Most disturbing news story of the day....

[Brenda]

Where have Ibeen? A man threw his kids off a bridge? Why? Where was this?

[powellgal]

Originally Posted by Brenda

Where have Ibeen? A man threw his kids off a bridge? Why? Where was this?

Here's the full story from foxnews.com

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — A man angered after a dispute with his wife confessed to tossing his four young children off a bridge, authorities said Wednesday as they searched murky waters for the bodies.
Lam Luong, 37, who is charged with four counts of capital murder, told authorities Tuesday night that he drove to the Dauphin Island bridge and dropped the children from a span that reaches 80 feet in places, said Detective Scott Rivera.
Luong came to coastal Alabama from Vietnam in 1984 and worked in the commercial fishing industry as a shrimper, Police Chief John Joyner and a relative said. He had argued with his wife, Ngoc Phan, before taking the children, he said.

[Kristie]

actually it's a lot more involved than just that... per CNN

BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama (AP) -- A day after reporting his four young children were missing, a shrimp fisherman broke down and confessed that he threw them off an 80-foot-high bridge to their deaths, authorities said Wednesday.

Lam Luong, 37, was charged with four counts of capital murder, and divers searched the murky waters for the bodies of the youngsters, who ranged in age from a few months to 3 years.

Luong had a drug habit and had argued with his wife, Ngoc Phan, before taking the children, said Phan's brother-in-law, Kam Phengsisomboun.

Luong's girlfriend, who was living in a hotel in nearby Gulfport, Mississippi, was a factor in the couple's argument on Sunday and Monday morning, family members and police said.

Authorities said they believe Luong then drove on Monday to the two-lane Dauphin Island bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway, stopped at the highest part of the span and threw the youngsters over the side.

Luong reported the children missing Monday, initially telling police that he had given the kids to his girlfriend, who was living in a hotel in Gulfport, Mississippi, and that she failed to return them.

But authorities said they found holes in his account, and he later changed his story.

Missing and presumed dead were 4-month-old Danny Luong; 1-year-old Lindsey Luong; 2-year-old Hannah Luong; and 3-year-old Ryan Phan. Phan is not the man's biological child, but Luong raised him from infancy, authorities said.

About 70 people in boats and helicopters searched water as deep as 55 feet. The search area covered 100 square miles because the current might have swept the children away, Sheriff Sam Cochran said.

The search was called off late Wednesday afternoon when dense fog rolled in, completely obscuring the bridge.

Luong was scheduled to appear in court Thursday. District Attorney John Tyson said he did not believe Luong had a lawyer.

Luong came to Alabama from Vietnam in 1984 and worked as a shrimper, Phengsisomboun said. The couple lived with Phan's mother at Bayou La Batre, a fishing village 20 miles southwest of Mobile with a large Southeast Asian community.

Phengsisomboun said the couple had recently moved back to the area from Hinesville, Georgia.

The family initially feared he had traded the children to support his drug habit, Phengsisomboun said. Luong had a crack habit and had run through an insurance settlement from an auto accident, he said. Authorities in Mobile confirmed Luong had a history of drug abuse but had no details.

He was arrested in October in Hinesville on a crack-possession charge. The case has not been acted on by a grand jury.

Phengsisomboun said he was later told by investigators that a witness had seen someone throw a bundle from the bridge and then saw three children in a nearby car.

Phan, 23, was in seclusion Wednesday morning at her mother's brick home, the front porch cluttered with children's shoes.

Some family members and friends held out hope that the children weren't dead.

"I just pray for the kids, that they are still alive," said Van Lam, a family friend who was at a market with Phan's mother Wednesday afternoon.

Think he threw them off because he wanted to get away from his wife and be with his girlfriend? that would be one way of ending your marriage...he probably didn't think it'd also end the life he's used to.

[Brenda]

That man just needs to rot in hell!

[powellgal]

whoops! i must have missed the rest of that story! that's nuts!

[flyershoe]

Cutting off your hand is one thing - nuking it in the microwave was what put the story over the top!!
(sorry, just my warped sense of humor)

Regarding the other atrocities - sometimes I wonder if there's any hope for us at all?

[SeatClutcher]

Originally Posted by Kristie

The good thing is that they've come a long way with medications and therapy that you could essentially "live with it"...

ok, now i can't determine if this is the most disturbing story or if the guy who threw his 4 kids off a bridge is....

btw... what IS that in your avatar? pancakes??

't is but a single pancake that ended up looking, to me, like a flower. I had to take a picture of it. Plus! I'd just gotten a new camera for Christmas, so I was taking pictures of pretty much everything.

See?



And yeah, the drugs might make you able to live with it, but I still think "living with it" would be absolutely nothing like being fully sane.

And then there would be the fear of the drugs not working, and you not knowing when the drugs were or weren't working. Or maybe the drugs would make you vastly different and numb.

It would suck.

Hey - did you see the story about the guy who killed and cooked his girlfriend? When police arrived, her ear was boiling in a pot and a piece of her was on a plate on the table with a fork sticking out of her.

Someone on another forum wrote, "Girlfriend. The other white meat."

I admit it. I laughed.

(The story is undeniably tragic, but that was funny.)

[spotty4]

Originally Posted by SeatClutcher

Hey - did you see the story about the guy who killed and cooked his girlfriend? When police arrived, her ear was boiling in a pot and a piece of her was on a plate on the table with a fork sticking out of her.

I soooo wish I wasn't eating lunch right now ...

[benandwessmom]

Oh my gosh how sick. coo-coo

[BAC]

Originally Posted by SeatClutcher

Hey - did you see the story about the guy who killed and cooked his girlfriend? When police arrived, her ear was boiling in a pot and a piece of her was on a plate on the table with a fork sticking out of her.

Someone on another forum wrote, "Girlfriend. The other white meat."

I admit it. I laughed.

(The story is undeniably tragic, but that was funny.)

AHAHAH.. was he eating her get rid of her body? Like in Fried Green Tomatoes? "It's hog boilin' time."

Either way, that's pretty sad... and craaaaayyyyyze.