Photo:Getty ImagesA mother, father, their two children and three dogs were shot to death in Romeoville, Ill., in what police say was a murder of the family.Police identified the adult victims as Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, who were in their 30s, according to public records. The names and ages of the children were not released.“It is not a murder-suicide,” Romeoville police deputy chief Chris Burne said during a news conference on Monday. “Right now, we are investigating it as a murder.“Police have not discussed any suspects.The family had only recently arrived in the neighborhood and lived in a single-family home in the village about 26 miles southwest of Chicago, Burne tells PEOPLE.“They had moved into the community earlier this year,” he says.Police were called to the home around 8:45 p.m. Sunday for a well-being check after one of the family members did not show up to work at 6 a.m. and wasn’t responding to phone calls throughout the day, according to law enforcement officials.After officers arrived at the house, they found the bodies, all with gunshot wounds, said police, who believe the shootings occurred between 9 p.m. Saturday evening and 5 a.m. Sunday.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.“I’m devastated,” Lynn Phillips, a neighbor who lives one house away, tells PEOPLE. “I’ve cried on and off since last night.“Phillips says the couple and their kids seemed like a quiet, everyday family who kept to themselves.“They go to work, they go home, they take their kids to school,” she tells PEOPLE. “They worked in the yard. We’d wave to each other.“She says she would hear the kids playing basketball in their backyard and helping with yard work. “I believe I saw them helping their parents with the landscaping,” she says.Burne said Monday that because more than 18 hours had elapsed since the time police were contacted, they were not “actively looking for anyone in the area.” He added that neighbors were not being asked to stay indoors.
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A mother, father, their two children and three dogs were shot to death in Romeoville, Ill., in what police say was a murder of the family.Police identified the adult victims as Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, who were in their 30s, according to public records. The names and ages of the children were not released.“It is not a murder-suicide,” Romeoville police deputy chief Chris Burne said during a news conference on Monday. “Right now, we are investigating it as a murder.“Police have not discussed any suspects.The family had only recently arrived in the neighborhood and lived in a single-family home in the village about 26 miles southwest of Chicago, Burne tells PEOPLE.“They had moved into the community earlier this year,” he says.Police were called to the home around 8:45 p.m. Sunday for a well-being check after one of the family members did not show up to work at 6 a.m. and wasn’t responding to phone calls throughout the day, according to law enforcement officials.After officers arrived at the house, they found the bodies, all with gunshot wounds, said police, who believe the shootings occurred between 9 p.m. Saturday evening and 5 a.m. Sunday.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.“I’m devastated,” Lynn Phillips, a neighbor who lives one house away, tells PEOPLE. “I’ve cried on and off since last night.“Phillips says the couple and their kids seemed like a quiet, everyday family who kept to themselves.“They go to work, they go home, they take their kids to school,” she tells PEOPLE. “They worked in the yard. We’d wave to each other.“She says she would hear the kids playing basketball in their backyard and helping with yard work. “I believe I saw them helping their parents with the landscaping,” she says.Burne said Monday that because more than 18 hours had elapsed since the time police were contacted, they were not “actively looking for anyone in the area.” He added that neighbors were not being asked to stay indoors.
A mother, father, their two children and three dogs were shot to death in Romeoville, Ill., in what police say was a murder of the family.
Police identified the adult victims as Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, who were in their 30s, according to public records. The names and ages of the children were not released.
“It is not a murder-suicide,” Romeoville police deputy chief Chris Burne said during a news conference on Monday. “Right now, we are investigating it as a murder.”
Police have not discussed any suspects.
The family had only recently arrived in the neighborhood and lived in a single-family home in the village about 26 miles southwest of Chicago, Burne tells PEOPLE.
“They had moved into the community earlier this year,” he says.
Police were called to the home around 8:45 p.m. Sunday for a well-being check after one of the family members did not show up to work at 6 a.m. and wasn’t responding to phone calls throughout the day, according to law enforcement officials.
After officers arrived at the house, they found the bodies, all with gunshot wounds, said police, who believe the shootings occurred between 9 p.m. Saturday evening and 5 a.m. Sunday.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
“I’m devastated,” Lynn Phillips, a neighbor who lives one house away, tells PEOPLE. “I’ve cried on and off since last night.”
Phillips says the couple and their kids seemed like a quiet, everyday family who kept to themselves.
“They go to work, they go home, they take their kids to school,” she tells PEOPLE. “They worked in the yard. We’d wave to each other.”
She says she would hear the kids playing basketball in their backyard and helping with yard work. “I believe I saw them helping their parents with the landscaping,” she says.
Burne said Monday that because more than 18 hours had elapsed since the time police were contacted, they were not “actively looking for anyone in the area.” He added that neighbors were not being asked to stay indoors.
source: people.com
