Australian Rugby Player Rowan Baxter Kills Family, Self In Murder Suicide

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A former pro Australian rugby player murdered his wife and 3 young children in an apparent murder, suicide ... according to law enforcement officials in Australia.

-- who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League -- was found in his car early Wednesday morning along with his wife, 2 young daughters and his son. The kids were aged 6, 4 and 3.

Officials believe Baxter doused the car with gasoline and set it on fire. Witnesses say they saw Baxter's wife trying to escape the car while yelling,"He's poured petrol on me." Devastating news out of Camp Hill. My heart goes out to the families and community going through this tragic time and the emergency responders confronting what would be a shattering scene. If you or anyone you know needs support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

 

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'but but did tmz notify the family first before posting it'

Just keep getting concussions until you go insane and kill everybody, that sounds like a good idea.

Wow.....did he have cte? Or just an asshole for the sake of it.

He set those babies on fucking fire and I can't wrap my mind around this😭 They suffered greatly💔

Sick and unbelievably sad

This man is a murderer. Stop portraying him as a loving Dad.

how awful 😱

Asshole

FOX5Atlanta When you marry and make kids with someone for money and it backfired. Key to happiness is don’t get married and don’t make kids but stack your money up

CTE

Coward

Too bad

cte is real

Omg awful

Bro this is 3rd time I’ve seen this

GoodDayAtlanta oh NO!!! 😭😭😭

Wow, what a devastating tragedy for all involved. My heartfelt condolences to the families.

Wtf 😮😮

Yhoooo

😳

There are no words

Seems like a setup, I bet he is innocent.

Nobody cares that he was a rugby player, that has nothing to do with this. This man ambushed and murdered his ex-wife and three kids. He burnt them alive. He is a psychopath, a monster. Write a proper headline next time.

Ah man , these stories are brutal. So sad

I regret clicking on this story. I'm in tears for this family. How could he do that to his wife and his three precious babies? I'm so sad. I am sad that that person who tried to help the wife get out of the car was burnt as well. He tried his best. 💔

I think what messes me up the most about this is the guy stabbed himself to death and gave himself a quick death yet he let his children burn alive.

Did the wife cheat?

🙏🏻

This is so bad i literally have nothing to say.

So you post a Happy family photo of a man who killed everyone in the photo? smh

Sounds familiar

🙏

Just horrible 😞

What a selfish man RIP his family🙏

Omg they were 🔥 up alive. HE SET THEM ON FIRE!!! FUCK!!!😱😭

I bet the families were told before you posted this, RIGHT?

i believe when there is an impending divorce...women need to take their kids out of the family home to an undisclosed apartment somewhere and hammer out the details through lawyers or text them.. not face to face

JimJaxMedia That's some cowardly shit right there. Just off yourself - leave the fam out of it.

“Former” Rugby player.

What in the ever loving shit is wrong with people.

tf goin on

More of that brain damage for ya

CTE

horrific. domestic violence claims more lives. wow

🤯😱!

JimJaxMedia Extremely sad

There was crazy tragic shit happening all around the world in the 60's and there was hippies. I'm willing to bet if hippies had twitter and access to 24/7 drama and sadness they would of been the first generation of doomers

Should I say sorry or rip

Was he on steroids?

We saw it the first time

He never played NRL. He played one Pre season game. Don’t use sensationalism to try and get your grubby click baits

Kaibutsu What? Ugh

Chris Benoit’d

Profoundly sad 😞

Weird choice of photo

Why would he do that?.. This is sad and terrible news 😰

Never thought I'd give Kudos to TMZ. The Media in Australia are talking about this 'top blokes' career and are reluctant to label it the horrific murder it is. He murdered Hannah Baxter and their 3 kids under 10. Screw this dude.

He deserves to go to hell...first class ticket.

n_stoves

CTE?

Of course he’s white.

😳

Just like the Colorado killer!

Annnnnd this is why women stay in abusive relationships because when you attempt to leave the risk of death is far greater statistically speaking 🙃

This world we live in is Fucking crazy man

Prayers to the family, how incredibly awful

Why?!🤬😡🤬😡

Oh shit

Wtf is wrong with people they extra crazy this 2020

This is so fkd up! CTE or not, get a grip and don’t touch your wife or kids!! EVER!!

This reminds me of something 🤔 you what forget it

Wow that’s crazy.

What. The. Fuckkkk

Awh 💩 man had that last night I know how rough it can be Get well soon

I need a break man 😪

Reminds me of Chris Benoit 😔. Very Sad.

How much more can 2020 bake!!!!?

Why

I bet it was CTE.

Wtf is going on yo.....

Such a nice Family Picture

Roast in Peace Rowan

👀

oh my gosh.... bad news after bad news

is there something wrong with this thread?

🤦🏾‍♀️..Sheesh

WTF

Man wtf is going on today

You have to be insane to do something like this. We are having a Sociopathicical crisis in this country.

Omgawd. What an awful way to die

Horrific

Maybe CTE had something to do with this?🧐

aw man

Must've been Kevin Sullivan

lol

I just can’t with this planet anymore. Need a massive reset - a huge asteroid wiping everything out is all we as a species deserve

WTF?

These photos are actually great, because instead of a negative image, this makes me wonder about all the 'super happy' family photos I be seeing on iG and Facebook and having me think, '...How far off from the edge is the husband? Wife? Son?' I be judging the suburbans harder now

Makes me so mad.

this is so horrible omg

Chris BenWHAT?!

what the actual fuck bro

Omg 😳

See, this is what I'm talking about. Here's a solution.

Wtf

Perhaps it's time to talk about steroids in Australian and New Zealand sport.

Crazy but done before sadly

Omg! Terrible 😢

jdownen89 I wonder if Jason knows him

Wot a terrible tragedy that Baxter wasn't the only one who died.

I’m so tired of journalists

What a piece of

wtffff :(

He set his entire family ON FIRE. Y’all once again used a picture to say, wow i can’t believe this beautiful white family was murdered by the father instead of any other picture he could have had

Wtf what’s going on what da fuck

2020 is fucking cursed man

I wish there was a warning before I read.

Bruhh.. wtf

Wtf is going on today

Wow!!! Something is seriously wrong in the world. You may not believe in God, but the more people that do... the less something like this would happen. God bless them!

CTE

These demons are getting worse by the day. So horrific to die like this 🙏🏼

Why are the assuming he did it? Just because wife said he did it doesn't mean he did. The fact that she was concerned for herself and not her children tells me, she probably did it. Most parents would be trying to rescue the children.

2020 on sum nut shit😬

American Football what ever ruby is

TMZ 🤝 Tragedy

Mans been watching to many Chris Benoit videos

Notice how the whites aren’t trashing this man and calling him a thug or other racist shit like the post with pop smoke. 😕😕

Wtf...

What the hell?

Ah

Wtf is happening we’re only in February

Yoh 😭😭😭

The world's gone to Hell we just living in it

Horrible. Just horrible.

WHAT. IS. GOING. ON. TODAY!!!!

Chris benoit 2.0

Deepest condolenses to the lady and her children and to her family ✝️🕊🙏🏽💐💐💐💐 and to the man hope he rots in hell!!

CTE

This has CTE written all over it.

Cte wow

Bruh 2020 is over im done

ugsnsteppa Dude wtf

Tf😭

ChiSupreme Wtf

Ayee_Puchh CTE 🙃

He set the car on fire with his 3 children and wife in it..man nah

😢😢😡 why so sad rip he could of reach out for help

I hope that POS is roasting right now!

This is what happens when people pop pills and drink alcohol! StopOpioidAbuse

that poor woman and her babies. the biggest threat to our safety is the men in our lives. how sick and twisted. i hope that man suffers every day for the rest of his life.

What the fuck is going on

FriedWillBarton The hell?

Can’t believe they stil do this lmao

Man that’s crazy.

Bruh it happened in Brisbane and I live in Brisbane that’s disgusting and terrible to hear

DarrenFischer

What's going on today?!!!!

White on white crime every damn time

WTF

Can 2029 be canceled already ? 💔💔😭

OMG.

This shot getting out of hand man FUCK...

Chris Benoit did this years ago, and they blamed it on the steroids he used as a professional wrestling athlete.

wtaf

Omg this is horrifying TERRIBLE

Chris Benoit did it better 🤷🏾‍♂️

Damn.

Wow

Maybe if he streamed Yikes-

_noskcaj_ CTE shit is serious..

Chris Benoit v2

So fucked up. Did he have a history of concussions or CTE?

Can we go back to 2019🙁☹️

Huh

Ah

Damn 🤭horrible

Dafuq

2021 needs to hurry up

youngboy said '2020 we all will die' guess yall didnt listen 🤦🏻‍♂️

This is fucked up on so many levels

unclechr1s

CTE? Hopefully they do test his brain.

Wtf I can’t

This is horrible.

Tf😭😭

erm

And he did it in such a horrific way by having them all burn to death. Just awful 😢😢😢

First Pop Smoke and now this?

Australia needs to ban petrol next obviously

HUH

omg EMBACKF0REVENGE

Eyyyy

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