New details of the horrific crime that rocked Australia began to unfold, with a former player burning his wife and three children in the street in broad daylight, before committing suicide in front of people.
His close friend revealed the words the murderer said during their last meeting three days before the crime His friend, who did not reveal his identity, told the British newspaper “Daily Mail” that Baxter was in a bad psychological state, and he was afraid of losing his children, stressing that his life revolves around them. And he confirmed that he said to him: “My friend, do not do any foolish action.” Let the criminal husband turn, saying: “No, my friend. His entire family.
The story goes back to the years of suffering that Hana Clark, at the hands of her husband Rowan Charles Baxter, experienced as a result of his physical, sexual and financial assaults against her, according to those close to the couple. And after Clark managed to leave her husband and move to her parents ’home until the divorce process was completed, Baxter was even more angry, especially as his wife issued a court order forcing him not to be subjected to her.
One morning, Baxter hid in front of the house of his wife’s parents, and waited for her with the three children (two daughters and a boy), aged 6 to 3, in a scene that looked like part of a horror movie. As everyone got into the car, Baxter appeared and threw petrol at them, then set them on fire, despite desperate attempts by the mother to save the children, before he pulled out a knife and stabbed himself. The children died instantly, in the fire, while the mother managed to get out of the car and scream with the neighbors, who gathered because of the sound of the explosion.
While some neighbors tried to save the mother and approach the car to put out the fire, Baxter prevented them from saving his children, until he died on the site. The mother was transferred to the hospital, where she died as a result of severe burns. Clark’s bereaved mother said that her daughter was feeling that her husband would not leave her alive, and that she had told her about a week before the crime that she was thinking of writing her will, because she believed that Baxter would kill her and then go to prison, and therefore she wanted to make sure that custody of the children would be given Her parents are not the husband’s family.
Source: Madam Net
