A 20-year-old man filmed himself killing his baby daughter in an abandoned hotel in Thailand while streaming the incident live on Facebook, before taking his own life.
The horrific footage – posted in two videos that lasted over four minutes – remained accessible on the man’s Facebook page for almost 24 hours.
The crime took place Monday on the island of Phuket, and the alarm was raised by the baby’s mother who contacted police to say her boyfriend had posted a video on his Facebook page which showed him tying a noose around his daughter’s neck before lowering her body over the edge of the third floor of the abandoned hotel.
“You can hear the girl crying [on the video] and finally the crying stops. Then he pulls her up onto the rooftop and unties the rope from her neck,” a local police officer said Tuesday, describing the contents of the videos.
“This is an appalling incident and our hearts go out to the family of the victim,” a Facebook spokesman told. “There is absolutely no place for content of this kind on Facebook and it has now been removed.”
Facebook took down the videos following a request from Thailand’s ministry of digital economy. “We contacted Facebook today and Facebook removed the videos,” a spokesman said.
The ministry added it will not be taking any action against the company. “We will not be able to press charges against Facebook, because Facebook is the service provider and they acted according to their protocol when we sent our request. They cooperated very well.”
However because the clip was available online for so long, it has been widely shared on social media in Thailand – one TV station even broadcast the clip. While it blurred the faces of those involved, this decision was strongly criticized.
The man had an argument with his girlfriend in the early hours of Monday morning, threatening to kill her because he believed she was having an affair.
She then fled the house, but when she returned on Monday afternoon, he left with the child, saying he would be home later. Soon after, the video footage was posted on Facebook.
Facebook is still reeling from a controversy earlier this month when footage of Steve Stephens killing Robert Godwin in Cleveland on Easter Sunday was posted to the social network and remained there for hours before finally being taken down.
At the time Facebook said it was “constantly exploring ways that new technologies can help us make sure Facebook is a safe environment.”
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Guess he said Phuket.
But really what a fucking scumbag. How do you kill your own baby? Just fuckin kill yourself if you want to do it.
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i have a cat, i would never put him in a shelter because i couldnt live not knowing what hes going through, a lot of you sick fucks hurt animals and i would think thats what my cat is going thu everyday of my life.
i would rather kill my cat than live not knowin, maybe he thought the same? but doesnt apply much cause he killed himself too so oh well lol
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You’re a fucking idiot dude, seek help
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who makes people not be idiots?
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"If I don't kill my cat, there's a possibility my cat might get killed"
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in a horrible way
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Okay, but in that situation please don’t kill your cat. It’s still deprived and you’re still taking an innocent animal’s life. Not saying YOU are going to, I’m just retaliating against that argument.
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i think its more of a risk assessment argument.
option 1 the cat is guaranteed to die but in a painless way (vet)
option 2 cat goes to shelter, theres a % chance he gets an awesome owner, % chance of terrible owner, % chance of sick fuck.
for someone like me i would never take those chances, risk is too high
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in the description for the video tho u can see that's not he was thinking. he killed the baby because he thought his girlfriend was having an affair. i don't think it at all had to do with him being worried for the baby. he probs killed himself after over guilt/not wanting to go to prison
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oh i didnt even read the desc
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lol that's alright
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or try to find someone you trust to be the cats god parents?
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lol idk anybody, why do u think im on these sites
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In that case, sure, you may kill your cat.
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Isn’t it also possible and indeed likely that someone else would take better care of your cat?
So by killing the cat you might actually be taking away a better life for him and thus becoming the very sick fuck you were trying to protect him from?
TLDR: Don’t kill your cat bro
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Wtf?
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You need help what the fuck are u even saying. The downvotes speak for themselves you fucking sicko
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if i had baby and wanted to kill myself i would give it to adoption and not end its life
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It’s just a baby.
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