ANOTHER MURDER ON FACEBOOK LIVE

An 11 month old girl was murdered by her father in Thailand. The crime is heinous on its own, but unfortunately the cowardly father who hung his daughter, before committing suicide himself, recorded the horrific deed and placed it on Facebook.

After allegedly attacking his wife, 20 year old Wuttisan Wongtalay, left the marital home and took their daughter to a unfinished hotel in Phuket. There he recorded hanging the child and uploaded the video to Facebook. The video was shared and seen by hundreds of thousands before eventually being removed nearly 24 hours later. Wongtalay hung himself as well, but did not record his own death.

VIRAL PRESS - NEWS COPY - WITH VIDEO AND PICTURES (07771706292 / +66896682190) CAPTION: Father Wuttisan Wongtalay, 20, with 11-month-old daughter ëBetaí who he hanged live on Facebook along with himself after a jealous row with his girlfriend Jiranuch Trirat, 21, pictured with an unrelated young male relative NEWS COPY: An evil father hanged himself and his 11-month-old daughter live on FACEBOOK after a row with his girlfriend. Wuttisan Wongtalay, 20, accused partner Jiranuch Trirat, 21, of cheating on him before disappearing later with their child Beta yesterday (Mon) afternoon. The twisted father climbed a building and opened the Facebook live stream before looping a rope round his daughterís neck and throwing her off the edge. He puts a noose around his own neck but clambers back over the side with his daughter - who is still alive - before repeating it again. Shockingly, frantic partner Jiranuch saw the video at 6.30pm and called police who found the pair hanging from an abandoned building in Phuket, Thailand. The heartbroken mother told officers that she had fled the home earlier that morning after Wuttisan had threatened to kill her. She said he had checked her phone at 3am and he accused her of having an affair before flying into a jealous rage. Jiranuch went home later that day and rang her boyfriend but could not reach him - before logging on to Facebook and seeing the horrific video. Lt Col Sanit Nookhong from the Thai Royal Police said the murder suicide was ëían actor of jealouslyíí and Jiranuch was being consoled by family and friends. He said: ëíWe had an emergency call from Ms. Trirat and launched a search. We found the bodies of the father and daughter. ëíWe then checked the video of the man. He had done it before we arrived so there was no way for us to reach them. ëíThe man had an argument with his girlfriend. He was jealous and thought that she had other boyfriends. ëíThe video was posted at 5.45pm and we had the call at 6.30pm.'' ENDS

This murder comes only a week after Steve Stephens randomly, but purposely killed 74 year old Robert Godwin, with the seeming purpose of recording the deed and posting it on Facebook.

Wongtalay’s wife, 21 year old Jiranuch Trirat, apparently witnessed seeing the video. In her present grief, she does not appear to blame Facebook or the many viewers or those who shared the video. She blames Wongtalay for committing the act alone.

Murders and murder-suicides have existed long before Facebook and other streaming services opend up the public’s ability to potentially share info with the world. However, as these incidents are sure to inevitably increase, the discussions will as well as to whether Facebook and these other streaming services either bear some type of responsibility or moral obligation for their platforms being used for such reprehensible purposes.

I do not know what the answer is or should be. Clearly Facebook is not promoting its platform to be used for wrong deeds, but it is also aware that people are using the platform to highlight wrong. I do not know that we as a society need platforms to share our every thoughts and actions live, but the technology exists and it can never be placed back in the proverbial box. The only solution would be to censor and approve everyone’s content before it is allowed to be shown, and I am not sure that is a feasible solution.

Mechanisms are in place for any offensive materials to be taken down immediately, once reported. However, call it morbid curiosity, but once the information or videos are on the Internet, they will be shared and even if removed from the likes of Facebook, the content will invariably always be available somewhere.  Unfortunately, I believe the capacity to view real life human tragedies in or near real time is forever a part of our lives moving forward. People committing bad deeds and having the ability to share, for whatever reasons, is something we must adjust to as a society. My hope is that this never becomes our new normal by totally desensitizing us to human suffering and tragedy. Technological innovators need to always keep this in mind when offering all of the public full platforms and unfettered access to the world.

 

 

#Facebooklive, #Facebookmurders, #Facebook, #MurdersinThailand, #murdersuicideinThailand, #SteveStephen, #RobertGodwin, murderofinfant, #murdersuicide #infanticide

Share:

Leave a Reply