Posted on 01/14/2015 5:41:33 PM PST by Steelfish
'A Kiss to Heaven': Florida Girl Thrown From Bridge Mourned at Funeral
TAMPA — A message of forgiveness washed over Wednesday's funeral for Phoebe Jonchuck, the 5-year-old girl fatally thrown from a Tampa Bay bridge.
Police allege Phoebe's own father committed the heartless act last week, while mourners at Lake Magdelene United Methodist Church were still coming to grips with the fact that the wavy-haired girl who loved playing princess was no longer alive.
In a fit of anger, one man who had to be escorted out of the church verbally threatened dad John Jonchuck Jr., who did not attend the funeral and remains jailed on murder charges. Pastor Brent Byerman asked the 150 mourners to search for mercy for Phoebe's father and look within themselves. "May God's forgiveness abound in your heart," said Byerman, wearing a sash with handprints of a small child.
Phoebe's tiny casket was covered in pink tulle and flowers, and a smiling baby doll and stuffed animal were tucked beside her body. Others who spoke remembered a grinning toddler who loved bright colors. In her honor, mourners, including Phoebe's mom, Michelle Kerr, wore colorful attire instead of black.
"Every time I see a rainbow, I will think of you," said Phoebe's grandmother, Michelle Jonchuck, who called the kindergartner "my angel princess."
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Actually in this case execution would be too good. Life without ... let him live (for however long) in the general population ....
An eye for an eye. Throw him off a bridge.
And if he lives keep throwing him off until he’s dead.
Yep throw him of the Skyway bridge…210 feet..and if he comes up shot him….Lawyers will get him of on an insanity plea..
What a sad and horrible end. An indictment on all of humanity.
Agreed under the Jail!
Beautiful little girl...now in Heaven.
A box. Just big enough to stand up in and lie down in. One slot, for food. One hole, for waste. Ventilation and bright illumination, 24 hours per day. No clock, no entertainment, no sound, no human contact whatsoever. One wall completely covered with a picture of his daughter, looking at him, behind plexiglass. Keep him in there until he goes insane with guilt and commits suicide by bashing in his own skull, or starves himself, or dies of some disease. Then just fill up the box with concrete.
Does anyone know the cause of death?
(IOW, was she already dead when thrown from the bridge?)
She was alive when thrown over the bridge.
*sigh* Poor mite.
It’s Biblical to pray that justice be done in this child’s murder. We pray for justice, Lord.
Duct tape him to a chair and throw him over.
God rest this poor child’s soul.
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