Romeoville Slayings: One Person Of Interest Believed To Be Dead

ROMEOVILLE, IL — Two persons of interest have been identified in the slaying of a Romeoville family of four, and one is believed to be dead, Romeoville Police said Wednesday.

The Will County Coroner's Office has identified the adults as Alberto Rolon, 38, and Zoraida Bartolomei, 32. The two little boys, named Adriel and Diego, were ages 10 and 7, according to a GoFundMe created for the family. The GoFundMe was created to help with funeral expenses and raise awareness of the homicides.

Deputy Chief Chris Burne said in a news conference on Wednesday that "within hours" of discovering the victims, police had developed a person of interest.

Nathaniel Huey Jr., 31, of Streamwood, was identified as a person of interest, as well as a woman with a relationship to Huey, Burne said.

The woman, whose name was not released by police, was reported by her family as a missing endangered person from Streamwood on Tuesday night, Burne said.

Romeoville Police then issued a statewide bulletin, believing Huey to be a credible suspect, Burne said. Wednesday morning, the Catoosa, Oklahoma Police Department got an alert on a digital license plate reader for the suspect vehicle.

Oklahoma police tracked down the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop, Burne said. The car crashed while eluding police, and caught on fire.

Officers then heard two noises, believed to be gunshots, and found a woman with a gunshot wound, who was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Burne said. A man in the driver's seat was found dead with a gunshot wound. Police believe the man to be Huey.

"This is still an active and evolving investigation and this portion of the incident is still unfolding," Burne said.

Burne said police have developed evidence that has shown a "nexus" and a possible motive between the suspect and the family in Romeoville, but declined to reveal details.

Burne said that "nothing in our investigation to this point leads us to believe that there are any other suspects."

The Romeoville family was found dead at their home in the 500 block of Concord Avenue Sunday night with gunshot wounds. Three family dogs were also shot to death, police said.

"All officers and professional staff have been working tirelessly on this case. Our detectives and crime scene investigators have spent the last 36 hours collecting a tremendous amount of physical evidence. We were able to determine that this was not a random incident and there was no cause for a shelter-in-place order," Burne said in a statement Tuesday.

Romeoville Police said family members became concerned after one of the victims failed to show up for work at 6 a.m. Sunday, and did not respond to phone calls throughout the day.

Officers responding to a well-being check at 8:43 p.m. Sunday discovered the bodies.