An ex-girlfriend who broke into his ex-partner’s bedroom drowned him and his new partner petrol And the person who started the fire has been identified.
Sarah Mudge, 31, went to Stanley Obie’s home in New Beth Brisbanejust before 3 a.m. on Thursday and tried to burn her, her new boyfriend and three young children alive.
But he was the only one who managed to kill the four’s mother-in-law.
Mr. Obi’s 30-year-old new girlfriend, along with all three children aged five, three and two, escaped burning through the air – as a hero neighbor known as Al, a loving father from the wreck. dragged the burning body of
Scott and Mitchell, who live next door to Al, told Daily Mail Australia that he tried knocking on everyone’s doors but no one picked up.
Sarah Mudge, 31, went to her Stanley Obie home on Thursday and tried to burn her, her new boyfriend and three young children alive. Mr Obi is pictured with Ms Mudge
Mr Obi (pictured) has suffered burns on 90 percent of his body and is in critical condition
‘He knocked on some doors and the man in the next house did the same. I think he knocked on some doors across the street,’ Scott said.
‘But the first thing we heard about it was when sirens lit up the street – we came out to see what was happening but there were no sirens, just lights.’
He said Al Sri stayed with Obi, who had suffered 90 percent burns, until an ambulance arrived 35 minutes later.
The father is in critical condition at the Royal Brisbane Hospital – but if he survives, Al may have saved his life.
Mr Obi’s current girlfriend and three children have been taken to the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Stanley Obie (pictured) is in the hospital with burns to 90 percent of his body after his ex-girlfriend set him on fire
Emergency services were called to the Bidan Boulevard property in New Beth, south of Brisbane, at around 3 a.m. Thursday
A few weeks before the tragedy, Ms Mudge wrote a cryptic post on Facebook under the title ‘Relationship Rules’.
‘It’s not poisonous bro,’ she wrote.
‘You made him like that. Now you think he is crazy. Your decisions reflect his actions. check yourself.’
Ms. Mudge, who runs her own photography business, also has several pictures of Mr. Obi and his children on her social media pages.
Just four days ago, she was on a local Facebook page asking people for advice on her son’s snail garden.
Police believe the fire at the Bidyan Boulevard property is suspicious and are investigating whether it was the result of an incident of domestic violence.
Firefighters spent more than two hours extinguishing the fire (pictured view)
Superintendent Mark White said there was no evidence that a Molotov cocktail was thrown, and he believed Ms Mudge “somehow entered and was able to throw petrol in there once again”.
Police cannot believe that someone else was involved in this.
During a press conference on Thursday morning, police said Mr Obi and his accomplice had been living in the house for nearly six months.
Detectives have yet to interview the surviving woman and have appealed to the public for information.
A resident said fire engines and police sirens woke him up at 3 am.
He wrote on social media, ‘I could (easily) see the fire from the 10 meter high mine.’
A spokeswoman for Queensland Fire and Emergency Services told Daily Mail Australia that the property was ‘well surrounded’ when four workers arrived at the scene.
“Partly the roof collapsed,” he said.
Firefighters tried to control the fire for more than two hours.
A crime scene has been declared at the scene with forensic detectives expected to be present this morning.