OT - Man throws own daughter off a Melbourne bridge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:46 pmI figured since John From Boston posted some horrific news, here is some more to brighten up the day.
Girl, 4, thrown from West Gate Bridge in Melbourne has died
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24 ... 21,00.html
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl has died after allegedly being thrown off the West Gate Bridge by her father this morning.
A Royal Children's Hospital spokeswoman said the girl, named Darcy, died at 1.35pm (AEDT).
Arthur Freeman, 36, of Hawthorn, has been charged with murder and will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court this afternoon.
Darcy was pulled from the water by police at about 9.30am (AEDT) after allegedly being thrown 58m from the bridge at 9.10am.
Mr Freeman was arrested at about 10.30am after security staff at the Commonwealth Law Courts on the corner of Williams St and La Trobe St noticed him standing in the foyer with his two sons, aged seven and 23 months.
Police were called and several officers arrested Mr Freeman, who offered no resistance.
Just before he was taken away, he asked security guards to look after his children.
At the time of his arrest, police had no indication Mr Freeman was connected to the West Gate Bridge incident.
Paramedic team manager Trevor Weston said paramedics worked on Darcy for almost an hour.
"Paramedics worked for about 50 minutes at the scene and the child was then conveyed to the Royal Children's Hospital," Mr Weston said.
She was airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition with massive internal injuries.
Homicide squad Det-Insp Steve Clark said Mr Freeman's sons may have been in the car with him on the bridge.
He said the girl's mother, Peta Freeman, had been informed and was with police.
"She's currently assisting police the best she can in terrible, terrible circumstances," he said.
Det-Insp Clark said a number of witnesses had already come forward and were being interviewed by police.
Bridge security
Victorian Premier John Brumby said it was too early to think about extra security measures on the West Gate Bridge following the girl's death.
"To be honest people probably aren't thinking about those things. They're just thinking, they're feeling for the family and how this could have occurred," he said.
"I think every Victorian, you just shudder, you just think how could that happen and it's just such a terrible thing.
"All Victorians' hearts would go out to the family, to the child ... we just hope and pray."
Girl, 4, thrown from West Gate Bridge in Melbourne has died
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24 ... 21,00.html
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl has died after allegedly being thrown off the West Gate Bridge by her father this morning.
A Royal Children's Hospital spokeswoman said the girl, named Darcy, died at 1.35pm (AEDT).
Arthur Freeman, 36, of Hawthorn, has been charged with murder and will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court this afternoon.
Darcy was pulled from the water by police at about 9.30am (AEDT) after allegedly being thrown 58m from the bridge at 9.10am.
Mr Freeman was arrested at about 10.30am after security staff at the Commonwealth Law Courts on the corner of Williams St and La Trobe St noticed him standing in the foyer with his two sons, aged seven and 23 months.
Police were called and several officers arrested Mr Freeman, who offered no resistance.
Just before he was taken away, he asked security guards to look after his children.
At the time of his arrest, police had no indication Mr Freeman was connected to the West Gate Bridge incident.
Paramedic team manager Trevor Weston said paramedics worked on Darcy for almost an hour.
"Paramedics worked for about 50 minutes at the scene and the child was then conveyed to the Royal Children's Hospital," Mr Weston said.
She was airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition with massive internal injuries.
Homicide squad Det-Insp Steve Clark said Mr Freeman's sons may have been in the car with him on the bridge.
He said the girl's mother, Peta Freeman, had been informed and was with police.
"She's currently assisting police the best she can in terrible, terrible circumstances," he said.
Det-Insp Clark said a number of witnesses had already come forward and were being interviewed by police.
Bridge security
Victorian Premier John Brumby said it was too early to think about extra security measures on the West Gate Bridge following the girl's death.
"To be honest people probably aren't thinking about those things. They're just thinking, they're feeling for the family and how this could have occurred," he said.
"I think every Victorian, you just shudder, you just think how could that happen and it's just such a terrible thing.
"All Victorians' hearts would go out to the family, to the child ... we just hope and pray."
He should be dangled from that same bridge by his nuts.