LATEST: The mother who survived a home invasion is upset that police are not arresting the people she believes is responsible.
According to Nichole Knoepfle, detectives didn't show up to investigate the incident until more than 24 hours later. She said when a detective did show up to her door they informed her they would be gone for two weeks.
"Excuse me, what is me and my family suppose to do for two full weeks. We're suppose to sit here in prison and lock everything up?," Knoepfle said.
13 Action News spoke to Metro, who said despite a detective being absent other officers will take over the case. They also said officers can not arrest a suspect without having probable cause, which can take days.
Knoepfle said she just wants something done soon.
"I want to see them arrested, today, like now," Knoepfle said.
UPDATE: Just hours after police say a mother and her daughter survived a home invasion, 13 Action News was there when the mother confronted who she believes is responsible for the home invasion.
"I will press charges, and they will be arrested," Nichole Knoepfle yelled at her neighbor. "They could have killed me."
Knoepfle said when three young men broke into her home overnight, she recognized them right away. She believes they live right next door.
13 Action News confronted the neighbors, who denied breaking into the home.
Knoepfle says whoever broke into her home knew her family was leaving for vacation. At the last minute, Knoepfle and her daughter stayed behind, and she thinks that threw the suspects off guard.
Knoepfle says she's terrified to be inside her own home.
"When I was on the phone with 911, I had my bedroom window open, and I was looking outside," says Knoepfle. "I was thinking of taking my daughter and jumping out of the window, I was so terrified, I didn't know what to do."
ORIGINAL:
Las Vegas (KTNV) -- Police say two suspects with a gun broke into the home of a mother and daughter just before midnight on Wednesday.
The mother says she heard footsteps coming from downstairs inside her home near Gowan Road and Rancho Drive. Suddenly, the suspects kicked in her bedroom door.
"When I got out of bed I was startled," said the mother. "I said, 'I got you!' I don't know where that came from, but I'm thankful I said that."
The suspects fled with some clothing and small electronics. No injuries were reported.
