DUNN, N.C. (WNCN) -- Family, friends and employees are grieving the loss of a Four Oaks couple who owned multiple local Mexican restaurants in Johnston County.

On the doors of El Charro Grande in Dunn on Saturday, is a black ribbon in honor of owners Hector Meraz Cruz and Norma Merales Mendoza.

A note is also on the door stating that the restaurant will remain open this week despite the death of the owners.

Camilia Florez, a restaurant manager, says that's what her boss would've wanted, as he loved his business.

But hearing about their deaths still remains hard to process.

"He was like a father for me," Florez said.

CBS 17 previously reported that Johnston County deputies responded to a welfare check on Wednesday night at a home on Grants Way off of Lassiter Road when they found the

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