Mother, daughter killed in Willingboro home invasion: police

WILLINGBORO, NJ – Two women are dead after police say there was a home invasion in Burlington County.

Burlington County law enforcement officials announced Thursday that a mother and daughter were shot early Wednesday morning by an intruder in their home in the Hawthorne Park neighborhood.

Police were called to the first block of Harrington Circle just after 4 a.m. for a report of a burglary in progress.

Upon arrival, they discovered the bodies of Catherine Nunez, 33, and her mother, Marisol Nunez, 54.

The preliminary investigation revealed that entry was made through a first-floor window, which had apparently been broken by the intruders, who fled the home before police arrived.

The victims were discovered in an upstairs bedroom and pronounced dead at the scene.

Autopsies performed by the Burlington County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death for both victims to be gunshot wounds.

Police say they don’t believe it was a random incident.

Law enforcement officers do not believe other residents in the neighborhood are in danger.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information that could be helpful to detectives is asked to call the Willingboro Township Police Department tip line at 609-877-6958 or email [email protected].