Buffalo Grove police release remaining records on Kisliak slayings, confirm initial findings
Buffalo Grove police have formally closed their investigation into the slayings of a mother and her two young daughters found dead in their home Nov. 30, affirming their initial findings that the girls' father killed all three before taking his own life.
The investigation concluded that Andrei Kisliak, 39, fatally stabbed his wife, Vera, 36, daughters Vivian, 7, and Amilia, 4, and his 67-year-old mother, Lilia Kisliak.
With the investigation complete, Buffalo Grove officials on Thursday released all remaining reports from the case online. The records include audio from two 911 calls, Buffalo Grove police reports and reports from the Lake County Major Crime Task Force.
"The Lake County Major Crime Task Force and investigators in the Buffalo Grove Police Department worked diligently to complete this investigation, and the evidence collected supports our initial findings that Andrei Kisliak murdered his family and then took his own life," Buffalo Grove Police Chief Brian Budds said in a statement that accompanied Thursday's release.
"This tragedy has been felt by the Kisliaks' family, friends and neighbors, as well as our officers and support staff who knew them," he added. "I want to encourage the public to take note and share the important resources available to assist anyone experiencing domestic violence including but not limited to the National Domestic Violence Hotline (800-799-7233), A Safe Place (800-600-7233) and WINGS (847-221-5680) as well as our own Buffalo Grove police social services (847-459-2560)."
The new information includes a 911 call made on the day of killings from Vera Kisliak's co-worker, who reported she had not shown up at work as expected. The caller states that Vera Kisliak was in the middle of a contentious divorce and asks if police could drive by the family home.
Asked if there are weapons in the home, the caller replies, "I'm going to say yes. Probably. He's threatened her in the past. You guys have definitely been out there before."
Thursday's release also includes Buffalo Grove police reports that show how officers found the family members' bodies after looking through a window, seeing an "unknown dark substance" on the floor and forcing their way into the home through the garage.
Lilia Kisliak was found on the first floor, while the younger child was discovered in the upstairs bedroom and the remaining victims in the upstairs hallway.
Task force documents reveal that Andrei's body was found with a large knife protruding from his chest.
The documents also show how police discovered disturbing Instagram posts by Andrei Kisliak in the months before the killings, including a photo of Vera and two friends in which he superimposed an emoji of a gun next to her head.