A pretrial conference in the murder case is scheduled for Friday afternoon ahead of the February 2026 trial. She has pleaded not guilty.

The defense team is scrutinizing the evidence, highlighting concerns about missing witness statements, text messages, emails, and incomplete audio and video recordings.

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prosecutors can use a digital video recorder seized without a warrant as evidence in Paul Caneiro’s trial for the 2018 killings of his brother, sister-in-law, and their two children.

The youngest of two brothers Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney were in the process of adopting before one died testified against the women at their murder trial.