{"id":78403,"date":"2023-09-19T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=78403"},"modified":"2023-09-19T17:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:19:01","slug":"killer-on-loose-after-family-of-four-are-gunned-down-in-illinois-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/killer-on-loose-after-family-of-four-are-gunned-down-in-illinois-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer on loose after family of four are gunned down in Illinois home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>EXCLUSIVE: Couple Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, their two sons aged 9 and 7 and three dogs are all found shot dead inside their new home in Romeoville, Illinois &#8211; as heartbroken grandma says: &#8216;They were so happy&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Police named the couple as Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei of Concord Drive in Romeoville<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They have ruled out murder-suicide and warned that the killer remains on the loose\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Grandmother Lydia had spoken to her daughter just hours earlier\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The mother of a woman murdered alongside her partner and their two children in their suburban Illinois home has said she has no idea why anyone would want to kill them.<\/p>\n<p>Police found the bodies of Zoraida Bartolomei, 32, her partner Alberto Rolo, and sons Adriel, nine, and Diego, seven, during a routine welfare check on Sunday night at the home in Romeoville.<\/p>\n<p>All had been shot dead along with the family&#8217;s three dogs at the home on\u00a0the 500 block of Concord Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Police have ruled out a murder-suicide and warned that the gunman remains on the loose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were so happy, they had just bought their new house five months ago,&#8217; said Zoraida&#8217;s mother Lydia from her home in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/21\/75567969-12532579-The_home_in_Concord_Avenue_was_sealed_of_police_as_they_began_th-m-5_1695069271334.jpg\" height=\"311\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The home in Concord Avenue was sealed of police as they began their investigation yesterday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/21\/75567973-12532579-Romeoville_Police_Deputy_Chief_Chris_Burne_told_reporters_that_t-a-47_1695069532201.jpg\" height=\"387\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Romeoville Police Deputy Chief Chris Burne told reporters that the killer is on the loose<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/21\/75567981-12532579-Police_arrived_at_the_scene_on_Sunday_evening_after_being_asked_-m-6_1695069303427.jpg\" height=\"291\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police arrived at the scene on Sunday evening after being asked to carry out a welfare check on the family\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She had spoken to her daughter shortly before her death on Saturday night as the family settled down to watch a movie, and cannot understand why they were murdered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are always people who are avaricious or jealous, but I&#8217;ve got no idea,&#8217; she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A family member had asked officers from the Romeoville Police Department to carry out a welfare check on the family when one of the adults failed to turn up to work at 6am on Sunday and did not answer their phone.<\/p>\n<p>Officers found a scene of carnage when they arrived at 8.40pm that evening.<\/p>\n<p>Romeoville Police Deputy Chief Chris Burne revealed few details at a press conference on Monday citing the &#8216;sensitivity of the case and the need to protect the integrity of the investigation\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But he was confident that none of the dead was responsible and that the gunman left the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/21\/75567985-12532579-Police_believe_the_killings_took_place_in_the_Chicago_suburb_bet-m-7_1695069312720.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police believe the killings took place in the Chicago suburb between 9pm on Saturday, September 16, and 5am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=5TW_BTcgOdo%3Frel%3D0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Due to the time that has gone by, more than 18 hours from the time we were contacted, we are not asking anybody shelter in place,\u2019 he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are not actively looking for anyone in the area but we do always ask our residents to have a sense of self\u2013awareness and report anything they might see as suspicious.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Police believe the killings took place in the Chicago suburb between 9pm on Saturday, September 16, and 5am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Crime scene technicians removed several brown and pink bags along with part of a window from the three-bedroom home as the investigation got underway yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12532579\/romeoville-illinois-murder-alberto-rolon-zoraida-bartolomei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Couple Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, their two sons aged 9 and 7 and three dogs are all found shot dead inside their new home in Romeoville, Illinois &#8211; as heartbroken grandma says: &#8216;They were so happy&#8217; Police named the couple as Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei of Concord Drive in Romeoville They have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Killer on loose after family of four are gunned down in Illinois home - posterboyedit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/killer-on-loose-after-family-of-four-are-gunned-down-in-illinois-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Killer on loose after family of four are gunned down in Illinois home - posterboyedit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE: Couple Alberto Rolon and Zoraida Bartolomei, their two sons aged 9 and 7 and three dogs are all found shot dead inside their new home in Romeoville, Illinois &#8211; 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