An Arizona man killed himself and his entire family when he drove into a lake deliberately after meeting with his estranged wife and three young children to talk about the kids
, officials said.
Surveillance footage captured the
final moments of the family of five. Video allegedly shows Glenn
Baxter, 27, driving his SUV to Tempe Town Lake before speeding toward
the body of water with his wife, Danica Baxter, 25, and their three
children— all under four years old— inside at about 12:15 p.m. on
Sunday.
"You're gonna see him back the
vehicle up and drive it at a high rate of speed towards the lake down
the sidewalk, making an abrupt left turn towards the lake," said Lt.
Mike Pooley with Tempe Police, who described the video to reporters at a
press conference and said that Glenn Baxter got out of his SUV and
walked to the lake before he drove into the water.
Danica's aunt, Tamika Franklin, watched the surveillance footage for
clues of what happened and told INSIDE EDITION she did not believe
Danica was conscious when her estranged husband aimed for the lake."I'm trying to figure out how he parked the truck and was walking along the lake and there was no movement at the car," Franklin said to IE. "I'm thinking my niece was unconscious already. I just can't see my niece not trying to get out of there."
Two witnesses dove into the lake to follow Baxter's silver Nissan Armada and pulled out Danica from the SUV, which had flipped over before landing in the water, Pooley said.
Police also jumped into the water little Zariyah, 1, her big brother Nazyiah, 2, and Glenn Baxter, but all died at a local hospital, Pooley said.
A few hours later, investigators discovered that the couple was
separated and their oldest child, 3-year-old Reighn, was unaccounted
for.
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