Father of Sports Figures Charged With Wife's Death

Authorities in Orland Park, Ill., have charged the father of a TV sports reporter and a former NFL football player with murder in the shooting death of his wife.

Police arrested Allan J. Kustok, 59, on Thursday, just one day after they say he murdered his wife, Anita "Jeanie" Kustok, 58, inside their suburban Royal Oaks Lane home. The Kustoks were well known in the community for being the parents of Sarah Kustok, a popular Chicago SportsNet anchor, and Zak Kustok, a former star quarterback at Northwestern University and former NFL player with the Chicago Bears.

Orland Park PD

Police arrested Allan J. Kustok, 59, on Thursday, a day after they say he murdered his wife inside their suburban Illinois home.

Investigators learned of the shooting Wednesday, according to the SouthtownStar, after Jeanie Kustok was pronounced dead at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights. Kustok died as a result of a single gunshot wound, Illinois media outlets reported.

Authorities are not commenting on the specifies of the investigation, but CBS-2 Chicago, citing law enforcement sources, reported that Allan Kustok said he awoke to the sound of a gunshot at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Then he reportedly found his wife lying in their bedroom with a gunshot wound to the left side of her head.

Allan Kustok also said he was so distraught that he picked up the gun and fired off several random shots, the SouthtownStar reported.

Authorities began to question Kustok's story when they discovered his wife was right-handed, which would not fit with her shooting herself in the left side of the head. They were also concerned that Allan Kustok did not call 911 and reportedly waited more than an hour before he loaded his wife into their SUV and drove her body six miles to the hospital.