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Suspect's girlfriend involved in killing of Romeoville family, police say
Romeoville police said Ermalinda Palomo knew about Nathaniel Huey's intent to kill the family and drove the car to the scene of the crime.
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Alex Ortiz is a web producer for CBS Chicago and a native of Romeoville in the southwest suburbs. Before joining the CBS Chicago digital team in 2022, Ortiz spent five years reporting on local government, education, crime, and sports in Will County for The Herald-News.
Alex earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Romeoville police said Ermalinda Palomo knew about Nathaniel Huey's intent to kill the family and drove the car to the scene of the crime.
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