Jurors weigh case of dad accused of tossing girl off bridge

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Jurors are deliberating the fate of a Florida man accused of throwing his 5-year-old daughter off a Tampa Bay area bridge.

Defendant John Jonchuck, left, talks with his attorney Jane McNeill, right, during a break in his murder trial, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at the Pinellas County Criminal Justice Center in Clearwater, Fla. Jonchuck is accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter by dropping her off a bridge

The panel of seven men and five women was sent home after two hours on Monday evening. They returned Tuesday morning to continue weighing the case of John Jonchuck. During closing arguments on Tuesday, prosecutors said Jonchuck knew what he was doing when he dropped Phoebe Jonchuck 62 feet to her death four years ago. Defense attorneys say Jonchuck was insane at the time.

Jonchuck faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. Jurors also could find him not guilty by reason of insanity and the judge could send him to a mental health center, where he could eventually be released if doctors deem him fit.

 

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What’s there do deliberate

What's to deliberate? Life in jail, if not the death penalty.

Shame on him

Really what is to debate on he killed a child his own child !!!!!prison will take care him I hear they don't like child killers in prison hope he gets more than everything deserves !

Hopefully this guy gets hit by a bus before his sentencing

That should take all of three or four minutes...

He’s only a sperm donor

What? what's there to debate......

The only reasonable thing to do would be to throw him off a bridge too. Maybe light him on fire at halftime of the first Monday night football game this fall. Sorry, I didn't need to see this story.

This guy is nuts, should never see the light of day again.

Excellent story about this entitled “The Long Fall of Phoebe Jonchuck” on

I wasn't sure insanity, was something you really come back from

If he's found guilty, throw the book at him. Absolutely disgusting

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