Man Shoots and Kills Wife As She Held Their 1-Year-old Child in Unincorporated Arlington Heights

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Salgado-Roque homicide suspect
Arturo Salgado-Roque (law enforcement photo).

Arturo Salgado-Roque, a 42-year-old man from unincorporated Arlington Heights near Elk Grove Village and Mount Prospect, has been charged with first degree murder after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found that he shot and killed his wife, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on July 31, Sheriff’s Police responded to report of a shooting at a residence located in the 10 block of 3rd Avenue in unincorporated Arlington Heights. Investigators
learned that 38-year-old Divina Salgado was shot by her husband as she walked into their home carrying their 1-year-old child. Jose Arturo Salgado-Roque was located and taken into custody by Cook County Sheriff’s Police.

The 1-year-old and two other children were placed in the custody of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Salgado-Roque, 42, has been charged with one count of first degree murder. He is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing today at the Rolling Meadows Courthouse.

Sheriff Dart reminds the public that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the
government in a court of law.




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