The daddy of Eunice Dwumfour, the New Jersey councilwoman gunned down final week close to her Sayreville house in what gave the impression to be a focused killing, stated Tuesday morning his household continues to be at midnight about who shot his daughter and why.
He additionally stated authorities have but to supply any updates about suspects, leads they’re chasing or clues they’ve acquired.
“Up to now, we haven’t heard something but,” Eunice’s dad, Prince Dwumfour, informed The Submit when requested if police had up to date him in regards to the case.
Within the six full days since Dwumfour’s bullet-riddled physique was discovered slumped behind the wheel of her white Nissan SUV, neither native police nor the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Workplace have communicated with the general public the place the investigation stands.
The prosecutor’s workplace didn’t reply to a number of inquiries from The Submit asking if police had any suspects or if the killer is at massive and poses a menace to the general public. A spokesperson solely stated there are “presently nonetheless no updates to report” as a result of “the matter continues to be beneath investigation.”
On the weekend a Fb put up from the Sayreville Police Division requested for residents who had safety digicam footage of the Camelot at La Mer advanced the place she lived from Feb. 1, between the hours of 6:30 p.m. to eight p.m.
The put up additionally stated police are in search of anybody who might need dashboard digicam footage of their journeys alongside three roads — Ernston Highway, Gondek Drive or Level of Woods Drive — throughout those self same hours.
In the meantime, the councilwoman’s new husband made one other cryptic Fb put up Monday by which he known as his late spouse an “angel” and stated she promised to see him by Might.
“I do know you breath by me I’ll proceed to have fun you as I’ve promised you I missed you my love,” wrote Eze Kings, Dwumfour’s Nigerian pastor husband.
A memorial service can be held Wednesday evening at Epic Church Worldwide in Sayreville. New Jersey Meeting Speaker Craig Coughlin is anticipated to speak alongside Sayreville Mayor Victoria Kilpatrick and a household consultant.
Authorities haven’t publicly speculated on the motive for the killing.
Throughout a radio look on WNYC final Thursday, Backyard State Gov. Phil Murphy stated the one mom’s homicide doesn’t look like politically motivated.
Nonetheless, Murphy stated it felt “very particular.”
“Sadly, there’s little or no that’s identified proper now,” Murphy stated in his weekly sit-down with the radio present, in keeping with NJ.com. “It doesn’t look like associated to her place as an elected councilwoman in Sayreville.”
Dwumfour, a 30-year-old Republican, was elected in November 2021 after upsetting the incumbent Democrat.
A witness informed The Submit that the shooter hit Dwumfour’s automobile with a few dozen pictures. This was backed up by the police markers photographed across the automobile.
Investigators have informed The Submit {that a} video digicam caught Dwumfour chatting with the shooter simply moments earlier than her loss of life.
Some locals informed RLS Media that the gunman was noticed racing off to the Backyard State Parkway. Later some 20 Sayreville cops have been seen combing the perimeters of a Backyard State Parkway exit ramp headed towards the Jon Bon Jovi Service Space in search of proof.
The FBI can also be helping the investigation, an company consultant has stated, though their function in investigating the crime will not be but identified.