MsFacetious
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June 25, 2012
Elijah Rainbow Fisher was the baby boy his parents had been waiting for.
But his short life ended on Saturday night when, police allege, his father David Fisher walked 1km from the family home at Eagleby, pushing his son in a pram, before falling from a pedestrian bridge at Brisbane's Logan River Parklands with Elijah in his arms.
His father surfaced, but seven-month-old Elijah was lost in the swirling water.
Police will allege Fisher walked back to his home to tell the boy's mother, Lauren Fisher, and Elijah's four older sisters what had happened.
"Elijah's drowned. Elijah's gone,'' he allegedly told her.
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Just more than an hour later, Mrs Fisher posted a heart-rending online farewell:
"I was so blessed to meet Elijah Rainbow. 26.11.11 - 23.06.12. I love you, little one. Go with God,'' she tweeted.
http://www.news.com.au/national-new...er-bridge-plunge/story-e6frfkvr-1226407134404
June 25, 2012
The almost seven-month-old baby was killed when he and his father plunged 15 metres into the Logan River at Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, before 6.45pm on Saturday.
The father survived and was charged with the baby's murder yesterday morning after police divers recovered the young boy's body about 9.30am.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...ttle-person-20120625-20x08.html#ixzz2MdyLfnNg
The heartbroken Perth grandfather of a baby allegedly drowned by his father in Queensland has described Elijah Rainbow Fisher as "the precious son" his parents had long wanted.
Victor Bissett told the Courier-Mail newspaper that before his daughter Lauren Fisher joined the frantic search for her son on Saturday night she had called her mother Stephanie with the distressing news.
Mrs Fisher reportedly told her mother: "Elijah has drowned. I need you to come up now."
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Family members said Mr Fisher had been "wailing and screaming" when the calls were made.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14037449/grandfather-heartbroken-over-babys-drowning/