Dad abducts 3-year-old daughter, abandons her in burning car (Ellenbrook, Australia)

Terribly confusing article, starting with the headline.

So we have a father who what? Broke into the mother's home and assaulted her? No mention of the mother so we don't know if it was her or somebody else. We know he seriously assaulted someone. Was Dad also living in the home? Or elsewhere? Don't know. But the children scatter, flee the home. Except for the 3-year-old daughter which Dad abducts before abandoning her in a burning car that was stolen (from the mother? Somebody else?).

UNNAMED DAD

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/22805603/girl-3-abandoned-in-burning-car/

Girl, 3, abandoned in burning car

Elle Farcic
The West Australian

April 21, 2014, 9:19 am

A three-year-old girl was taken to hospital after her father allegedly abandoned her in a burning car after a domestic incident in Ellenbrook.

Police were called to a domestic disturbance at an Ellenbrook home about 10.10pm.

Officers were told someone had been seriously assaulted and a 25-year-old man had damaged the house.

It is alleged a number of children fled the home before the man left the scene in a stolen car, taking his daughter with him.

A police spokesman said concerns were held for the child’s safety because of the man’s behaviour.

Police spotted the man driving on Lloyd Street in Midland with no headlights on about 11pm.

“Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, however the man failed to stop,” the spokeswoman said.

“Due to the fact there was a child in the vehicle, officers did not engage in a pursuit, but attempted to monitor the movements of the vehicle.”

The car was found crashed into a concrete barrier on Great Eastern Highway, near the Roe Highway on-ramp, a short time later.

It was on fire and the man had fled the scene on foot, leaving the three-year-old in the burning car.

The girl was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital after police rescued her from the car.

She is in a critical but stable condition.

Officers found the man on Beaconsfield Avenue in Midvale a short time later.

He was arrested and taken to Swan District Hospital by St John Ambulance officers.

The man allegedly failed a breath test at the hospital and was taken to Midland police station for questioning.

It is believed he also drove into a Toyota Yaris on Great Eastern Highway earlier in the night.

The East Victoria Park man will face a string of charges today.

He was refused bail and has returned to hospital.