A man has been charged with murder after Courtney Herron was found bashed to death in a Melbourne park on Saturday.
Detectives arrested and charged the man, of no fixed address, on Sunday.
Ms Herron was found in Royal Park, off Elliot Avenue in Parkville in inner city Melbourne about 9.15am Saturday. She was found by dog walkers.
Homicide squad Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper said there had been some attempts made to conceal the body.
“The level of violence involved here was extreme in my view,” he told reporters on Sunday. “This was a particularly, particularly horrendous attack.”
The exact cause of death was yet to be determined, with police saying the investigation was ongoing.
“Homicide Squad detectives arrested and interviewed the 27-year-old on Sunday and charged him overnight with one count of murder,” Victorian Police said in a statement this morning.
He said police had no evidence as yet that it was a sexually-motivated crime or if a weapon was used.
The 27-year-old will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court later today.
Inspector Stamper said Ms Herron had not been living at a fixed address and was couch surfing and sleeping rough, as well as struggling with drug and mental health issues.
The last confirmed sighting of the 25-year-old was May 14 at St Albans when she was in contact with police.
Her friends have remembered her as a young woman with a smile that could light up a room, saying the 25-year-old had a heart of gold, according to 9 News.
One of her former teachers expressed deep sadness hearing of Ms Herron’s death, saying she was shocked to hear Ms Herron had been homeless, going on to say, “It horrifies me to think of her last terrifying moments, and being alone.”
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday said more was required to protect women from being attacked. “This is a terrible tragedy.
“This is not about the way women behave, this is not about where women are at what hour.”
In an interview with the ABC, a coach from nearby North Park Tennis Club said the discovery was “confronting”.
“It’s very bad … it’s pretty confronting,” tennis coach Gabriel Moise said. “It is fairly dark in the morning. When I open up here (at the tennis courts) it’s pitch black.”
The park where Ms Herron was found is a short distance from Princes Park, where aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon’s body was found on June 12 last year.
The death is the latest in a series of women killed and dumped on Melbourne’s streets since Ms Dixon’s rape and murder.
Aiia Maasarwe, 21, an exchange student, was killed in an horrific attack as she made her way home alone after going to a comedy show with friends.
Her body was found in shrubs about 50m from a tram stop near La Trobe University on January 15. Codey Herrmann was charged with her rape and murder three days later.
Geelong woman Natalina Angok, 32, was killed last month with her body discovered in a Chinatown alleyway in Melbourne’s CBD on April 24.
Christopher Bell, the victim’s boyfriend, was charged with her murder.
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Courtney Herron: Man charged with murder after Melbourne park death - NEWS.com.au"
Post a Comment