Public Memorial Service Set For Slain Buffalo Grove Woman, 2 Daughters

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — A public memorial service for the Buffalo Grove woman and her daughters who were among the four family members killed by Andrei Kisliak will be held on Friday as the Buffalo Grove community continues to mourn the recent tragedy.

Organizers of a GoFundMe effort designed to cover funeral expenses and a "proper sendoff" for Vera Kisliak, 36, and her daughters Amilia, 4, and Vivian, 6, announced on Saturday that the memorial service will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Friday at the Community Arts Center.

Residents will be able to begin arriving at the Community Arts Center, which is located at 225 McHenry Road, at noon before the service begins 30 minutes later. The memorial service will go until 1:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served until 2:30 p.m.

“Once again, we would like to thank everyone who reached out, prayed and donated,” Natasha Kuzmenko, who is organizing the GoFundMe effort wrote on the fundraising page on Saturday. “We would also like to thank the Buffalo Grove Village for helping us with a place to held this service for Vera and her daughters. May this be the beginning of healing for our community.

As of Monday, the GoFundMe has raised nearly $71,000 toward funeral expenses for the three family members, who were killed along with Lila Kisliak, 67, on Nov. 30. Police said that the four people were killed by Andrei Kisliak, who then killed himself, police said.

The killings took place five months after Andrei and Vera Kisliak has filed for divorce, police said. An autopsy revealed that all five people died due to sharp force injuries.

Police responded to the family's home at 11:12 a.m. Nov. 30, following a call requesting a well-being check on a woman. Upon arrival, police were unable to make contact with anyone inside the home. Officers forced entry, and discovered the bodies of the five family members and the pet. Since the beginning of the investigation, police have called the crime a "domestic-related incident" and maintained there was never any threat to the public.

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