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Father who threw 5-year-old daughter off 60-ft bridge plans to plead insanity as trial begins

Five-year-old Phoebe died on January 8, 2015, after her father John Jonchuck, 29, dropped her 62 feet from a bridge in Tampa Bay in plain view of a St. Peterburg police officer
UPDATED MAR 18, 2019

A man is set to plead insanity after being put on trial for dropping his five-year-old daughter to her death from a Florida bridge four years ago.

Little Phoebe died on January 8, 2015, after her father John Jonchuck, 29, dropped her 62 feet from a bridge in Tampa Bay in plain view of a St. Peterburg police officer who couldn't help but watch the tragedy unfold, Daily Mail reports.

Jonchuck, who goes on trial today, will go to prison for life if convicted of his crimes. While he is charged with first-degree murder, prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.



 

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