Joliet Man Was Related to Most of the Eight Victims He Killed, Police Say

A 23-year-old man who reportedly killed eight people in Joliet and Will County was related to most of his victims, according to police.& Days after the incidents, officials still have no motive behind the killings they believe a Joliet man by the name of Romeo Nance had carried out.& “We just don’t have any clue as to why he did what he did,” said Joliet Police Chief William Evans. According to authorities, the day after Nance fatally shot himself in a confrontation with Texas law enforcement officials on Monday, the Will County coroner identified the victims at the Joliet homes believed to be his relatives, which include 38-year-old Christine Esters, 47-year-old Tamaeka Nance, 35-year-old William Esters II, 31-year-old Joshua Nance and 20-year-old Alexandria Nance. The bodies of two teenage girls, ages 14 and 16 were found but their names were not released.& At approximately 8:30 p.m. central time, US Marshals successfully located Nance near Natalia, Texas, approximately 36 miles southwest of San Antonio. A confrontation ensued where Nance reportedly took his own life, according to law enforcement officials. This grim outcome concluded a weekend of utter carnage where Nance allegedly murdered eight individuals at three separate locations in the Chicago...