JEFFERSON — The daughter of a couple found dead in their Lake Hopatcong home Sunday said via Instagram she has "inner peace knowing that they are now stress free in a much better place."

Alita Knott, 47, and her husband Julian Knott, 45, were found dead inside their Log Road home early Sunday morning, law enforcement officials said. Here, the home is pictured.

Saturday night, "Heaven gained two very special angels," Kayleigh Knott

wrote Sunday of her parents

, Alita Knott, 47, and Julian Knott, 45. The post accompanied a picture of Julian Knott holding his wife on the beach, each smiling broadly in the sun. The same picture appears on Alita Knott's Facebook page.

The Morris County Prosecutor's office and Jefferson police said Sunday the pair had been found at their Log Road home early that morning, after police responded to a report of two unconscious adults. There was no evidence of outside intrusion and no threat to the community, officials said.

Jefferson police have referred comment on the ongoing investigation to the Morris County Prosecutor's office, which as of mid-day Monday had not made any further statement about the deaths.

Neighbors said Knotts only moved into the neighborhood a short time ago.

"Although I am heartbroken that they will never see me graduate college, will never be there to see me get married or to be grandparents for my children, I can still have my inner peace knowing that they are now stress free in a much better place," Kayleigh Knott wrote. "You never know what life is going to throw at you, but it is all part of a plan that is bigger than us all. Now it's just me, my brothers, and betsy, and we will be just fine with our angels watching over us."

She continued: "So hug your families a little tighter tonight and count every little blessing because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Life is so incredibly beautiful and I can't wait to see what the world has in store for me. Rest in Peace mummy and daddy, stay close."

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The couple had traveled the world through stages of their careers — which in Alita Knott's case made for an eclectic resume.

Alita Knott was most recently a sales associate with Coldwell Banker's Chester/Hackettstown office, according to her biography on the company's website.

She was born in the Philippines, and worked in Mindoro as a teacher, according to the biography. She moved to Bahrain and worked as the personal assistant of Sheika Mayer Al Khalifa, through which she had the opportunity to travel extensively, it says.

She met Julian Knott in London, got married and started her own pre-school nursery business, the biography says. Her Facebook page identifies that business as the Quayside Tots Playgroup, which on its website Monday shared news of Alita Knott's death. The program closed for Monday and Tuesday, and expected to reopen Wednesday.

Alita Knott's biography says her husband's work "took us to the Mid West, Dublin Ohio, and more recently across to the East Coast, New Jersey."

According to Julian Knott's LinkedIn profile, he worked for JPMorgan Chase for several years, most recently as the executive director of its Global Network Operations Center in Whippany. Prior to that, he held various IT positions with JPMorgan Chase and other companies.

Staffers at the Whippany office and a spokesperson for JPMorgan Chase's corporate headquarters declined comment to NJ.com Monday. A spokeswoman for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage told the Star-Ledger Sunday Alita Knott has worked as a sales associate in the Chester/Hackettstown Office for less than a year, and expressed condolences but declined further comment.

Public records show the couple purchased the single-family Lake Hopatcong near the end of a cul-de-sac in April for $600,000. The two-story house sits on the top of a hill. A recent real estate listing described the property as a four-bedroom, four-bathroom house.

In an earlier Instagram post, on June 15, Kayleigh Knott wished a happy Father's Day to "the most hardworking man I've ever met."

"The man who grew up with absolutely nothing can now say that he can do whatever the (F-word) he wants, has shown his family the world, and he isn't stopping there," she wrote. "He taught me everything i know about being strong & taking whatever this world throws at you. I'll love him forever."