Murder/Suicide Victims "Burned Beyond Recognition"

"VILLA PARK, IL — The boyfriend of a DuPage County woman shot her, her two sons, and her niece to death while they were in bed Tuesday—and then set them on fire, officials said.

"After the four murders in the home near Villa Park, 42-year-old Cedric Anderson drove to his father’s house in south suburban Dolton and fatally shot himself in the head with a .357-caliber handgun, said Tom Ahern, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

"Neighbors of Anderson’s father who left for work as the Villa Park killings were first reported Tuesday morning came home Tuesday evening to the 14900 block of Edbrooke to find his house surrounded in yellow police tape as detectives continued to search the home.

"Anderson left a suicide note saying he was distraught—but he did not take responsibility for the slayings in the note, Ahern said.

"Anderson had been convicted of heroin possession on Dec. 29 in the Maywood courthouse.

"The four people killed were found in a home near Summit and Roosevelt in unincorporated Villa Park after the fire Tuesday morning that authorities quickly labeled `suspicious.`

"The dead were identified by friends and relatives as Ursula Nailor, 37; her sons, Darnell Holt, 16, and Dan Nailor, 13; and her niece, Dominique Robinson, 19.

"Nailor’s body was found in her bedroom, while her niece and two sons were found slain in a second, nearby bedroom, sources said.

"All were still in their beds and all had been burned beyond recognition, sources said."

Source: Chicago Sun-Times...