Emotional scenes as Ash Good’s grieving family break down at Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing memorial
The family of murdered mother-of-one Ashlee Good were devastated as they laid flowers at the Westfield Bondi Junction memorial today.
Osteopath Mrs Good, 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.
One of Mrs. Good’s last acts 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.
Harriet is now in a serious but stable condition.
But tragically, her mother died in hospital later on Saturday evening.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Good’s devastated parents and relatives visited the sea of flowers, messages and teddy bears left at the makeshift memorial outside Westfield Bondi Junction.
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
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.
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.
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)
“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.