NY - Patrick Proefriedt charged with killing 3-week old daughter with crossbow while aiming for his wife, Colesville, June 27, 2023

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New York man accused of killing his 3-week-old daughter with a crossbow

COLESVILLE, N.Y. (TCD) -- Deputies arrested a 26-year-old father this week for allegedly killing his daughter with a crossbow while aiming it at his wife.

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COLESVILLE, N.Y. (TCD) -- Deputies arrested a 26-year-old father this week for allegedly killing his daughter with a crossbow while aiming it at his wife.

In a June 26 press conference, Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar said deputies responded to a home at 2208 State Route 41 on Monday, June 26, shortly after 5 a.m., to a report of an adult female and infant who had been shot with a crossbow. First responders transported the female victim to the hospital and pronounced the infant, Eleanor, dead at the scene.

According to the Broome County Sheriff's Office, Patrick Proefriedt got into a dispute with his wife, the adult female victim, and allegedly "fired a crossbow at her while she was holding their 3-week-old daughter."

The crossbow reportedly struck the infant in the torso, "exiting near the armpit" and then hit the woman in the chest.

The Sheriff's Office said Proefriedt removed the arrow and tried to stop his wife from calling law enforcement. He reportedly fled the home in a 2016 Dodge Ram before deputies arrived at the scene.

 

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“This is one of the most heartbreaking and senseless crimes committed in this community in recent memory,” Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar said. “Our thoughts are with the family of this innocent 3-week-old girl, Eleanor Carey."
New York man charged with murder after allegedly shooting infant daughter with a crossbow

According to the sheriff's office, after a multi-agency search, Proefriedt was found in the woods less than a mile from the home after his car got stuck in the mud.

He's charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder and first-degree criminal contempt for allegedly violating an order of protection, according to the sheriff's office, who said in the statement that Proefriedt "had a history of domestic incidents with the victim and an active Stay Away Order of Protection in place."
N.Y. Man Allegedly Killed Infant Daughter with Crossbow While Aiming At His Wife, Who Was Holding Baby

Proefriedt was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder, as well as first-degree criminal contempt for violating an order of protection.
Newborn shot, killed with crossbow in domestic dispute, father charged with murder

 

[TxLady2]

A crossbow?? What is wrong with these people? Never saw so many cases relating to harming/killing young children lately. It's just heartbreaking.

 

[LadyL]

26? he looks a good decade older
if he hadn't removed the arrow, maybe the baby would've had a chance?
is there a death sentence there for second degree murder?

 

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Man sentenced for shooting and killing his newborn daughter with a crossbow

BROOME COUNTY, N.Y. (TCN) -- A 28-year-old man will spend decades in state prison after shooting and killing his newborn daughter with a crossbow nearly two years ago.

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According to the Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin, Patrick Proefriedt received a sentence on June 27 of 25 years to life behind bars. He previously pleaded guilty in February to second-degree murder in connection with the death of his 3-week-old baby.