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Chelsea Zuagar (left) and Ariel Murray (center) are in custody. Police are still searching for Amelia Kennedy (right) in connection with a May 20, 2015 home invasion in Ensley.

(Birmingham Police Department)

Three women are charged in a violent home invasion that happened in Ensley late last month.

The holdup happened in the early morning hours of May 20 in the 2200 block of 25th Street Ensley. Police at the time said they were told three black females knocked on the door, and forced their way inside once the door was opened.

One of the women was armed with a double-barrel shotgun, and all of the suspects' faces were covered. They kept asking, "Where's the money? JJ said the money was here,'' said Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards.

There were several women and children inside the home who were at one point forced into a bathroom. The robbers took the victims' purses which contained money, medicine, and car keys. They also fled in one of the victim's cars.

Those charged are: Chelsea Zuagar, 23; Ariel Murray, 23 and Amelia Kennedy, 19. Zuagar and Murray are in the Jefferson County Jail, while Kennedy remains at large.

Zuagar is charged with two counts of robbery, one count of burglary and two counts of kidnapping. Her bond is set at $500,000.

Murray is charged with two counts of robbery, one count of burglary, two counts of kidnapping and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Her bond is set at $502,500.

Kennedy also is charged with two counts of robbery, one count of burglary and two counts of kidnapping. Once she is captured, her bond will be set $500,000 on those charges. Court records show she was arrested last year on a resisting arrest charge.

Murray and Kennedy also are charged with a robbery that happened April 28 in the 900 block of Ninth Avenue North. Both are charged with second-degree robbery in that case, with bond set at $15,000.