The Lake Family Murders [1]
Canadian True Crime
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The Cause of the Fire at Phillip Lake's Home
A coroner's inquest was held three days after the discovery of the bodies to get to the bottom of what happened. The skeletal remains originally thought to be baby Betty actually belonged to the Lake family's cat. They also had a dog, a great dain who was mercifully locked in a barn near the shack when the fire broke out and had since been taken to Moncton to be rehomed. Coroner determined that the most likely explanation was that four-month-old Betty must have also perished at the scene. Her mother, Bertha, had managed to escape the fire and had only superficial burns. Her cause of death was a fatal head wound, a large gash on
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