Catch this sick freak: Shocked parents ask for help to capture coffee criminal
The parents of a badly burnt baby have issued a plea to find the “sick freak” who allegedly poured hot coffee on their nine-month-old son.
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Police are trying to identify a man after the infant suffered burns to his face and chest, in what officers described as a ācowardlyā and random assault in a Brisbane park.
The baby remains in hospital in a stable condition after undergoing surgery.
Police are still looking for the alleged attacker, releasing footage of a man running away after the āterrifyingā incident at Hanlon Park, Stones Corner on Tuesday afternoon.
New photos were released on Thursday morning as police try to identify the man.
The boyās mother said āsome guyā poured hot coffee over her sonās head while they were enjoying a picnic with a friend and her baby at about midday.
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She urged anyone with information to contact police, posting online: āThis man needs to be found and chargedā.
The parents are still reeling from the attack, saying they canāt comprehend why someone would hurt an infant.
āI donāt know who would think thatās okay to harm an innocent little baby,ā the mother told Nine Network.
āA sick freak,ā the father then said.
The mother said a nurse heard the babyās screams and ran over to help before an ambulance arrived soon afterwards.
āItās torture. I am supposed to be his protector and I couldnāt protect him,ā the mother told Nine Network on Wednesday night.
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āIām just having flashbacks all the time about what happened.ā
She said her friend ran after the alleged attacker but he got away.
A woman organising a GoFundMe page for the baby said she was the friend who was with the mother during the alleged attack.
The woman said she was sitting down with her own son at the picnic when she looked up and saw a āstrange manā standing over the nine-month-old.
āThis man ā¦poured a thermos of hot coffee over him. He (baby) just started screaming,ā she told Network Tenās The Project on Wednesday night.
The woman said she tried to pursue the āvery fastā man as he fled but she tripped, returning to help her friendās baby.
āEssentially all I could hear was his mum screamingā¦āItās hot, itās hot coffeeā,ā the woman said.
āWe laid him down on the picnic rug and we peeled his clothes away, which revealed the peeling of his skin ā his skin had started to blister.ā
Police released two more images on Thursday after sharing CCTV footage of a man running from the park and down the street.
They said finding the man was critical to their investigation.
The man was wearing glasses, a shirt, shorts and a black hat.
He is believed to be aged around 30 to 40 with a proportionate build and tanned skin.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police.
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