Police announced Monday that a Buffalo Grove man killed his mother, wife and two young daughters before stabbing himself to death last week.
Their bodies were discovered last Wednesday morning at the family’s million-dollar home in the 2800 block of Acadia Terrace, where Police Chief Brian Budds said officers found a “horrific” crime scene after forcing their way inside.
Andrei Kisliak, his wife Vera Kisliak, his mother Lilia Kisliak and his daughters, 4 and 7, were all found dead from “sharp force injuries,” officials have said.
“Based on evidence collected at the scene, information obtained by investigators and the Lake County coroner’s examination, the preliminary investigation indicates Andrei Kisliak (39 years old) is responsible for the homicides of Amilia Kisliak (4 years old), Vivian Kisliak (7 years old), Vera Kisliak (36 years old) and Lilia Kisliak (67 years old),” Budds said in a statement. “It appears Andrei then inflicted wounds on himself and succumbed to those wounds.”
Police were initially called to the home for a wellbeing check on Kisliak’s wife, and officials have said the deaths were domestic in nature.
The news shocked neighbors on a quiet block dotted with mansions and well-manicured lawns. One neighbor recalled that Vera Kisliak “was a really good mom,” while the superintendent of Amilia’s school district said she and her sister were “known to be happy and cheerful children.”
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“Our community is mourning, and I hope these findings help bring some closure as we continue to process this terrible tragedy,” Budds said.
The Sun-Times reported last week that Andrei Kisliak had harassed and threatened his wife for months after filing for divorce. Still, she agreed to let him move back into their home at the start of last month — despite a judge’s warning.
A friend of the couple said Andrei Kisliak was a successful house flipper— buying, upgrading and re-selling homes — and that Vera had been his real estate agent, though court filings said she had been working as a secretary and that Andrei had stopped working.
Andrei Kisliak’s mother moved into the house this fall to help care for the children, according to court records.
The couple filed for divorce in July, and subsequent filings by Vera Kisliak’s attorney paint a dire picture of erratic, threatening behavior by Andrei.
Andrei Kisliak abused drugs, including marijuana and cocaine, and had been barred from the house after Vera sought a protective order in August. He was arrested for violating that order in September and, according to Vera, once threatened to kill her and her relatives in her native Belarus and Poland.
In October, Andrei Kisliak, acting as his own attorney after his first two lawyers dropped him, filed a motion to withdraw his petition for divorce. The divorce proceedings were to continue, under Vera Kisliak’s counter-petition, but at a Nov. 1 hearing the couple agreed that Andrei could move back into the house.
The couple had a hearing in the divorce the morning before the bodies were discovered.
An online fundraiser launched to cover the funeral expenses of Vera Kisliak and her daughters has so far received over 1,200 donations amounting to more than $63,000.
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“Vera was a devoted and a loving mom to a fun loving, energetic, always smiling 7-year-old Vivi and delicate, kind, sweet 4-year-old Amilusha,” states the GoFundMe page, using the girls’ nicknames. “She did her best to keep them safe and happy but their lives were cut too short in the most gruesome way.”
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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