One Member of Family Slain in Suburban Chicago Was in Relationship With Shooting Suspect, Police Say

One Member of Family Slain in Suburban Chicago Was in Relationship With Shooting Suspect, Police Say
A Romeoville Police officer carries out a door from inside of the home where four people were shot to death in Romeoville, Ill., on Sept. 18, 2023. Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill.—The suspect in the September shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago family was in a relationship with one of the four people slain and his girlfriend allegedly helped plan the killings, police investigators said.

Alberto Rolon, Zoraida Bartolomei, and their two sons, ages 7 and 9, were found shot to death on Sept. 17 in their home in Romeoville, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. Days later, suspect Nathaniel Huey Jr., 31, died in a car crash in Oklahoma that also killed his girlfriend, Ermalinda Palomo.