Murder-for-hire plot shocks quiet neighborhood

The arrest of an Algonquin woman in a murder-for-hire plot against her estranged husband came as a shock to those who live on the same quiet street in the Gaslight Terrace North subdivision.

But the allegations were an even bigger shock to the person who lived closest to Sherrieann Remsik-Miller: her son, Brian Remsik.

"I am as shocked as anyone else," Brian Remsik, 26, said Monday from the home he shares with his mother. "They had lunch together last week and he still stops by here every now and then. I am still trying to wrap my head around things."

Police say Remsik-Miller, 45, 622 W. Surrey Lane, offered to pay an unnamed person to kill her estranged husband. Remsik-Miller was charged with murder solicitation and murder for hire.

The mother of two was escorted to Kane County jail early Saturday and remained behind bars Monday on $2 million bond.

Brian Remsik said his mother and stepfather, Gerrald Miller, 50, were separated but neither had filed for divorce. The couple had been married for about eight years.

He said his mother was still home when he left for work on Friday. But around 10:30 p.m., Remsik said he received a text message from his mother's cell phone to call the Kane County Sheriff.

Remsik said he picked up his mother's car Friday night and has not had contact with his mother since her arrest. The only details he knows of the arrest and alleged plot are those he has read in local newspapers.

Neighbors of Remsik-Miller said though Miller had moved out of the home about a year ago, there was no reason to suspect anything amiss since he often was seen visiting.

"They seemed fine,"said Mary Bublitz, who lives next door and says she often talks to Remsik-Miller. "I would never had suspected a thing in a million years. They're just your average, run-of-the-mill family."