A Sandwich man was ordered held Thursday on $5 million bond for allegedly shooting his former in-laws to death in their rural Sheridan home. Prosecutors allege he tried to kill his ex-wife, too.
Donald A. Fredres, 37, was formally charged Thursday with first-degree murder for the Tuesday shooting deaths of Gregory S. Barnes Sr. and Brenda J. Barnes, both 62. Illinois abolished the death penalty in 2011, but multiple murders remain punishable by sentences of life without parole.