Wow

[Gbyte]

Father throws girl to death from Melbourne bridge - Australasia, World - The Independent


How sad.

I cannot imagine...
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Father throws girl to death from Melbourne bridge

By Dennis Passa, AP


The 36-year-old father was scheduled to appear in a Melbourne court later today charged with her murder, police Sgt. Creina O'Grady said. He faces a maximum life sentence if convicted.

The girl was rushed to Royal Children's Hospital after being dragged barely alive from the Yarra River. The hospital said she died about four hours after the fall.

The father had appeared before a family court on Tuesday and Wednesday to settle custody of the couple's three children with their mother, a court official said.

The girl's two brothers may have been inside an SUV parked nearby when the man allegedly dropped the girl off the West Gate Bridge, Detective Inspector Steve Clark told reporters.

The surviving children were still with their father when he was arrested about an hour later outside the family court, he said.

None of the family were identified by authorities to protect the children's identities.

The alleged murder happened during rush hour on the bridge, an eight-lane freeway linking downtown Melbourne with the city's western suburbs.

Shocked witnesses called police to report seeing the girl being thrown from the bridge into the river shortly after 9 a.m.

A man "dropped (her) over the bridge" into the water, and police in a boat rescued the child about 10 minutes later, Clark said.

Clark said their mother had been informed but did not give details.

A court official, who declined to be named because she was not authorized to speak to the media, said the custody hearing over the children had ended Wednesday without a ruling because the parents had agreed to share access.

The hearing had been listed to resume Thursday, but neither parent had been expected to attend for a third day in court, she said.

Originally Posted by Gbyte Father throws girl to death from Melbourne bridge - Australasia, World - The Independent How sad.

It's what our weak laws have allowed why complain now?

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I cannot imagine...why this was posted to the forum? Is this going to become a venue for tragic stories?
Honestly, this really does not belong here.

[lori509]

who is that XXX guy... he's annoying. Not my job but I'd simply delete his useless posts.

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I've been deleting a lot of the simply abusive posts from unregistered users, and will continue to do so.
If I miss one, let me know via private message.

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[Gbyte]

Originally Posted by tbyte I cannot imagine...why this was posted to the forum? Is this going to become a venue for tragic stories? Honestly, this really does not belong here.

It was an unsually tragic post one day after shared parenting was agreed upon to avoid a custody trial. Becuase it was one day after an agreement was reached - and we've recently seen parents coerced into agreements they aren't in the best interest of the child (as was attempted to myself), I thought it was interesting.

No matter how bad life gets...someone else has it worse. We ought to be thankful for what we do have.

[tbyte]

Again, what is the point? Unless you are claiming this is representative of shared parenting agreements (and we do NOT know the details of the agreement in this case), then this is not a venue for every sob story that pops up on the internet.
If you DO think this is representative, we risk starting a whole thread of links to stories of mothers and fathers in every possible parenting configuration tragically harming their children. I could post more than a few, trust me.
Let's just not go there.