Dad’s ‘happy’ photo with kids an hour before he shot them on day out

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A dad-of-two posted a chilling photo of himself with his kids less than an hour before shooting them both and then killing himself.

Humberto Christian Tovar uploaded the happy, smiling image that showed his 12-year-old daughter Valeria and son Matias, nine, cuddling him as they sat together in a car.

But within the hour the three would be dead, in a tragedy that shocked the quiet community of Miami Lakes Florida.

Tovar reportedly suffered with mental health issues that worsened after his 12-year marriage with wife Jessica Forero Cardona ended in August last year.

Saying that she would miss her grandchildren, Tovar’s mother, Luz Kuznitz, told Local 10 News: “He was dealing with bipolarity. He hasn’t taken his pills. He never took care of it. He never wanted to take medication”.

Ms Kuznitz added that her son cycled quite often to help with his mental illness and to relieve some of his stress.

Tovar had been working at a local bike shop for the past six months, often uploading pictures of himself riding to his Facebook page.

On Tuesday Tovar had collected the two children from their mother’s home.

His ex-wife had become concerned when it started getting late and she hadn’t heard from her children, who had to go to school the next day.

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After going out to see if she could find them, Jessica found the children with her ex-husband lying apparently lifeless on a grass verge near a canal in Miami Lakes at around 9pm.

Audio recorded from a nearby Ring doorbell picked up the distraught mother yelling for help as she desperately tried to resuscitate the children.

Witness Madga Peña said “I saw the body of the man there and I saw the body of the little girl there, and the mother tried to do compressions on the little girl, she even pulled her body to the body of the son to bring them closer and she started doing chest compressions on them herself”.

On a GoFundMe page set up to help with the children’s funeral expenses, friend Kendaly Alvarez wrote: “Jessica did everything she could to save her children.

"Now she is left with the aftermath and pain of such a devastating experience.”

For emotional support, you can call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline on 116 123, email [email protected], visit a Samaritans branch in person or go to the Samaritans website.

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