Father of three kids who were killed by drunk driver takes own life
A Toronto man took his own life more than a year after the man who killed his three young children was granted full parole after serving just four years behind bars.
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Father of three children, aged 9, 5, and 2, who were killed when their car was hit by billionaire drunk driver commits suicide the day after Father's Day: Killer served just four years of nine-year sentence
By Paul Farrell For Dailymail.Com17:30 22 Jun 2022, updated 22:46 22 Jun 2022
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- Edward Lake, 49, was found dead on June 20, seven years after his three children were killed after a drunk driver slammed into their grandparents car
- The drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, is the heir to a billion dollar construction empire and served just four years before being released on parole
- At the time of his sentencing, Edward told the court that he suffered with suicidal thoughts following the deaths of his children
- On Father's Day, Lake's wife, Jennifer Neville-Lake posted a photo of her children's tombstones and said: 'Father's day. This shouldn't be real. It can't be'
- Before her husband's suicide, she told a parole board hearing for Muzzo that she had attempted to take her own life in the wake of the crash
- If you or anybody that you know is suffering from suicidal thoughts please call the suicide hotline on 800-273-8255
Edward Lake's three children, ages Daniel, 9, Harry, 5 and Milly, 2, were killed by drunk driver Marco Muzzo, now 35, in September 2015.
Daniel died at the scene while Harry and Milly died together in a local children's hospital shortly afterward after being declared brain dead.
At the time he told the media: 'We close our eyes and they're all we see. This is a nightmare that will never go away.' During Marco Muzzo's sentencing, Edward reiterated his suffering with suicidal thoughts and said to Muzzo: 'Because of you, we now live with this horror the rest of our lives.'
Edward was found dead on Monday, June 20. He was 49 years old.
Also killed in the horrific
Also killed in the horrific crash that claimed the lives of his children were his father-in-law and the children's grandfather, Gary Neville, 65, his wife. The children's grandmother, Neriza Neville, and great-grandmother, Joseina Frias, suffered severe injuries in the crash but survived.
Neriza Neville was driving the car.
Marco Muzzo had just returned via private jet from his bachelor party in Miami when he ran a stop sign in his Jeep Cherokee and t-boned the Lake family's minivan. He slammed into the driver's side at a speed of over 50 miles per hour.
Muzzo said that he had three-to-four drinks on the plane. His blood-alcohol level was nearly three times over the legal limit.
Marco Muzzo is the namesake of his billionaire developer grandfather, who died in 2005. Muzzo worked for his family’s drywall company, Marel Contractors, and the Muzzo family wealth is estimated at $1.8 billion.
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