They were shot, stabbed or both. The second fire was a “ruse” intended to make it appear the extended family was a target, the prosecutor said. According to the prosecutor, Paul Caneiro shot his brother on the lawn of the mansion, went inside and killed the rest of the family, and then set a fire in the basement in the early morning hours of Nov. 20. “That fire was a ruse to make it appear as if the overall Caneiro family was somehow targeted,” Gramiccioni said. The prosecutor said the mansion fire smouldered in the basement for hours before being discovered.

Source: National Post November 29, 2018 14:08 UTC