Current:Home > MyGirlfriend of Illinois shooting suspect pleads not guilty to obstruction-LoTradeCoin
Girlfriend of Illinois shooting suspect pleads not guilty to obstruction
View Date:2024-12-23 20:06:18
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The girlfriend of a man suspected of fatally shooting seven relatives and an eighth person last month in a Chicago suburb pleaded not guilty Thursday to an obstruction of justice charge.
Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton, 21, of Joliet entered the plea in a Will County court. She remains on home confinement.
Prosecutors say she provided false information to authorities during their investigation and search for her boyfriend, Romeo Nance, 23. Police say Nance shot and killed seven members of his family and another man before fleeing to Texas, where he shot and killed himself as U.S. Marshalls closed in on him.
Prosecutors say the charge stems from Cleaveland-Singleton telling investigators she didn’t have Nance’s phone number. The two have a child together.
Joliet police said Cleveland-Singleton agreed to be questioned by police Jan. 22 after she was identified as Nance’s girlfriend and the mother of his 3-year-old son. Nance fatally shot himself that day.
The eight people who police said Nance fatally shot were found Jan. 22-23, authorities have said. No motive for the slayings has been released.
The victims who were fatally shot were identified as Nance’s mother, Tamaeka Nance, 47; his brother Joshua Nance, 31; sister Alexandria Nance, 20; two younger sisters, ages 16 and 14; aunt Christine Esters, 38; and uncle William Esters II, 35.
Another man, 28-year-old Toyosi Bakare, was fatally shot outside an apartment building. Police said Nance is believed to have randomly fired at him and another man, who was wounded in the leg.
Nance fatally shot himself after U.S. Marshals located him near Natalia, Texas, about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of San Antonio and more than 1,000 miles (1,690 km) from Joliet, police said.
Sheriff Randy Brown of Medina County, Texas, said he believes Nance was trying to reach Mexico, which is about 120 miles (200 km) south of Natalia along Interstate 35.
veryGood! (7)
Related
- Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families
- 'Nation has your back,' President Biden says to Hurricane Helene victims | The Excerpt
- With 'The Woke Agenda,' Calgorithm propels California football into social media spotlight
- International fiesta fills New Mexico’s sky with colorful hot air balloons
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Red Velvet, Please
- Coldplay delivers reliable dreaminess and sweet emotions on 'Moon Music'
- Parents turn in children after police release photos from flash mob robberies, LAPD says
- Californians’ crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs
- A list of mass killings in the United States this year
- Utah woman arrested after telling informant she shot her estranged husband in his sleep
Ranking
- High-scoring night in NBA: Giannis Antetokounmpo explodes for 59, Victor Wembanyama for 50
- One disaster to another: Family of Ukrainian refugees among the missing in NC
- Luke Bryan says Beyoncé should 'come into our world' and 'high-five us' after CMAs snub
- N.C. Health Officials Issue Guidelines for Thousands of Potentially Flooded Private Wells
- College Football Playoff ranking release: Army, Georgia lead winners and losers
- Jason Duggar Marries Maddie Grace in Fall-Themed Wedding
- Love Is Blind's AD Smith and Love Is Blind UK’s Ollie Sutherland Fuel Romance Rumors With Dinner Outing
- No, That Wasn't Jack Nicholson at Paris Fashion Week—It Was Drag Queen Alexis Stone
Recommendation
-
California voters reject proposed ban on forced prison labor in any form
-
Catfish Host Kamie Crawford Leaving MTV Show After 6 Years
-
Kim Kardashian Defends Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez From Monsters Label, Calls for Prison Release
-
Kim Kardashian calls to free Erik and Lyle Menendez after brutal 1996 killings of parents
-
Why Jersey Shore's Jenni JWoww Farley May Not Marry Her Fiancé Zack Clayton
-
Connecticut police officer stabbed during a traffic stop
-
Jennifer Hudson gushes about Common and chats with him about marriage: 'You are my joy'
-
The Country’s Second-Largest Coal Plant May Get a Three-Year Reprieve From Retirement. Why?