COLUMBIA , Ill. — Police rolled up their yellow crime scene tape Monday and left 2854 Robert Avenue to Christopher Coleman, six days after his wife and two sons were slain there.

After providing his fingerprints at the Columbia police station under court order, Coleman went home and waited outside while family removed clothes and other possessions for him.

"He didn't want to go in," said his lawyer, William Margulis, who accompanied him to the house.

Coleman said nothing to reporters. Investigators from the Major Case Squad said not much more than that as the mystery headed toward its second week.

Nobody has been charged, no suspects have been mentioned, and not even the cause of death has been officially revealed. Neighbors say police told them that Sheri Coleman, 31, and sons Garett, 11, and Gavin, 9, were strangled.

Coleman, who talked to police early in the investigation, was not re-interviewed during his 30 minutes with police Monday, Margulis said.

Major Jeff Connor, deputy commander of the Major Case Squad, said: "He just came to give us some fingerprints. We are not prepared to say anybody is a suspect. We're still working on it. We feel confident we are going to solve this crime. We don't want to rush it."

Earlier Monday, detectives on the case visited Chester, Ill., where Christopher Coleman's father, the Rev. Ron Coleman, is a church pastor. Police were at the church and other locations but would not say why.

Previously, police visited Florida to talk with a friend of Sheri Coleman's.

They also have searched a lake near the Coleman home and the shoulders of the route Christopher Coleman would have taken to a St. Louis County gym early the morning of May 5. A police source said he told officers he left home about 5:30 a.m. Police said he called for help shortly before 7 a.m., concerned because he could not reach his family. Officers found the bodies.

Coleman works in security for the Joyce Meyer Ministries, a worldwide television evangelist operation in nearby Jefferson County. He had complained of threats related to his work. A police source said someone had painted "I told you this would happen" on a wall at the death scene.

Coleman's family had a funeral for the victims Saturday in Chester. Sheri Coleman's family had the bodies taken to a mortuary in Hillside, Ill., a Chicago suburb, for a separate visitation Monday before they are to be returned to Chester for burial.

In Hillside, family members gathered in small groups, talking in hushed tones. A funeral home employee said they did not want to speak publicly. Christopher Coleman did not attend.

Sheri Coleman's family had taken him to court last week, claiming he tried to renege on an agreement to hold two services. He eventually agreed to a court order to move the bodies. His in-laws said in a court filing that he did not call Sheri Coleman's family about the deaths for two days.

The Major Case Squad, a cooperative that provides manpower and expertise to small departments, normally works on a case for five days. Connor said its role will be extended at least "several more days."

Kevin McDermott, Robert Patrick and Robert Kelly of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.