People who witnessed the fall and tried to help Kobi are being supported by officers, police said in the statement. They added Shepherdson had "lawful access" to Kobi and that she was not abducted. Officers added they were not looking for anyone else in connection to the deaths. Investigators added that there was a history of domestic violence between Henry Shepherdson and Kobi's mother. "Although a formal identification has not yet been completed police believe the man to be Henry Shepherdson aged 38 and his daughter Kobi Shepherdson aged nine months from the Western Suburbs." "Detectives from Barossa CIB and Major Crime Investigation Branch, along with forensic crime scene investigators attended the scene to examine the circumstances surrounding the incident. Paramedics arrived and continued CPR on the little girl but sadly, she died at the scene. It continued: "When patrols arrived they found a deceased man and an infant girl who was unresponsive, being assisted and given CPR by members of the public. Kobi had been in a child carrier when Shepherdson fell from the Whispering Wall, which is located north of the city of Adelaide.Ī statement on the South Australia Police (SAP) Facebook page read: "Barossa Police are investigating what is suspected to be a tragic murder/suicide at Williamstown yesterday evening." Investigators later said the 118-foot fall was a suspected murder-suicide. Police performed CPR on Kobi, but were unable to save her life. officers and paramedics found 38-year-old Henry Shepherdson had died and his 9-month-old daughter Kobi had suffered serious injuries. Little Kobi died despite the best efforts of bystanders and emergency services to save her.Ī dad fell 118 feet to his death at an Australian tourist attraction while he held onto his 9-month-old daughter in a suspected murder-suicide, according to police.Įmergency services raced to the Whispering Wall tourist attraction in South Australia's Barossa Valley on Wednesday afternoon after they were alerted by witnesses.
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