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Two of the victims of a tragic triple homicide were described by friends as wonderful people who had once been in a relationship with the man now accused of killing them.
Nathalie Warmerdam was the mother of two — a son and a daughter —a healthcare professional, and dedicated volunteer. Anastasia Kuzyk was a real estate agent, horse lover and beloved server at the popular Wilno Tavern, the heart of the tiny community now trying to cope with her death.
The third victim was killed at a home in Bancroft. Her identity has yet to be confirmed.
Warmerdam volunteered as a treasurer with Cooperative Policing: Killaloe Area (COPKA), which is a community organization dedicated to securing positive changes in policing.
The president of COPKA, Genevieve Way, told the Citizen that both Warmerdam and Kuzyk had been in a relationship with the accused.
Way said Warmerdam was an intelligent person who escaped an abusive relationship with her accused killer Basil Borutski and moved on. Way described Warmerdam as a coureagous, compassionate and clear-thinking mother of two teenagers.
“She put her foot down and got away,” Way said. “It’s not enough. Even if you do get away, it’s the most dangerous time.”
Way said the behaviour of the accused had been on a downward spiral over the years. He would go to jail for an assault, only to allegedly repeat his abusive behaviour.
“He was just getting worse and worse and he didn’t get any help,” Way said. “I think over time, his aggression just got worse and worse.”
Way said Warmerdam gave a tremendous amount of time as a volunteer on COPKA’s board of directors.
“She was just a beautiful, beautiful person and cared about the well-being of her community,” Way said. “She will be greatly missed. She leaves a great big hole.”
Warmerdam was also a health care worker with the Community Care Access Centre, based in Eganville. A source said she had two children, a girl, 18, who recently graduated from Opeongo High School and a boy about two years older.
Among her duties was to make in-home visits with recuperating surgical patients, said a patient treated by her earlier this summer. The Eganville Leader reported in its edition Wednesday that a young man escaped from the Warmerdam house, outside the hamlet of Cormac, shortly before he heard a gunshot.
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He called 911 and emergency responders later brought him out through a wooded area at about 12:30 p.m.
Warmerdam’s next door neighbour, Gary Johnston, said Borutski actually lived at Warmerdam’s home for two or three years until there was a domestic assault and he was taken away in a police cruiser.
He described Borutski as “kinda weird” but an industrious worker who built a fence around the Warmerdam property, which includes about 300 acres of mostly bush.
Johnston said Warmerdam was from Toronto and moved to the area about 10 years with her then husband, who ran a home-based computer business, and their two children.
Corrine Higgins, owner of the Wilno Tavern, said Kuzyk was “really, really well-loved here.”
“I’m going to remember her smile. She had a really lovely, soft smile and she was just very accepting of people. She enjoyed her neighbours, she enjoyed the characters we meet here in Wilno, she shared her warmth with many people,” said Higgins.
Tuesday night is the Tavern’s music night. It was also Kuzyk’s regular shift when she worked at the tavern before quitting about five years ago to pursue her real estate career.
Higgins said they decided to go ahead with Tuesday’s performance in memory of Kuzyk.
“Definitely the night is dedicated to her,” she said.
Higgins said she and other staff members worried when Kuzyk started dating Borutski shortly before she left her job at the tavern.
“I wasn’t terribly impressed with him. He just seemed to be angry,” said Higgins. “It was his conversation, his attitude. He just had a chip on his shoulder against the world. I don’t know how to describe it – he just had an angry look. He had an angry intensity to him.”
Higgins said Kuzyk had sought charges against Borutski for abuse.
“She tried to separate herself from the relationship. It wasn’t like she was still involved with him. She had severed that relationship. He couldn’t let go,”
Higgins said Kuzyk was originally from Northern Ontario and came as a student to the area to work in Algonquin Park. Two of Kuzyk’s sisters and her mother live in the Wilno area.
Kuzyk helped former Ottawa Citizen city editor Joe Sornberger buy a cottage in the Calabogie area about three years ago.
“She was just wonderful, hugely helpful, knowledgable person,” Sornberger recalled. “A real bright light. Great work ethic. She was prepared to drive over half of Eastern Ontario to show us cottage.”
Sornberger said Kuzyk was in her late 20s or early 30s at the time and competed in equestrian events across the country.
At the time of her death, she was a broker at Century 21 Neville Realty based in Pembroke and Petawawa.
“She was a wonderful person,” Jason Stow, Kuzyk’s brother-in-law, told the Citizen from Winnipeg, adding that he had been told by the police not to talk about the case.
Stow said Kuzyk had been living with her sister, who was unhurt.
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Nathalie Warmerdam was the mother of two — a son and a daughter —a healthcare professional, and dedicated volunteer. Anastasia Kuzyk was a real estate agent, horse lover and beloved server at the popular Wilno Tavern, the heart of the tiny community now trying to cope with her death.
The third victim was killed at a home in Bancroft. Her identity has yet to be confirmed.
Warmerdam volunteered as a treasurer with Cooperative Policing: Killaloe Area (COPKA), which is a community organization dedicated to securing positive changes in policing.
The president of COPKA, Genevieve Way, told the Citizen that both Warmerdam and Kuzyk had been in a relationship with the accused.
Way said Warmerdam was an intelligent person who escaped an abusive relationship with her accused killer Basil Borutski and moved on. Way described Warmerdam as a coureagous, compassionate and clear-thinking mother of two teenagers.
“She put her foot down and got away,” Way said. “It’s not enough. Even if you do get away, it’s the most dangerous time.”
Way said the behaviour of the accused had been on a downward spiral over the years. He would go to jail for an assault, only to allegedly repeat his abusive behaviour.
“He was just getting worse and worse and he didn’t get any help,” Way said. “I think over time, his aggression just got worse and worse.”
Way said Warmerdam gave a tremendous amount of time as a volunteer on COPKA’s board of directors.
“She was just a beautiful, beautiful person and cared about the well-being of her community,” Way said. “She will be greatly missed. She leaves a great big hole.”
Warmerdam was also a health care worker with the Community Care Access Centre, based in Eganville. A source said she had two children, a girl, 18, who recently graduated from Opeongo High School and a boy about two years older.
Among her duties was to make in-home visits with recuperating surgical patients, said a patient treated by her earlier this summer. The Eganville Leader reported in its edition Wednesday that a young man escaped from the Warmerdam house, outside the hamlet of Cormac, shortly before he heard a gunshot.
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He called 911 and emergency responders later brought him out through a wooded area at about 12:30 p.m.
Warmerdam’s next door neighbour, Gary Johnston, said Borutski actually lived at Warmerdam’s home for two or three years until there was a domestic assault and he was taken away in a police cruiser.
He described Borutski as “kinda weird” but an industrious worker who built a fence around the Warmerdam property, which includes about 300 acres of mostly bush.
Johnston said Warmerdam was from Toronto and moved to the area about 10 years with her then husband, who ran a home-based computer business, and their two children.
Corrine Higgins, owner of the Wilno Tavern, said Kuzyk was “really, really well-loved here.”
“I’m going to remember her smile. She had a really lovely, soft smile and she was just very accepting of people. She enjoyed her neighbours, she enjoyed the characters we meet here in Wilno, she shared her warmth with many people,” said Higgins.
Tuesday night is the Tavern’s music night. It was also Kuzyk’s regular shift when she worked at the tavern before quitting about five years ago to pursue her real estate career.
Higgins said they decided to go ahead with Tuesday’s performance in memory of Kuzyk.
“Definitely the night is dedicated to her,” she said.
Higgins said she and other staff members worried when Kuzyk started dating Borutski shortly before she left her job at the tavern.
“I wasn’t terribly impressed with him. He just seemed to be angry,” said Higgins. “It was his conversation, his attitude. He just had a chip on his shoulder against the world. I don’t know how to describe it – he just had an angry look. He had an angry intensity to him.”
Higgins said Kuzyk had sought charges against Borutski for abuse.
“She tried to separate herself from the relationship. It wasn’t like she was still involved with him. She had severed that relationship. He couldn’t let go,”
Higgins said Kuzyk was originally from Northern Ontario and came as a student to the area to work in Algonquin Park. Two of Kuzyk’s sisters and her mother live in the Wilno area.
Kuzyk helped former Ottawa Citizen city editor Joe Sornberger buy a cottage in the Calabogie area about three years ago.
“She was just wonderful, hugely helpful, knowledgable person,” Sornberger recalled. “A real bright light. Great work ethic. She was prepared to drive over half of Eastern Ontario to show us cottage.”
Sornberger said Kuzyk was in her late 20s or early 30s at the time and competed in equestrian events across the country.
At the time of her death, she was a broker at Century 21 Neville Realty based in Pembroke and Petawawa.
“She was a wonderful person,” Jason Stow, Kuzyk’s brother-in-law, told the Citizen from Winnipeg, adding that he had been told by the police not to talk about the case.
Stow said Kuzyk had been living with her sister, who was unhurt.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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