Overview
- Thai police say 21-year-old Wuttisan Wongtalay hanged his 11-month-old daughter, Natalie, and then himself at an abandoned hotel in Phuket, broadcasting the act on Facebook Live.
- The graphic video reportedly remained on Facebook for about a day before removal, and relatives who saw it alerted authorities, who arrived too late to intervene.
- Facebook issued condolences to the family, stated the content had been taken down, and said it would review its procedures for handling violent livestreams.
- The footage was also posted to YouTube and was removed after the BBC alerted the company, according to the coverage.
- The child’s mother, 21-year-old Chiranut Trairat, told the Associated Press she does not blame Facebook and described her husband’s prior abusive behavior and earlier imprisonment.