In a tragic tale of a suspected quadruple homicide, a car bearing a license plate linked to the heinous crime was found in Oklahoma, its driver lifeless after a failed escape attempt from the police. The unidentified male occupant of the car, who officials remain unable to confirm, met his untimely demise inside the vehicle while evading the officials in Catoosa, Oklahoma. The vehicle crashed, erupted into a blaze and the driver was found dead with a gunshot wound.
The story unfolds with the vehicle’s female passenger, also mired by gunshot wounds, left in a critical state. As officials continue their investigation, the identity of the female passenger remains undisclosed.
This vehicle in question, as Deputy Chief Chris Burne of Romeoville, Illinois, states, is tied to a suspect believed to be responsible for the execution-style murders of two unsuspecting adults and their two children, along with their three beloved pets, in Romeoville, located thirty miles southwest of Chicago.
Lamentably discovered on Sunday evening with gunshot wounds, the decimated family consisted of Alberto Rolon, 38, Zoraida Bartolomei, 32, and their two young sons, aged 7 and 9. The gruesome discovery was made after a concerned family member grew worried due to one of them not appearing at work.
In the terrible aftermath, police identified Nathaniel Huey Jr. as a prime suspect and declared an unnamed female as a “person of interest” within the case. Burne further revealed at the Wednesday press conference, the existence of compelling evidence that linked the suspect to the victims and suggested a plausible motive.
The female suspect was deemed missing and potentially in danger by her family, leading her information to be registered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System – a network enabling communication and sharing criminal data among officers. Romeoville police then disseminated a statewide bulletin indicating Huey as a credible suspect in the murder investigation.
Catoosa, Oklahoma police received an alert from the license plate reader on Wednesday morning, identifying Huey’s vehicle in their vicinity. Despite their effort to conduct a traffic stop, the driver attempted escape and the car crashed and ignited, leading to the fatal end of the driver. On the scene, officers detected sounds believed to be a pair of gunshots.
The investigation remains ongoing and fluid at this stage, according to Burne.
