MOBILE APP USERS: Watch Fox 32 News on the go by clicking here WILL COUNTY -- A man who killed his wife and then himself earlier this week in southwest suburban Lockport Township told family that he feared he and his wife had contracted the coronavirus, according to police.
About 8 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to the 400 block of Bruce Road for a wellbeing check and found Patrick Jesernik, 54, and Cheryl Schriefer, 59, lying dead in separate rooms of the house, the Will County sheriff’s office said.
A loaded revolver with two spent shells and three live rounds was located near Patrick Jesernik’s body. Family arriving to the home told police that Jesernik had been afraid that he and his wife had contracted the coronavirus, and that