Overview

• Roland Schmidt, 76, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting his daughter-in-law, 45-year-old Christine Moyer, outside the Schaumburg Marriott Hotel at about 10:15 p.m. on July 25.
• At a July 28 hearing, Cook County Judge Ellen Mandeltort found Schmidt to be a continuing public danger and ordered him held without bail until his next court date on August 22.
• Prosecutors say Schmidt planned the execution-style attack over his daughter-in-law’s divorce filing and intended to take his own life afterward.
• A bystander and several family members restrained Schmidt at the scene and handed him over to Schaumburg police, who recovered the firearm used in the shooting.
• Moyer filed for divorce on July 8 after 16 years of marriage, a development prosecutors say fueled Schmidt’s fatal actions.