Jennifer Neville LakeIn 2015, her three children were killed by a drunk driver, her husband died by suicide two years ago and her home in eastern Ontario burned down.
Neville-Lake told Global News that the urn containing her children’s ashes was lost in the fire.
She said she was not at home when the fire broke out and when she returned she found the house had been burnt to a crisp.
A condolence message sent to Lake Neville following the horrific plane crash in 2015 was also destroyed in the fire.
She was survived by her therapy dog.
Local fire officials confirmed the fire occurred on Wednesday, but they had no further information on the cause of the incident or the circumstances surrounding it.
Neville Lake said the cause of the accident is under investigation.
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She first made headlines in 2015 when her three children died in a car accident in Vaughan, Ontario caused by Marco Muzzo, a drunk driver.
Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Harrison, two-year-old sister Millie, and the children's 65-year-old grandfather Gary Neville died in the collision.
The child's grandmother and great-grandmother were also seriously injured.
Jennifer's husband, Edward Lake, died by suicide in 2022 and was found dead the day after Father's Day.
Muzzo pleaded guilty and served time in prison before being granted full parole in February 2021.
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