{"id":382066,"date":"2010-03-02T21:57:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T02:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/killings-in-suburb-are-first-in-a-decade"},"modified":"2010-03-02T21:57:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T02:57:39","slug":"killings-in-suburb-are-first-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/382066","title":{"rendered":"Killings in suburb are first in a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

DARIEN<\/b> – Police responding to a 911 call from a young woman hiding in a closet early Tuesday discovered her parents and brother shot dead inside their suburban home in an upscale subdivision just west of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Investigators with police dogs scoured the snow-covered, tree-lined grounds around the two-story home for clues that might lead them to a suspect in Darien’s first murder in more than a decade, said John Cooper, deputy police chief in the city of about 20,000.<\/p>\n

The victims were identified as Jeffrey Kramer, 50, his 48-year-old wife, Lori Kramer, and their 20-year-old son, Michael Kramer.<\/p>\n

No suspect in the slayings was in custody as of Tuesday afternoon, and no weapon had been found, Cooper said.<\/p>\n

The Kramers’ 25-year-old daughter, Angela, called 911 from inside the closet at around 3 a.m.; a second son, Anthony, 29, was also in the house, as was a 17-year-old woman not related to the Kramers. None of the three was injured, and none was considered a suspect, Cooper said.<\/p>\n

Lori Kramer was found on a stairway leading up to the second floor, while her husband and son were found on the first floor, Darien Police Chief Robert Pavelchik Jr. told reporters.<\/p>\n

The house appears to have been targeted, and other residents were not in danger, Pavelchik said. <\/span>He did not elaborate.<\/p>\n

Residents were in a state of disbelief that a triple killing could occur in their otherwise serene neighborhood, said Aldo Costabile, who lives half a block from the Kramer home.<\/p>\n

“Crime has never been a concern here, which makes this more shocking,” he said.<\/p>\n

The elder Kramer owned a towing company, and his wife worked in publishing, said neighbor Daniel Marquez, who described them as a fun-loving couple who held frequent barbecues and enjoyed their reputation as the neighborhood’s No. 1 Chicago Bears fans.<\/p>\n

“Nothing could be said but that they were wonderful,” he said. “Jeffrey mowed his lawn with a beer in his hand – a regular guy.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read the original article from Journal Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n

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