On September 17, 2023, Zoraida Bartolomei, 32, her husband Alberto Rolon, 38, their two young children (reported as ages 7 and 9 or 10 and 7), and the family’s three dogs were found shot to death in their Romeoville home on the 500 block of Concord Avenue. The bodies were discovered after Rolon failed to go to work and Bartolomei’s family could not reach her or the children.

Police say the murders were carried out by Nathaniel Huey Jr., who had a prior relationship with Bartolomei known to both Rolon and Huey Jr.’s girlfriend, Ermalinda Palomo. Investigators report Huey Jr. was deceived into believing Bartolomei was a mole, allegedly based on messages from a fake phone number tied to Palomo. Evidence indicates Palomo drove the vehicle from Streamwood to the Romeoville home while Huey Jr. cut screens, entered through an unlocked door, and the scene was staged to look like a burglary; the family and dogs were shot a combined 20 times.

Huey Jr. and Palomo were later involved in a police pursuit in Catoosa, Oklahoma, roughly 600 miles away; Huey Jr. was found dead in the SUV and Palomo died at a hospital. Investigators say there is no evidence of additional suspects and that Palomo played an active role despite an early family attorney claim she had been kidnapped.

If anyone knew the Bartolomei family, their routines, or saw their vehicle in Romeoville on or before September 17, 2023, please share what was observed.