Updated: Wed Jan 28, 2026 – 4:40 p.m.
Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan and Northampton Township Police Chief Steve LeCompte at Justice Center press conference revealed Kevin Castiglia murdered his elderly parents, Fred, 90 and Judith, 84 while they slept and later his 53 year-old sister.
According to prosecutors, Castiglia admitted to medicial personnel at St Mary Medical Center “I killed my parents in thier sleeep” and “I killed my sister when she found them.”
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Castiglia, after he was medicially cleared, waived his miranda rights and agreed to speak with investgators at Northampton Twp Police Headquarters, according to the probable cause.
Castiglia, according to police, admittied to stabbing all three to death.
Prosecuotors said it took five hours to take Castiglia into custody.
Khan said a motivation for the triple murder is unknown at this time.
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A Churchville man stands accused of killing his parents and sister who were found slayed inside a Northampton Township home Monday.
Kevin Castiglia, 55, is charged with three counts of homicide, with misdemeanor counts each of corpse abuse, terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime with intent, simple assault and reckless endangerment.
District Judge Brian M. Marriott arraigned Castiglia, on the charges 5 p.m. Tuesday evening and was denied bail due to the nature of the charges with the suspect remanded to the custody of Bucks County Jail. Sources told Lower Bucks Source early Wednesday Castiglia is currently on suicide by watch at the jail.
According to the criminal complaint, The boyfriend of Castiglia’s sister told police he had not heard from his girlfriend since Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. The boyfriend visited his girlfriend’s home in Doylestown on Sunday, Jan. 25, but didn’t see her or her car.
The boyfriend, investigators said, drove to the home of his girlfriend’s parents on Heather Road in Northampton Township, Sunday at around 6:30 p.m. He told investigators he saw his girlfriend’s car in the driveway of the Heather Rd home. He subsequently banged on the door of the home getting no response and noted the lights were off, according to the criminal complaint.
He then left the home.
On Monday, Jan. 26, around 2:15 p.m. and the boyfriend returned to the residence, knocked on the door a few times at the door. He told investigators his girlfriend’s brother — Castiglia — came to the front door dressed in a robe, according to the criminal complaint. The boyfriend told Castiglia he wanted to talk to his sister, Castiglia said she wasn’t at the home and was likely on vacation, according to the criminal complaint.
Castiglia allegedly told the man, according to court papers. “Don’t ever come here again or I will kill you,” and pointed a large knife at him. The man described Castiglia’s knife as a large “Psycho” type of chef’s knife.
The boyfriend left the premises and called 911.
The initial dispatch to the home was for a psychiatric emergency.
Northampton authorities arrived on scene, knocked on the door of the home getting no response and then obtained and called a phone number inside the home, which Castiglia did not answer police said. Police called out to Castiglia. The suspect opened the door still wearing the robe previously described by the boyfriend, the criminal complaint alleges. He was holding two knives, one of which police believed had blood on it, investigators said.
Castiglia spoke with officers incoherently, never answering didn’t answer them when they asked about his family, police said.
Castiglia then pointed the knives towards the officers who shot him with a stun gun, according to the criminal complaint. The stun gun had little effect on Castiglia who pulled the probes out of his body, slammed the door and locked it, according to investigators.
The SCERT team entered the residence finding the body of a woman inside the kitchen, according to the criminal complaint.
They then found the bodies of a man and woman in the basement of the home, investigators said.
Castiglia barricaded himself inside a bedroom, according to investigators on the second floor, ignoring commands police. He was eventually taken into custody without further incident.
Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan, will be joined by Northampton Township Police Chief Steve LeCompte and other law enforcement partners, for press conference at 1 pm today (Wednesday, Jan. 28,) to provide updates on the triple homicide investigation in Churchville.
According to online court records, Castiglia was arrested and charged by Middletown Township Police in June of 2001 on aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and related charges, entering a guilty plea months later to those charges. Sentencing information
Castiglia, as of publication time has no attorney of record listed.
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