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September 8th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
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A heartbroken school community will wear black arm bands in honour of teenage student Sidonie Thompson, who was killed in what is believed to have been a murder-suicide.
The body of the 14-year-old Somerville House student was found in her family’s home in the affluent suburb of Paddington on Wednesday morning, about the same time her mother Kim Patterson, 48, took her own life from Brisbane’s Story Bridge.
Ms Patterson parked her car on the bridge, leaving her 12-year-old son inside the car, before she took her own life about 7am.
The Paddington house where Sidonie Thompson was killed. Photo: Google Maps
Police are today still at the Paddington house where Sidonie’s body was found and Carrington Street remains closed off to those who cannot prove they live there.
In a letter to parents yesterday, Somerville House principal Florence Kearney said the school community would try to maintain some level of normality, but Ms Kearney invited students competing in this weekend’s sporting fixtures to wear black arm bands in Sidonie’s honour.
The school held a small chapel service yesterday, where students left flowers and condolence cards and filled memorial books with tributes to the much-loved teenager.
A photo posted on a Facebook tribute page to Sidonie Thompson.
“All of us here at Somerville House are heartbroken by what occurred [on Wednesday],” she wrote.
“Somerville House is a close knit community and our students and staff have been deeply affected by the loss of Sidonie.”
Other school events, including a junior school concert and a fathers’ wine tasting night have been postponed, in light of the tragedy.
Ms Kearney said the school’s chaplains and counsellors would continue to provide support and comfort to students and their families as they try to come to terms with the terrible loss.
Sidonie’s grandfather, George Patterson, spoke yesterday of his grief at the loss of his granddaughter and daughter, as shocked family members gathered at his home in south-east Queensland.
“It’s a sad time. It’s just a tragedy,” he said before declining to comment further on yesterday’s events.
Premier Anna Bligh echoed the sentiments, saying the incident was a “terrible, terrible tragedy”.
“As the police investigation proceeds we’ll start to hopefully get more of an understanding of what’s happened here,” she said.
“I think most families today will be keeping this gentleman and his son in their thoughts.”
Police were yesterday preparing to review security footage captured by cameras on the Story Bridge where Ms Patterson died, but have uncovered no motive for the suspected murder-suicide.
Authorities have not yet confirmed how Sidonie died or whether it was her father, Peter Thompson, who discovered the body shortly before 7am on Wednesday.
Mr Thompson returned with police to his Carrington Street home yesterday. He stayed there no longer than 90 minutes.
Sidonie was a popular, high-achieving student, who was a gifted violinist, a talented singer and also a keen badminton player, with ambitions to be a neurosurgeon.
Somerville House is preparing to hold a memorial service for her next week.
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