The family of Ashlee Good’s murdered mother broke down today as they laid flowers at the Westfield Bondi Junction memorial.
Osteopath Good, 38, was shopping with her nine-month-old baby, Harriet, on Saturday afternoon when Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed them with a 30cm-long hunting knife.
One of Mrs. Good’s last acts was to throw Harriet into the arms of strangers begging them to “please help, help.”
Two brothers, wearing clothes from the Tommy Hilfiger store, stopped the baby’s bleeding before she was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
Harriet is now in a serious but stable condition.
But tragically, his mother died in hospital on Saturday night.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ms Good’s devastated parents and relatives visited the sea of flowers, messages and teddy bears abandoned at the makeshift memorial outside Westfield Bondi Junction.
Osteopath Ash Good (pictured), 38, was shopping with his nine-month-old baby, Harriet, on Saturday afternoon when Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed them with a 30cm-long hunting knife. long.
Her mother, wearing dark glasses and holding stuffed toys, was comforted by prominent defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who was a close friend of Ashlee and had been with her moments before the stabbing.
She had left the scene but quickly returned after news of the stabbing spread, only to discover that her close friend was among the victims.
Ms. Giles recently represented former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach, the man responsible for sensationally breaking open Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial.
Outpouring of public grief for Ms Good has led generous Australians to donate more than $460,000 to a fundraiser for her partner, Dan, and their orphaned son.
Her mother, wearing dark glasses and holding stuffed toys, was comforted by prominent defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who was a close friend of Ashlee and had been with her moments before the stabbing (pictured).
“Ash was a ray of sunshine and positivity in every aspect of his life and died a hero saving his young daughter from the most unspeakable evil.” GoFundMe wrote organizer Steven Foxwell.
Ms Good’s father was former North Melbourne AFL player and board member Kerry Good.
Her family remembered her as a “beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend” and an “exceptional human in every way.”
Ms Good was one of six victims of crazed knifeman Cauchi, who was later shot dead by a policewoman.
Advertising heiress Dawn Singleton, 25, architect Jade Young, 47, artist Pikria Darchia, 55, security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, and Chinese student Yixuan Cheng, 27 years, died on the spot.
