Four GoFundMe accounts are actively raising funds for an Ajax family, in the wake of a harrowing triple-homicide on Wednesday that took the lives of 39-year-old Krassimira Pejcinovski, her 13-year-old daughter Venallia and her 15-year-old son Roy.

Police say the family was killed by Cory Fenn — who they believe was in a relationship with Krassimira. He was not the children’s father. Their father is now caring for his sole surviving child, a daughter named Victoria who was out of the house when the attack happened.

The largest fundraising page, called the Pejcinovski Family Relief, was set up by Daytona Moyes to cover expenses related to the victims. “The remaining proceeds will cover therapies for the remaining family, a leave of absence for the father since he will not be returning to work for quite awhile, and hopefully tuition for the daughter,” their page description reads.

As of Friday at 2:51 p.m, the campaign had amassed $52,037 of its $100,000 goal. Below, messages of support have amassed from friends and strangers alike.

“Dear Victoria, it is with a heavy heart that we leave this donation in the hopes that you will find some peace and guidance when you celebrate your Mother, Brother and Sister,” Shelley Ince wrote. “Please know that we are here for you and send a prayer your way.”

Another donor said they’d never known the family personally, but they could see the impact of what happened on their friends and peers. “Nobody should ever have to suffer the loss of 3 people who were close to them. I can only imagine how the family feels right now. This $10 is better in the Pejcinovski familys pocket than mine,” Nikolas Clark wrote. “I hope this GoFundMe can help the family have a wonderful celebration of life and services.”

Another page, labelled simply Pejcinovski Family and started by Lucas Gaudett, had raised $441 of its $1000 goal. “Krissy, Roy, and Vana Pejcinovski were wrongfully taken from us too soon. Any donation helps,” the page description reads. “The donations will be given to the remainder of the family to be used where necessary. We love you and we miss you.”

One campaign specifically focuses on Roy, who was the first victim to be identified publicly. The 15-year-old was a star goalie on the Don Mills Flyers bantam AAA team, and had promising prospects in next year’s Ontario Hockey League draft. The Roy Pejcinovski Family Fund, started by Vickie and Lindsay Hofford, says they’d like to reach out to “the hockey, sports communities and families across North America to assist the Pejcinovski family.”

They’d raised $27,345 of their $50,000 goal as of the same time Friday.

The final page, the DCWS Pejcinovski Family Relief Fund, was started by War Veal — according to the description, being done so on behalf of the Durham Chapter of the Widows Sons Masonic Riding Association. “A terrible, unspeakable tragedy occurred On March 14th in Ajax Ontario,” it says. “In a matter of hours (the family’s) world has been rocked in an unimaginable way.”

The page, which had raised $344 of their $5,000 goal, says all donations will go directly to the family to use how they see fit, “whether it be funeral costs, therapy or education.”

“This is hopefully only a start to fundraising initiatives and awareness to domestic violence and the lives it destroys,” they wrote. “Any size donation is gratefully appreciated and needed.”

GoFundMe has been closely monitoring the campaigns related to the Pejcinovskis this week, spokesperson Rachel Hollis wrote in an email to the Star on Friday. “It’s not uncommon for someone to create a GoFundMe to help another individual after a news report,” she explained. “We are monitoring all campaigns set up to support the family and our team is reviewing all campaigns to ensure the funds reach the Pejcinovski family directly.”

Hollis identified the Roy Pejcinovski Family Fund and Pejcinovski Family Relief as “actively” raising funds, and said their team would work with those campaign organizers to safely deliver the funds to the family. “For the additional campaigns that have been set up, we will work with the organizers to ensure the funds reach the Pejcinovski family,” she added.

“When a campaign is created on behalf of another individual, the funds are held by our team and released only to the person named as the beneficiary of the campaign. If a campaign organizer has a direct, personal connection to the beneficiary, then in some instances the campaign organizer may withdraw the funds to provide directly to the beneficiary.”

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If questions arise, Hollis says GoFundMe’s Trust & Safety team would hold the funds unless the benficiary was “verified to our satisfaction.” “This layer of protection makes sure that the funds go only into the right hands,” she said.

GoFundMe doesn’t investigate the claims stated by each campaign organizer, according to their website. “Rather, we provide visitors with the tools to make an informed decision as to who they choose to support. While GoFundMe and its payment partners do provide a number of safeguards to deter fraud, we must insist that visitors follow the advice stated on each and every campaign: ‘Only donate to people you personally know & trust.’”