Pennsylvania man accused of killing his child’s mother and grandmother – NBC10 Philadelphia

A Pennsylvania man is facing several charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. He broke into a home in New Jersey and killed his child’s mother and grandmother. earlier this week.

Junior Edwards, 37, of Lansdowne, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, first-degree criminal trespass with a firearm, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon. intent and second-degree endangering the welfare of the child, according to the Burlington County District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said the investigation began just after 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, after officers with the Willingboro Township Police Department were called to the first block of Harrington Circle in the Hawthorne Park section of Willingboro Township for a report of a burglary in progress.

After entering the residence, officers found the bodies of Catherine Nunez, 33, and her mother, Marisol Nunez, 54, in an upstairs bedroom, prosecutors said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.

An investigation revealed that entry was through a first-floor window broken by Edwards, according to prosecutors. The gun thought to have been used in the murder was found outside the house.