Man in Thailand streams murder of baby daughter on Facebook Live before killing himself

A man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live before committing suicide, Thai police said today.

Wuttisan Wongtalay, 21, hanged his 11-month-old child and then himself following an argument with his wife.

Harrowing footage posted on the social media site showed him tying a rope around his daughter Natalie’s neck before dropping her from the rooftop of a deserted building in Phuket.

The video remained on his Facebook page for roughly 24 hours after the murder until it was eventually taken down by the website.

Wuttisan's suicide was not broadcast but his lifeless body was found beside his daughter, said Jullaus Suvannin, the police officer in charge of the case.

The police officer told Reuters: "He was having paranoia about his wife leaving him and not loving him.”

Wuttisan's wife, Jiranuch Triratana said she had lived with him for over a year and, at first, the relationship had gone well but then he grew violent and sometimes hit her five-year-old son from a previous husband.

She feared that something was wrong on Tuesday when she found he had left home with Natalie, whose nickname was Beta. She set out to look for them.

"I was afraid he would hurt our daughter even though he loved her," she told Reuters.

Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy said it contacted Facebook on Tuesday afternoon about removing the videos, after receiving a police request.

"We contacted Facebook today and Facebook removed the videos," ministry spokesman Somsak Khaosuwan told Reuters, adding that the government would take no action against the company.

"We will not be able to press charges against Facebook, because Facebook is the service provider and they acted according to their protocol when we sent our request. They cooperated very well."

"This is an appalling incident and our hearts go out to the family of the victim," a Singapore-based Facebook spokesman said in an email to Reuters. "There is absolutely no place for content of this kind on Facebook and it has now been removed."

Last week, Facebook said it was reviewing how it monitored violent footage and other objectionable material after a posting of the fatal shooting of a man in Ohio was visible for two hours before being taken down.

After the backlash, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would do all it could to prevent such content in the future.