Amy Robach

Welcome to Amy and TJ Presents.

This edition, we are talking about the first week in a long-awaited trial out of New Jersey, the Colts Neck Murders Trial.

These murders happened on November 20th, 2018.

So we are now nearly eight years later, finally.

Paul Canero is facing quadruple murder charges for the deaths of his brother, his sister-in-law, his niece and his nephew.

And so much attention has been on this case.

There's arson involved.

There's money is the motive.

But this is just a tragic scene where if it's true what prosecutors say happened, it's one of the most disturbing, jaw-dropping murder cases we've ever seen.

The kids are 8 and 11, folks.

Yes, he's accused of killing his niece and nephew, 8 and 11.

The mom and dad were shot.

The 8 and 11-year-old were stabbed, including the niece, the 8-year-old, stabbed some 17 times in her 45-pound body, as the prosecutor put it.

So when we say this is a heinous crime, this is beyond a lot of headlines, true crime stories, and...

shocking crimes that we've seen.

This is a family story about a massacre and a man we are watching every day sitting in Argyle sweaters and V-necks and ties is a guy accused of being capable of stabbing his own niece 17 times.

That's what we're dealing with.

So you say jaw dropping and shocking.

This is beyond comprehension.

You're wondering because cameras are in the courtroom, so that adds, of course, to the intrigue of this case because you're actually watching this man who, if true, what prosecutors say he did, you're looking at a monster who was posing as a husband and a loving father.