Patch Batavia, IL --The family of the 50-year-old victim of a murder-suicide in October is suing the Eden Supporting Living Center in North Aurora, where she was killed.
According to a report in The Beacon-News, the family of Tomi Vandiver is saying the assisted living community should have expelled her boyfriend and suspected murder, 58-year-old Jon Neel, because of his previous violent history.
Vandiver was stabbed to death Oct. 29, 2012, in the living center at 311 S. Lincolnway St., North Aurora. Neel died when he jumped out of a third-story window on that same day.
Vandiver had a romantic relationship with Neel, according to an initial investigation. She went to his apartment to gather some of her things early in the evening on Oct. 29 before she planned to meet a different man, who lived in the same building, police said during the investigation.
The lawsuit was filed by Vandiver’s children, Ali Pouliot and Michael Birch, who claim that a resident told officials at the center that Neel carried a knife and had a criminal history that included six domestic battery charges, the Beacon reports. The suit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court.
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