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Fire attacks, strangulations rose after Clarke family burning: Inquest
Inquest into estranged husband’s murder of wife and children in Brisbane concludes after eight days of witness accounts of the horror of that day and the aftermath.
- by Toby Crockford
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Four weeks before attack, psychologist had ‘no concerns’ about killer’s mental health
Psychologist Vivian Jarrett struggled to explain her assessment of Rowan Baxter, and left the coronial inquest clearly shaken.
- by Toby Crockford
Hannah Clarke’s killer joked with DV worker hours before fatal attack
The coronial inquest heard Baxter’s call to MensLine the afternoon before he killed his estranged wife and three children.
- by Toby Crockford
Inquest probes whether Hannah Clarke’s killer could have been jailed before deaths
Ten days before the Clarke family was killed, Rowan Baxter was charged with assault but was given immediate bail.
- by Toby Crockford
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Hannah Clarke’s killer ‘not right in the head’, put her in ‘a choker hold’
A police domestic violence liaison officer recounted the more than two months she spoke to Hannah Clarke before her death.
- by Toby Crockford
Hannah Clarke’s mother tells of killer’s cruel, creepy acts
Suzanne Clarke described a series of disturbing incidents involving her daughter’s estranged husband and killer, Rowan Baxter.
- by Toby Crockford
‘I’m finishing your game’: Chilling note on Hannah Clarke killer’s phone
It gave a chilling insight into killer Rowan Baxter’s mind and his delusional perception of why his marriage was failing.
- by Toby Crockford
How Hannah Clarke’s six-year-old daughter stood up to abusive father
Despite her youth, she would fight back and scream at the man who would ultimately burn her, her younger siblings and her mother alive.
- by Toby Crockford
Killer husband expected daily sex and bugged the house: Hannah Clarke inquest
Ms Clarke also told a colleague she feared her estranged husband Rowan Baxter was going to kill her.
- by Toby Crockford
Severely burnt, a lucid Hannah Clarke gave a full account of appalling attack
In addition to telling a police officer at the scene exactly what happened, the Brisbane mother-of-three told an off-duty paramedic: “My babies are in the car ... why didn’t I just stay in the car with them?”
- by Toby Crockford
Burning Baxter ‘guarded’ car to stop neighbour putting out fire
After setting his estranged wife and their children alight in the family’s SUV, Rowan Baxter dove back in to retrieve a knife and fend off a neighbour, inquest is told.
- by Sasha Ness and Toby Crockford
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