A north suburban Lake Villa man shot and killed his 9-year-old daughter before taking his own life, according to the Lake County Major Crime Task Force.
A 36-year-old Lake Villa man killed his 9-year-old daughter and then himself, authorities said late Thursday night. Lake Villa officers were dispatched to a home on the 100 block of Briar Ridge Lane about 2:15 p.m. Thursday to do a well-being check on the girl and found the bodies.
Father, 36, stabs his nine-year-old daughter to death before killing himself in murder-suicide in Illinois
Police in Lake Villa, Illinois, found a nine-year-old girl and her 36-year-old father dead from murder-suicide on Thursday
Officials revealed the child suffered from sharp-force wounds at the hands of her father, who then killed himself
Girl s mother agreed to let her stay with her father overnight on Wednesday; the parents live separately but share custody of the child
When mother learned the girl had not been in school and she could not reach the father, she asked police to perform welfare check