Three days before Rowan Baxter murdered his estranged wife Hannah Clarke and their three children he was distraught and crying in a restaurant but promised "he wouldn't do anything stupid".
Friend of Rowan Baxter who spent two hours with him three days before the murder of his wife and three children."Could I have done something to avoid it? Honestly I don't think I did miss anything," Mr Kane said. "The last thing I said to him as he was walking away was, 'Mate, don't do anything stupid', and he sort of turned as he was walking away and he just said: 'No mate, I'm not going to do anything stupid.
Investigators believe Baxter doused the car while he was still inside before getting out, lighting it and taking his own life in the street near the burning car in the Brisbane suburb of Camp Hill.on Friday night about Baxter's controlling tendencies and the escalation in his abusive behaviour. "We didn't see it for a long time," father Lloyd said. "Looking back now, in hindsight, if only we could have seen this and gotten her out of there earlier."
Warning sign: a person who says they won’t do anything stupid, it’s already crossed their mind or it wouldn’t occur to them to say this
Beyond words! When will men learn to take responsibility & not take lives!
Stop using his name He was a monster
So? He did!!!No excuses.
He lied
When Did I Ask Sorry ?
This case, like most, is complex. That is not to excuse what happened. But we must move beyond the raw horror and learn. What can we do better to assist those at risk. Both men and women.
Time to put GPS Ankle Bracelets on all those who have an AVO against them. Geofencing can be set up to monitor the No Go Zones, that way the Police can be notified before another one of these violent acts occur again.
The elephant in the room is invisible! Pair bonding & the institution of marriage is irretrievably broken! Anything with a failure rate as high as “marriage” would cease to exist. Tens of thousands make a living in the divorce & dv industries! Time for a serious rethink!
I find this story utterly contemptible. This monster does not deserve a side of the story. He murdered three children and their mother. He is a family annihilator who committed the ultimate act of family violence. Absolutely nothing excuses or explains what he did. Period!!
This “friend” doesn’t get he was set up to continue the narrative Baxter was hard done by & “driven” to it. Baxter would’ve planned this for some time. These types of perps are master manipulators & use anyone & everyone around them to gain power/control.
How many times was Hannah distraught & crying?
I was so grief stricken when I saw these precious Angels. How could anyone do such a thing?
It's truly heartbreaking. More serious and more heartbreaking is that women/children cannot find safety under OUR PRESENT LAWS. NO ONE is protecting them, no court gives a damn, our laws have no teeth and no one to enforce them. Sadly more will die. Wait and see.
Murder is a killing where the intent is proved. He went there w petrol and a knife! It’s clear his intent was to murder them. Why do you continually refrain from using the word ‘murder’? He murdered his family !
I'm just wondering where his mates are? If the abuse had been going on for years why hadn't they stepped in?
Yes? Disgusted human.
Sorry... The Age ... I dont want to know anything about this horrendous person... i greatly dislike seeing his name and picture associated with his victims... actually that goes for all stories i see where offenders and Victims and named and or pictured together 💜💜💜🤍
Stop mentioning this murderers name. He is a killer of women and a killer of children domesticviolencekills juststop
That's the first sign of trouble. 'that standard phrase 'I won't do anything stupid'. As in his mind what he was planning wasn't stupid, it was keeping all together in death. It's same as suicide. That would have been the point of no return in his mind.
We don't need his side of the story. He murdered his kids. His right to explain is invalid.
He is the definition of a toxic male, if anyone needs an explanation.
nobody is saying “all men”. There are no excuses for this vile monsterous action taken by this bully not to mention hes a coward for opting out of taking responsibility for his actions to his so called “loved” kids -and ppl in media should stop this crap excuse HannahClarke
The old Westminster System Judicial and Policing System loves this stuff the victims and the perpetrators, but would be disappointed with No lengthy trial or Jail Term, this time...
Well true.. not stupid.. evil.. I call evil
Suffers of domestic violence often won’t talk about what’s happening to them until too late. Her parents were supportive and she still didn’t reach out. It festered until he did the unimaginable. He could have been stopped if she opened up.
Funny I’ve been depressed many times throughout my life but never had the inclination to incinerate anybody... he doesn’t deserve ‘his side’ to be told
“what did drive this guy to this point where he reached a state in his mind where all rational thinking disappeared and he became the monster that he was on that day.” Enough with this rhetoric. He was always a monster. A classic narcissist for whom control was everything.
He Doesnt Deserve a side story. He Was the Monster and will Always be remembered for it.
This article seeks further to “explain” his actions. Shame on you.
Of course he was distraught. He had a slave and then didn't
This is such bullshit. He is a monster, he was a threatening and menacing monster on that day, and all the days before, he just hid it better.
He was a very good actor.
Give it a rest respect the families privacy so they can mourn in peace
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