Florida Dad Charged With Murder After Throwing 5-Year-Old Daughter Off Bridge

 

A 5-year-old girl is dead today in St. Petersburg, Florida, after her 25-year-old father reportedly threw her off a bridge just after midnight.

 

 

John Nicholas Jonchuck, Jr., allegedly tossed his daughter, Phoebe, from the Dick Misener Bridge near the Sunshine Skyway, reports ABC Action News. A police officer was returning home from work on the I-275 when he says he witnessed Jonchuck driving at 100 miles per hour in his Chrysler PT Cruiser.

 

 

The cop reportedly turned on his lights with the intention of pulling the driver over for speeding, but says Jonchuck did not stop his vehicle. Instead, he says he saw the man get out on the Dick Misener Bridge and throw his little girl over the railing.

What is wrong with people?

 

My heart breaks for this little innocent child. What she must have gone through in those few minutes.

 

No punishment is too harsh for this scum.

Sickening

I cannot imagine the last few minutes of her life. Her dad driving like crazy then stopping on bridge and dragging her out of the car, etc.

 

What could a 5 yr old do to provoke that?

I am horrified by this. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how anyone could do this to a child, let alone your own child. This wasn't a baby who wasn't aware of what was happening (this would not be any less horrific)-this was a 5 year old who was very cognizant of what was taking place. For me, that's the toughest thing to realize. I can't imagine how her final moments were...

I'm telling you, if you offered me a Louisville Slugger and 5 minutes alone with this bastard, I would not hesitate.

I'm telling you, if you offered me a Louisville Slugger and 5 minutes alone with this bastard, I would not hesitate.

 

Nope, I'd make sure it lasted more than 5 minutes though.

Agonizing for the police officer who witnessed it but could not stop it.

What is wrong with people?

 

My heart breaks for this little innocent child. What she must have gone through in those few minutes.

 

No punishment is too harsh for this scum.

 

Absolutely.

Wow. I hate to say it, but I'd be the worst police officer of all time. I'd have just shot him. I know that doesn't bring the child back, but I'd really just have split his head like a canoe.

I hope that whoever his lawyer is mails in this case. He doesn't deserve a defense. He should have to go it alone. I don't think I could wish up a harsh enough punishment for this fella. Public draw and quarter would be my first choice.

There's no way this man shouldn't be put to death for his actions. No way.

Wow. I hate to say it, but I'd be the worst police officer of all time. I'd have just shot him. I know that doesn't bring the child back, but I'd really just have split his head like a canoe.

 

I know it wasn't your intention, but I lost it at the bolded. :lol: :lol:

Pure evil. It exists in so many forms.

 

Just heartbreaking thinking about what that poor child must have dealt with in her 5 short years of life.

This is one of the few instances that I support capital punishment. Just a horrible tragedy.