UPDATE: Joliet police investigating double homicide

(JOLIET) Joliet police have opened a homicide investigation after a man and woman were found dead in the southwest suburb Wednesday afternoon.

Michael Oram, 48, and Jamie Wills, 43, were both found dead in the 800 block of East Cass Street, according to the Will County coroner’s office.

Oran, of Joliet, and Wills, of Lockport, were both pronounced dead at the scene at 3:10 p.m., according to the coroner’s office.

The Joliet Police Department is investigating the deaths as a double homicide, the coroner’s office said, but a representative from the police department could not be reached for comment Wednesday evening.

An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday to determine the manners of death. Further details were not available Wednesday night.

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