Montgomery man pleads guilty to fatally shooting his wife in the head

A Montgomery man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the October 2022 shooting death of his wife, according to a press release from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Timothy A. Gordon, 48, of the 1300 block of Oak Ridge Lane, pleaded guilty during a plea hearing and admitted that he personally fired the gun that caused the death of his wife Yajaira Gordon, according to the release.

Kane County Judge Clint Hull accepted the plea and set Gordon’s next court appearance for April 29 for motions and sentencing.

Gordon faces a sentence of between 45 years and life imprisonment, officials said. The sentence includes a mandatory enhancement of between 25 years and life in prison because Gordon used a gun to commit the murder, according to the release.

In court, Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Greg Sams said that Timothy Gordon and Yajaira Gordon were married but that Yajaira had recently filed for divorce, according to the release. The two continued living in the same house in the 1300 block of Oak Ridge Lane in Montgomery, with Timothy Gordon living in the basement and Yajaira Gordon and members of her family living on the second floor, the release stated.

On Oct. 31, 2022, Timothy Gordon became angry after learning that Yajaira was possibly seeking a court order to remove him from the home, according to the release. Around noon, he returned to the house and went upstairs into a room where Yajaira was seated at a computer desk, officials said. Her mother and aunt, along with two young children, were also in the room, according to the release.

Timothy Gordon confronted Yajaira, asking her why she was doing this to him, saying he had nowhere to live, according to the release. Yajaira replied “stop coming up here” and he shot her in the head at close range, killing her, officials said in the release.

Timothy Gordon then drove away, and was arrested a few hours later in Hinsdale with a handgun next to him in the vehicle, according to the release.

He remains in custody at the Kane County jail, where he has been held since his arrest in lieu of $3 million bail.