Family Of 4 Along With 3 Dogs Shot Dead In Chicago Suburban Area

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A family of four comprising a couple, their two young children, and their three dogs were discovered shot dead in a suburban Chicago residence. The quadruple murder is being looked into by the Romeoville police. The bodies were discovered by police around 8.40 p.m. on Sunday in Romeoville after officers had visited the couple’s house to check on their welfare. The adults, Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, along with their two kids, Adriel, 10, and Diego, 7, as well as their three dogs, are thought to have been shot between Saturday night and early Sunday.

Police investigation into matter of family shot dead

At a press conference on Monday, Romeoville Police Deputy Chief Chris Burne stated that they did not think the fatalities were the product of a murder-suicide. “We are currently looking into this as a murder.” Despite the fact that there have been no recorded arrests, Mr. Burne stated that he did not think the neighborhood was in danger.

“Due to the timeframe that has gone by – more than 18 hours from the time we were contacted – we are not asking anybody to shelter in place, we are not actively looking for anybody in the area,” he said. Mr Burne said, “Our detectives and crime scene investigators have spent the last 36 hours collecting a tremendous amount of physical evidence.”

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This is not a random incident

Adding, “We were able to determine that this was not a random incident, and there was no cause for a shelter-in-place order.”

“It is important that we conduct a thorough investigation and we have committed our full resources to that task. The victims deserve that,” Romeoville Mayor John Noak said. After a family member failed to arrive for work or return calls from family members throughout the day, the police were called to the residence to conduct a well-being check. The kids were Robert C. Hill Elementary students in Romeoville’s Valley View School District 365U.

Srishti Verma