The family of evil killer Rowan Charles Baxter have admitted they are ashamed to be related to him, after he burned his wife and three children alive.
Hannah Clarke, 31, was killed along with her young children after her abusive husband doused them in petrol and set them alight on Wednesday morning.
Her parents and brother left viewers in tears in an emotional TV interview on Friday night, paying tribute to Hannah and her kids Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3.
But nothing had been heard from Baxter’s side of the family.
Hannah Clarke and her three children were torched in their car on Wednesday morning by Rowan Baxter (all pictured together) who stabbed himself to death at the scene in Camp Hill
Now one couple, who said they were related to the killer, said they ‘felt guilty just knowing him’.
Arriving at the scene of the horror blaze in Camp Hill, Brisbane, the unidentified couple wept and told the Australian about their connection to evil Baxter.
After looking at the tributes left at the scene by well-wishers, a man said: ‘We’re related to Rowan.
‘We feel so guilty, just knowing him.”
In a massacre which rocked Australia, Baxter attacked his family after putting his wife through years of emotional, sexual and financial abuse.
Hannah Clarke (pictured with daughters Aaliyah and Laianah) made a final emotional post on Instagram after breaking free from her abusive husband
The killer (pictured, centre right) flooded his social media with pictures of his three children, giving the impression of a doting father
Despite heroic attempts by passersby, their children all died at the scene on Wednesday morning, while Baxter stabbed himself in the chest.
Their mother died later in hospital.
Just days after their daughter and grandchildren were brutally burned alive, Hannah’s parents Lloyd and Suzanne Clarke explained the horrific extent of their family’s suffering.
Her parents said she suffered burns to 97 per cent of her body – with only the sole of one foot left untouched.
On Thursday morning dozens of family and friends visited the scene of the tragedy to pay tribute to the family (pictured)
Left: Hannah Clarke pictured with her ‘main man’, son Trey in a beach snap. Right: Mrs Baxter on her wedding with her husband
In the heartbreaking final Instagram post, Ms Clarke said she wanted her daughters to ‘grow up being strong women who understand their worth’
Hannah’s devastated mother revealed she had even discussed writing a will, saying: ‘She said to me only last week, ‘Mum should I do a will?
‘What happens to my babies if he kills me? Because he’ll go to jail for murder, who gets my children?’
‘She said, ”I want you and dad to have them or Nat. I don’t want his family to have them”.’
It comes as Brisbane Broncos star Sam Thaiday was said to be devastated by the horrific murder-suicide, having previously trained at the couple’s gym.
The star was said to be ‘like a shell’, with his wife Rachel even reaching out to Baxter in the weeks before the attack.
Hannah Clarke (pictured with her three children, aliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3) died of her injuries on Wednesday
His wife explained that when Thaiday found out about Wednesdays horror attack, he said he ‘just wanted to see the girls’, according to the Courier Mail.
The couple have two young daughters of their own, Gracie and Ellsie.
Mrs Thaiday explained her husband ‘spent a large part of his last year of footy with’ Baxter – himself a wannabee rugby league player – in 2018.
‘We are both in shock. Sam’s like a shell,’ she said.
‘We both lost a friend when we were 21. He took his own life. Sam had reached out to him – just to reach out and see if he’s OK.
‘I don’t think anyone could foresee that (murder-suicide) happening.’
The shocking murder-suicide that has left Australia reeling unfolded just metres from the home of Ms Clarke’s parents on Raven Street, Camp Hill, as she drove her children to school
A shrine grows at the scene where Hannah and her three kids were doused in fuel and set alight, while one person leaves a poignant sign about domestic violence (pictured)
Rowan Charles Baxter (pictured) also stabbed himself in the chest
Hannah’s family said the dedicated mum would do anything for the young kids, and was working to start a new life for them.
Despite suffering burns to 97 per cent of her body during the horrific attack, she remarkably managed to cling on to life long enough to tell police what had happened.
‘She did everything for those kids,’ her father Lloyd explained.
‘To the end she fought to make sure if he survived he got punished doing to her babies. She was so brave.
Hannah Clarke’s parents Lloyd and Suzanne (pictured) gave a heartbreaking interview on Friday night
Aaliyah (left), 6, Laianah (right), 4, and Trey (centre), 3, were killed in a quadruple murder-suicide on Wednesday morning when their father set their car alight on their way to school
Sat clutching each other’s hand during the interview on A Current Affair, the Clarkes said they began to fear for their daughter’s safety when she finally left her abusive husband in November last year.
He hadn’t been physically abusive to her before that, instead using financial, sexual and emotional manipulation.
Asked whether she was concerned about her daughter’s life, her mother said: ‘More so when she was getting ready to leave.
‘While he felt he was still in control of the situation it was all not physically as dangerous.
Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift shrine near the scene. Mothers were seen kneeling by the flowers with children (pictured)
Aaliyah (left), 6, Laianah (right), 4, and Trey (centre), 3, were murdered by their own father
Baxter poured petrol in the family’s car (pictured) and set it alight in Camp Hill, Brisbane on Wednesday morning as Hannah drove the children to school
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Australia earlier this week, her parents said their daughter had finally broken free from the monstrous fitness fanatic.
But he launched a campaign of stalking and harassment, and was due in court after breaching a domestic violence restraining order.
Ms Clarke and the three children had been living with her parents as she tried to escape her evil husband.
The murdered mum told friends she was a ‘survivor not a victim’ in a gut-wrenching final Instagram post just days before her death.
After finally breaking free from her evil husband, she said would ‘never let anyone mistreat her again’ and hoped her daughters would ‘grow up being strong women’.
Hannah Clarke (pictured with daughters Aaliyah and Laianah) made a final emotional post on Instagram after breaking free from her abusive husband
Ms Clarke had suffered at the hands of her abusive husband for more than 10 years, before finally leaving him in November.
Writing on social media during the new year period, she said: ‘I am a strong woman.
‘I don’t sit around feeling sorry for myself nor will I ever let anyone mistreat me again.
‘I don’t respond people who dictate to me or try to bring me down.
‘I am a survivor not a victim.
‘I am in control of my life and there’s nothing I can’t achieve.
‘My girls will grow up being strong women who understand their worth.’
Friends revealed Ms Clarke was the victim of years of emotional, financial and sexual abuse.
Lloyd Clarke (pictured, left) appeared on A Current Affair with his wife Suzanne (centre) and son Nat (right) as they paid tribute to their family
The family’s car (pictured) is removed from the scene in Camp Hill, Brisbane, after Hannah Clarke and her three children were set alight inside