Charges Filed In Darien Murders

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Mar 7, 2010 5:15PM

Charges have been filed against two men in connection with this week's triple murder of Jeffrey Kramer, 50, his wife Lori Kramer, 46, and their son Michael, 20 in the west suburb of Darien. Authorities say Johnny Borizov, the ex-boyfriend of the Kramer's daughter Angela, planned to kill the entire Kramer family and enlisted (even badgered) Jacob Nodarse to help him. Borizov and Angela were mired in a custody dispute over their 13-month-old son which authorities describe as the motive for the killings. Borizov was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, four counts of solicitation of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder while Nodarse faces three counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. The Sun-Times reports that after Nodarse's arrest, he had a taped conversation with Borizov in which Borizov acknowledged his role in the killings.

Nodarse, described as "typically meek," broke into the Kramer's home early Tuesday morning and killed Jeffrey, Lori, and Michael before fleeing the house. Angela escaped the shootings by hiding in an upstairs closet; the Kramers' other son, Anthony, and another female were also home at the time of the shootings but weren't harmed. Borizov was gambling at a casino in Indiana at the time of the killings in an apparent attempt to establish an alibi. He was seen on surveillance cameras with another family members (not, as had been alleged earlier, Nodarse). After the killings Nodarse fled to Florida to stay with family but stopped in Terre Haute, Indiana to dispose of evidence including the murder weapon, a .40-caliber Glock handgun. After his arrest in Florida, Nodarse confessed to the crimes.

Both men were ordered held without bond.