Former Wheaton Man Plotted Killing Pregnant Wife on Six-Hour Drive: Court Documents

A former Wheaton man accused of killing his pregnant wife and their unborn son began contemplating stabbing the 23-year-old woman to death as they made the six-hour drive from Wheaton to their most-recent home in Eden Prairie, Minn., court documents revealed.

A judge in Hennepin County, Minn., recently ruled there was enough evidence to charge Yeveginy Savenok, 31, with four counts of first-degree murder and set his trial date for Feb. 7, according to the Daily Herald. Savenok is 2008 Wheaton College graduate where he was a standout wrestler and is a 2004 graduate of Wheaton-Warrenville High School.

Savenok’s wife, Lyuba Savenok, was found dead on the morning of May 14 at their home in Eden Prairie, Minn., after she was stabbed multiple times, WDAY 6 reports. Savenok fled with the couple’s two young children but later turned himself into police.

Authorities told KARE 11 they had been called to the couple's Eden Prairie several times for domestic issues and Savenok was facing trial after being arrested for domestic assault.

While the couple lived in Wheaton in 2014, Lyuba had an order of protection taken out against her husband, according Fox 9. The DuPage County order of protection detailed incidents that occurred in August 2014 where Lyuba said her husband hit her during sex, wrestled and hit her repeatedly and pulled her up by her hair.

The early morning car drive from Wheaton to Eden Prairie on May 14 is when Savenok told police thought of murdering his wife, according to the Daily Herald. He said their marriage was crumbling.

Lyuba, who was pregnant with a third child, a boy, was remembered as an amazing mother, “a dear daughter to her parents, an amazing sister to her siblings and a faithful friend to many,” according to a GoFundMePage set up to cover expenses for her funeral. The donations, which have reached $82,000 as of Sept. 22, will also help with costs to raise her two children, Matthew, 4, and Vivienne, 3.

A Facebook post and a video just a week before her death showed Savenok and their two children all together at her son's school, watching as he took part in a song.

Savonek remained in custody at the Hennepin County Jail on a $6,000 million bond, according to online jail records.

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• Photo caption: Lyuba Savenok and her two children, Matthew and Vivienne. Her husband, Yeveginy Savenok, is being held on suspicion of murder charges in conection with Lyuba's death. Photo credit: Lyuba Savenok: Funeral & Kids Fund Go FundMePage