It’s been more than seven years since the Colts Neck murders - and the man on trial for the killings, Paul Caneiro, will soon face a jury of his peers.

The final selection process is underway at Monmouth County Superior Court.

From a pool of thousands, to 12 jurors and 4 alternates, final questioning is expected to wrap by Friday. The 59-year-old is accused of killing his former business partner and brother Keith, Keith's wife Jennifer, and their two children, Jesse and Sophia on Nov. 20, 2018. Police say he's charged with setting fire to his own Ocean Township home and Keith's Colts Neck mansion to appear the family was targeted and cover up his crimes motivated by money.

“You had a confluence of unfortunate events that caused this case, and not just this case, to really slow down,” said former Monmouth County Chris Gramiccioni.

The case stalled for years, from the COVID-19 pandemic to New Jersey Supreme Court appeals.

On Nov. 21, 2018, Gramiccioni told the world of the horrific killings at the Colts Neck mansion.

Now more than four years away from that role, he watches from his private practice.

“You take the Caneiro case individually. It’s a complex case involving a bunch of charges, allegations of murder, felony murder, arson, there’s a financial aspect crimes to this," says Gramiccioni.

A key part of this case, he says, is seating an impartial and unbiased jury.

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During the final round of jury selection, the 200 or so jurors left for consideration were asked 38 questions, like:

“You don’t want someone coming in with preconceived notions that defeats the entire purpose of the criminal justice process of Western civilization,” said Gramiccioni.

Gramiccioni says pay close attention to the upcoming opening statements for information that has not been released or made public in the past seven years.

“There were a lot of questions, a lot of whys and hows, and a lot of those questions will get answered as it unfolds in court.

Opening statements are scheduled to begin next week.