[Youth_Against_Facism]

Four-year-old Darcey Iris Freeman died after her father allegedly took her out of the family car and threw her 58 metres off Melbourne's West Gate bridge in front of her two brothers.
She miraculously survived the plunge into the Yarra river, but died from her terrible injuries in the Royal Children's Hospital several hours later.
Horrified witnesses on the busy gateway called triple zero around 9.10am (AEDT) on Thursday, and water police took just 10 minutes to reach Darcey and pull her from the water near the pumping station at Spotswood, not far from the bridge.
Paramedics then worked frantically for 50 minutes to stabilise her, before she was flown by helicopter to the hospital where doctors tried to perform a miracle. But Darcey was pronounced dead at 1.35pm.
Detective Inspector Steve Clark, from the Victoria Police homicide squad, told reporters it appeared no witnesses had an opportunity to intervene during the incident.
"It's all happened fairly quickly, as I understand it, nobody had the opportunity," Det Insp Clark said.
"He's got straight out of the car, taken the young girl and walked to the edge of the bridge."
The incident shocked police and paramedics called to the scene.
"This is a dreadful set of circumstances and often you think you've seen it all, but you haven't," Det Insp Clark said.
Her father, 35-year-old Arthur Freeman, was arrested about 10.30am after he was spotted with the two other children walking around the Commonwealth Law Courts in central Melbourne "visibly distressed," with the Landcruiser parked outside.
Police took him into custody peacefully. As he was being led away, her reportedly begged court staff to "take care of my kids".
"He was pretty down and he had the two other children with him and he tried to enter the court. He couldn't talk to anyone, he wouldn't talk to anyone, he was just a mess," witness Vince Mascia told the Nine Network.
"They realised something was wrong and called the police."
Freeman, of Hawthorn, was charged with Darcey's murder, but did not appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court for a filing hearing later because he was deemed suicidal and unfit to be interviewed by police.
He has been remanded in custody and will next appear in court on May 21 for a committal mention.
Det Insp Clark said the incident was "particularly distressing" for family members and witnesses.
Premier John Brumby described the incident as "a terrible tragedy".
"It's such an awful ... horrible thing to happen to the child," he told reporters.
But Mr Brumby said it was far too early to think about bringing forward efforts to upgrade security on the bridge.
"So 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.

Some crazy shit happens here in Australia also!

[MellySingsDoom]

An awful story - I heard this on the news this morning. My thoughts go to the mother and siblings of the murdered child...

[phoenix]

Can't believe she died. What a fucking messed up person.

[greedrex]

for Fuck's sake.

[ploesj]

the world is fucked up.

[Rob Instigator]

just like Sparta

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

That article pisses me off. Why say she miraculously survived to then say in the same sentence that she died hours later? Thanks for the false hope at the beginning of the sentence. Also surviving just to die isn't a miracle.

[Everyneurotic]

fucking australians...

[Lurker]

Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

That article pisses me off. Why say she miraculously survived to then say in the same sentence that she died hours later? Thanks for the false hope at the beginning of the sentence. Also surviving just to die isn't a miracle.

We must be thankful for all God's miracles. Even if they result in further disappointment,

[Youth_Against_Facism]

Here's the bridge she was thrown off!

 

[Pax Americana]

Jesus Christ. That's like the worst thing I've heard in quite a while. Just awful...

What the hell is wrong with people???

[cars_willkillyou]

holy fuck.

[atsonicpark]

wow

[Green Magnesium]

I'll never understand why people can't just kill themselves instead of taking it out on others... ESPECIALLY others who have done no wrong. I mean, what could a four year old have possibly said or done to deserve being thrown off a bridge?

Dude should have just jumped and let the kids be.

[terriblecanyons]

He was mentally ill. Of course he had no reason for doing it and in no way does that justify it, but I mean come on, he was fucking bonkers.

[alteredcourse]

I wonder what was going on.

[Green Magnesium]

Originally Posted by terriblecanyons

He was mentally ill. Of course he had no reason for doing it and in no way does that justify it, but I mean come on, he was fucking bonkers.

Fair enough. I'm not saying the mentally ill don't deserve our sympathy. I'm just saying, when it comes down to it, I would have preferred he jump instead of throw the little girl.

(of course the best option would be nothing having happened at all and him getting the help he needed before it was too late)

[joe11121]

Holy shit. I can't believe he did that. Did he say why he threw her off?

[RdTv]

Whatever reasons the guy may have had, I seriously doubt any of them excused such a jerk thing to do. This dude really is a bastard. If you're gonna kill an innocent child, at least make it quick, pull out a gun and pull the trigger. Bam, one shot and its done, the kid literally didn't know what hit her. But, throwing her off a bridge, especially in front of her bro's, poor girl, the whole time she is watching the water, knowing exactly whats gonna hit her.

I know there's a lot of time left, but so far, this guy gets my vote for ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR!