In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Eurydice Dixon’s body was found on a Melbourne soccer field, between Royal Parade and Princes Park Drive at Carlton North.
On Thursday afternoon, a 19-year-old man was arrested for the rape and murder of the 22-year-old aspiring comedian.
On the night of her murder, just a few hundred metres from home, Eurydice Dixon sent her final message.
“I’m almost home safe, HBU [how about you],” she wrote.
The young comedian was on top of the world after performing a successful stand-up gig in the CBD.
But she would never make it home. Her body was found on a soccer pitch around 2.40am on Wednesday morning.
Police believe she sent the Facebook message just after midnight, as she walked through Princes Park in Carlton North.
Eurydice had made this journey home, safely, many times before.
Her close friend Tony Magnuson was one of the last people to see her alive. They left the Highlander Bar at 10.40pm on Tuesday night, grabbed some food, and then parted ways inside Flinders Street Station.
“She was happy and content. She gave me a hug, blew me a kiss and said she was going for a walk,” he told The Age.
“She was on top of the world because her gig went so well.
“At 12am I got a message that said ‘I’m almost home safe, HBU [how about you]’.
In the wake of the murder, police have been warning women to “take responsibility for your safety”.
“The message we would provide to all members of the community is to take responsibility for your safety,” North west division Superintendent David Clayton said.
“Make sure people know where you are and if you’ve got a mobile phone carry it and if you’ve got any concerns at all call police.”
It would appear that Eurydice Dixon, in texting a friend on her journey home, took that exact precaution.
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And where is the warning for the rapists? How about “could the rapists stop raping and murdering”? Or “If you have any concerns about anyone acting strangely or being unaccounted for at weird times please phone it in?” Honestly, WTF is wrong with the world when a woman can’t even walk safely home in Australia after work?
This argument tries to apply logic and rationale towards people who are so often affected by issues or conditions that mean they do not function logically or rationally in society.
If only it were so simple. If only.
For the most part most people who commit crimes know they are wrong, which is why telling them that doesn't help.
They did say if you see anything causing concern call 000.
I agree. People should be safe to go on living their lives as they wish. It's obviously a massive issue.
I also meant by concerning - if it’s your son/brother/husband/boyfriend/friend/flatmate/workmate. If they are being squirrelly, bingeing on porn, unaccountably missing etc.
I’m going to go ahead and say I’m not going to be surprised when the perpetrator, Jaymes Todd, is found to have been bingeing on porn and frequenting violent rape “porn” sites and active in online incel communities.
I think we need to start talking about the link between young male mass shooters and murderers and in US and rape-murderers (such as Todd), and male entitlement (Dimitrios Pagourtzis) and incels (Elliot Rodger, Alek Minassian), porn use, obsessions with other school shootings and domestic violence. Instead of always being shocked when they perpetrate these crimes, when there are actually red flags all over the damn place.
Please take a few minutes to teach your sons not to be violent rapists.