Svetlana Kanarikov had recently agreed to Sunday visits
between her estranged husband, Dmitriy Kanarikov, 35, and their
son, Kirill, she said in a statement released late Monday
through her attorney.
The couple, who were married in 2009 but separated in August,
had been feuding in court over property and the custody of the
child.
"I was nervous about the visits, but the father never did
anything violent against the child before," Svetlana Kanarikov
said in the statement. "When we first separated, Dmitriy told me
that he would leave me alone only if I left him everything we
had together."
As part of the temporary agreement, she said, the boy was to
live with her and spend three hours each Sunday with his father.
After two Sunday visits earlier this month, she said her son was
"happy after seeing his Dad."
On Sunday, according to New York police, Dmitriy Kanarikov took
his son to the 52-floor rooftop of a residential high-rise on
Manhattan's Upper West Side and threw the boy off before jumping
himself.
Both father and son were killed in the fall, police said.
(Reporting by Chris Francescani; editing by Gunna Dickson)
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