Overview

• Prosecutors said Schmidt planned the execution-style killing a week ahead after learning of his daughter-in-law’s divorce filing and intended to kill himself.
• Schmidt, 76, faces a first-degree murder charge in the July 25 shooting of 45-year-old Christine Moyer outside the Schaumburg Marriott following a family wedding.
• Authorities say Schmidt followed Moyer out of the hotel at about 10:15 p.m. and shot her once in the head; she was pronounced dead at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
• An unnamed bystander wrestled Schmidt to the ground and held him until Schaumburg police arrived and recovered the firearm used in the attack.
• At his July 28 hearing, Cook County Judge Ellen Mandeltort denied his release despite defense claims about his age and health and set his next court date for August 22.