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Friends, neighbors demand answers after mother and daughter found shot to death in Burlington County home
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Friends, neighbors demand answers after mother and daughter found shot to death in Burlington County home

A Burlington County family is demanding justice after a mother and daughter were shot to death in their Willingboro home Wednesday morning. Police said the initial call was for a burglary in progress. However, when they arrived home, they found two women dead.

The suspect or suspects are still at large.

“We can barely sleep. We can’t sleep because we don’t know,” friend and neighbor Charlee Harris said of the disturbing events.

Next door neighbor Glenda Sprauve added: “I’m still stunned. I still can’t sleep. I can’t sleep.”

The shock and sadness following the deaths of her mother, Marisol Nunez, 54, and her daughter, Catherine Nunez, 33, on Wednesday morning are not immediate for residents of the Willingboro neighborhood.

“This feels like a huge loss for us,” Harris said.

“But I, who lives next door, don’t feel that way, I’m still confused,” Sprauve said.

Both the loss of their beloved neighbors, who are beautiful inside and out, and the loss of the sense of security in their neighborhood.

Sprauve said: “I know one thing. When I’m in my room I’m still confused because I don’t know what’s going on. What could happen.”

“There are a lot of older people on our block. A lot of them are a little bit paranoid and scared because they’re older,” Harris explained.

The Burlington County District Attorney’s Office said both Marisol and Catherine were found shot to death upstairs after one or more intruders broke in through a now boarded-up first floor window and said it wasn’t random, and they said, “…I don’t believe the others.” Neighborhood residents are in danger.”

However, this did not calm the closest neighbors.

“I didn’t hear anything. I’m not kidding, and that’s what really bothers me because I was so close. I’m right next to them,” Sprauve said.

What can help calm nerves and support the surviving family is a planned meeting on Saturday night.

“We want to get everyone out tomorrow night at 6. We’re going to pray. We’re going to have a candlelight vigil for him and his mother,” Harris said.