The comments posted on social media paint a picture of a troubled young man who believes he has little to lose.
"Who (and) wat (sic) do i have (and) the truth is no one (and) nothing," Christopher Chandler wrote on social media last month.
"At least were (sic) only here so long."
Chandler's erratic lifestyle and clashes with the law reached a boiling point this week when he allegedly led police on a wild pursuit in Sydney's west that left a 17-month-old child dead.
The 22-two-year-old was allegedly behind the wheel of the charcoal-coloured Audi that ploughed through a fence in a Constitution Hill street on Thursday night.
Tatalena Tauaifaga was playing on the other side of the fence and sustained fatal injuries.
It is unclear whether the police car or Chandler's stolen car hit Tatalena, a twin and one of eight children in the family.
The Audi was later found in Darlinghurst, where a woman alleged to have been Chandler's passenger was arrested.
Chandler hasn't been found.
A neighbour and family friend, who spoke on the basis of anonymity, said Chandler and his younger brother, Corey, grew up in a house on the opposite side of Richill Park, near Callan Way.
It is visible from Tatalena's family home, now the location for a steadily growing shrine of tributes, flowers and candles.
The neighbour, whose son was friends with Chandler, said Chandler suffered a major blow when his mother, Lisa, died almost six years ago.
"Him and his brother, they didn't have anyone else," he told AAP on Saturday.
"His father didn't want them, he was in jail.
"They lived with their grandmother for a while in Redfern. They were basically homeless."
The man, who has lived in the community for almost two decades, said he took Chandler in at one point but eventually had enough.
After a reporter showed the man the police mug shot of a gaunt-looking Chandler, he began to cry.
"If maybe he had someone to support him..." he said.
Another young woman said she grew up in the community with Chandler.
"We all grew up together and we don't judge people," she said.
Police are looking for Chandler, who allegedly stole the Audi from Kingsford on Wednesday, but have urged the public not to approach him.
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