Murdered child's father promised grandmother visit from girl

Ynet learns that Assaf Goldring, who strangled his three-year-old daughter over the weekend, reportedly visited his grandmother on Wednesday before murder, promising her a visit from daughter Noa on Saturday. Defense believes this could prove murder not premeditated. Assaf undergoing psychiatric evaluation

Raanan Ben-Zur
Published: 07.28.09, 00:44 / Israel News

The police are continuing their investigation of the shocking murder of 3-year-old Noa Goldring by her father, who is currently under psychiatric observation. The police interrogated the father's friends on Monday.

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Ynet has learned that the father, Assaf Goldring, visited his grandmother last Wednesday, promising her to bring young Noa for a visit on Saturday, the same day he reportedly strangled her to death with plastic wrap.

According to information received by Ynet, Assaf visited his 90-year-old grandmother's Raanana home. The grandmother is of clear mind and is highly aware of her surroundings, even following the media reports of the tragedy that has befallen her family. During his visit, Assaf told her that he is going through a rough period and is having difficulty sleeping, attributing mainly to his harrowing divorce proceedings.

Ynet has also learned that the grandmother apparently provided Assaf with financial help during his visit in order to help finance the said divorce proceedings.

While there, Assaf mentioned that his daughter Noa would be staying with him for the weekend and promised to bring her for a visit on Saturday. This information is likely to bolster the defense's claims that the murder was not premeditated, at least not prior to Wednesday. However, the Central District Police still believe that it is a case of premeditated murder, and that Assaf planned to murder Noa while she was at his house.

Psychiatric observation of Assaf started on Monday at Beer Yaakov's psychiatric hospital. The examination will be carried out of a few days. Assaf will not be interrogated by the police pending the psychiatrist's ruling on his condition.

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