A 5-year-old girl died early Thursday after her father threw her off a bridge near the Sunshine Skyway, according to St. Petersburg Police Department.
John Nicholas Jonchuck Jr., 25, is accused of tossing his daughter, Phoebe, from the Dick Misener Bridge just after midnight.
He was ordered held without bond by a Pinellas County judge Thursday afternoon. When asked if he wanted a court-appointed lawyer, Jonchuck replied, “No. I’ll leave it in the hands of God.”
“I’m pretty sure God is not going to be representing you in this case,” the judge told the father.
