He graduated from Elk Grove High School in 1998, during which he was treated temporarily for mental illness at the Elk Grove Village Thresholds-Mary Hill House psychiatric center,[REF] for being "unruly" at home, according to his parents Gail and Robert Kazmierczak.
Kazmierczak graduated from NIU in 2006[REF] where he received the Dean's award in 2006 and was considered a stand-out, well-regarded student [REF].