Chilling post weeks before house fire deaths: 'You made her like that'
A haunting social media post from a woman accused of setting her former partner and his house on fire before succumbing to the blaze herself has been revealed.
The suspicious house fire broke out at a home in New Beith, near Logan, just before 3am on Thursday.
Police said they found the body of a 31-year-old woman inside the “engulfed” property.
Although officers are waiting on an autopsy to confirm her identify, she is understood to be former South Australian Sarah Mudge.
Ms Mudge allegedly broke into the home, “threw petrol around” and lit her former partner registered nurse Stanley Obi on fire, police say.
The 33-year-old suffered burns to 90 per cent of his body and died in hospital around 10pm on Thursday night, officers said on Friday morning.
Three children — aged 5, 3 and 2 — and another woman, believed to be Mr Obi’s new partner, were also at the home at the time of the fire.
The kids escaped unharmed but the woman, 30, was taken to hospital with suspected airway burns.
Woman's haunting Facebook post
Weeks before her death, Ms Mudge posted a message to her Facebook story with the heading “relationship rules”.
“She’s not toxic bro,” it reads.
“You made her like that. Now you think she is crazy. Your decisions reflect her actions. Check yourself.”
It is unknown who wrote the original post.
Although the investigation into the incident is continuing, it has been reported Ms Mudge and Mr Obi had taken out domestic violence orders against each other.
Ms Mudge’s body has yet to be removed from the home because structural damage is preventing authorities from entering, ABC reports.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Thursday described the situation as very distressing.
Queensland Police dealt with 120,000 domestic violence incidents in the last financial year and officers spend 40 per cent of their time on the issue, Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said.
"We on average get around about 320 to 330 domestic and family violence occurrences each and every day," she said on Thursday.
If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au
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