The 2017 Philadelphia incident blowed everyone’s mind. The reckless and homicidal murders of three people made to almost every paper in the United States as well as other countries.
After several swift investigations, it has occurred that the people responsible were Cosmo DiNardo and Sean Kratz. The case went to the court and was there for almost two years until the final statement was made in September, 2019.
Who is Sean Kratz? Who are his parents and family?
Sean Kratz is an American citizen from Bucks County. He is also the cousin of his crime partner, Cosmo DiNardo. Moreover, he is currently 23 years old.
Prior to the Pennsylvania incident, Kratz has been involved in several criminal activities as well. He was accused of criminal trespassing, mischief and bruglary before. He was heftly involved in robbery in his early crime days.
Defense Attorney Charles Peruto says he’ll fight for an appeal in Sean Kratz’ murder conviction https://t.co/ytr6RwnaVY pic.twitter.com/oCRXMXBds2
— Matt Petrillo (@MattPetrillo) November 18, 2019
According to his statement, Kratz and his cousin, DiNardo used to help people to rob. Robbery was always the first priority of those criminals. They usually used to lure people, rob them and kill them finally.
As for the other members of his family, there has been no trace of them. There aren’t any details about his parents and family and it isn’t a surprise. No one would be proud of such a son whatsoever.
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Sean Kratz is currently serving his time in SCI Phoenix. It is a prison located in Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. However, there are rumors that he would be tranferred to SCI Camp Hill. It is an industrial school for young inmates. However, this act is not appreciated by the family of victims.
Kratz was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole on September 2019. Most of the people thought it’d be a death penalty. His lawyer, Matt Petrilo thinks that it is a progress that he got life imprisonment instead of death penalty. He assures that he will fight for the Kratz’s parole.
He was reportedly involved in the murder of Dean A Finochhario, Thomas C Meo, Jimi T Patrick and Mark R Sturgis. According to his statement, he admitted that he shot Dean A Finochhario and killed him. But he didn’t take himself guilty of other murders.
As a result, the District Attorney charged him of one first class murder, assisting in manslaughter, robbery, corpse abuse and other charges. Moreover, Kratz was about to plea but he dropped his plea at the last minute before the judge announced him life imprisonment.
What about Cosmo DiNardo?
Like Kratz, he was also sentenced to prison for life. He is cuurently serving his sentence in State Correctional Institution. It is one of the highest security prison in all of DOC.
How did the incident occur?
If you didn’t have the habit of following the news back then, you may have missed how the incident took place. Here’s how the events occured according to the Police’s investigation.
Sean Kratz and his cousin, DiNardo were helping people to rob for a long time. Likewise, DiNardo lured four men to his family’s farm outside New Hope under the false pretense of drug deal. He, then , with the assist of Kratz robbed the men, killed them and buried them in a 12 feet hole. The inhumane murder and robbery stunned people all over the world.
However during the court procedure, Kratz mentioned that his cousin is a monster. And he joined with him because he was scared of him. But nothing did the trick and he was sentenced to prison for life with no parole.
Tonight at 9/8c: In July 2017, fear gripped the Bucks County, PA community as multiple young men went missing without a trace. As families become desperate for answers, local police team up with the FBI to try and piece together a seemingly random puzzle. #LostBoysBucksCounty pic.twitter.com/EnPDK69e1B
— Investigation Discovery (@DiscoveryID) June 22, 2020
As for now, The Investigation Discovery has made a documentary over the incident. The documentary “The Lost Boys of Bucks COunty” was aired on 22nd of June as 2 hour TV Documentary.