April 25, 2025
Crime & Courts

Police: Montgomery stabbing was murder-suicide

Montgomery police are saying that the stabbing deaths of a couple in the village Friday evening was a murder-suicide.

Police say Kurt D. Jaeger, 48, stabbed Nancy Buhle Weinstein, 55, multiple times before stabbing himself.

The Kendall County Coroner's Office conducted autopsies on Sunday, police said.

According to a statement issued by Montgomery Police Chief Daniel Meyers, police were summoned to a residence in the 2000 block of Kate Court at 9:29 p.m. Friday evening for a possible death investigation. Upon arrival, police said officers found a 48 year-old male and a 55 year-old female with multiple stab wounds.

Both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Police said their investigators have determined the deceased lived at the residence and were married.

Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services personnel were contacted to process the scene, according to police.

Kendall County Coroner's Office personnel removed the bodies from the home, police said.

Kate Court is located along the south side of Route 30, west of Orchard Road in the Kendall County portion of the village.