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| Parkville murder: woman found dead in Melbourne park identified as Courtney Herron | |
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| The woman who was found dead in a Melbourne park has been identified as 25-year-old Courtney Herron. | |
| Victoria police said Herron, who had no fixed address, was killed in Royal Park on Friday night, before walkers found her body near a log on Saturday morning. | |
| Her death has again raised anger in Melbourne, with police and the premier calling for men’s attitudes to women to change. | |
| “This is a terrible tragedy,” the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, told reporters on Sunday. | |
| Dog walkers found Herron’s body among logs and trees near the North Park tennis club just before 9.30am on Saturday. | |
| Ned Thompson, who lives locally, left flowers at the Parkville scene to pay his respects. | Ned Thompson, who lives locally, left flowers at the Parkville scene to pay his respects. |
| “It’s just too close to home with Eurydice Dixon,” he told the Herald Sun. “I went to her memorial and I was really moved … This just has to stop.” | “It’s just too close to home with Eurydice Dixon,” he told the Herald Sun. “I went to her memorial and I was really moved … This just has to stop.” |
| Another resident who lives nearby, Peter Chalmers, also spoke to the News Corp paper. | Another resident who lives nearby, Peter Chalmers, also spoke to the News Corp paper. |
| “It is pretty ghastly,” he said. “I walk here every day and often see young girls alone. | “It is pretty ghastly,” he said. “I walk here every day and often see young girls alone. |
| “There should be more lights because it’s dark at night.” | “There should be more lights because it’s dark at night.” |
| A card at the scene reads: “You deserved so much better. May you rest in everlasting peace.” | A card at the scene reads: “You deserved so much better. May you rest in everlasting peace.” |
| North Park tennis club head coach Gabriel Moise told the ABC it was “pretty scary” to learn of the discovery of the woman’s body. | North Park tennis club head coach Gabriel Moise told the ABC it was “pretty scary” to learn of the discovery of the woman’s body. |
| “It’s very bad … it’s pretty confronting,” he said. | “It’s very bad … it’s pretty confronting,” he said. |
| He said more lighting was needed in the area. | He said more lighting was needed in the area. |
| “It is fairly dark in the morning. When I open up here [at the tennis courts] it’s pitch black,” he said. | “It is fairly dark in the morning. When I open up here [at the tennis courts] it’s pitch black,” he said. |
| Woman found dead in Parkville, Melbourne in 'horrendous crime' | Woman found dead in Parkville, Melbourne in 'horrendous crime' |
| Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper said on Saturday that officers were trying to work out how Herron was killed. | |
| “This is an horrendous crime, as all murders are, and particularly the murders of women, and we’ve got our best people [investigating],” he said. | “This is an horrendous crime, as all murders are, and particularly the murders of women, and we’ve got our best people [investigating],” he said. |
| The park is one of Melbourne’s busiest by day and used by rough sleepers at night. Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything on Friday night or the early hours of Saturday to come forward. | The park is one of Melbourne’s busiest by day and used by rough sleepers at night. Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything on Friday night or the early hours of Saturday to come forward. |
| It is also a short distance from Princes Park, where Eurydice Dixon’s body was found on 12 June last year. | It is also a short distance from Princes Park, where Eurydice Dixon’s body was found on 12 June last year. |
| Herron’s death is the latest in a series of women killed and dumped on Melbourne’s streets since Dixon’s rape and murder. | |
| Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was killed when she was attacked on her walk home near La Trobe University on 15 January. | Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was killed when she was attacked on her walk home near La Trobe University on 15 January. |
| Maasarwe and Dixon were both allegedly attacked by men they did not know. | Maasarwe and Dixon were both allegedly attacked by men they did not know. |
| Jaymes Todd, 19, has pleaded guilty to the murder and rape of Dixon and will return to court in August, while Codey Herrmann, 20, has been charged with attacking Maasarwe. | Jaymes Todd, 19, has pleaded guilty to the murder and rape of Dixon and will return to court in August, while Codey Herrmann, 20, has been charged with attacking Maasarwe. |
| In April Natalina Angok’s body was found dumped in Chinatown, allegedly killed by her one-time partner Christopher Allen, who has been charged. | In April Natalina Angok’s body was found dumped in Chinatown, allegedly killed by her one-time partner Christopher Allen, who has been charged. |
| The premier, who delivered Australia’s first royal commission into family violence last term, said while the state had made significant progress on violence against women, there was more to be done. | |
| “This is not about the way women behave, this is not about where women are at what hour,” he said. “This is most likely about the behaviour of men.” | |
| Assistant commissioner Luke Cornelius told reporters Melbourne on Saturday that Melbourne was a safe city but attitudes against women needed to change. | |
| “What is it in our community that allows some men to think that it’s still OK to attack women or take from women what they want?” he said. “Violence against women is absolutely about men’s behaviour.” | |
| Cornelius said there would be an increased police presence in the Parkville area, including bicycle patrols and officers on horseback. | |
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