More Information Expected Today in Deaths of 3 in Lake in the Hills

Authorities in Lake in the Hills are expected to release more information today regarding the deaths of three people found dead in a townhome on Daybreak Drive Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Police were called to the residence in the 2300 block of Daybreak Drive at 2:55 p.m. for a report of an unresponsive subject. While authorities have not released any information regarding the identities of the deceased, Chicago TV stations are reporting a mother and her two children, an 8-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, are believed to be the victims.

Neighbors were told the mother killed her children and then killed herself, WGN-TV is reporting.

Authorities have not confirmed the identifies of those found dead in the home or provided any details surrounding their deaths.They have also not confirmed any of the deaths as homicides, the Northwest Herald reports. More details are expected today regarding the incident.

Meanwhile, neighbors living in the Coventry subdivision, a nice neighborhood in Lake in the HIlls near Marlowe Middle School, are shocked.

Jennifert Goodrich, who lives next door to the home on Daybreak Drive, told the Northwest Herald her daughters play with the boy and girl, who are in third and sixth grades.

“You don’t know what’s going on in people’s lives,” Goodrich told the Northwest Herald. “… I feel bad for them.”

Monica Brown, who also lives in the neighborhood, told CBS Chicago the mother seemed depressed in recent weeks.

“I just always saw her sad. These last few weeks, I saw her sad, and when I went over there on New Year’s – because I needed to grab a safety pin for my New Year’s dress – the little daughter answered the door, and the mom was like, ‘Tell her, no, we don’t have any,’ and I’m like, ‘Alright, happy holidays, guys,’ and that was actually the last time I seen or talked to the mom,” Brown told CBS Chicago.

Authorities said late Tuesday the incident is believed to be isolated and there is no reason to believe there is a threat to the public.

The deaths remain under investigation.

Patch will update with more information was they become available.