Update: Body Shop Owner's Son and Girlfriend Found Slain at Business

JOLIET, IL — A Joliet man found slain with his girlfriend inside a Cass Street body shop was the business owner’s son, sources said.

Michael Oram, 48, and his girlfriend were discovered dead at Fleet Specialty Painting on Cass near Bissel Street about 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, sources said.

Deputy Police Chief Al Roechner would not confirm the identity of the slain couple. Roechner also said detectives were unsure how they were killed.

“There’s signs of trauma, that’s all we know,” Roechner said.

Coroner Patrick O’Neil said autopsies were scheduled for Thursday morning.

A long-time Fleet Specialty Painting customer, John Lepacek, said the shop opened every day at 10 a.m. “faithfully.”

“Their prices were good,” Lepacek said. “They did good work.”

A man working across the street from Fleet Specialty Painting at Kronos Tire Shop said the business operated all night.

“The guy worked every night. All day he closed the shop,” said the man, who declined to give his name.

“All day it’s closed,” he said of Fleet Specialty Painting. “At night you see the lights on.”

The man also said police took away surveillance video from Kronos Tire Shop.

A neighbor who declined to give her name exclaimed, “Oh my God!” when she learned of the two bodies in the shop nearby.