Delco Man Killed His Child's Mother, Grandmother In NJ Home: Officials

WILLINGBORO, NJ — A Delaware County man broke into a New Jersey home this week and killed his son's mother and grandmother while the child was present, authorities said Saturday.

Early Wednesday morning, Catherine Nunez and her mother, Marisol Nunez, were fatally shot inside their home in Willingboro. The Burlington County (NJ) Prosecutor's Office identified Junior Edwards as the suspect.

Edwards and Catherine Nunez shared an 8-year-old son, according to the BCPO. The child was in the home during the shootings but wasn't hurt.

Edwards, 37, of Lansdowne, was charged on a warrant Friday in Philadelphia, where he was in custody on unrelated charges.

Willingboro police were called at 4 a.m. Wednesday for a burglary in progress on the first block of Harrington Circle. In the upstairs bathroom, they found the bodies of Catherine Nunez, 33, and Marisol Nunez, 54, authorities said.

Investigators found that Edwards smashed a first-floor window to break in. Authorities discovered a handgun outside the home that they believe he used in the killings.

Autopsies determined that the victims died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Edwards was charged with two counts of murder (first-degree), home invasion with a firearm (first-degree), unlawfully possessing a weapon (second-degree), possessing a weapon for an unlawful purpose (second-degree) and endangering the welfare of a child (second-degree).