On January 1, 2021, at about 1:34 a.m., Illinois State Police found 54-year-old Christina Czuj of Sleepy Hollow deceased in the passenger seat of a silver Chevrolet pickup near Barrington Road and Palatine Road in Barrington Hills, Illinois. She had sustained gunshot wounds to the back of her head and near her collarbone. The driver, 50-year-old John H. Breseman of Barrington, placed an emergency call admitting he shot Czuj while they were on the ramp from Interstate 90 westbound to Barrington Road. Breseman was taken into custody without incident.

Prosecutors say Breseman and Czuj had been in a relationship for about two years and that there had been signs of turmoil in the days before the shooting. Breseman sent an email complaining that Czuj would not spend New Year’s Eve with him; Czuj told him not to call. Breseman later claimed Czuj attacked him while he was driving and said he shot her in self-defense, but officers reported no physical evidence of an assault at the time of his arrest. He also made an admitted statement, saying in effect that he had killed the woman he loved. The Cook County State’s Attorney approved one count of first-degree murder and Breseman was ordered held without bail at the Cook County Jail pending trial.

Does anyone have information about Christina’s last movements or the relationship dynamics in the days before January 1, 2021?