Boy thrown off Upper West Side building by dad laid to rest

[hrmjustin]

Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Heartbroken friends and family gathered in Manhattan Thursday morning to bid a final farewell to a 3-year-old boy who was thrown to his death off an Upper West Side high-rise by his father.

Funeral services were held for Kirill Kanarikov at the Russian Orthodox Church on East 93rd Street. The procession then traveled to Nyack, where the boy was laid to rest.

Officials believe a bitter custody battle drove Kirill's father, 35-year-old Dmitriy Kanarikov, to toss the boy from the top of the 52nd-story apartment building before jumping to his own death.

Kirill's mother, Svetlana Kanarikov, said in a statement that she had been nervous about her son's visits with his father, and she initially wanted them to be supervised. But she relented after a December 5 court appearance.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9372595

[shenmue]

1. Mercy

This is so sad.

[NMDemDist2]

2. people suck n/t