Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of Beach Park couple
By Sun-Times Media Wire
BEACH PARK, Ill. - A
Timothy Triplett Jr., 34, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the Dec. 8 deaths of Carlos Rodas Perez and Mercedes Rodas, the Lake County sheriff’s office said in a statement.
That day, officers found Perez, 52, and Rodas, 49, with gunshot wounds in the garage of a home in the 10000 block of West Wadsworth Road, the sheriff’s office said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Triplett was allegedly identified as a suspect and arrested Wednesday at his home without incident, the sheriff’s office said.