Shock twist reveals motive behind the unexplained murders of suburban family

A scorned pistillate tricked her fellow into murdering his mistress and her household by convincing him a cartel was aft him, constabulary say. 

Nathaniel Huey Jr slaughtered his person Zoraida Bartolomei, 32, her hubby Alberto Rolon, 38, and the couple's son's Adriel, 9 and Diego, 7, aft his woman utilized a bid of online aliases to person him to bash so, it is alleged.

The September 2023 bloodbath successful Romeoville, Illinois, was triggered by Huey's fiancee Ermalinda Polomo convincing him helium was being pursued by a Mexican and Bulgarian transgression organization.

Polomo managed to person Huey that his person Bartolomei - who helium met astatine enactment - was a 'mole' for the gangsters leaking accusation astir him, it is claimed.

So palmy was her con that Huey Jr changeable his person and her household dead. He and Polomo died successful a fireball clang days later, aft being identified arsenic the fishy successful the killings and chased by police.  

According to reported tribunal documents, Palomo begun her elaborate execution crippled aft discovering Huey was having a 'romantic relationship' with Bartolomei, who had met astatine their workplace astatine an engineering company. 

Without Huey's knowledge, Palomo past created a bid of fake societal media accounts pretending to beryllium owned by the fictitious transgression organization, constabulary said. 

She past allegedly contacted Huey and Bartolomei, threatening to exposure their relationship. 

According to constabulary reports archetypal revealed by NBC5, Palomo continued to person Huey that 'he was nether changeless surveillance by the enactment and that the leaders questioned his loyalty and trustworthiness.' 

'Based connected years of communication, Nathaniel's effect seems to bespeak helium afloat believed the accusation being fed to him by Ermalinda, but did not cognize Ermalinda was the idiosyncratic helium was communicating with,' the study stated. 

The crippled escalated 2 days earlier the murders, erstwhile Palomo convinced her fiancée that his mistress was a 'mole' wrong the fictitious cartel, and was 'planning to onslaught him.' 

Using the cartel alias, Palomo past plotted with Huey and convinced him helium could debar this imminent onslaught by sidesplitting Bartolomei first. 

'They researched the vicinity to find cameras, planned however to get successful and retired of the house, and learned the location down Zoraida's was vacant,' the study said. 

The study claimed they discussed however galore household members lived successful the home, including Bartolomei's 2 young sons, and the 'number and benignant of dogs successful the house.' 

'Ermalinda tells Nathaniel to origin harm to marque the country look to beryllium a burglary committed by kids,' the study said. 'Ermalinda reassured Nathaniel by saying, 'Many murders spell unsolved.'' 

Although constabulary said Palomo orchestrated the murders nether fake aliases, it is alleged that she drove Huey to the family's location and waited successful the car portion helium carried retired the murders. 

It is not explained wherefore Palomo was straight progressive successful the execution plot, with Huey allegedly inactive believing her online aliases to beryllium genuine. 

It is unclear wherefore helium drove her to the location and if he'd told her helium was being threatened - not knowing she was really allegedly down it all. 

According to the constabulary reports, Huey tried to marque the country look similar a break-in, and was capable to participate the location done an unlocked doorway to the room astatine astir 3pm. 

Rolon past encountered Huey arsenic helium went to analyse the sound successful his home, starring Huey to sprout the father-of-two respective times. 

Huey moved to a chamber wherever Bartolomei and her children were, and fired a fig of shots done the door, striking his mistress respective times. 

He past entered the country and killed her 2 young sons, Adriel, 9, and Diego, 7, earlier helium spray painted the walls successful an effort to 'throw investigators disconnected by creating the quality of kids committing a senseless crime', the study said. 

The couple's 3 dogs were besides killed successful the bloodbath.  

After slaying the family, Huey allegedly began contacting Palomo's fake accounts again, expressing interest that helium had forgotten to instrumentality the victim's phones from the scene.  

The Romeoville Police Department said they discovered the murders the adjacent time pursuing a payment check, and said the household had been changeable a full of 20 times. 

Detectives identified Huey's conveyance done Ring doorbell footage, and helium was interviewed the greeting aft the murders aft helium went to work. 

He reportedly admitted to the matter but denied immoderate engagement successful the murders, and refused to fto officers hunt his vehicle. 

'Later this day, helium was seen transferring a container containing firearms from his (vehicle) to different person. The container and its contents were aboriginal seized,' the study states. 

Huey allegedly confessed to the murders to his parent arsenic cops closed in, and 2 days aft the murders Palomo was reported missing by her household arsenic the mates fled. 

Police went connected to way the mates to Catoosa, Oklahoma, with CCTV catching them smiling arsenic they exited a Walmart. 

When cops approached them successful the parking lot, the mates fled successful their vehicle, starring to a constabulary pursuit that ended erstwhile Huey crashed the car. 

Although the conveyance exploded into a fiery wreck, investigators said Huey and Palomo really died from gunshot wounds fired by Huey during the crash. 

'Nathaniel changeable Ermalinda successful the caput sidesplitting her. He changeable himself nether his chin but that gunshot did not termination him truthful helium changeable himself again successful the head. Both died,' the constabulary study said. 

In a connection aft the shocking motive was revealed this week, Romeoville Police Chief Brant Hromadka said the shocking decision does not extremity the calamity of the family's deaths. 

'The tragic deaths of a young family, including 2 young children, volition everlastingly interaction the surviving household and those that investigated this case,' helium said. 

'Nothing tin hole a idiosyncratic for specified an incident, and thing tin warrant specified a senseless enactment of violence. Although finalized, the finality of this lawsuit unluckily does not mean closure for truthful galore continuing to grieve.'