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Investigators say the two women, whose names have not yet been released, had been living together temporarily at the motel while they searched for a new apartment. Friends and acquaintances described their relationship as “close but complicated”—bonded by friendship and shared hardship, yet often strained by the stress of uncertain living conditions. “They cared about each other, but they argued a lot,” said one former coworker. “Both were under a lot of pressure lately, and it seems like it all just built up.”