The daughter of a pair found dead of their Lake Hopatcong dwelling Sunday mentioned by way of Instagram she has “inner peace knowing that they are now stress free in a much better place.”
Saturday night time, “Heaven gained two very special angels,” Kayleigh Knott wrote Sunday of her dad and mom, Alita Knott, 47, and Julian Knott, 45. The submit accompanied an image of Julian Knott holding his spouse on the seashore, every smiling broadly within the solar. The identical image seems on Alita Knott’s Facebook web page.
The Morris County Prosecutor’s workplace and Jefferson police mentioned Sunday the pair had been found at their Log Road dwelling early that morning, after police responded to a report of two unconscious adults. There was no proof of out of doors intrusion and no menace to the group, officers mentioned.
Jefferson police have referred touch upon the continued investigation to the Morris County Prosecutor’s workplace, which as of mid-day Monday had not made any additional assertion in regards to the deaths.
Neighbors mentioned Knotts solely moved into the neighborhood a short while in the past.
According to Julian Knott’s LinkedIn profile, he labored for JPMorgan Chase for a number of years, most lately because the executive director of its Global Network Operations Center in Whippany. Prior to that, he held numerous IT positions with JPMorgan Chase and different corporations.
Staffers on the Whippany workplace and a spokesperson for JPMorgan Chase’s company headquarters declined remark to NJ.com Monday. A spokeswoman for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage advised the Star-Ledger Sunday Alita Knott has labored as a gross sales affiliate within the Chester/Hackettstown Office for lower than a yr, and expressed condolences however declined additional remark.
Public information present the couple bought the single-family Lake Hopatcong close to the tip of a cul-de-sac in April for $600,000. The two-story home sits on the highest of a hill. A current actual property itemizing described the property as a four-bedroom, four-bathroom home.