Dad, 2 daughters found dead hours after divorce hearing as mom says she fought so hard to try to keep them safe

Two young sisters and their father were found dead inside the family’s Wisconsin home last week — just hours after a divorce hearing between the girls’ parents, according to family.The grim scene was discovered by cops conducting a welfare check last Friday at a house in Winneconne, WLUK reported, citing police.Inside the residence were the bodies of Jeffrey Manke, 57 and his two daughters — Lenora, 11, and 16-year-old Jaely.Just hours before the relatives were found dead, Manke and Lindsey Lewandowski, 38, had a divorce hearing, according to court records.

The marriage between Lewandowski and Manke was “irretrievably broken with no chance for reconciliation,” resulting in a nearly year-long custody battle, according to court documents obtained by The Post.The Winnebego County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment on Tuesday when asked if the trio of deaths are being investigated as a double murder-suicide.A restraining order filed earlier this year against Manke noted he has access to guns, according to NBC 26.

He was also prohibited from consuming drugs or alcohol when the children were in his care, according to court documents.Lewandowski had fought for sole custody of her daughters, but a court granted joint legal custody between her and Manke.Both Manke and Lewandowski were deemed “fit and proper persons to be given joint legal custody” of the children, according to court documents.

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But Lewandowsk alleged in a Monday Facebook post that her daughters “felt unsafe” in their father’s care.“I’m so sad.Everyone they talked to knew they were not safe in his care.

And I fought so hard to try to keep them safe,” wrote Lewandowski, who goes by the alias “Lindsey Dash” on Facebook.“The family co...