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CHESTER, N.J. — A neighbor confirmed investigators removed what appeared to be a headboard, hamper and possible comforter or quilt from the property where Brooke Hanlon, 35, was found stabbed to death earlier this year.
Fox News Digital was on the scene outside the home on Pottersville Road in Chester, New Jersey, last week and witnessed investigators carrying scads of those items wrapped in brown paper and marked with evidence tape out of the Hanlon home.
Hanlon, a psychotherapist and mother, was found fatally stabbed in the home on June 6. Her husband, James “Conor” Hanlon, had called 911 from the home after his wife was found stabbed there. No arrests have been made.
He was seen speaking with police on Wednesday afternoon, his neighbors said.
Law enforcement personnel remove evidence from the home of Conor Hanlon in Chester, N.J., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. Hanlon’s wife, Brooke Hanlon, was found dead in their home in June. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
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On Thursday, Fox News Digital witnessed officers remove what appeared to be a large comforter from a second-story window at the house.
Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed to death inside her Morris County, New Jersey home. Police have yet to name a possible suspect. (LinkedIn, Facebook/Meta)
It’s a two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with few windows on the second floor.
Law enforcement officers seize evidence from the home of Conor Hanlon in Chester, N.J., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Several neighbors expressed concern to Fox News Digital over the lack of new information in the case.
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Law enforcement officers remove evidence from the home of Conor Hanlon in Chester, N.J., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Investigators returning to the property had some residents hopeful for an arrest, neighbors said.
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Investigators remove evidence from Conor Hanlon’s home in Chester, N.J., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
One neighbor said, “I just want them to resolve this as soon as possible.” She said seeing law enforcement return to the street on Wednesday, Nov. 4, brought tears to her eyes.
Police remove evidence from the home of Conor Hanlon in Chester, N.J., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. Hanlon’s wife, Brooke Hanlon, was found dead in their home in June. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Robert Strang, a former FBI agent and private investigator, said law enforcement’s return to the home months after the homicide could mean investigators have developed new leads and are looking for specific evidence, including DNA.
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Investigators take evidence from Conor Hanlon’s house in Chester, N.J., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Strang — who is not affiliated with the case — said, “the more people they talk to, the more information they get, the more reason they have to go back to try to identify DNA.”
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Law enforcement personnel remove evidence from the home of Conor Hanlon in Chester, N.J., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Several neighbors previously confirmed to Fox News Digital that Conor Hanlon has been spending nights at the home.
“How do you sleep in that house?” one neighbor said.
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Investigators’ vehicles sit along Pottersville Road in Chester, New Jersey, near the home where Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed to death. Her husband, Conor Hanlon, was seen speaking with officers Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, and has denied any involvement in her death. (Fox News Digital)
Hanlon has not been accused of any crime or wrongdoing and has publicly denied any involvement in his wife’s death. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office previously confirmed to Fox News Digital he has hired a private attorney.
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One neighbor said she has seen Hanlon doing yard work, like cutting the grass and weed-whacking.
“Recently he’s been sitting outside quite a bit on that front porch,” she said.
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James “Conor” Hanlon’s home, where his wife was murdered. A police cruiser parked in the driveway. New Jersey, Nov 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
“You would think, knowing that everybody drives by gawking at your house, that you’d sit in the back where people aren’t looking at you,” the neighbor said.
Law enforcement personnel from multiple agencies arrive outside the home of Conor Hanlon in Chester, N.J., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Neighbors confirmed that people frequently drive past the home, snapping photos and videos now that it has been the center of a murder mystery with national news coverage.
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A police cruiser parked in the driveway of the Hanlons’ home in New Jersey, Nov 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
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One resident who drives past the home on Pottersville Road during her commute to work said she has seen Conor Hanlon in a white SUV drive past her from time to time.
A police cruiser parked in the driveway of Conor Hanlon’s home in New Jersey, Nov 5, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
DNA may not be the only thing that investigators are after at the house. Describing how investigators can use phone data, Strang said, “We have towers throughout New Jersey that can tell you what vicinity you were in at what time.”
James “Conor” Hanlon’s home, where his wife was murdered, is searched by police in New Jersey, Nov. 4, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
He explained that investigators may also examine the Hanlons’ relationship and digital footprint.
“They are going to look at what the relationship was like. They are going to have their cellphones. They will have all their social media. They’ll look very deeply into their lifestyle. They talk to friends,” he said.
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There is an abundance of tools that investigators can use to pinpoint what may have motivated an alleged crime.
No arrests have been made in the killing of Brooke Hanlon at her Chester, New Jersey, home. (Fox News Digital)
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In gathering this information, he said it is not out of the ordinary that the prosecutor’s office has been instructed to keep quiet — and shut the media out.
The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office has been investigating the Brooke Hanlon homicide case. (Google Maps)
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Why? Strang predicts it’s possible the unsolved homicide could “involve a grand jury.” He went on to say, “This is a case where they don’t want to make a mistake.”
A spokesperson for New Jersey Courts confirmed to Fox News Digital that “matters of a grand jury are kept secret unless and until there is a return of an indictment.”
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Law enforcement has previously noted that there is no threat to the public — however, a $1,000 reward is still being offered to anyone who has information that could lead to an arrest.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Hanlon on numerous occasions, but calls have not been returned.