Coty Lewis Lake was a 13-year-old White male killed on June 13, 2011, in Dexter, Maine, when his father, Steven Lake, fatally shot Coty, Coty’s 12-year-old sister Monica Raye Lake, and their mother Amy Lake, 38, then took his own life. The family was found in the living room after a state police tactical team forced entry following hours of failed contact; officers heard multiple gunshots from inside and a shotgun was located near Steven Lake’s body. Investigators also found a flammable liquid spread through the house that had not been ignited.

The killings followed a history of domestic violence. In June 2010 Steven Lake had been charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and domestic violence criminal threatening after holding his family at gunpoint. He was released on two occasions on $2,000 bail despite multiple violations of a protective order, including stalking Amy and the children, a detail critics cited as evidence of systemic failures in protecting domestic violence victims.

Are there readers who knew the family or have information about the events leading up to June 13, 2011?