Major update after nine-month-old baby girl was brutally stabbed in horror Westfield Bondi Junction massacre
The nine-month-old girl who was stabbed by mad knifeman Joel Cauchi has been moved from intensive care.
Osteopath Mrs Good, 38, was shopping with her nine-month-old child, Harriet, on Saturday afternoon when Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed them both with a 12-inch hunting knife.
One of Mrs Good’s last acts before she later died in hospital was throwing Harriet into the arms of strangers and begging them to ‘please help, help’.
Two brothers, using clothes from the Tommy Hilfiger store, stopped the baby’s bleeding before she was rushed to hospital to undergo emergency surgery.
Baby Harriet was monitored in intensive care, but on Tuesday evening she was discharged to a normal ward of the hospital.
Osteopath Ash Good (pictured), 38, was shopping with her nine-month-old baby, Harriet, on Saturday afternoon when Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed them with a 12-inch hunting knife
That morning, NSW Health Minister Ryan Park revealed Harriet’s condition had improved.
“Thankfully we have seen the nine-month-old baby’s condition downgraded from critical to serious at Randwick Children’s Hospital,” Mr Park told the ABC.
“We hope to have her in the department in the coming days.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Ms Good’s shocked parents and relatives visited the sea of flowers, messages and teddy bears left at the makeshift memorial outside Westfield Bondi Junction.
Her mother, who wore dark glasses and clutched teddies, was comforted by high-profile defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who was a close friend of Ashlee’s and had been with her shortly before the stabbing.
She had left the scene but ran back after news of the stabbing spread, only to discover her close friend was one of the victims.
Her mother, who wore dark glasses and clutched teddies, was comforted by high-profile defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who was a close friend of Ashlee’s and had been with her shortly before the stabbing (pictured)
Ms. Giles recently represented former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach, the man responsible for sensationally blowing open the defamation lawsuit against Bruce Lehrmann.
The outpouring of public mourning for Ms Good has prompted generous Australians to donate more than $460,000 to a fundraiser for her partner Dan and her motherless child.
“Ash was a ray of sunshine and positivity in every aspect of her life and died a hero saving her little girl from the most unspeakable evil.” GoFundMe organizer Steven Foxwell wrote.
Ms Good’s father was former North Melbourne AFL player and board member Kerry Good.
She was remembered by her family as a ‘beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend’ and an ‘all-round outstanding human being’.
Ms Good was one of six victims of crazed knifeman Cauchi, who was later shot dead by a female police officer.
Advertising heiress Dawn Singleton, 25, architect Jade Young, 47, artist Pikria Darchia, 55, security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, and Chinese student Yixuan Cheng, 27, died at the scene.