had a weird thought that I just posted on another board. Years ago, I worked with a woman who had lived in Texas during the 00s, and her husband was in the National Guard at the time. They were in charge of retrieving the wreckage and bodies when the space shuttle crashed; her husband found “something” and had to get counseling for PTSD. I’ll say what that “something” was in a PM. > > Anyway, they were looking for 7 bodies, and found 9. :eek: :eek: They turned out to be victims of a serial killer who was in the area at the time, and they hadn’t even been reported missing yet when they were found. > > I suspect that a big crime ring of some kind is about to collapse in on itself. Some news outlets say that either one or two other people have been brought in for questioning. I do think it would have been very difficult to kill four people without assistance, but who knows? Wow, finding murder victims amongst Space Shuttle remains.I was under the impression that there wasn’t much left of the astronauts . . .? I’ll pass on the PTSD PM, the wife is a retired FDNY paramedic, so I have too many grody thinks in my brain already. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/46 "2017-07-13T22:52:50Z")
Has there been any word about the motive? Was it a drug deal gone bad? I haven’t heard anything about that. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/47 "2017-07-13T23:16:11Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Has there been any word about the motive? Was it a drug deal gone bad? I haven’t heard anything about that. Speculation is that it was drugs and/or guns – DiNardo apparently thought of himself as quite the gangsta and was working on being some kind of kingpin. He is also alleged to have experienced a traumatic brain injury about six months ago that changed his behavior, but who knows. Schizophrenia has also been alleged, but in my experience schizophrenia usually isn’t the prime cause of violence (maybe one of our experts can weigh in on this?) There may also be a connection to a very violent attack on a Temple U student (Philly) this year that his cousin was involved in and it’s related to eradicating witnesses. Or he’s just a cold-blooded sociopath who decided it would be cool to feel what killing is like. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/48 "2017-07-13T23:35:25Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Schizophrenia has also been alleged, but in my experience schizophrenia usually isn’t the prime cause of violence (maybe one of our experts can weigh in on this?) [There have been studies which suggest schizophrenics are more prone to be violent than those who are not.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20277710) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/49 "2017-07-14T00:22:30Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m familiar with the “pay a bondsman a 10% fee to guarantee the full bail amount” model… Due to extensive reading in your youth, right? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/50 "2017-07-14T03:38:58Z")
There has been a second arrest. It appears this is a “spree killing,” not a “mass killing.” It is shameful our culture has so many adjective to describe murders. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/51 "2017-07-14T03:56:01Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > There has been a second arrest. It appears this is a “spree killing,” not a “mass killing.” It is shameful our culture has so many adjective to describe murders. Do you have a link? I couldn’t find anything via Google. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/52 "2017-07-14T04:04:33Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Do you have a link? I couldn’t find anything via Google. It was on Philly Dot Com when I woke up two hours ago. But, that is now overcome by events. Seems the guy has admitted to four killings. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pa-man-admits-murders-4-men-found-grave-farm-article-1.3322623](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pa-man-admits-murders-4-men-found-grave-farm-article-1.3322623) From Philly the headline says he says he had help… > **[Cosmo DiNardo confesses to killing four men, claims he had an accomplice](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/cosmo-dinardo-confesses-to-4-bucks-county-killings-20170713.html)** > > He "confessed to his participation or commission" in the murders in exchange for a promise from prosecutors that they would not pursue the death penalty, his lawyer said. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/53 "2017-07-14T08:29:38Z")
The main details of the case now seem clear. The killer sold each of the men marijuana. He then killed each one separately. (No word on weapon.) He says he had help. He then burned and buried three of the bodies on his parents’ property. In exchange for no death penalty, he has confessed and will help police to find the remaining body. [So that is about that.](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/cosmo-dinardo-confesses-to-4-bucks-county-killings-20170713.html) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/54 "2017-07-14T10:13:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > A **12-foot deep** common grave?? Good grief. ☹ Twelve and a half was what I read. I don’t know what’s stranger. [ol] [li]Digging a grave (mass or otherwise) twelve feet deep.[/li][li]The police continuing to excavate beyond eight or so feet down.[/li][li]The police measuring (with a tape measure? Laser?) the depth to the half-foot.[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/55 "2017-07-14T10:20:15Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > The main details of the case now seem clear. > > The killer sold each of the men marijuana. He then killed each one separately. (No word on weapon.) He says he had help. He then burned and buried three of the bodies on his parents’ property. In exchange for no death penalty, he has confessed and will help police to find the remaining body. > > [So that is about that.](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/cosmo-dinardo-confesses-to-4-bucks-county-killings-20170713.html) I’m still trying to understand a motive. He sold them dope and then killed them? He was a killer and lured them with the marijuana? The deals sent south? He was just crazy and/or damaged? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/56 "2017-07-14T10:32:17Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > The killer sold each of the men marijuana. Whoa. Apparently I flirt with a violent death on a regular basis.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/57 "2017-07-14T10:54:24Z")
Name someone “Cosmo DeNardo” and you are just asking for trouble. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/58 "2017-07-14T11:58:56Z")
So is Cosmo still out on bail? I can’t find any news stories that say he’s been re-arrested (for the third time). It was real nice of his folks to bail him out twice, at considerable expense. I’m wondering, however, who would be willing to sleep in the same house as this guy at this point. I’m also curious about the 12.5’ hole. Poor people have to be satisfied with burying their victims in shallow graves. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/59 "2017-07-14T12:14:19Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I’m still trying to understand a motive. He sold them dope and then killed them? He was a killer and lured them with the marijuana? The deals sent south? He was just crazy and/or damaged? Just heard on AP Radio News that he killed them when he felt cheated or threatened. I wouldn’t be surprised if schizophrenia influenced those decisions. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066/60 "2017-07-14T13:06:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Whoa. Apparently I flirt with a violent death on a regular basis.:eek: I was drawn to a line in one of the linked articles that said DiNardo sold marijuana in quarter-pound quantities for “several thousand dollars”. Now, that’s either some VERY good marijuana or a REALLY bad deal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066.md?page=4)