Sean Kratz Guilty In Bucks Co. Farm Murders

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Sean Kratz has been found guilty of first-degree murder in connection with a spate of slayings in Solebury Township in 2017, a jury decided Friday.

Kratz, 22, has been found guilty of first- and second-degree murder in connection with the death of Dean Finocchiaro, according to multiple outlets, including NBC10. Kratz is also guilty of criminal homicide in connection with the deaths of Mark Sturgis and Tom Meo, the jury determined.

The jury had been deliberating since Wednesday.

Kratz rejected a plea deal in 2018 which would have landed him a jail sentence of 59 to 118 years, authorities said. DiNardo has already pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence for four murders.

The victims were killed in three separate shootings, all of which took place on DiNardo's family farm on Lower York Road.

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DiNardo killed Jimi Taro Patrick, 19, of Newtown Township first. Two days later, DiNardo and Kratz killed Finocchiaro, 19, of Middletown Township; Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township; and Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg.

DiNardo was expected to testify at the trial, which began Nov. 6. However, he rejected a subpoena and refused a bus ride to court Friday.

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