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Adelaide Advertiser has revealed Shepherdson appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court just hours before his death and that of his infant child s. The Torrensville man had been accused of domestic violence related offending in December 2020, with the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court barring him from posting about his family online and coming within 200m of them. On Thursday, police said several domestic violence reports had been made previously and that court processes were underway - however, just hours before the tragedy, Shepherdson had appeared in court in an attempt to change those two court-imposed conditions. Assistant Commissioner Ian Parrott spoke to the media about the murder-suicide of Henry Shepherdson and Kobi on Thursday. Picture: Brenton Edwards
Henry David Shepherdson in court hours before murder of his baby, family absolutely devastated
22 Apr, 2021 09:57 PM
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Kobi Shepherdson s death has sent shockwaves through Australia. Photo / Supplied
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Henry David Shepherdson was in court attempting to gain permission to contact his family just hours before he killed his baby daughter.
On Wednesday afternoon, South Australian police and emergency services were called to the Whispering Wall reservoir site at Williamstown near the Barossa Valley after witnesses reported seeing a man with an infant in a child carrier.
Both Shepherdson, 38, and his 9-month-old daughter Kobi died at the scene, with the tragedy sending shockwaves throughout Australia.
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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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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.