Three kids found murdered and dad tried to kill himself after he made haunting comments on Facebook

A DAD who fatally poisoned his three children to death and tried to commit suicide did so “because he was too broke,” a court has heard. Harald Kopitz, 57, doped their drinks with a cocktail of drugs before taking an overdose of blood pressure pills. NewsflashHarald Kopitz, 57, has been sentenced to 50 years for the murder of his three children[/caption] NewsflashThe youngsters were fatally poisoned after the father doped their drinks with drugs[/caption] The court in Zagreb, Croatia heard his four-year-old son was found dead in bed while twins – a boy and a girl aged seven – were found in the living room. But before attempting to take his own life, the dad posted a chilling farewell note on Facebook, which read “Farewell to you all, I’m leaving you. I just cannot do this anymore.” At a hearing this week Judge Iva Gradishki Lovrechek accused Kopitz of robbing the innocents of their future before jailing him for 50 years. Judge Lovrechek said: “You killed three humans at the very beginning of their lives. You robbed them of their future.” Read more on crime GRIM FIND Mystery as decomposing bodies of sisters, 23 & 24, found in flat after eerie clue BT 'SCAM' Urgent warnings as 'scammers posing as BT workers scoping out people's homes' She added: “Being a mother myself it is just inexplicable to me that you killed them when you did not want to live anymore. “They put all of their trust in you.” Kopitz, an Austrian national, was said to have been depressed because he had lost his job and been dumped by his girlfriend. But sentencing the judge said: “Being short of money is no justification to murder three young human beings.” Most read in News VILE ABUSE Harry and Meghan's son Archie targeted by white supremacists in 'terror podcast' GOING NOWHERE Brits face summer travel hell with airport chaos, rail strikes & soaring fuel JAIL BEATING Caroline Crouch’s husband ATTACKED as he rots in jail for Brit's murder HORROR DEATH Worker dies after falling in 2,600F molten iron leaving half of body on floor BT 'SCAM' Urgent warnings as 'scammers posing as BT workers scoping out people's homes' STRUCK OUT Train & Tube chaos to erupt again as 50k walk out in biggest strike in 33 YEARS The doomed youngsters had been on a joint custody visit to their father’s apartment last September following his divorce from their mother when the incident took place. Kopitz, who was formerly a financial adviser, had been declared sane and accountable for his actions by a psychiatric expert. Croatian media quoted him as saying that he took his children’s lives as he “didn’t want to die alone.” The suspect’s defence lawyer Marko Ivica, confirmed her client has filed an appeal. NewsflashThe 50-year-old reportedly killed his three children because he ‘didn’t want to die alone’[/caption] NewsflashHis defence lawyer said he would appeal his conviction[/caption]