CLEARWATER, Fla. - A Florida man who threw his 5-year-old daughter off a Tampa Bay area bridge four years ago knew what he was doing was wrong and should be found guilty of first-degree murder, a prosecutor told jurors Monday during closing arguments of his trial. But John Jonchuck’s defence attorney told jurors that although her client dropped his daughter, Phoebe, 62 feet (18 metres) into Tampa Bay, he was insane and didn’t know what he was doing. Prosecutor Paul Bolan told jurors in his closing arguments Monday, April 15, 2019, that John Jonchuck clearly knew what he was doing when he dropped his daughter Phoebe 62 feet into Tampa Bay four years ago. ( Tampa Bay Times via AP, Pool, File / Scott Keeler )“We know he had an overwhelming sense of fear,” assistant public defender Jessica Manuele said. He started following Jonchuck but never got close enough to read the license plate and didn’t know Phoebe was inside, according to authorities.

Source: thestar April 15, 2019 16:32 UTC