I can't believe that.

Ripley's Believe it or Not would have a field day down there.

I guess they have never been the same since 2000.

Poor little girl.

for a Not Guilty by reason of Mental Disease or Defect defense.

When an attorney calls the cops on his own client, I think the cops ought to take it very, very seriously.

Their incompetence caused the death of that girl.

If this guy was controlled enough to act and sound sane, what were the cops to do? Arrest him because his atty. said he was weird?

What would they have charged him with?

stuff like that....

to detain a person. A reason that usually contains the word "immediate." Had they been able to trump up a reason to detain him and he had been assessed and managed to maintain the "all is well" front, he would then be in front of the media, with full support of many on DU, claiming that an innocent father was being harrassed by police and CPS.

I've worked for CPS, I know the drill. It's a system based frequently on trying to determine what a person might do in the future and then convincing judges, police, etc. Judges who, in most cases, do not work the street and don't know what goes on out there.

They are not psychiatrists, and they had clear warning from the lawyer, for Chris' sake.

If so, I hope he becomes lucid enough one day to realize what he did.

services, he was on medications, there were other child protective services interactions. The child was probably terrified of "Daddy"

Police found him a short time later at a church, and everything seemed fine. He told officers he was once on 37 different medicines for a variety of ailments, but none this week. He said he had recently lost weight and was eating healthy, "trying to better his life."

that he had a string of domestic violence charges.

I will look for a link.

Updated: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/police-girl-5-dies-after-being-thrown-bridge-st-pe/njjLc/

"Orlando TV station WFTV reported Jonchuck has a long criminal history: He was arrested on battery and domestic violence charges on May 23, 2010. Jonchuck allegedly battered the victim, Michelle Kerr.

On May 26, 2013, he was charged with battery. Jonchuck was arrested for battering Kerr during an argument that escalated to a physical confrontation.

Oct. 25, 2013, he was charged with forgery. Jonchuck was accused of forging Kerr's, checks. She ultimately signed a waiver not to prosecute.

Nov. 6, 2013, he was charged with battery. Jonchuck was accused of battering his mother, Michele Jonchuck, during the course of an argument."

There is one more but I don't want to exceed the graph limit.

Hope he stays locked up for good.

What a monster.

is pain free in her new world. This world never tried to protect her.