Mother who lost two sons in tragic circumstances fears she is ‘cursed’ as her daughter and last surviving child mysteriously vanishes and her car is found abandoned in state forest

A New Jersey mother devastated by the untimely deaths of her two sons fears for the well-being of her third child and only daughter after going missing ‘under suspicious circumstances’.

Danielle Lopez, 37, of Burlington, New Jersey, has not been seen or heard from since April 13 when she was spotted at a Wawa supermarket in Vincetown, New Jersey.

Lopez, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 135 pounds, disappeared shortly after telling her family she planned to go camping.

There is cause for concern after her two-door blue 2008 Hyundai Accent was found abandoned on Lost Lane Road in Penn State Forest, a sprawling 3,366-acre state park.

Lopez was last seen on April 13 at a Wawa supermarket in Vincetown, New Jersey

Her mother, Sue Quackenbush, 63, who is originally from Eatontown, New Jersey but now lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania, believes her daughter may not return and even wrote about her in the past tense.

“Unbelievably, tragedy has struck our family once again,” Quackenbush wrote on Facebook. ‘Danielle was sweet, creative and loving. She was a wonderful daughter and a vibrant light in my life.”

She said police told her Danielle’s disappearance was “suspicious.”

New Jersey State Police have not provided any further information about the investigation other than stating how they are “seeking assistance” from the public.

The New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit and the Human Trafficking Unit are both assisting in the search.

“The reason I used the past tense of my daughter in my statement is because the police have reason to believe that harm happened to her,” Quackenbush said. Fox news.

Sue Quackenbush posted about her missing daughter, Danielle, in a heartbreaking post

The family seems to have endured one tragedy after another in recent years – with the thought of losing all three of her children now a horrifyingly real prospect. Photos show the siblings in their younger years

Danielle told her family she planned to go camping in Wharton State Forest, which covers more than 300,000 acres in three counties—but then she disappeared

There has been no trace of her Danielle Lopez, 37, since she was reported missing on April 13

Lopez told her family she planned to go camping in Wharton State Forest, which covers more than 124,000 acres across three counties, but there has been no trace of her since.

“I went to where her car was found, I went to the campground, I’ve been looking for about six weeks now,” Quackenbush explained.

She noted that in her daughter’s last photo, shown on the surveillance camera as she left the Wawa store, she did not appear to be in any danger.

‘She walks out of the store smiling. She looks neat, has her bag. She functions,” Quackenbush explained.

The family seems to have endured one tragedy after another in recent years – with the thought of losing all three of her children now a horrifyingly real prospect.

“God is working in this and I am blessed to have been their mother all this time. Some mothers do not hold their children for very long, and there are mothers who harm their children. So I’m going to say I’m blessed,” Quackenbush said.

“I just need a miracle and everyone’s prayers and wishes.”

Mother, Sue Quackenbush is pictured next to her two sons, Eric, left, and Michael, right. Both are now dead

Eric died by suicide after “throwing himself in front of a train” in Pennsylvania in December 2015

Brother Michael Lopez was a Marine and was killed in a car accident. He had only just returned from Afghanistan when he died

Michael is pictured with his two children shortly after his return from the Middle East

Quackenbush lost her son Eric to suicide after he threw himself under a train in Pennsylvania on Christmas Day 2015.

Eric’s brother, Michael Lopez, a Marine, died ten months later after being fatally injured in a car accident in Florida.

He had only just returned from Afghanistan when he died.

Eric and Danielle’s father, Guy and Quackenbush’s ex-husband, suffered a heart attack and died in June 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, while his father Fred Lopez Sr. also died of COVID in May of that year.

“It’s a pretty tough reality,” Quackenbush’s brother, Fred Lopez, 58, told the New York Post.

“Danielle has had a very difficult life and never fully recovered from all the deaths and tragedies in our family.

“Every member of my family has experienced tragedy. I think maybe my family is cursed,” Lopez said.