Finocchiaro, a mutual friend of Sturgis and Meo, was last seen entering a vehicle Friday night.
On Monday, law enforcement descended upon a 90-acre farming property in Solebury Township, Buck County with metal detectors, a backhoe, and “a lot of other investigative resources” to search for evidence of the missing men.
Also on Monday, Cosmo DiNardo, 22, whose parents own the farm, was taken into custody on an unrelated firearms charge from February that according to court records had been dismissed but was refiled Monday. The court records reveal that DiNardo suffered from mental illness, and that he was charged for possession of a 20 gauge shotgun, which is illegal for people with a history of mental illness in Pennsylvania.
At a news conference on Tuesday, July 11, Weintraub clarified that DiNardo has not been charged with any wrongdoing in the missing persons case, although he is an important ‘person of interest’ in the investigation. DiNardo is being held on 10 percent of $1 million bail, as he is considered to be a flight risk.
