Police: Body Is Infant Thrown From Bridge

Child's Remains Found In Marshy Area Near Where Father Allegedly Tossed 4 Kids

(CBS/AP)  The body of one of four children allegedly thrown from a coastal bridge by their father was recovered Saturday, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran announced.

At a press conference this morning, Cochran said, "The inevitable nightmare that we had feared has now been confirmed."

A search of waterways around Dauphin Island for the children - ranging in age from a few months to 3 years - began Tuesday.

The father, Lam Luong, has been charged with capital murder in the deaths.

According to CBS affiliate WKRG, the body of an infant was found this morning by a duck hunter about five miles west of the bridge, in a marshy area called Pointe aux Pines, near Bayou La Batre, home of the Luong family.

A forensics team is on the scene.

Search crews entered the water about 7 o'clock this morning, concentrating on the area around the center of the Dauphin Island bridge where sonar picked up something of interest late Friday afternoon on the bottom of Mobile Bay.

Law enforcement says sonar showed images of what they believed to be three children. Strong currents prevented police divers from reaching that location until returning today.

Earlier this week, a district attorney said the father had confessed to investigators that he had thrown the children off the bridge after an argument with his wife. But the father later recanted and claimed two Asian women took the children Monday and never returned them.

Yesterday, a witness reported seeing four children in their father's vehicle on the bridge from which investigators say he tossed them, and another witness later saw the father leave the area without the children, a sheriff said Friday.

Sheriff Cochran said the witness accounts contradict Luong's claim that he was coerced by authorities into saying he threw them from the bridge Monday morning.

If convicted, he could be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole.

[iceman_1960]

"The father, Lam Luong, has been charged with capital murder in the deaths."

[libsluvsuvs]

the wicked and the blasphemous will be punished

[likeitis5050]

Another one for the history books...I would imagine, he too, is suffering from postpartum depression.

[alexma50085]

likeitis5050:

Postpartum depression is not a joking matter. Any women who has had children can tell you how miserable you feel during those first couple of months after the baby is born. And it''s not just from taking care of an infant. Going through a massive hormone surge and then having depleted hormones will do crazy things to you mind.
It is tragic that this man killed his children to get back at his wife over an arguement. My heart goes out to her.

[keithle1]

libsluvsuvs

"the wicked and the blasphemous will be punished"

Should we wait for God to punish him?

[bankgirl11]

THEY SHOULD HANG HIM IF HE IS GUILTY!!!
HOW DISGUSTING IF HE DID THIS CHILDREN ARE THE MOST PREACIOUS THINGS ON EARTH!!!

[gothicrose-2009]

I live in the UK, Since I heard this news on monday I have not been able to get these poor children out of my mind.. I too am grieving for their loss. the fear they must have gone through as they watched a man they trusted hurt their siblings.. then hurt them also.
I think this man should suffer before he dies.. and he MUST die for his crimes. I also think it should be sooner rather than later also. Spending years on death row would be too kind an act for such an evil man. (if you can call him a man..)
My heart goes out to their mother... Who must be living a very deep hell right now.

[bb19631]

Give him the death penalty, the sicko creep.

[excoachken]

Why?

[Krazcarl]

ANY MAN THROW HIS CHILDREN OFF A BRIDGE TO GET BACK AT THE MRS. DESERVES A FIRING SQUAD OR A ROPE THEY GAVE UP THE RIGHT TO LIVE AMONG US PERIOD ANIMALS TAKE BETTER CARE IS this man mentaly dieseased syinide will take care off it this barbaric and I don''t want to give him 3 hots and a cot for the next 40 years toss that waste off the bridge and see how well he swims murdering pike. Why are we supposed to house these murderers kill children his own for the rest of thier lives.

[michellem99-2009]

Dear UK poster,Amen. Ye right.

[ov442]

Ya know, innocent people, committing no crimes, get shot to death every day in this country. Why in the world does anyone think that Execution by Firing squad is bad?
Kills cheap, fast and efficient. Maybe a little messy.
Cost of 5 bullets? i''ll pay for it.
I think that everyone deserves justice per the constitution, but i think they should create a new law for Open and Shut cases and create it with Zero appeals after judge and jury convict and sentence to death by firing squad. Give 2 weeks after sentencing.
Would save our nation millions of dollars a year and time and cost of useless wasteful judicial proceedings and years of housing a murderer on death row.

[kennergirl]

How can a person throw a child off a bridge much less their own child? I can''t imagine how he could look at them cry for their daddy and throw them down in the water to their deaths. This makes me cry for those poor kids who didn''t do anything to deserve what they were put through.

[scottyusa]

I am sure this sicko will cry temprary insanity. Like "It was temporary but I''m ok now". So shall we promise him a temporary death? Sounds good to me. If he wants to sell us a bridge we can serve him up a little real justice.

[ov442]

"Another one for the history books...I would imagine, he too, is suffering from postpartum depression." -
Posted by likeitis5050

No.
He is suffering from being a hateful, rotten, person with no sense of honor, responsibility, or manhood.
No man that harms a child or a woman in any way, is a man. They are just air theives.
Unfortunately, about half of all men abuse women and children on this earth by either mental and emotional abuse or physical abuse and create dysfunctional children that grow up to do the same thing or worse to their kids.

[clntfctr]

what a waste of skin.

[crazzymeee]

throw him off that bridge & make sure he can''t get to shore . Cheaper then a bullet .

[ndescandon]

What is wrong with these people? Husbands are killing thier pregnant wives and fathere are throwing their children over a bridge, i really hope they give him life so he can suffer because if they sentence him to death i think that would be an easy way out for him.

[psk123-2009]

I will never understand how any person could hurt a child, especially their own child.

Not only did this man (if you can call him that) hurt his children, he killed all of them. For what? He was mad he and his wife had a fight over his cheating on her? Good grief, don''t want your wife, don''t want your children, then leave the marriage. Don''t hurt the people you are supposed to love.

[swwils]

They should shackle him and throw him from that same bridge.That is what is wrong with this country too many whining cry babies.He will get feed good and probably never get what he deserves.

[ramos937]

When I divourced and got my 3 boys, ages 7, 5 and 1.5, I wanted them. Even though times were tough, we took it one day at a time. Whenever I lost my temper, I would take a walk around the block and then deal with whatever it was.

When I had a fight with my ex wife, I never took it out on my boys. Now they are adults, vets and have their own lives.

So I really cannot understand why this guy did what he did. I admit I had times when I lost it but that walk did wonders.

[knyghtwolf]

Eighty foot bridge + ninety foot bunge cord, along with his arms and hands strapped to his side = JUSTICE

[tfheringer]

"Eighty foot bridge + ninety foot bunge cord, along with his arms and hands strapped to his side = JUSTICE

Posted by knyght"
I can''t add anything better to this suggestion, maybe make the cord a little shorter so that he can off and on maybe catch his breath just before he can no longer catch his breath say maybe just 80'' remember he adds a little to the bungy cord.

[pelosistilho]

This is what happens when we are "tolerant" of Third World scum.

Other countries, even Mexico, demand an Immigrant have an education and skills. Why won''t we demand the same?

Because we''re too fixated on the Spears family. Well, let''s put Britney and Jamie in the cell with this scumbag or the ILLEGALS who killed the four kids in N.J. so they can produce more babies for this guy to throw over a bridge.

And then we go back to square one.

Oh, yeah, Libs, don''t forget to call me a Racist while at the same time deplore the execution of a roach like this.

[berniepeders]

By all means, lets put this piece of c.r.a.p in prison for the rest of his life (I''ve heard it costs taxpayers about $40,000 a year to keep them in prison), and all the rest of the scum like him. Hell, it''s only tax money, right? Seriously, I can''t understand how ANYONE can post that this guy doesn''t deserve the death penalty. Are you listening, excoachken?

[gothicrose-2009]

Your judgment will past to you with the same measure. YOU know what his life has been - abusive parents, bigot employers, a *w*h*o*r*e for a wife, and comfort given by drugs and alcohol. You have no right to judge. Perhaps your judgment will be to reincarnated into a black man in Miss. back in the on the chain ball gang

mcv57

I may have missunderstood you, but as far as I am concerned, there is NO excuse for the murder of these poor children. and they put a vest on him.. I must admit this did make me smile.. after all.. he has a completely uncovered head does he not? I personally think someone may need to shoot it!!
The fear those poor innocent children must have lived through and the death they had to suffer makes my blood run cold..
Justice needs to be served cold and swiftly..
I repeat from my earlier post.. years on death row is to good for him.. he needs to reap what he has sewn and SOON!

by A horrified UK poster.

[ipranked]

Throw him off the freaking bridge!

Ron T
Founder
www.ipranked.com

[maedean]

Lets see they think leathal injection is to crule for people like this ??? What in the helll are you people thinking who do not belive in the death penalty ??? Lock him up give him rights and feed this peace of shiit for the rest of his life. Or lets see what kind of trauma did this poor man suffer that made him do this. Get real America !!!!

[Krazcarl]

When a dog is MAD you put it down for the protection of everyone life is simple I can''t imagine in my worst nightmare throwing my children from a bridge, As Gramps said sometimes it''s time to cull the weeds and this is a weed how a man could come up with this plan as a solution to his problem is out of my mental grasp he should show some honer and destroy himself but he has NONE this is WHY they made the death penality he should be destroyed not locked up in a cement room and taken care off cull the weeds!!

[alexma50085]

crzmeat:

So right. We need to cull the herd. Everyone in this country is afraid of death, but without it we cannot grow stronger as a people. Animals do it all the time to make sure their species lives on healthier.

[iamshewolf2]

Perhaps he will have a fatal accident before he goes to court! Can''t say for sure, but heard he''s got bruises in the jail cell. Guess he fell out of bed! I agree with the bungy cord and the bridge thing! Hmmm! Cord needs to be the exact height of the bridge, so he is totally emerged, and is dunked several times before it quits bouncing, then he will be left dangling til he drowns! His wife could be the one to push him off! Sorry, low down b******d!
How can anyone hurt a child is beyond me!
Either way he should get the death penalty! Lethal injection would be too humane for a scum bag like that!
All you liberals out there that don''t agree with the death penalty, but agree with abortion, sure have your wires crossed!

[lauren0211]

I agree with all the comments about executing this piece of trash.....What he did is worst than horrible. Save the tax payers money and inject venom up his p_____

[Krazcarl]

It was told to me as a young boy a man that kills women or revenge rapes or beats children or tortures animals is not a man just sick self centered and has no morals or pride and should be removed from amongst us not to a cage but permently they can never be trusted, MAY GOD BLESS HIS MANY VICTUMS MAY THE STATE HAVE NO PITY. He is not fit to be among us and should be intruduced to the next life,

[mommy45-2009]

I sincerely hope that no one in this country or any other has any sympathy for this humanoid! Any of you that do need to think about the fact that these innocents were not murdered without pain and suffering. First those that were old enough, wondered what they did wrong. Probably, begged him not to hurt them. Then had the fear associated with the falling sensation. Then cold and more fear when they hit the water. If there was any mercy, they passed out and never woke up, if not, then they suffered the fear of not being able to breathe and then the sensation of fire burning in their lungs and then finally still wondering what they did wrong and their lungs burning they died. Tell me where anyone should have sympathy for the humanoid ( I will not insult anyone by calling him a man). I do not care what excuses he has. I am all for the most cruel and unusual punishment that can be devised. For everyone that will think to come back with a biblical retort, the bible even has the death penalty!