(9 Sep 2001)
1. House of the parents of Lyubov Soltys in Shumsk, Western Ukraine
2. People standing by the house
3. Coffin with Lyubov Soltys
4. Woman crying
5. Coffin with Sergey Soltys
6. Men taking the coffins off the house
7. Igor Nakonechny, father of Lyubov
8. People holding the picture of Sergey
9. Procession
10. Procession going to the church
11. Parents of Lyubov Soltys
12. Procession going to the church
13. Men bringing the coffins to the church
14. People in the church
15. Coffins
16. Women crying
17. Procession going to the cemetery
18. People at the cemetery
19. Parents by the coffins
20. Igor Nakonechny
21. Burial ceremony
22. Burial ceremony
23. Coffins
24. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian), Igor Nakonechny, father of Lyubov Soltys: "I lost those nearest and dearest to me. There are no more Lyubov and no Sergey who were raising from the cradle. We loved him and he loved us. I don't know how we will manage to forget him. This is very, very difficult."
25. Funeral service
26. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian), Igor Nakonechny: "I don't have enough words to express my gratitude to those people. I would never know that we were to find so much compassion in faraway America. The American people gave us so much support in our grief."
27. Cemetery
STORYLINE:
It has been three weeks since 27-year old Nikolay Soltys, a Ukranian immigrant to the United States, allegedly slashed his pregnant wife's throat, then killed his aunt and uncle and their two 9-year-old grandchildren before fleeing with his son, who was found dead in a cardboard box a day later.
The murders took place in Sacramento, California.
Today Lyubov Soltys and her son were buried in their native town of Shumsk, Western Ukraine.
Hundreds of people attended the funeral.
Soltys himself was arrested after a 10-day nationwide manhunt and has been charged with seven counts of murder, including one for his unborn child.
On Saturday, the bodies of his wife, Luybov and son, Sergei were returned to their native town of Shumsk for burial in the family cemetry on Sunday.
Nikolay Soltys faces the death penalty if found guilty on any of the seven counts, but Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully said that she had not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty.
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