Darien police issued an alert to officials in Jasper, Fla., early Wednesday in search for a car possibly used in a home invasion that left three family members dead.
Hamilton County Sheriff Harrell Reid said his office was notified about 1 a.m. by Darien police in reference to an alert for a 1994 BMW with Illinois plates, which may have been driven by a suspect in the home invasion.
“This was mostly a safety check, and we were told if anyone came into contact with this person, to use extreme caution,” Reid said.
“We checked every road and every residence close to the area but we haven’t found anything,” Reid said.
He said the search continued until 7:30 a.m. to no avail.
A surviving daughter, Angela Kramer, called 911 just before 3 a.m. Tuesday from a closet in her parents’ home after a gunman killed her father, Jeffrey R. Kramer, 50; her mother, Lori L. Kramer, 48, and a brother, Michael J. Kramer, 20, police said.
Angela Kramer, 25, and her ex-boyfriend share custody of their 13-month-old son and have been locked in a visitation battle in DuPage County Circuit Court, records show.
Sources told the Chicago Sun-Times the ex-boyfriend called police Tuesday morning saying he saw news coverage of the killings on TV and wanted to know whether Angela was OK.
The ex-boyfriend was accompanied to the Darien police station by an attorney. Darien Deputy Police Chief John Cooper said the man was not a suspect.
The killings were the first in the western suburb since a murder-suicide in 1995, police said.
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