An Illinois lady who lived with a person suspected within the quadruple murder of a suburban Chicago household described him as a “very harmful man.”
Christiana Espinoza, 25, of Streamwood, Illinois, stated Wednesday afternoon that her mom had been courting Nathaniel Huey Jr., 31, for about eight years. The trio had lived collectively for a very long time, Espinoza stated.
Espinoza’s tackle was listed in a public database as the identical tackle the place Huey lived.
Police in Romeoville stated Wednesday {that a} man believed to be Huey, whom they named as a suspect within the murders, and a girl had been discovered with gunshot wounds in a burning automobile that fled from authorities in Oklahoma and crashed.
Police stated the person was killed and the lady was significantly injured.
The girl discovered within the automobile was thought of an individual of curiosity earlier than her household reported her lacking and at risk Tuesday evening, police stated.
Espinoza declined to provide her mom’s title, however stated her mom, 50, was within the automobile discovered on the Oklahoma interstate.
“He is a really harmful man. He is an enormous manipulator. An enormous manipulator,” Espinoza stated of Huey.
“Once I first met him, he wasn’t a really dangerous individual. Just a few months in the past, one thing modified. He was excluding all of us, together with my mom, and now this,” Espinosa stated. “He began to really feel suspicious… isolating himself, maintaining “Within the storage. He began not being himself, and pushing us all away, even my mother.”
Espinoza stated Huey owned a safety firm, had entry to a number of weapons, and final labored in a equipment warehouse. A public database confirmed that Huey had a enterprise relationship with a safety firm.
Espinoza stated she spoke to investigators about Huey and her mom. She declined to disclose which company the investigators labored for or when she spoke with them.
Romeoville Police and Deputy Police Chief Chris Bourne didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark Wednesday evening about Espinoza or whether or not her mom was the lady as soon as described as a “individual of curiosity.”
On Wednesday, a car linked to Huey was caught by a license plate reader in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Officers tried to cease the automobile, however it sped off and crashed.
Officers heard what they thought had been gunshots and located the person useless within the driver’s seat and the lady injured.
Police are trying to find the suspect within the killing of a household of 4 within the suburb about 35 miles southwest of Chicago.
Alberto Rolón, 38; Zoraida Bartolomei, 32; Their two kids, ages 7 and 9, had been discovered murdered of their house in Romeoville on Sunday evening.
Bourne stated Wednesday that proof suggests a connection between the suspect and the victims in addition to a attainable motive, however he declined to offer particulars concerning the motive.