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A NINE-MONTH-OLD baby girl and her dad died in a murder-suicide at a popular Australian tourist spot after plunging 118ft to their death, cops have confirmed.
Tragic tot Kobi Shepherdson was killed after her dad jumped off the famous Whispering Wall dam with her bundled up in a child carrier.
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A member of the public saw the man and the baby girl go over the dam wall and fall to the groundCredit: Alamy
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Cops and paramedics rushed to the scene at the Barossa Reservoir in South AustraliaCredit: 9News.com
Cops and paramedics rushed to the scene in Williamstown on Wednesday afternoon after a member of the public saw the pair go over the dam wall and fall to the ground.
WARNING: This report may upset some readers The man who killed himself and baby Kobi at the Whispering Wall reservoir had been in court just hours earlier, seeking permission to have contact with his family. The Advertiser can reveal Henry David Shepherdson appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday - the same day, police allege, he murdered Kobi and took his own life at the Barossa tourist site. Shepherdson, of Torrensville, had been subject to court-imposed conditions on his movements and internet use for four months. He was accused of domestic violence-related offending in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on December 23 last year.
Nine-month-old girl and father dead in suspected murder-suicide
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A South Australian father with a history of domestic violence is suspected of intentionally taking his baby daughterâs life when he jumped off a dam wall in the Barossa Valley.
Police were called to a popular sightseeing spot late Wednesday afternoon after witnesses saw the man, believed to be Henry Shepherdson, 38, jump off the 36-metre wall with his daughter in a carrier.
Nine-month old Kobi Shepherdson died in what is suspected to be a murder-suicide in South Australia on Wednesday.
23rd Apr 2021 7:14 AM The family of a nine-month-old baby killed by her father in a suspected murder-suicide in South Australia say they are absolutely devastated . Kobi Shepherdson was attached to her father, 38-year-old Henry, in a child carrier when witnesses reported seeing them jump off the Whispering Wall at the Barossa Reservoir at 4.30pm on Wednesday. When emergency services arrived at the scene, Mr Shepherdson was already deceased and Kobi was unresponsive. Despite the efforts of witnesses and later paramedics, she was pronounced dead. Leisa Shepherdson Casey has paid tribute to her beautiful niece Kobi, who was killed by her father in an apparent murder-suicide on Wednesday.
Father Holding Baby Girl Falls 118 Feet to Their Deaths Witnesses Had Tried to Help
On 4/22/21 at 10:57 AM EDT
A dad fell 118 feet to his death at an Australian tourist attraction while he held onto his 9-month-old daughter in a suspected murder-suicide, according to police.
Emergency services raced to the Whispering Wall tourist attraction in South Australia s Barossa Valley on Wednesday afternoon after they were alerted by witnesses.
When they arrived at 4:30 p.m. officers and paramedics found 38-year-old Henry Shepherdson had died and his 9-month-old daughter Kobi had suffered serious injuries.
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Police performed CPR on Kobi, but were unable to save her life. Investigators later said the 118-foot fall was a suspected murder-suicide.