In early October 2021, 87-year-old John Enders and his 75-year-old girlfriend, Francoise Pitoy, were found murdered in Enders’ home on North 7th Street in Surf City, New Jersey. Police conducting a wellness check after Pitoy’s family could not reach her discovered a violent scene: Enders was in his recliner with blunt force trauma, multiple stab wounds, and a gunshot wound to the face; Pitoy was on the stair landing with similar injuries. Investigators concluded both had likely been dead for several days and noted blood spatter and signs of a struggle throughout the nearly $2 million home.

The probe focused on Enders’ daughter, 55-year-old Sherry Lee Heffernan, after surveillance tied an RV linked to her near the property around the time of the killings. She was arrested in Pennsylvania and returned to New Jersey, charged with two counts of murder and weapons offenses amid allegations the motive was financial: disputes over agency for the sale of the bayfront property and changes to Enders’ will. The trial record detailed the strained family relationship and the financial disputes; a jury found Heffernan guilty and she received two consecutive life sentences.

Does anyone have information about the days before the couple was discovered or memories of activity around North 7th Street in early October 2021?