Custodial dad beats 13-year-old daughter to death (Odense, Denmark)

UNNAMED DAD faces murder charges in the beating death of his 13-year-old daughter. The girl's mother apparently died a few years ago, leaving the girl "more introverted." Maybe what we mean here is utterly defenseless against her father's abuse.

And please. I hoped for better from the Scandinavian press. Interviewing the clueless neighbors who thought the family was just great? Spare us their collective ignorance.

http://www.cphpost.dk/news/crime/155-crime/46578-father-kills-teenage-daughter.html

Father kills teenage daughter
Monday, 17 August 2009 10:32 KR News

Family fight turns tragic as Odense father beats his 13-year-old daughter to death in the family home.

A 40-year-old Odense man faces a murder charge after beating his teenage daughter with a blunt instrument, police say.

The girl died in a hospital emergency room from injuries sustained in the beating yesterday afternoon in the family’s apartment in the Bolbro district of Odense, Funen Police lead investigator Jack Liedicke said.

School friends gathered in front of the apartment on Sunday afternoon and painted a sad picture of their young friend.

They told Fyens Stiftstidende newspaper that the girl’s mother had died some years ago and that she had become more introverted of late.

The family had recently moved into the Bolbro apartment and neighbours said there was nothing to suggest any problems, describing them as a ‘quiet and easygoing family’.

Police described them as a ‘normal Danish family’.

The girl’s stepmother, twin brother and infant sibling were present at the time of the attack.

Police said the woman was receiving psychological help while the twin brother was being looked after by another family in the city.

The father was arrested and questioned on Sunday evening and faces charges of murder today.