Repeat drunk driver whose blood alcohol level was 17 times the legal limit convicted of multiple homicides over wrong-way, head-on collision that killed 4 siblings

Scott Farmer, on the left, killed the Gonzalez siblings – Daniel, Daniela, Lilian, and Fabian – who appear in a composite photo on the left.

Left to right: Scott Farmer (Waupaca County Jail), Daniel Gonzalez, Daniela Gonzalez, Lilian Gonzalez, and Fabian Gonzalez (Justice 4 Gonzalez/Facebook).

A 48-year-old Wisconsin man who killed four siblings in what was his fifth drunk driving conviction told a court he wishes it was him who died in the crash and that he prays every day for the victims. But jail calls between the repeat offender and his wife show his apology may have been an empty one.

Waupaca County Judge Raymond Huber Friday sentenced Scott Farmer to 37-and-a-half years in prison with 342 days credit, court records show. On Dec. 16, 2023, the defendant killed the driver of the other vehicle, Daniel Gonzalez, 25, in a head-on collision on Highway 10 in Weyauwega — along with his brother Fabian Gonzalez, 23, and their sisters, Lilian Gonzalez, 14, and Daniela Gonzalez, 9. At the time, Farmer was driving westbound in the eastbound lane. An EMT discovered a large bottle of vodka inside the truck.

Previous coverage from Law&Crime: ‘You really destroyed our lives’: Repeat drunk driver was so intoxicated he thought it was ‘the 12th of February’ after wrong-way crash killed 4 Wisconsin siblings, authorities say

During the sentencing, prosecutors discussed jail calls between Farmer and his wife. Farmer accused the victims’ stepfather of running a sex trafficking ring out his his church, a courtroom report from Green Bay NBC affiliate WGBA said. His wife reportedly said “God was working through Scott” the day of the crash. Farmer and his wife also allegedly said during the calls that their should be immigration checks at the courtroom door as many of the victim family hails from Ecuador.

Huber reportedly said the comments were “outrageous” and “offensive to the court.”

Paulina Schilling, the victims’ mother, described her pain following the crash.

“A few days went by and I had to go see them at the funeral parlor, which was the most heartbreaking day of my life,” she reportedly said via a translator. “No one can imagine how I felt seeing all of them lifeless on a cot.”

As Law&Crime previously reported, Farmer in August pleaded no contest to four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated for the fifth time.