The Monmouth County prosecutor's office said now-18-year-old Scott Kologi is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and a weapons offense in the slayings of his parents, sister and a family friend.
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He was 16 back in 2017 when prosecutors say he massacred the victims in the family's home in the Jersey Shore city of Long Branch.
Authorities say he shot 42-year-old Steven Kologi and 44-year-old Linda Kologi, along with their 18-year-old daughter, Brittany, and 70-year-old Mary Schulz.
The defendant's brother and grandfather and another friend were in the house at the time of the shooting but escaped unharmed.
Authorities haven't disclosed a possible motive for the slayings.
A judge last year approved prosecutors' request to move the case from family court to adult court.
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Defense attorneys sought in December to have Kologi transferred to a psychiatric facility, but a judge ordered him to remain behind bars pending trial.
Kologi's attorney Richard Lomurro says he plans to enter a not guilty plea at his arraignment later this month.
He said he would also continue efforts to have him transferred to a psychiatric hospital pending trial.
Previous examinations, he said, had detailed his client's mental issues including a history of hallucinations, autism and "distorted thinking."
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