Police have identified the man who fell to his death on the Don Valley Parkway as the husband and father of the three homicide victims found dead in an East York apartment over the weekend.

In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, police said the 50-year-old man was struck by a Toyota Prius in the southbound lane of the DVP on Nov. 29, shortly after 1 p.m. He suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.

Police have identified him as Yusuf Osman Abdille, the "husband and father of the three people found murdered at 85 Thorncliffe Park Drive."

Paramedics were called to that apartment shortly after 4:30 p.m., where police say Zahra Mohamoud Abdille, 43, Faris Abdille, 13, and Zain Abdille, 8, were found dead inside one of the units.

Police have not released their cause of deaths. They say Yusuf Osman Abdille's "involvement in the homicide is still being investigated."

As the probe into the homicides continues, details about the family's life are emerging.

On Wednesday, police visited Dr. Roz's Healing Place, a Scarborough shelter for women and children. The centre's executive director, Dr. Roz Roach, would not say what police were doing there.

She revealed, however, that Zahra Mohamoud Abdille and her two boys stayed at the shelter for 13 days in July 2013.

According to her, Abdille may have been a victim of abuse.

"(During the) screening, it was very clear that she was going through a violent experience," Roach said Thursday.

Roach said it was not clear if Abdille's sons were also abused, but she emphasized that "witnessing abuse has the same impact as if you were battered down."

She said that Abdille also told staff members she would likely not report her situation to police because "she did not want the police to arrest her husband."

Roach said the family was living at the East York apartment at the time.

After leaving the shelter, Roach said Abdille attempted to move out of the apartment and wanted to begin legal proceedings to seek interim custody of her children.

Roach said, however, that the public health nurse couldn't afford a lawyer at the time and did not qualify for legal aid.

The mother of two later returned to the shelter earlier this year to collect her mail. According to Roach, she told staff that she was doing fine.

"I think, in her case, and in many other cases, women tend to hide and hope (the problem) will go away, or hope that the abuser will change."

Roach described Abdille as a quiet, but "very ambitious" woman.

"This is a woman who came to this country as a refugee and did not speak English," Roach said. "(She) learned English … put herself through nursing school and made it all the way up to a master’s degree."

A funeral service for Abdille and her two boys will be held Friday at noon at the Khalid Bin Al-Walid Mosque in Etobicoke.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact police at 416-808-1900, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477)