Estranged couple killed in apparent murder-suicide in Joliet

CHICAGO (CBS) – A couple who died in a suspected murder-suicide in Joliet have been identified. The Will County Coroner says 35-year-old Melissa Aud-Headlee and 32-year-old Michael Aud-Headlee died at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital.

Shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday, residents near Pandola Avenue and Essington Road saw a man chase a woman out of her home with a kitchen knife. Police say he stabbed her multiple times on the street and then stabbed himself.

Both were taken to hospital where they died.

According to investigators, the couple was in the process of getting a divorce. Her three-year-old son, who was home at the time, was not injured.