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Man charged in deaths of 4 men waives preliminary hearing

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in Doylestown, Pa., shows Cosmo DiNardo. DiNardo and his cousin Sean Kratz, both charged in the deaths of four men who were found buried on a sprawling Pennsylvania farm, are scheduled to appear in county court for a preliminary hearing in Doylestown on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office via AP, File)
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in Doylestown, Pa., shows Cosmo DiNardo. DiNardo and his cousin Sean Kratz, both charged in the deaths of four men who were found buried on a sprawling Pennsylvania farm, are scheduled to appear in county court for a preliminary hearing in Doylestown on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office via AP, File)

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) – One of two cousins charged in the deaths of four men who were found buried on a sprawling Pennsylvania farm has waived his preliminary hearing.

Twenty-year-old Cosmo DiNardo appeared via video conference Thursday in a court in Doylestown.

Three rows of seats in the courtroom gallery were filled with victims’ family members.

DiNardo’s cousin, 20-year-old Sean Kratz, is to be in court later Thursday.

DiNardo admitted to killing the men on his parent’s farm in July. His lawyer says he confessed in exchange for prosecutors agreeing not to seek the death penalty.