Dad Kills 4yo Son By Throwing Him From Viaduct

Story By: Angjela TrajkovskaSub-EditorJoseph Golder, Agency: Central European News

Picture Credit: CEN

This dad has been charged with murdering his four-year-old son by throwing him off a viaduct as he reportedly could not deal with the boy after the tot’s mum left him.

The incident took place in the city of Gabrovo in the province of the same name in central-northern Bulgaria, where 31-year-old suspect Dilyan Betev is alleged to have thrown his son Dariel from a viaduct.

Local media report Betev threw his son off the viaduct and then called the police telling them what he had done, adding that he was going to commit suicide by jumping off the viaduct himself.

When the police arrived a psychologist managed to talk Dilyan down from jumping and he was detained.

The body of the boy who reportedly died at the scene was found in the water of the river Yantra below the viaduct.

The suspect is said to have told the police that the boy’s mother had abandoned him two earlier and that he had difficulties to deal with the child. 

The couple were not married but had apparently been living together for eight years. Mother Polya Hristova, 29, said she often left the home because the suspect used to brutally beat her.

She said she could not report the suspect as she was afraid he would kill her, adding that she now blames herself for not reporting the family violence, telling reporters: “My child is gone, he killed him, he threw him from a bridge, it’s a fact.

“ I simply ran away from him, because I could not stand it. I feel guilty for not taking the most valuable thing – the child.”

Reports state the suspect has a criminal record for dealing narcotics and robbery.

He has been charged with murder and will remain in detention.

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