By Isabelle Wilson-
The girlfriend of a Joliet area murder suspect has been charged with felony obstruction of justice under a murder investigation, following the multiple killings committed by her boyfriend, Romeo Nance.
Kyleigh Cleveland- Singleton(pictured) faces one to six years in prison if coKyleigh Cleveland-Singleton appeared before Judge David Carlson, who ordered her placed on home confinement under electronic monitoring, according to the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office.
She was ordered to remain on electronic monitoring, as she stays with her mother until her next court appearance Feb. 8.
After her boyfriend embarked on a senseless killing spree, police said 21-year-old Cleveland-Singleton made statements in an attempt to stop police from arresting Nance, before he was found dead in Texas.
Police said Cleveland-Singleton lied to them on Monday by saying she didn’t have Nance’s phone number.
Cops first made contact with Cleveland-Singleton during their search for the killer’s 3 year old son Monday in the aftermath of the shootings.
During the investigation, detectives were told the child may be with his mother and grandmother at a home in Plainfield. Police went to that home where they found the child as well as Cleveland-Singleton.
Detectives insist she made statements to prevent them from apprehending Nance, effectively obstructing the investigation.
Nance allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree in the Joliet area on Sunday, shooting nine people, eight fatally. Nance took his own life during a confrontation with Texas police Monday night, authorities said.
Joliet police said two of the shootings, one on Davis Street and one on Pheasant Run Lane, “appear to be more random in nature” than the other two shootings, in which Nance targeted multiple relatives.
Joliet police released more information on the eight victims who Nance is accused of killing Sunday in three different locations, including his mother, brother, his three sisters and his aunt and uncle.
Two teen girls, 16 and 14, who their school identified as Alonnah and Alexandria, were also sisters of the suspect.
The incident has shaken the Joliet community, as a memorial is now growing near one of the crime scenes on West Acres Road, honoring the victims.
Jordan Kielian had been representing Romeo Nance in an alleged road rage shooting last year that was awaiting trial.
“This is completely shocking. I didn’t see this coming. And even when I heard the news that there was some sort of incident on West Acres, I started contacting the family, because I knew the family lived there. I contacted Romeo, thinking he might be in danger,” Kielian said. “It was a good family. From what I understood, a tight-knit family that supported each other, so it’s just incredibly tragic.”