The deaths of a lady and man who have been discovered inside a house following a hearth in Washington Township, Gloucester County, on Mom’s Day have been dominated a murder-suicide, officers revealed on Tuesday.
On Sunday, Might 11, round 2 a.m., Washington Township firefighters and police responded to a reported home fireplace and potential explosion on Tranquility Court docket in Sewell, New Jersey. After they arrived, they discovered the house absolutely engulfed in flames. Washington Township firefighters and neighboring fireplace departments have been in a position to deliver the hearth below management.
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Whereas looking out by the house, officers discovered the our bodies of a person and a lady inside. The person was present in the lounge of the house with a gun close to his physique, investigators mentioned. The Gloucester County Medical Examiner later dominated his demise a suicide.
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A girl was additionally discovered inside a bed room struggling a gunshot wound to the pinnacle. Investigators mentioned the girl was shot and killed earlier than the hearth and her demise was dominated a murder.
Investigators additionally decided the house’s gasoline line had been tampered with, enabling unrestricted move of pure gasoline inside the home.
Officers haven’t revealed the identities of the person and girl. Neighbors and a lady who mentioned she was an ex-girlfriend of the person recognized him as Daniel Steele.
“It’s an emotional roller coaster. I hurt for his whole family. I hurt for her family. I hurt for myself, because Dan was one of the best people I ever met,” Steele’s former girlfriend, Nicole Ruiz, advised NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle.
Ruiz mentioned that earlier than Sunday’s fireplace, Steele dropped his canine, Billy, off at her house, together with some pet food.
Nevertheless, inside that meals, Ruiz mentioned, she discovered cash.
The Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Workplace, the Washington Township Police Division, and the Gloucester County Fireplace Marshal’s Workplace proceed to analyze the incident.
