New Jersey mom’s slaying has neighbors on edge with every ‘strange noise’ nearly 7 weeks later
CHESTER, N.J. – Nearly seven weeks after Brooke Hanlon, 35, was fatally stabbed inside her Chester, New Jersey home, people living just feet away from the Hanlon home are constantly looking over their shoulders.
"Things that never would've bothered me before catch my attention," one neighbor told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
A white Volvo SUV possibly belonging to Brooke Hanlon's husband, Conor, was seen parked outside the home for more than four hours last week before driving away, neighbors said.
The sighting marked the first time neighbors had seen the SUV at the Chester home since Fox News Digital previously observed what appeared to be the same white Volvo with New Jersey license plates in Boston, just days prior.
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Conor Hanlon grew up in Boston's Brighton neighborhood and has family in the area.
Back in New Jersey, neighbors have been communicating with one another more frequently following Brooke's death.
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She was found dead in her Pottersville Road home on June 6 and leaves behind a 12-month-old child.
Investigators have yet to release information about a possible suspect – let alone a single person of interest.
When the vehicle was spotted in the driveway, one neighbor said, "My wife called the non-emergency line."
"She wasn't really feeling pretty good about it," he added.
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Without an arrest or any information about a suspect or person of interest on the loose, the neighbor told Fox News Digital he's a gun owner and he's ready to defend his family should the time come.
A line of trees separates his property from the Hanlon home.
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His concern is shared among his peers.
"Nothing has really been released beyond what came out on the first day. They say there's no danger to the public, but it's hard to completely believe that when we don't know anything else."
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Following the recent vehicle sighting, he told Fox News Digital he's more on edge than ever before.
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"Even mowing the lawn, if I hear a strange noise, it's different now. Things that never would've bothered me before catch my attention," he said.
"It's definitely in the back of my mind."
While Fox News Digital visited the Pottersville Road area in Chester on Tuesday, a law enforcement vehicle was spotted slowing down as it drove past the Hanlon home.
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Fox News Digital took the neighbors' safety concerns to the Chester Township Police Department, which chose not to comment on the investigation.
The Morris County Prosecutor's Office, which is the lead investigative agency on the case, also chose not to comment.
"The lack of transparency is a little bit unnerving at this point," the neighbor said.
The investigation into Brooke's death is ongoing.
Fox News Digital has repeatedly reached out to Conor Hanlon. He has yet to make a public statement about his wife's homicide investigation.
