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Johnny and Matthew GaureauParents, Boo and JanidThey were said to be in hospital hours after their sons were killed by an alleged drunken driver.
The athletic New details of how the Gautreau family responded as was announced after a nhl star Johnny and his brother, Matthew, were killed while cycling near Oldmans Township, New Jersey, in August 2024. (Johnny and Matthew were 31 and 29, respectively.))
According to the outlet, Jane and Guy were both in hospital on the same day as their sons were killed. Guy was observed for high blood pressure and heart rate, but Jane’s family said she went completely unresponsive when entering a “Catatonic similar state” after learning about the tragedy.
Although both were placed in separate hospital rooms, the nursing staff have probably allowed Jane to crawl into a guy bed. Both were released from hospital after waiting for two nights.
Johnny and Matthew were back in their hometown before The marriage of their sister Katiesuspended following their deaths. Katie and her fiancée, Devin Joyce. he eventually tied the knot In July in the city of Gloucester, New Jersey, a ceremony filled with tributes to their brothers.
The brothers’ wives, Jot and Madeline GaureauBoth were pregnant at the time of the fatal stimulating accident. Madeline born her first baby, Tripp Matthew, in December 2024, while Meredith welcomed Carter Michael’s son in April. (Johnny and Meredith also shared two older children: Noah, born in 2022, and Johnny Jr., born in 2024.)
In June, Meredith Writing an open letter over Tribune players To describe the intense grief she and Madeline were facing immediately after the deaths of their husbands.
“I was in shock (when I discovered). I was kept over for sick days for my stomach,” he remembered. “It is totally indescribable. The only person who can identify with me is my own sister-in-law. I see her and my heart breaks over her.”
Johnny Gaureau and Matthew Gaureau in February 2014.
Richard T Gagnon/Getty ImagesMeredith described the whiplash of emotions as she went from preparing for a sister-in-law’s wedding to the funeral design of her husband and brother-in-law within hours.
“To go from preparing for a beautiful wedding all week with your sister, to being in a funeral home with Madeline trying to figure out all these things – he hurt so much,” he noted. “It was strange and it was terrible. I had to go to the doctor for our third baby. The first of my appointments where (John) didn’t hold my hand.”
Her letter went on, “I looked at Noah and baby Johnny and felt pain I hadn’t felt before. Our two baby who had to grow up without their father, without their amazing uncle.”
Meredith Gaureau emotionally reflected on her final moments with her late husband, Johnny Gaureau, before his tragic death last year. “He kissed all of us, just at his parents’ house drive,” Meredith said in an interview clip shared by Good Morning America on Tuesday, August 12. “That’s the last time I (…)
Meredith and Madeline formally published The John and Matthew Gaureau Foundation on August 13 – which would have been Johnny’s 32 -year -old – to raise money and provide support for the hockey community, as well as charitable cases on which Johnny and Matthew were passionate. (Johnny was a seven-time NHL All-Star for Blue Jackets of Flames and Columbus in his professional career, while Matthew retired from the east, formerly known as the Eastern Coast Hockey Alliance, and the American Hockey Alliance to train youth hockey.)
“John and Matty had a tremendous and eternal impact on all who knew them,” read a foundation statement. “In addition to their hockey talents, the boys were known for their kindness. The purpose of the foundation is to continue to give back to what the boys are passionate about and ultimately to continue to make a positive impact on the world in honor of them.”
The legal battle for the deaths of Johnny and Matthew has continued throughout the past year. In December 2024, Sean Higgins were Shown by a prestigious jury On suspicion of the manslaughter of reckless second degree vehicle, manslaughter first degree, intervention of fourth degree with physical evidence and second degree leaving a fatal accident location.
Before a trial in September, Higgins entered an innocent plea and refused to accept a plea offer that would have seen him spend 35 years behind bars. If convicted, Higgins could face as much as 70 years in prison.
