Mum and gran let daughter move back home - then they were bludgeoned to death

When Heather Barbera's marriage fell apart, it led to her killing her mum Michelle Gordon and gran Elaine Rosen at their New Jersey apartment in this brutal way

It doesn’t matter how old you get – when life doesn’t turn out as you’d planned, you can always turn to your mum for support. That’s exactly what Heather Barbera did when her marriage began to flounder.

Barbera, 43, left the home she shared with her husband and two children in Mississippi to move in with her mum Michelle Gordon, 67, in Ventnor, New Jersey. Unemployed and at a crossroads in her life, Barbera was welcomed with opened arms.

Michelle shared a sunny seafront flat on Ventnor’s boardwalk with her elderly mum, Elaine Rosen, 87. They lived on the eighth floor in a luxury apartment block that boasted a pool, a fancy lobby and a busy café.

The pair enjoyed meals out, trips to nearby Atlantic City and quiet days by the sea. It was a laid-back life – until Barbera arrived in 2018.