Illinois man fatally shot daughter-in-law execution-style outside family wedding, prosecutors say

The Brief

  • Roland Schmidtman, 76, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his daughter-in-law, Christine Moyer.
  • The shooting happened Friday outside a Marriott Hotel in Schaumburg following a family wedding.
  • A judge ordered Schmidtman held in Cook County Jail, citing danger to the community and his own family.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. A man accused of shooting his daughter-in-law outside a northwest suburban hotel was ordered detained in the Cook County Jail on Monday.

What we know:

A Rolling Meadows Court judge ruled 76-year-old Roland Schmidtman is a danger to the community, witnesses to the crime, and his family.

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