Shopping list of death: Was Hannah’s killer planning something else?
The macabre shopping list of Hannah Clarke’s killer suggests he might have had a more elaborate plan in mind. Did she derail it with her courageous fightback?
The macabre shopping list of Hannah Clarke’s killer suggests he might have had a more elaborate plan in mind. Did she derail it with her courageous fightback?
It’s been traumatic to relive the deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children but if her parents understand the importance, we must too, writes Kate Kyriacou.
Rowan Baxter was so intent on exacting his murderous revenge on Hannah Clarke that little could have been done to save her and their children from the cowardly killer, an inquest has been told.
The inquest into Hannah Clarke’s death has heard nothing could have saved her from ‘evil’ Rowan Baxter, but there were ‘missed opportunities’ in the lead-up to her murder. It comes as Hannah’s parents reveal their surprise at some of the evidence that was shared.
Hannah Clarke was at an extreme risk of domestic violence in the months before she and her children were murdered, with a shockingly high number of red flags of lethal risk identified.
Rowan Baxter’s former friends have detailed how the killer terrorised Hannah Clarke, and even plotted to kidnap and murder another ex-partner.
A friend of Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband has told the inquest into her death alongside her three children how he left a hidden recording device at her home, overhearing conversations she had with her mother where they called him a narcissist and other derogatory names.
On the side of the road, Senior Constable Angus Skaines stood with a horrifically injured Hannah Clarke, her children trapped in the smouldering car nearby. In a transcript obtained by The Courier-Mail, her heroic evidence, recorded by his body-worn camera, can now be revealed. READ THE TRANSCRIPT
In an astonishing act of bravery and strength, Hannah Clarke used the final moments of her life to ensure her killer would not go unpunished if he lived.
A deadpan Rowan Baxter ignored desperate attempts by neighbours to get him away from the car before they watched in horror as he stabbed himself in the abdomen.
Witnesses have revealed Hannah Clarke was screaming ‘I can’t believe he’s done this, I’ve got a DVO’ in the moments after her estranged ex set her and their three children alight in a Brisbane street. It comes as they describe Baxter’s chilling look during the attack.
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