Early on Thursday, July 13, 2017, the remains of three missing Pennsylvania men were found at the Bucks County farm police had been searching. The fourth body was found one day later.

The farm belongs to the parents of 20-year-old Cosmo Dinardo, who has confessed to killing all four missing men.

According to the police, the men were all lured to the property with the promise of buying marijuana from Dinardo, however, when they arrived they were shot and killed instead. Here’s how the story unfolded.

On July 10, police were issued a search warrant for the property after one victim’s car was found there. Later that day Dinardo was arrested on charges of illegally possessing a firearm, the same charges were dismissed by a judge earlier this year.

The bail was set at $1 million and Dinardo was released on July 11 after his father paid 100,000 in cash.

As an attempt to buy time, Dinardo was brought in again, according to The New York Times, this time on charges related to stealing one victim’s car. The bail was set at $5 million.

Then, on July 13, the remains of Dean Finocchiaro were identified. With him were the remains of two of the other victims, Tom Meo and Mark Sturgis.

That evening Dinardo confessed to killing the men. The first was Jimi Patrick, 19, who was shot and killed on July 5.

According to ABC News, Patrick met up with Dinardo to buy $8,000 worth of marijuana, but when he confessed he only had $800 Dinardo offered to sell him a shotgun instead. But rather than selling him a shotgun, Dinardo shot Patrick. He used a backhoe, a large machine used for construction, to dig a hole and bury Partick’s body.

Then on July 7, Dinardo enlisted his cousin Sean Kratz to assist him with the next murders. They were originally going to sell Finocchiaro marijuana but decided instead to rob him. The plan later changed when either Dinardo or Kratz shot him and put his body into what’s known as a “pig roaster.” Each claims the other killed the 19-year-old.

The last set of murders, later that same day, were arguably the most disturbing. CNN reports that childhood best friends Tom Meo and Mark Sturgis were picked up by Dinardo and brought to his family’s farm. Dinardo and Kratz then brought the two men to a remote area of the farm where Dinardo shot Meo. When Sturgis started to run away Dinardo shot and killed him. According to Kratz, Meo was still alive so Dinardo proceeded to run his body over with the backhoe.

After the ordeal, the men put the two bodies in the “pig roaster” with Finocchiaro’s and burned all three. They later dug a 12-foot grave with the backhoe and buried all three together.

After finding the three bodies and hearing Dinardo’s confession, Matthew Weintraub, the Bucks County district attorney, made a deal with Dinardo. According to CNN, the deal stated that if Dinardo told police where the body of Patrick, the first victim, was then the death penalty would be taken off the table.

As it turns out, the body of Jimi Patrick was found only half a mile from the other three. Keep in mind the entire police department was searching for these men with all their forces and efforts, including cadaver dogs. Patrick’s grave was only 6-feet deep. Weintraub claimed that the police department would have still been looking had they not made the deal, but is justice being served properly?

I’ve never been a proponent of the death penalty, but Cosmo Dinardo deserves to have done what he’s done to others. Not only is it justice for the men, but it is prevention for future victims of Dinardo.

According to The New York Times, Dinardo has a long history of violence and harassment. He’s been known to harass classmates, ex-girlfriends and people he doesn’t even know. He was accused of breaking into homes, getting into fights and threatening to kill people.

And where were Dinardo’s parents during all of this? They must have been aware of his odd and dangerous behavior, especially after he was banned from Arcadia University, where he attended and dropped out of the previous fall, after harassing students on campus.

The New York Times reported a neighbor describing Dinardo’s father as a “workaholic.” Dinardo’s parents owned both a cement and construction company, according to CNN, leaving large machinery out for Cosmo’s disposal, therefore unknowingly aiding him in the murders of these boys.

CNN reported that the handgun used to kill Finocchiaro belonged to Dinardo’s mother. This begs the question, why did Dinardo’s parents leave guns to be so easily accessible to their dangerous son? Many news outlets, including The New York Times reported that he had been committed to a mental institution involuntarily.

My heart and all my thoughts go out to the families’ of these men, hopefully very soon justice will be served.

Cosmo Dinardo and Sean Kratz have a preliminary hearing on July 31, 2017.