Crime Beat: In an Instant - The Neville-Lake Tragedy | S5 E3

Neville-Lakes’ three children were killed by a drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, in a crash in Vaughan back in 2015.
Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Harrison, their two-year-old sister Milly, and the children’s 65-year-old grandfather, Gary Neville, were killed in the collision.
The driver, the son of a wealthy family, was sentenced to ten years in jail but is now out on parole while the mother of the children is left grieving the loss of her family.
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[@simhaup1]

He should be given a life sentence for each life taken PERIOD. My heart breaks for her 😢

[@nadiabrowne1068]

I agree with you 🙏❤️😢

[@Borderlinegoldenretriever]

He made a big mistake but he didn’t intend to kill anyone. His life ended that day too

[@kristenashton7505]

@@BorderlinegoldenretrieverKnowing that drunk driving is most likely a death sentence for someone and doing it anyways is not a "mistake". Period! He is still walking and breathing, his life is not over! People that make excuses for this kind of action, seem to me to be someone that would also get behind the wheel drunk too. SMH!

[@sunnyskys2428]

​​Are you serious? His life didn't end. He just got married and is going to be starting a family. He didn't commit suicide the day after Fathers Day because he couldn't take the pain anymore like the dad Edward Lake. Instead he made the pain worse by not even serving the ridiculous sentence of 10 years!!! for Four LIVES!!! and instead asked for less with early parole. He was even fighting in court with the amount the family was asking for in punitive damages arguing that he felt their losses were worth less than the family was asking for. His life didn't end. e​@@Borderlinegoldenretriever

[@CC-xr6wj]

Ridiculous ,it was his intent to cause harm, he drove drunk .he might as well point a loaded gun

[@worriedmary6368]

This video should be made mandatory to play in EVERY high school in the country (or even college campus or driver's Ed . for that matter) period. As someone who works in critical care medicine and has had a life long interest in crime content--without question, I have never in my life been more deeply affected and just shaken down to my core, by something I've seen..I can't even find the words.

[@xuetachibana4469]

💯 agree.

[@erikakakrah499]

This story is horrendous and the justice system is an absolute joke. I pray for Jennifer Neville Lake constantly. I don’t know how she is standing. My god. The silence in her home must be painful. Scratch that - it is. 😢

[@vero4-d5x]

Canadas Justice System is definitely a joke!!! Makes me mad 😠

[@katherine9109]

the silence is deafening.

[@mariebrasic4909]

Sadly the selfish people who drink and drive don't think like us. We could make everyone watch this and people will still choose to drink and still choose to get behind the wheel. Harsher punishment needs to be put in place.

[@halee11]

Imagine living her life?! This has to be the most cruel punishment.. when death is not an option and living is not a possibility. I wish you strength on strength to soldier through this life!

[@Viewer-qm3qx]

Couldn't have said it better. Amen! 💙😢🩵🙏💜 I just can't... I wouldn't be as strong as She is..

[@ladyJ_000]

A disgrace, and absolute injustice to this woman and her family . I have thought about this family many times since this story broke. That man should never see the light of day. Heartbreaking

[@SaraSummer]

can't believe this monster is out of prison. disgustingggggggggg

[@SaraSummer]

and driving drunk is absolutely murder.

[@Borderlinegoldenretriever]

Why is he a monster? Bc he made a terrible mistake?

[@SaraSummer]

@@Borderlinegoldenretriever driving drunk is not a MISTAKE ITS A CHOICE.

[@kristenashton7505]

@@SaraSummer I get the impression that this Borderlinegoldenretriever is also a drunk driver.

[@CassidyPresley]

That's what happens when.........Canadians vote for a liberalism bleeding heart liberal thinkers. The country that has lax laws, that are only for the criminals of crime and not the victims of crime.

[@tonys9587]

So very sad and tragic. It’s an absolute disgrace some of the laws we have in this country. He took 4 lives, 5 technically and only did 5 years behind bars. Absolutely revolting.

[@Specialkxxx]

Tougher to swallow when you watch POC get the book thrown at them for less. People who don’t believe that money and privilege doesn’t grant you a pass in Canada are beyond delusional

[@kristenashton7505]

Agreed 100% .. This poor woman has to live with the death sentences he doled out to her family that day. This isn't something that she will ever just be able to get over. Heartbreaking!

[@reginagilby1101]

The reporters who put this on the tv before family was informed should be ashamed of themselves

[@joanbrown542]

Unfortunately, it happens frequently in Canada.

[@wokenmillennial]

Private jet - but no money for a driver? Ridiculous.Poor babies - Poor mother ❤

[@alyciaItalia]

This physically makes my heart hurt 😞 He is a murderer period

[@Allison.Stonee]

My heart absolutely breaks for her, I cried my eyes out at the end of this episode I hope she has a strong support system around her, she’s been through too much. I can’t believe that POS is free

[@valerieteahan-tebby2440]

Me too. I lost a son because of a criminal act nobody was ever found. I cried my eyes out for this poor mother, the devastation the pain. I hope that she has good people around her.

[@Lovinmyplants]

My condolences to the parents and family. I watched this and cried the entire time. My son was killed in a fatal car accident in 2018 this brought back memories. I know you’re pain.

[@mariamaria7796]

No word can describe your loss with this kinda pain n tragedy. May GOD gives you strength ❤

[@kristenashton7505]

I am so very sorry for your loss. :(

[@SherryinAB]

Should have been 10 years for each person that he killed by his stupidity. Rip and prayers for the only survivor of this horrific tragedy. May you find peace and comfort and continue to keep your family’s spirit alive.

[@angelaswan7614]

My heart goes out to this family. Our family has a similar experience. In 1980 my mother's sister was struck in Saskatoon, Sk. by a drunk driver while out for a bike ride on Pendygrasse Rd. She was 27 and passed away from injuries. This changed all our lives immensely. People be smart and make wise choices before drinking. No one makes great choices while intoxicated.

[@smprowse]

This story is so sad. My heart goes out to the lady who lost her whole family because of this entitled alcoholic idiot. 😭

[@davidson2004fatboy]

WHAT'S REALLY SAD, is OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM. WHICH is NON EXISTENT

[@vanessadahan]

🥺😭

[@siddiqomar6338]

I know him and tbh he was a good and is still a good guy but he made a bad decision that’s all we all have and lemme tell u that he’s extremely depressed and has been because it’s been haunting him trust me I see him weekly and he’s done mentally I remember couple months ago he called me to ask me if he killed my kids not knowing him same situation how would I feel after finding out he was drunk and rich etc, just to keep him sane I told him I would be devastated at first BUT forgive the guy since that wasn’t what he woke up to do that day

[@siddiqomar6338]

I was even there in Miami but stayed back 3 days after that happened

[@carolinebrennan3864]

​@siddiqomar6338 not your family, so no problem, right?

[@MiloandHoshiShow]

Wow. Only in Canada can you murder someone and get a slap on the wrist. This case is tragic on so many levels. I hope these murders haunt this man for the rest of his life.

[@1893RealG]

💯 Agee! Even more sick. Not just A murder. The murder of a family. Blows my mind.

[@molliemae6855]

Not so. Australia and the UK are just as bad.

[@MisterMister5893]

Murder and manslaughter are different crimes. Still, getting 10 years, off after 4 with good behaviour is egregious. What’s most u;P setting is a family worth 1.8 billion is contesting a 25 million settlement. You killed 2 generations of a family tree you shouldn’t be contesting that settlement. I’m willing to bet that money is somehow covered from indemnification as well.

[@veroniquebegot9734]

​@@molliemae6855And France 🇫🇷 also...

[@karinhaland-kinnapel9219]

Norway 🇧🇻 also😢...

[@heksedansd.2919]

That he tried to get out of prison before he had done his time, show that he did not really care....he did not think those childrens lifes was worth those years in prison. Shame on him!! Absolut shame on him!!! This story is just SO tragic....to all of those who lost their life: ❤ 🙏 ....and to the mother: ❤

[@sunnyskys2428]

And Father Edward Lake Bless your broken heart

[@shredderhater]

I’ve never cried so hard after watching crime beat 😞 Don’t drink and drive 😟

[@royaleobsidianb6976]

Unfathomable. I feel incredibly heartbroken for their family

[@Roc101]

Thank for sharing light on this This guy got 10 years but came home in 15 months and guess what they named hospital last name ,there’s nothing wrong with that , the mother has to drive by this hospital and see that name every time blast it up Canada is a hypocritical sick place This lady has been Thu it and still fighting

[@ashleymarija2765]

He didn’t go home in 15 months. He was sentenced in march 2016 and got granted full parole in feb 2021. It was nowhere NEAR enough but definetly wasn’t 15 months.

[@taraw4633]

My heart goes to this woman. She is strong like no other. ❤ you are inspiring

[@Kopihue]

He is a murderer, he killed four people and he was no sorry.

[@jimhenry3383]

When your last name is Muzzo.... you get a pass Disgusting on every level May God bless all involved 🙏

[@JGolar]

That is privilege. He got away with murder. He had all those speeding tickets. Oh my goodness. He should have had a higher sentence for taking four lives. Because he was rich they slapped him on the wrists. He should have been tried for vehicular homicide for drinking and driving. Our Canadian law system is a joke. If you’re rich, you can buy a lower sentence. 😢

[@fauna3989]

I hope his friends who allowed him to drive, think long and hard about how they also had the power to stop this. I feel they all should have been charged.

[@rushgush]

that guy should of been put away for 40 years. minimum

[@moniquebakker417]

Words cannot change this terrible lost. My heart goes out to mom. 😊

[@monicakelloway3953]

My heart breaks for her to not only losing her children and her Dad but then to lose her husband. The Parole Board are useless and I know they will not allow you to use certain words in your statement because my son was murdered in 2013 at the age of 31 and when I would write letters to the victim services or parole board I was told you couldn’t use certain words. I guess they don’t want the murderers to feel the hatred from the victims families. RIP to those whose lives were taken. 😢❤

[@Peachesandplanties]

I am from Ontario and i remember this story. It still deeply impacts the community. Such a heart breaking story.

[@jaylenebaker5761]

This episode made me cry the entire time i was watching. What a terrible thing to happen to a family. Absolutely unimaginable 😭💔 RIP little angels, Grandpa and Ed ❤

[@rushgush]

there needs to be an independent CIVILIAN judge, which judges the conduct of officers and other judges. and can over ride ridiculous judgments from regular judges.

[@Karenanneseven]

First time offender….no, first time he’s been caught. I live in West Australia & random breath testing & it definitely helps. My sincerest sympathies to Jennifer, her family & friends 💔🌹🌹🌹

[@karencrozier7253]

Wow. Did his money talk? Crazy.

[@tonys9587]

Nope, just the broken judicial system in Canada.

[@melodeev5487]

When you make the decision to drink and drive, walk back to your car, put the key in the ignition, start your car, and drive away - that shows intent.

[@colleenbishop7387]

I will never forget the pain l felt when l heard the news regarding your family. I turned to my husband and asked him with tears , how does a mother and father survive something so horrific. I will always remember your family ❤

[@antoinettedoyle3185]

He should have been given 4 Life Sentences. He knew he had over the limit in alcohol. Something to be proud of on your CV. Those kids didn't deserve to be killed or the grandfather. What sort is the law to only give him a small sentence.

[@jayt3496]

This episode definitely pulled my heart strings. I wish Jennifer all the best 🙏🏽

[@sellesor1]

I been watching /listening crime beat while I am working for a long time but this is the only case that made me cry. I can't imagine the pain the parents went through losing their children. Especially when they have to decide to remove the life support. I can really feel the pain, .. 😢😢😢

[@gingersnapped5235]

Heartbreaking, sending prayers of strength to an already incredibly strong woman, Jennifer Neville Lake. What a tragic , sad, horrific story - yet makes you angry at the same time - 9 yrs for killing 4 people ?- thats a crime in itself!!! May her 3 sweet babies & her father be Resting In Peace. May the privileged drunk be haunted by their sweet faces each night. Criminal justice in this country needs to be changed - we don't want drunks on our roads!!

[@veronicajackson1674]

My condolences to the family this is the most horrific story I’ve ever seen I’m sorry that you’ve had to go through this because of the negligence of others...

[@nadiabrowne1068]

This one had hurt my stomach to the core my heart break for her and losing her children I couldn’t stop crying ❤️❤️😢😢🙏

[@rushgush]

the guy spent the same time u would get for being caught with 2 lbs of cocaine… 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻

[@samanthazeh9321]

Omg i remember seeing this on the news while working. We were all praying for the children. I forgot about the grandparents. Im sobbing watching this. I want to give that mother the biggest hug.

[@emmalove5080]

I remember hearing about this and it breaks my heart. It’s devastating.

[@lunagoodhart5489]

This monster has absolutely no remorse or regret.

[@Abdul-nk4dy]

This was sad glad ya ll cover this topic

[@madelainegraham2752]

I remember when that happened 😔 this is so sad….

[@elllekelly2215]

My ♥ goes out to this family... I'm a Flight Nurse Children's Hospital and changes have got to be made ... Justice for these adorable children × everyone who is hit by a Impaired Driver.. This entire family is gone ...3 children under age of 10...Wake the F....up! Please support MADD.. This happened to me 5 years ago..lost my partner of 15 years... Impaired Driver, triple over the limit..hit us head on...8 cars involved...lost my partner 10 days later.. It's just beyond Devastating × Heartbreaking! This case just haunts me... I had colleagues Paramedics ALS team that responded to this accident × it was the worse they had seen × suffer PTSD to this day! Poor Rich Kid...Party..Party..Privileged P.O.S. Zero Excuses !!! Billionaire Family..absolutely Sickening! Why can't you get an Uber? You do not Drink × Drive.. period!! He needs to get Life..I mean Life...never get out!!! Justice is Needed.. This case needs to make a point × Judge needs to throw the book at him.... 🙏

[@johnlongbranch8772]

I'm sure there was drugs consumed Get them to do a reaction about barbetta or Marianni cop who used million dollars of tax payers money 💰 Look that up

[@kosmosgemini4853]

The photo of these two babies in hospital, wow I just can't imagine how painful it must be for mum.

[@kristadeclan]

😢always think of you Jennifer. I am so deeply sorry. Nothing can bring back those precious babies and Justice was never served for any of the victims. This will go down in history as one of Canadas many failures in the Justice system in Canada… and to the pos that did this I hope you never have a moments peace after the lives you took away..

[@leneo1731]

This is one of the most profound real life stories I've ever seen. It made such an impact on me and its is going to stay with me for a very long time. I've lost people in my life who were really close to me, amongst others I lost my best friend of 16 years. I can only imagine having children and the thought of losing one of them. The closest I've been to having children, have been my dogs. I obviously know that dogs are nothing close to children, I'm just trying to explain and try as best I can to understand what other people are going through. I lost my dog who was with me for more than 14 years and that totally fucked me up. The empty house without his presence and the sounds he made, together with all the hours we spent together on a daily basis walking and socialising. Suddenly it was all gone. Being a single person living alone with no friends obviously he ment the world to me and I really felt the loneliness, emptyness, desperation and the total darkness of depression. I can't even imagine the magnitude of losing not one child but three children - all of your children! At the same time! And also your father. It's absolutely unbelievable. I was thinking about how she was even able to get out of bed each day and face a nightmare worse than she ever would've been able to imagine. How do you do that? I know for certain I could've never lived on after such a trauma. I absolutely understand her husband who chose to end his life. It's so gruesome that she had to lose her husband as well, this whole tragedy just shattered my heart. I'm so impressed by this woman and her grace and dignity. Such a warm, loving, caring, grounded, adorable woman who made her children and family just the same as herself. What an absolute horror of an experience but still she's not bitter and filled with hate. I'm in awe of this extraordinary beautiful human being she is ❤️

[@Breezy-bv9te]

I can't imagine, nor would I ever want to, losing my children like this! My Heart is shattered for this mother who had to lose her babies to this Selfish, Un-caring, Self Serving Monster! Anyone who drinks and gets behind the wheel of a car, in my opinion, does not care about the people around them, only about themselves! I do NOT have the conscious to even think about driving even when taking cough medicine, anything that causes even a bit of drowsiness I would never think about getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle of any sorts. I couldn't live with myself if I caused an accident hurting someone much less killing them. I really couldn't. With this day and age that you can text for an Uber ride that just takes minutes to arrive, there is NO reason for drunk driving accidents. There should be NO bail, probation, tickets for anyone caught drunk driving under no circumstances, straight to prison and no longer get driving privileges ever.. Period!

[@YkNiJiNkYkNiJ]

💔😭😭😭💔 it hurts so much jist watching this, i just cant imagine how the mom is feeling, having her husband take his own life 💔😭😭😭💔

[@jessiesmith7072]

This breaks my heart. This pos needs to be in jail for life. Life for a life

[@lornejackson1524]

So sad. So horrendous. So outrageous This man should be in jail for life.. no parole per victim. Concurrently. How is this clump of cells is able to see freedom within years of his crime. Drunk drivers are given to much leniency and are no where near held accountable for their actions. Guilt is not a sentence. Guilt is a selfish denial of actions and should no way be considered in the proclaim of remorse. This sad example of human cells should be behind bars forever. He should have to weigh this on his shoulder second for second of every minute of every hour of every day until it takes its last breath. And should not be remembered for anything other then the suffering, pain, sadness and anguish that it caused for the family, friends, and acquaintances of those who lost their ability to celebrate the accomplishments of their loved ones that were senselessly and without reason other than selfishness and egotisticaly ripped from their lives.

[@BohemianLifer]

Is it not vehicular manslaughter?; murder is murder.

[@urbanlumberjackedup]

And muzzo has been out since 2021. What a world we’re living in

[@gtigrl7522]

9 years for the death of 4 innocent life??????? What a horrible joke!

[@Sappy10]

I was sure thate here in canada when you werw drunk and killed people with your car you had the sentence you deserved. I am shocked that im wrong... even today i mentioned that here in canada justice gives big sentence when people were drunk or on drug... i was so freaking wrong... laws and sentencing for drunk/on drugs drivers have to change around the world... not just here in canada/north america or in europe, AROUND THE WORLD.

[@jasons6021]

No criminal gets the sentence they deserve in Canada. Our justice system is an absolute joke.

[@Sappy10]

@@jasons6021 i agree ...

[@stephanieanderson2263]

He should have been given a life sentence for each life taken. He shouldn't have been driving in the first place. My heart breaks for Jennifer and Ed

[@TheShmoo123]

It’s totally disgusting that the murderer spent so little time in jail paying for his crimes. He’s out, living his life after taking away a beautiful family….for the sake of drinking and not organising a driver. 😡

[@gingerbee98]

Sentencing in Commonwealth countries is notoriously disproportionate to serious crime. Someone said towards the end that if seeing this news coverage all over the world doesn't make people think twice, he didn't know what would. The single thing that might is a breath testing device, installed to every vehicle at manufacture, that blocks the engine from starting, if the driver is over. But that'll never happen, so people will continue to drive drunk & impaired... My brother was riding his pushbike 8 years ago & got hit by a drunk driver - wrong side of the road, 33 kph over the speed limit, dense residential street. My bro was dead at the scene, then revived. Catastrophic - multiple surgeries over several years, rendered paraplegic, one leg amputated (the other may still have to go), brain injury, crippling neuropathic pain almost daily, untold ongoing internal complications, front teeth all knocked out, multiple skin grafts, unemployable (he was a top gun rigger) & on it goes. The drunk driver got 17 months in jail & lost his licence for 9 months, then straight back out into the community. He lived so close to the club he'd been drinking at that he could have walked home if he wasn't so drunk. He actually got a lift home that day, but then decided to take a drive to the supermarket to get cigarettes. Yeah, victims of drunk drivers do get life sentences, even if they're not dead. Bless you, Jennifer 🙏 Prayers of love & support for you & your extended family, friends & support network. RIP to your beloved family 🙏🙏🙏💜

[@nmeg.3631]

The amount of trauma, pain and suffering that this woman has been through is utterly unimaginable. It shouldn’t matter if the driver’s a first time offender AT ALL!! DUI is a crime. Period. And yet Canada now legalizes weed. It’s just SO wrong!!! My deepest condolences to Jennifer. Do stay strong. Support From Japan 🇯🇵

[@miriampraus2740]

my soul just crushed for this poor woman I can't imagine living on after losing your whole family at once

[@sandycromhout9850]

31 August 1984 South Africa: my father drove home from his work promotion dinner. They let him drive home in his work vehicle, a Toyota Cressida estate, so drunk that at the inquest they queried whether it was a typo on the blood alcohol reading. I'm so thankful that there were no other people involved. This was after several MVCs caused by him drunk driving. This case is one of the most tragic that I know of.

[@GraceAlfonso-z4u]

My heart is so badly broken. Jennifer is so brave!

[@sueyuemonrisemonroe8341]

He deserve life in prison without parole!!

[@lynettekeyser1513]

they should have that technology all over the world. Africa is full of drivers that love to partake in driving under the influence.

[@alexamombravo9788]

9 years for taking 4 lives? Our system need to change that’s not good enough. Shame on you and your family. Prayers for Jennifer and her family. 🙏🙏🙏

[@charlottebertin5619]

In South Africa he would be charged with negligent homicide x4 and reckless endangerment x6 and would probably get a very heavy sentence and only get out as an old man if he was lucky to survive inside. what a POS.

[@maureenmackey4879]

I could not even begin to imagine the loss and pain of this Mother, Daughter. Many Hands Doing Good. Fantastic. Keep up the fantastic work. One day perhaps Drunk Driving will be for the most part, a thing of the PAST!!! ❤

[@snobbylala3555]

This story really breaks my heart, i’m crying😢

[@granteastgate7753]

Firstly.. my heart and thoughts to go to family and friends whom lost such precious people. 😢.. Sounds to me in my opinion.. money talks and bullshit walks.. That MURDERER.. should never see the light of day again. Shame on your justice system!! We’ve lost a child… our heartbreak does not compare.. Keep strong to their Mumma..!

[@Specialkxxx]

I think a lot of us agree with you

[@nancybannerman1224]

I remember the day this happened and hearing about it on the news. It was gut-wrenching at the time. I had hoped that the drunk driver would spend the rest of his life behind bars. I often wonder if any of the people on the parole board have had to suffer like this mother did. Maybe then they wouldn't be so quick to let killers out of jail. It shocked me when she was told that she couldn't use the word killer at the parole hearing. That is total BS, cause that is what he was. I liked her response. "How about mass murderer." Stay strong Jennifer. 🇨🇦

[@CarniverousChar]

Absolutely heartbreaking 💔 RIP lil ones 🙏 And, for the dad & grandpa 🙏 Prayers for All the Family and Friends 🧡

[@ojibwaynamedkat]

I remember this like it was yesterday 😢

[@Dawna-gp1zk]

T-bone crash caused by 29yr.old impaired man failing to stop resulted in deaths of 3 kids & their grandfather. So sad.

[@michelleh.188]

May God strengthen you as you continue through this journey. Your pain is unimaginable 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@torontomunda]

I dropped a tear. This hurts.

[@FLo-jc7ig]

So cruel that the husband would do what he did. He had to know it would devastate her beyond belief. WHY???💔

[@lindajulian2814]

Money can be a privilege in many ways just ask this drunk. Well he gets to go back to his great life. When this lady lost absolutely everything.

[@auntyshakira747]

Too rich and too dumb. My heart goes out to the Mother, to lose 3 children and a parent at the same time. The many lost dreams, what a strong woman❤

[@Theloverspath]

You are so strong…sorry you had to face this 😢 love from Ireland ❤❤❤

[@pialovisetspedersen1580]

I am so so sorry for your loss, it hurts me so much that i cried with you and i do hope your way to the goal will be succesful - plz accept my condolences

[@Lovinmyplants]

This is the saddest story, 😢 he killed 5 children dad included and is free. 😢

[@corneliuscornia4436]

What a amazing country,he!??

[@cijmo]

Jennifer - every time I see something about you and your family, I just regret that I didn't hug you for a bit longer the most recent time I saw you. We are still up against rich people. Boy with rich daddy walks free. If he had a conscience, he wouldn't even ask for freedom.

[@DonnaMcCartney-d2q]

Australia does random breath tests. They also put up road blocks with a booze bus . There are also ads on telly about drink driving. Everyone should do it.

[@zahrareaume]

Jennifer, my heart breaks for your loss. My Father was killed by a drunk driver when I was 14 years old and the family had the nerve to put the blame on my Father 😡. The 'justice' is that they (the driver and his cousin) did not survive either. Many years have passed but it doesn't lessen the hurt. My heart goes out to you and your family 😢😢😢

[@trishaprett7721]

If a decision to drink,and drive is made,it should be considered premeditated killing.A car with an impaired driver becomes a dangerous weapon.Long prison sentence surely.Bless the family and loved ones who are suffering.💔

[@matc54able]

ONLY NINE YEARS FOR A MURDERER?

[@mariagriffin2221]

Such a horrific nightmare. So sorry for the loss of your family.

[@janewebster3663]

Should be a life for a life. It’s a joke a killer can walk free after just a few years. Ridiculous

[@katherine9109]

driving drunk is the SAME as picking up a gun and firing into a crowd. my mother was murdered by a VERY drunk driver on my 9th birthday. 'the victim' had 4 children: 13 years old, 11, 9, and 1. it was 1965. the killer got 30 days in jail. at least things have improved, right..? 10 years!!! and he served how long..? I remember jumping around and cheering about 20 years ago, when it was announced that an impaired driver causing death would now be eligible for 'life in prison'... my elation was foolish folly. the surviving loved ones get 'life' EVERY TIME !!! my mother's first-born eventually died by suicide. I survived several attempts. I'd like to bring to attention the further tragedies that these murderers trigger. yes, suicide. AND in our case - we children then were raised by the abusive, violent, bigomist, pedophile, narcissist husband and father whom our mother was about to divorce when she was killed. and then there's the compensation from the province. my mother's children received $4,000. (approximately $20,000 today.) that's all my mother's life and mine were worth..!?!

[@jodisparkman1394]

This hurts my heart, i cant imagine the pain in that mothers heart 😢 those poor babies! Such beautiful little babies.

[@corinnemifsud7093]

Every cop in Australia can stop any vehicle and random breath test. We all know that here in Australia and most of us consider it beforehand and make plans so that we don’t have to drive home.

[@Mjj633]

Oh my god. Jenns house burned down and her children's ashes are gone in the blaze. GOD PLZ GIVE HER A BREAK

[@smsmsm33434]

If this wasn’t Canada, I’d blame it on his status. But considering our justice system, and knowing that people like Vince Li are walking free with no record, I think it just comes down to the fact that criminals are prioritized over victims. If anything, victims are bullied, blamed and judged for not being nice and understanding towards the criminals who victimized them.

[@jennifersierzant2152]

This broke me! How does Jennifer have this strength! I cried so hard over this. And to think that rich horrible family making them sue instead of just offering them compensation. I hope this killer and his family are haunted for life over this. Jennifer: god bless you. Your family brought light to this world. My god 😭

[@anitamckane7927]

That's a very cruel question to ask a parent

[@anitabutts5655]

It’s called voluntary intoxication that simple

[@kaydavis6752]

It was only the first time he had been caught but probably not the first time he had driven impaired. I would have argued with the judge that it was the first time my children had died but they weren't given a second chance. He's probably an entitled individual who has never had to consider the consequences of anything he's done. Such a tragic and completely avoidable crime.