Roland Schmidt

A 76-year-old man who authorities say fatally shot his daughter-in-law last month outside a Schaumburg hotel entered a not guilty plea Friday in a Rolling Meadows courtroom.

Roland Schmidt, of Stillman Valley, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Christine Moyer, 45, of Galena, Ohio.

Prosecutors said Schmidt shot Moyer on July 25 after a family wedding because he was upset that she had served her husband, Schmidt’s son, with divorce papers earlier that month.

Authorities say he planned to kill Moyer and then end his own life.

Schmidt, Moyer and other family members sat together at the reception, according to prosecutors, who say there were no fights, arguments or conversations about the divorce because the victim’s husband had told only his parents.

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