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On September 6, 2011, a birthday celebration at Lorena’s Grocery, a family business at 50th and Parrish Streets in West Philadelphia, ended in a triple homicide. Porfirio Nunez, 50, had been celebrating with his wife, Johana Carmen Nunez, 44, his sister, Lina Sanchez, 48, and his two daughters when two armed men entered the store shortly before 8 p.m. The assailants intended to rob the business; one shot Porfirio and the other shot and killed Johana and Lina while one daughter watched from behind the counter. The gunmen fled without taking any money, and initial leads were limited by poor-quality surveillance footage.

Investigators later linked the triple slaying to another grocery store robbery, which led to arrests. The motive was identified as a robbery that went wrong, according to a confession attributed to one of the suspects. Does anyone have information about the family, the store, or that night that could shed more light on what happened?