Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband was so clinical and calculating in his murderous act that even the coroner leading the inquest into Hannah’s death was shocked to discover just how far-reaching and convincing his manipulations were.
Police missed crucial opportunities to hold Rowan Baxter to account before he went on to kill his ex-wife and children.
Rowan Baxter was unstoppable in ‘executing murderous plans’ that ended with the death of Hannah Clarke and his three young children, a coroner has found, before recommending an urgent upgrade in domestic violence training for some police.
A law that isn’t “used at all very often” in domestic violence cases is set to be strengthened when it comes before State Cabinet.
Killer Rowan Baxter acted like the victim and protested a domestic violence order saying he’s ‘never, ever done anything’ during an extended conversation with police weeks before he murdered his family. SEE THE FULL DETAILS
Body-worn footage of Hannah Clarke’s killer refusing to be interviewed has been shown to the inquest into her death as a senior constable who issued a police protection notice did not look up a risk assessment that showed he was a “high risk”. SEE HIS REACTION TO POLICE
The police union president wants an urgent overhaul of domestic violence training for Queensland Police as an inquest into the deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children heard evidence cops failed to identify warning signs of her killer’s intentions.
Police footage has captured the moment on Boxing Day 2019 a distraught Hannah Clarke tells an officer her estranged husband has abducted her daughter, as officers have told the inquest into the death of Hannah and her three children more about their encounters relating to the man who killed them.
Hannah Clarke was terrified of her moody, violent and controlling husband Rowan Baxter. She tried desperately to shield her kids from the worst of it, but evidence before the inquest into her death shows she couldn’t always succeed, write Kate Kyriacou and Vanessa Marsh.
In harrowing testimony, Hannah Clarke’s best friend has revealed she was so concerned about Baxter’s escalating behaviour, she told police she believed he would ‘kill them all’.
Footage of a condescending Rowan Baxter blaming his wife, Hannah Clarke, when he was caught driving an unregistered vehicle has been released by a coroner. SEE THE VIDEO
The inquest into the death of Hannah Clarke has been told of a chilling “note” found on her estranged husband’s phone before he killed her and her three children, in which he said “I have told the kids that you loved them. They will miss you I’m sure.”
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