Jonchuck is accused of dropping his 5-year-old daughter off a Tampa Bay bridge. ( Tampa Bay Times via AP / Dirk Shadd )If his attorneys’ insanity defence works, he would be sent to a psychiatric hospital and it’s unlikely he would ever be released. Twelve hours before Phoebe’s death, Jonchuck’s divorce lawyer, Genevieve Torres, called a state child protection hotline, fearing for the girl’s safety. “He’s calling the office every five minutes and saying these religious things and saying the child might not be his - it just really concerns me,” Torres told an operator. Vickers scrambled down a ladder to a dock below the bridge, but couldn’t see Phoebe in the dark water.

Source: thestar March 17, 2019 15:45 UTC