What do you think of the West Gate Bridge incident?

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djene

I saw it on a news updates & couldn't believe it. I didn't watch the news after that. I doubt anybody will ever understand. I do wonder how her 2 brothers are coping seeings as they were there. Of course our thoughts are with her mother too, & the officers who worked so hard with her at the scene.
We need to realise that this sort of behaviour isn't the first, just the latest. How many children have died at the hands of their parents?

One Armed Scissor

I'm horrified like everyone else. I can't imagine the terror that poor little girl suffered. I don't care about his mental illness bullshit, there is NO EXCUSE that can justify what he did to his little girl.

Zebra

People over here (in NZ in a chat room I was just reading) are saying things like, the poor guy, he must have been so stressed to have resorted to that. What bollocks! No one is that stressed that they would go that far, unless they're a psycho or intending on killing their kid. He's on suicide watch now but I've no sympathy for him. If he was angry he could have just yelled or punched his steering wheel or something, there's no excuse for lashing out at the child & it's premeditated to actually go through the motions of picking the kid up & tossing it. Most people would think, oh my god what am I doing & stop before actually committing that act, so there is no excuse. Maybe he was intentionally doing it to affect the mother as revenge as men often harm kids to hurt the mother.

Feel sorry for the other kids witnessing that & the mother, particularly as this guy was just granted more custody time with them before this happened.

Be careful who you choose as your partner, that's all I can say! After you break up you're still not rid of them if you have kids.

jennifer h

Oh so sad . What is the poor mother and siblings going through

Brett

Wow. What was in this guys head? Some people are just stupid. I feel so sorry for her mom (if she was a good one, the article didn't explain it very well). That guy is an absolute lunatic.

Alex

Poor girl

Everyone I know on MSN (the instant messaging service) has put love hearts in front of their display names in her rememberance
We're thirteen and we all think its so sad
I just got this email from a friend

hey people, you remember that little girl that was thrown off the Westgate bridge the other day?

well if you do, put a (L) heart in front of your name in remembrance of her!

and please people forward this to all you contacts
--
I can't wait to know what the 4 year old actually did to deserve this or what caused the Hawthorn man to get so mad

Really bad
RIP Darcey

EDIT: My theory is that the child was doing the whole I hate you crying thing to her father, because it was her first day at school, yet the child was thrown off the bridge at 9am. School starts at 9am and the girl was probably worried that they were gonna be up to an hour late

Still no excuse
Alex

cc_of_0z

The whole incident is just horrifying. Even more so when the news reported that had one lady onlooker not shouted out after he dropped his daughter over the side that the other two boys could have been next.

I can't imagine what could lead him to think that what he did was in any way a sane or reasonable way to deal with his problems. I feel sympathy because he has single handledly destroyed 5 lives in one fowl swoop. His own because he will never see those kids again and likely his freedom too. His two boys will never see their sister again and will live with the fear of ever trusting adults again. His wife will never let those two boys out of sight and has to live over and over again the what if's. Lastly the little girl herself, first day of school, a whole future unrealised, and gone in a split second. The only consolation here is that had she survived the fall, her life would have been one of endless pain and misery from her injuries.

I sincerely hope the authorities do find the funds to barricade the Westgate bridge so this never happens there again.

Tears in Heaven.

hey hey hey

this is so horrible.

the thing i dont understand is y only the daughter?? he didnt kill the others

BriaRose

oh god it makes me cry. I mean a 4 year old child thrown off the bridge. And she was still alive when she hit the water so she would be falling and... oh its just so horrible.
I have no idea why the dad would do that, i know he is suicidal but why throw your daughter off. I think he must be insane.
R.I.P Darcy.

shubhranshuji

My deepest sympathy and condolences go out for Darcey's family for their loss. The incidents like this force us to evaluate the human values. Still, it is hard to believe for me and my family members.

oceangirl78

I think that it is horrible that something like this can happen.What drives a parent to throw down his own child from a bridge?My heart is aching for the entire family.I think this incident shows that there are flaws in our society and our system.I assume that he must have had some sort of a mental break down.No sane person would do something like this

I read an article that they were planning on putting barriers up on that bridge and now they might fast track it.Why does something so terrible need to happen in order for someone to act.

The sad truth might be that he will most likely get away with this crime because he will most likely plead insanity.

Hannah F

oh the poor girl, i hate stories like this :(

Box Monkey

They should have thrown him over too. However, I wonder how many more kids will die before our divorce system recognises the fathers right to begin a new life.

Bardy

Bring back capital punishment!

He's gone fishing.

The father should receive a lethal injection, and his body thrown away, regardless of the apparent mental illness he has. He doesn't deserve to die with dignity, he doesn't deserve a tombstone, or any form of remembrance. Execution is the only answer.

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