Pictures have emerged of a 38-year-old mother who was tragically found dead with her baby daughter inside a home south of Brisbane – after a blood-soaked man with a neck wound was hit by a car as he fled the property. 

Kate Paterson, a Year 5 teacher at Windaroo State School, and her one-year-old daughter April were found by police with fatal stab wounds on Thursday morning.   

Police had initially rushed to reports of a pedestrian with a neck wound who was hit by a car outside a nearby Woolworths – on Beaudesert Beenleigh Road at Bannockburn – about 7.30am.

When officers went to an address 300m away in Belivah to alert the man’s next of kin, they found the bodies.

A trail of blood led from the home to where the father, 39-year-old Blake Seers, was hit by a ute. He was rushed to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition, where he remains unconscious under police guard.

Detective Superintendent Chris Ahearn confirmed the three all lived at the home where the dead mother and daughter were found.

‘We have witness accounts of him running from that house shortly before he was struck by the car,’ said Det Supt Ahearn.

‘There are some witness accounts that suggest he was running towards where he was hit by the car and already had some injuries to the neck.

‘But forensic examination and fuller treatment of the full circumstances are going to be able to answer those questions.’

Police made the grim discovery after they attended the man’s house to inform family that he had been in a serious crash.

‘That’s how we came about being at the house and making the discovery that we did,’ Det Supt Ahearn said.

‘Early indications are that there are no domestic violence related holdings from a police perspective, in relation to this family.

‘We believe [the father] has just headed down that street and then got to where the car was and then was struck there.

‘We’re anxious to speak with him so that we can get a fuller appraisal of the circumstances.’

Detectives and forensic officers remained at the home on Thursday afternoon, as neighbours described hearing screams shortly earlier in the morning.

‘We just heard screaming coming from the house,’ said one. 

One shocked neighbour told Daily Mail police arrived outside the Belivah property at about 8.30am.

She had never met the occupiers of the home but believed they had moved in recently.

A heavy police presence has surrounded the home, which was built around six to nine months ago, according to another neighbour.

Footage showed Beaudesert Beenleigh Road blocked off with multiple emergency vehicles.

‘Large police presence in the area too, had about four pass me under lights and sirens,’ a local posted online.

Another added: ‘I had to park at the Woolies and walk to my house.’

Police dismissed unconfirmed reports that gunshots were heard from the home.

‘We do not believe there has been gunshots,’ Det Supt Ahearn said.

‘The injuries are consistent with an edged weapon, so the notion of a gunshot has not come up in our investigation.’

Beaudesert Beenleigh Road, at the intersection of Belivah Rd was closed to traffic for the rest of the morning as detectives and forensic officers examined the scene.

Police urge potential witnesses in the vicinity of Belivah Road, Belivah and Beaudesert-Beenleigh Road at Bannockburn between 7am and 8.30am on Thursday  and may have information or vision to contact them.