The mom of two shot lifeless by her Illinois state trooper husband in a murder-suicide was making an attempt to divorce him, a pal mentioned.
Amanda Calo, 31, was already separated from her husband, Antonio Alvarez, 30, once they had been each discovered lifeless in a automotive in Chicago on Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Calo, a pre-Ok trainer, was in the course of her divorce and able to begin a “new chapter,” her childhood pal Kate Garza instructed the outlet.
The couple, who had two younger kids collectively, had been having points, and Calo had instructed her household she was leaving her husband, unnamed kin instructed native TV station WLS.
It wasn’t instantly clear how lengthy they’d been married.
Authorities had been alerted to the murder-suicide after a witness spotted the couple’s our bodies contained in the automotive on Monday afternoon.
The Cook dinner County medical expert mentioned Calo and Alvarez each sustained gunshot wounds to the top.
The gun was discovered within the car, in response to authorities.
Alvarez, who was a three-year veteran of the state police division, was off responsibility on the time.
Along with being a trainer, Calo mentored kids in her East Facet neighborhood and labored with the violence prevention group Protected Youngsters Chicago.
“She helped mentor kids on the wrong path,” mentioned her godmother, Susan Sadlowski-Garza. “Everyone loved Amanda.”
“She was the most amazing young woman. … Her laugh was infectious.”
The couple are survived by their two kids — a 4-year-old boy, Eli, and a 1-year-old lady, Myla.
