CLAYTON — Police are questioning two residents who live in the East Clayton Avenue house next door to where Autumn Pasquale's body was found Monday night, a law enforcement source tells the South Jersey Times.

The 12-year-old's body was found stuffed in a blue recycling container in front of an abandoned and closed-up house next to where the residents live, according to sources close to the investigation.

No arrests have been made, according to Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton.

Dalton would not call the death a homicide, and said there were no suspects, the Associated Press reported.

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Neighbors and onlookers gasped as investigators pulled a white BMX bicycle similar to the one identified as Autumn Pasquale's from a house next door to where the 12-year-old Clayton girl was discovered dead Monday night.

Tax records show the house where the bike was found, 312 East Clayton Avenue, is owned by Anita Robinson.

Neighbors, many who have lived in the neighborhood their whole lives, said Autumn's death was by far the most shocking crime in recent memory.

"It seems so surreal," said Carol McConnell, 65, who attended a vigil for the girl last night. "Times like this you try to be with the family and try to love every moment you have with yours."

Victoria Whartenby, 12, said she was close friends with Autumn, who she described as outgoing and athletic.

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"She did like to ride her bike a lot," Whartenby said. "She wasn't a girly girl, she was definitely a tomboy."

Whartenby, who wiped tears away with her sweatshirt said Autumn was always cheerful.

"She was always happy. She used to go to the skate park a lot," she said.

"She was just a beautiful young girl," said Rita St. John, whose grandson, RJ Doughty was a close friend of Autumn's. "She rode a bicycle. She rode skateboards. She was an A student. She had friends. She had everything to live for."

She described the Pasquale family as devout Catholics and "total innocents."

She said her grandson was one of Autumn's closest friends, and was among a tight-knit group of kids that have gone through school together since preschool.

"My grandson and his friends, they are good kids. RJ is very upset. All the kids in that class are very upset," she said.

Authorities have not yet released details about the case that everyone is clamoring for, such as cause and time of death.

"This is a very sad day for the Pasquale family," said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton, whose office led the search with the assistance of nearly 20 other law enforcement agencies. "Our hearts go out to the family and to all the residents of Clayton who stood together in support of this young girl."

The girl's body was discovered at about 10 p.m. Monday, but news of the discovery wasn't released until just before 2 a.m. Tuesday.

During an impromptu press conference outside the First Presbyterian Church on Delsea Drive, Autumn's uncle Paul Spadafore addressed the crowd.

Candlelight vigil held for missing 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale, Oct. 22, 2012 25 Gallery: Candlelight vigil held for missing 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale, Oct. 22, 2012

"We are all distraught, we (the family) all just spoke and said out of evil will come goodness," Spadafore said. "And there is evil everywhere, even in the small town of Clayton."

Spadafore called Autumn a "precious, precious child."

"Our little angel Autumn has reached out to the world in a special way."

The Clayton Middle School student was last seen around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. She left her home on her white Odyssey BMX bike headed for a friend’s house. She was expected home at 8 p.m.

When family members hadn’t heard from her by 9:30 p.m., they alerted the local authorities.

“It was typical for her to check in,” Spadafora said.

By Saturday night, about 50 local police officers from Clayton and across Gloucester County began the search for the missing girl. The search continued Sunday and by Monday morning more than 200 local, county and state officials from 18 different agencies including the FBI had joined up in the search, deploying officers on horses and with police dogs, as well as a state police helicopter.

Star-Ledger staff writers Christopher Baxter and David Giambusso contributed to this report.

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