Australia: Ex-urheilija murhasi perheensä
Lähetetty: Ke Helmi 19, 2020 1:03 pm
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Rowan Baxter, 42, Australian Brisbanesta murhasi kolme lastaan, jotka olivat auton sisällä, kaatamalla kanisterista bensiiniä ja tuikkaamalla auto tuleen. Baxterin vaimo onnistui pakenemaan paikalta. Auton polttamisen jälkeen Baxter puukotti itsensä hengiltä.
Nyt oli kyllä napattu hormooneja kourakaupalla, että tämmöistä pääsi tapahtumaan. Hormoonihirviöillä napsahtaa päässä kuitenkin jossakin vaiheessa.
Rowan Baxter, 42, is suspected of killing his three children in car inferno
Witnesses say Baxter protested when people tried to put out the flames
'It appeared like he wanted it to burn,' one neighbour who was there said
Baxter's wife, Hannah, 31, is fighting for life in hospital with 'significant' burns
'He's poured petrol on me', witnesses claimed she shrieked from driver's seat
Hannah managed to escape the car and was hosed down by a Good Samaritan
The couple separated recently and shut down their fitness coaching business
Hannah's parents live on the same Brisbane street where the blaze occurred
For 24/7 confidential support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14
By BRITTANY CHAIN and DANIEL PIOTROWSKI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 00:01 GMT, 19 February 2020 | UPDATED: 09:50 GMT, 19 February 2020
A father who torched his estranged wife's car with their three children inside escaped the inferno and stabbed himself to death as he watched his children perish.
Rowan Charles Baxter's three children, Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, all died when the family's white SUV was set alight at Camp Hill, in Brisbane's south east, at about 8.20am on Wednesday.
Hannah Baxter, the children's mother, 31, was driving the Kia Sportage and is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering 'significant' burns in the blaze.
The 42-year-old former NRL player jumped in the car as Ms Baxter strapped the children in to do the school drop off.
She was parked down the road from her parents home. Aaron Snell, a neighbour who witnessed the horror said he initially thought he was watching a road rage attack before he realised the gravity of the situation.
By the time he reacted, Ms Baxter had escaped from the car and was rolling on the footpath in an attempt to smother the flames. A Good Samaritan was also trying to hose her down to stop the fire.
Witnesses said they heard her shouting 'he's poured petrol on me' at the time.
Baxter was also still alive.
He was across the road, but returned to the car to salvage a knife. He then stabbed himself in the chest, Mr Snell said.
Mr Snell, who is trained in CPR, said he was trying to assess whether he could perform it on Baxter because he was 'just in all matter of states,' he told The Courier Mail.
'As I came to the front after calling Triple-0, I saw her (Hannah). She was smoking, her body was smoking and on fire,' Mr Snell said.
By this point, others were on the scene and trying to put out the fire in an attempt to save the children, who were still trapped inside.
Mr Snell believes Baxter attempted to stop them helping his children in his final moments.
'He was so angry and just going absolutely crazy. It appeared like he wanted [the car] to burn,' he said.
CONFRONTING FOOTAGE SHOWS ROWAN BAXTER PRETENDING TO BREAK HIS SON'S NECK
Confronting footage has since surfaced of the father roughing his children up during a play fight in happier times.
In the vision, which Baxter uploaded to his Facebook account about a month ago, the three children giggled as he took turns grabbing them by the neck and pushing them away from him.
Trey, who was still in diapers at the time, eventually grew tired of the game after having his head slammed into a bed and ran off camera in tears.
Baxter laughed and continued playing with his two older girls.
The video was met with messages of support from his friends, who said he was teaching his children to have a thick skin.
'That is the coolest bro. Kids love being roughed up then they don’t cry over every little thing. Awesome what you are doing,' one said.
That same friend has since described Baxter's reported actions as 'inexcusable'.
'What he has done is the saddest thing ever and inexcusable... I have nothing but good memories of the man and no one could have foreseen this happening. RIP to the little ones,' he wrote underneath his original comment.
Baxter indicated the footage was taken just before bed time.
'Sweet dreams my babies... love you to the moon and back,' he wrote.
Baxter, an ex-New Zealand Warriors player, stabbed himself with a knife during the horrific attack on his family.
The couple had recently separated and shut down the business they ran together, Integr8 Fitness, based at Capalaba.
The car blaze occurred just metres from Hannah's parents' house.
In recent months, Baxter flooded his Facebook site with photos and videos of his children, describing them as 'my world'.
'T-R-E-Y, love you to the moon and back,' he posted six days ago.
'Goodnight my babies, Daddy loves you,' he posted a month ago.
Rowan Baxter, 42, Australian Brisbanesta murhasi kolme lastaan, jotka olivat auton sisällä, kaatamalla kanisterista bensiiniä ja tuikkaamalla auto tuleen. Baxterin vaimo onnistui pakenemaan paikalta. Auton polttamisen jälkeen Baxter puukotti itsensä hengiltä.
Nyt oli kyllä napattu hormooneja kourakaupalla, että tämmöistä pääsi tapahtumaan. Hormoonihirviöillä napsahtaa päässä kuitenkin jossakin vaiheessa.
Rowan Baxter, 42, is suspected of killing his three children in car inferno
Witnesses say Baxter protested when people tried to put out the flames
'It appeared like he wanted it to burn,' one neighbour who was there said
Baxter's wife, Hannah, 31, is fighting for life in hospital with 'significant' burns
'He's poured petrol on me', witnesses claimed she shrieked from driver's seat
Hannah managed to escape the car and was hosed down by a Good Samaritan
The couple separated recently and shut down their fitness coaching business
Hannah's parents live on the same Brisbane street where the blaze occurred
For 24/7 confidential support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14
By BRITTANY CHAIN and DANIEL PIOTROWSKI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 00:01 GMT, 19 February 2020 | UPDATED: 09:50 GMT, 19 February 2020
A father who torched his estranged wife's car with their three children inside escaped the inferno and stabbed himself to death as he watched his children perish.
Rowan Charles Baxter's three children, Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, all died when the family's white SUV was set alight at Camp Hill, in Brisbane's south east, at about 8.20am on Wednesday.
Hannah Baxter, the children's mother, 31, was driving the Kia Sportage and is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering 'significant' burns in the blaze.
The 42-year-old former NRL player jumped in the car as Ms Baxter strapped the children in to do the school drop off.
She was parked down the road from her parents home. Aaron Snell, a neighbour who witnessed the horror said he initially thought he was watching a road rage attack before he realised the gravity of the situation.
By the time he reacted, Ms Baxter had escaped from the car and was rolling on the footpath in an attempt to smother the flames. A Good Samaritan was also trying to hose her down to stop the fire.
Witnesses said they heard her shouting 'he's poured petrol on me' at the time.
Baxter was also still alive.
He was across the road, but returned to the car to salvage a knife. He then stabbed himself in the chest, Mr Snell said.
Mr Snell, who is trained in CPR, said he was trying to assess whether he could perform it on Baxter because he was 'just in all matter of states,' he told The Courier Mail.
'As I came to the front after calling Triple-0, I saw her (Hannah). She was smoking, her body was smoking and on fire,' Mr Snell said.
By this point, others were on the scene and trying to put out the fire in an attempt to save the children, who were still trapped inside.
Mr Snell believes Baxter attempted to stop them helping his children in his final moments.
'He was so angry and just going absolutely crazy. It appeared like he wanted [the car] to burn,' he said.
CONFRONTING FOOTAGE SHOWS ROWAN BAXTER PRETENDING TO BREAK HIS SON'S NECK
Confronting footage has since surfaced of the father roughing his children up during a play fight in happier times.
In the vision, which Baxter uploaded to his Facebook account about a month ago, the three children giggled as he took turns grabbing them by the neck and pushing them away from him.
Trey, who was still in diapers at the time, eventually grew tired of the game after having his head slammed into a bed and ran off camera in tears.
Baxter laughed and continued playing with his two older girls.
The video was met with messages of support from his friends, who said he was teaching his children to have a thick skin.
'That is the coolest bro. Kids love being roughed up then they don’t cry over every little thing. Awesome what you are doing,' one said.
That same friend has since described Baxter's reported actions as 'inexcusable'.
'What he has done is the saddest thing ever and inexcusable... I have nothing but good memories of the man and no one could have foreseen this happening. RIP to the little ones,' he wrote underneath his original comment.
Baxter indicated the footage was taken just before bed time.
'Sweet dreams my babies... love you to the moon and back,' he wrote.
Baxter, an ex-New Zealand Warriors player, stabbed himself with a knife during the horrific attack on his family.
The couple had recently separated and shut down the business they ran together, Integr8 Fitness, based at Capalaba.
The car blaze occurred just metres from Hannah's parents' house.
In recent months, Baxter flooded his Facebook site with photos and videos of his children, describing them as 'my world'.
'T-R-E-Y, love you to the moon and back,' he posted six days ago.
'Goodnight my babies, Daddy loves you,' he posted a month ago.
