GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — William Parente was a successful Manhattan lawyer who apparently had a side business lending money at high interest rates — deals that may have cost his investors as much as $20 million.
The revelations about his financial dealings came not long after the 59-year-old tax lawyer fatally beat and asphyxiated his family last weekend in a Towson hotel room, then took his own life, leaving few clues behind.
"What he did to his family is unforgivable," said attorney Steven B. Drelich, whose law partner claims to have invested $450,000 with Parente, said Thursday. "The face of evil can be pretty ordinary."
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