A day long manhunt ended Thursday, after a double murder and house fire in the village of Sheridan in LaSalle County.

A LaSalle County man is charged with six counts of murder after a shooting and house fire at a home in Sheridan, Illinois, followed by an hours long manhunt.

Murder charges have been filed against a suburban Chicago man accused of killing two people whose bodies were found inside a burning home this week in what marked the start of a deadly mystery in a rural Illinois town.

The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office says two adults are dead in an apparent murder and fire in rural Sheridan, and police are searching for a suspect.

SHERIDAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Authorities in LaSalle County are conducting a death investigation Thursday morning. The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office said they were called to a home just after midnight in the 4200-block of 2551st Road in Sheridan Illinois for a death investigation.

Two witnesses recounted the moments before and after a deadly shooting unfolded inside a home in a far Chicago suburb, an unexpected situation police discovered while responding to the scene of a burning home.