- Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton, 21, has pleaded no longer responsible to an obstruction of justice rate in Will County court docket.
- Prosecutors allege she supplied false data to government right through their investigation into her boyfriend, Romeo Nance, 23, who’s suspected of fatally capturing 8 folks.
- Nance then fled to Texas the place he shot and killed himself as U.S. Marshals closed in on him.
The female friend of a person suspected of fatally capturing seven family and an 8th particular person ultimate month in a Chicago suburb pleaded no longer responsible Thursday to an obstruction of justice rate.
Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton, 21, of Joliet entered the plea in a Will County court docket. She stays on house confinement.
Prosecutors say she supplied false data to government right through their investigation and seek for her boyfriend, Romeo Nance, 23. Police say Nance shot and killed seven individuals of his circle of relatives and every other guy earlier than fleeing to Texas, the place he shot and killed himself as U.S. Marshals closed in on him.
ILLINOIS POLICE ARREST GIRLFRIEND OF ROMEO NANCE, THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING 7 FAMILY MEMBERS
Prosecutors say the rate stems from Cleaveland-Singleton telling investigators she did not have Nance’s telephone quantity. The 2 have a kid in combination.
Joliet cops paintings on the scene the place 8 folks have been fatally shot on Jan. 23, 2024. The female friend of a suspect within the Chicago suburb capturing pleaded no longer responsible to an obstruction of justice rate on Thursday. (Antonio Perez /Chicago Tribune by way of AP)
Joliet police mentioned Cleveland-Singleton agreed to be wondered by means of police Jan. 22 after she was once recognized as Nance’s female friend and the mum of his 3-year-old son. Nance fatally shot himself that day.
The 8 individuals who police mentioned Nance fatally shot have been discovered Jan. 22-23, government have mentioned. No cause for the slayings has been launched.
SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING 7 IN ILLINOIS KILLED HIMSELF WHEN FOUND BY US MARSHALS IN TEXAS: POLICE
The sufferers who have been fatally shot have been recognized as Nance’s mom, Tamaeka Nance, 47; his brother Joshua Nance, 31; sister Alexandria Nance, 20; two more youthful sisters, ages 16 and 14; aunt Christine Esters, 38; and uncle William Esters II, 35.
Every other guy, 28-year-old Toyosi Bakare, was once fatally shot out of doors an condominium construction. Police mentioned Nance is assumed to have randomly fired at him and every other guy, who was once wounded within the leg.
Nance fatally shot himself after U.S. Marshals positioned him close to Natalia, Texas, about 30 miles southwest of San Antonio and greater than 1,000 miles from Joliet, police mentioned.
Sheriff Randy Brown of Medina County, Texas, mentioned he believes Nance was once making an attempt to succeed in Mexico, which is ready 120 miles south of Natalia alongside Interstate 35.
