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Henry Shepherdson jumped from the Whispering Wall with his daughter Kobi
His old social media posts about mental health awareness have resurfaced
Shepherdson s sister said her niece Kobi was robbed in the cruellest way
Hours before the murder-suicide, he appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court
Shepherdson was banned from contacting or being within 200m of his family
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Father kills baby daughter in murder-suicide at South Australia tourist spot Thu, 22 Apr 2021, 7:55PM
Kobi Shepherdson died despite the efforts of witnesses and emergency services to revive her. Photo / Supplied, SA Police
Father kills baby daughter in murder-suicide at South Australia tourist spot Thu, 22 Apr 2021, 7:55PM
A nine-month-old baby has been confirmed as the victim of a suspected murder-suicide at a dam retaining wall in South Australia, alongside her father.
SA police were called to the Whispering Wall in Williamstown at 4.30pm on Wednesday, after witnesses reported seeing a man with an infant in a child carrier jump off the wall .
A man who killed himself along with his nine-month-old daughter Kobi, who was strapped to his body in a baby carrier, was a known domestic violence offender.
Paramedics were called to the famous Whispering Wall dam walkway in South Australia s Barossa Valley at 4.30pm on Wednesday to respond to a psychiatric incident.
On arrival, they found 38-year-old Henry Shepherdson and Kobi at the base of the dam below in what police are now calling a tragic murder suicide.
Witnesses had desperately tried to talk him down from the safety barrier, Assistant Commissioner Ian Parrott said on Thursday, and battled to save the baby girl.