ACTIVE SEARCH Australia. Man wanted after pouring hot coffee on baby in park, Brisbane, Queensland. 27th August 2024

[drsleuth]

Why in the hell would anyone do this to a baby??

 

[Seni]

The shirt is too big for him. Look at how long the sleeves are. Gathered up the arm with the cuff still being all the way down over his hands. Could be that "changing clothes" just involved taking that shirt off and revealing whatever he was wearing underneath.

Probably why he buttoned it all the way up to the neck, so the CCTV would not reveal the neckline of whatever he was wearing underneath the shirt.

Could be the same with shorts. Knee length cargo shorts taken off to reveal shorter runners/lycra shorts underneath.

Maybe take off the cap and glasses, too. That way he could change his look very quickly.

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'Sick freak': Police hunt man after hot coffee poured on baby

The Brisbane parents are still traumatised by the alleged attack after the child suffered burns to his face and chest and had to undergo surgery.

www.1news.co.nz

I think you are probably right SouthAussie, he stripped off rather than changed clothing. To lycra shorts and running vest or football shirt, something like that.

 

[katydid23]

I really thought he would have been caught by now. I hope they know exactly who he is but just haven't found him YET.

 

[SouthAussie]

Why in the hell would anyone do this to a baby??

And why that particular baby. Was it random or was it targeted? I haven't noticed the investigators state either way. Just that they will get him.

 

[rabidstoat]

This has been the biggest question mark for me. For at least the past five years, every time I’ve used a ride share service the driver and I have both confirmed the other’s display name from the app before I actually enter the car.

If they know enough to say it was specifically a ride share and not an ordinary taxi, they HAVE to have more information than just the (incredibly clear) surveillance footage screenshots, don’t they?

You could probably make up a name. But they do require payment and I'm not sure how you could pay for a rideshare without that being trackable. Do they take prepaid cards, maybe? Or cryptocurrency? I've never heard of a rideshare that takes cryptocurrency but that would also be hard to trace.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Police reveal movements of man wanted over scalding attack in Brisbane park

www.9news.com.au

Article dated 3rd September

In the hours after the attack, the man then travelled to a church in Tarragindi, and changed his clothes outside.

He then caught a rideshare car into the centre of Brisbane, before moving onto Caxton Street.
Police canvassed those areas today

 

[drsleuth]

I'm surprised this person has been able to evade police for 1 week.

I wonder if he knew the rideshare driver??

 

[katydid23]

You could probably make up a name. But they do require payment and I'm not sure how you could pay for a rideshare without that being trackable. Do they take prepaid cards, maybe? Or cryptocurrency? I've never heard of a rideshare that takes cryptocurrency but that would also be hard to trace.

You have to have an IP address for your wifi account, an online way to pay the ride share and a home address, I believe.

It would be possible, I guess, to somehow fake ALL of the above---but why? Just to pour scalding coffee on a random child in a park? I don't get it. All of the effort to do the above for what?

 

[katydid23]

I'm surprised this person has been able to evade police for 1 week.

I wonder if he knew the rideshare driver??

And don't they have the clothing he left behind? Wouldn't they get touch DNA from those?

 

[drsleuth]

And don't they have the clothing he left behind? Wouldn't they get touch DNA from those?

I'd say that they must know WHO this person is IMO.

Just can't find them??

 

[rabidstoat]

You have to have an IP address for your wifi account, an online way to pay the ride share and a home address, I believe.

It would be possible, I guess, to somehow fake ALL of the above---but why? Just to pour scalding coffee on a random child in a park? I don't get it. All of the effort to do the above for what?

If someone did go through that trouble, I assume they were probably up to other nefarious activities as well. Or at least, considering nefarious activities in their immediate future.

 

[Dotta]

I think it was a random attack.

Something must have triggered this person.

Maybe the perp came to the park to contemplate something, to think over some problems.
He took a thermos of his favourite coffee, planning to stay longer.

Because, if premeditated,
why was coffee used in the attack?
Why not hot water?
Or, God forbid, some toxic substance?

JMO

 

[Vaderman]

If someone did go through that trouble, I assume they were probably up to other nefarious activities as well. Or at least, considering nefarious activities in their immediate future.

Do you think he may have done this act to distract from something else? I can't get that idea out of my head now.

 

[sunflowermomma]

You could probably make up a name. But they do require payment and I'm not sure how you could pay for a rideshare without that being trackable. Do they take prepaid cards, maybe? Or cryptocurrency? I've never heard of a rideshare that takes cryptocurrency but that would also be hard to trace.

You can create an Uber or Lyft account by connecting your Facebook account. I don't use my real name on social media, and whenever I order an uber, they have my fake name. If you did this and used an Uber gift card purchased with cash or Visa gift card, you could quickly have an anonymous uber ride.

 

[LittleSeaTree]

I think it was a random attack.

Something must have triggered this person.

Maybe the perp came to the park to contemplate something, to think over some problems.
He took a thermos of his favourite coffee, planning to stay longer.

Because, if premeditated,
why was coffee used in the attack?
Why not hot water?
Or, God forbid, some toxic substance?

JMO

Ugh, good point.

 

[Palisades]

Any chance this man coulf have made it out of the country right after the attack, before police could review video and witnesses to ID him?

 

[iamshadow21]

That’s a good thing to know, to remove the clothing in that situation.

Don't take it as medical advice, please, I am not a doctor, and there are cases when it would not be a good thing - if the fabric has melted to the skin, for example. It sounds like in this case they dumped a lot of cold water on the child and then rushed him to a nearby resident's shower until the paramedics arrived.

MOO

 

[StarryStarryNight]

You have to have an IP address for your wifi account, an online way to pay the ride share and a home address, I believe.

It would be possible, I guess, to somehow fake ALL of the above---but why? Just to pour scalding coffee on a random child in a park? I don't get it. All of the effort to do the above for what?

Not terrorism or some group would be celebrating it.
Not targeting or police would be saying that, so the public wouldn’t be fearful.
Could be mental health related. Maybe he committed suicide afterward.
But whatever the deal, that picture is super clear. Somebody knows this guy and has chosen not to call him in. That is unbelievable to me.

 

[DoctorRose]

Don't take it as medical advice, please, I am not a doctor, and there are cases when it would not be a good thing - if the fabric has melted to the skin, for example. It sounds like in this case they dumped a lot of cold water on the child and then rushed him to a nearby resident's shower until the paramedics arrived.

MOO

Good call. No worries, I’ll take a look into the do’s and don’ts now that my interest is piqued.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Poor baby boy. This sounds like a random crime, IMO. An immature or unwell "man" who took out his problems on the most innocent of victims. They probably know who he is by now, but he isn't sitting at home waiting for them.