Former colleague of murdered Adelaide mother Jodie Jewell pleads for state government action on domestic violence

A former colleague of murdered mum Jodie Jewell has penned an impassioned open letter to the Premier after yet another brutal crime shocked the state.

A former colleague of murdered Adelaide mother Jodie Jewell has penned an emotional letter to Premier Peter Malinauskas calling for more to be done to prevent violence against women.

Lori Baker, a former colleague of Ms Jewell at Optus, posted on social media an open letter this week written to Mr Malinauskas pleading for the government to take action.

“Jodie was not only our co worker for 20 plus years, she was a woman, a mother, a friend and so much more,” Ms Baker wrote.

“She suffered in silence for most of her marriage feeling lost and helpless.

“No one knew the extent of what she had to endure.

“She is yet another number on a list, she is another body who has been removed from a home she lived in, she is another funeral where family, friends and co workers will cry and reminisce.”

Jodie Jewell was murdered by her estranged husband in their family home at Modbury North. Picture: Supplied

Ms Jewell was brutally gunned down by her estranged husband Kevin Jewell in their family home at Modbury North on Tuesday night before he fled, sparking a statewide manhunt.

His body was found near Curramulka on the Yorke Peninsula about 11.30am Thursday.

Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.

In the wake of her murder, friends and family paid tribute to Ms Jewell, whose body was the fourth discovered in a week in murders allegedly committed by their partners.

“She is a mother lost to now a lost daughter, who will now have to navigate this world alone without the love and support of her biggest cheerleader, her mother Jodie,” Ms Baker wrote.

“How many more women will die before someone does something.

“Please I beg you.

“Please, fix this mess.”

Domestic violence advocates have called for a royal commission in the wake of Ms Jewell’s death. Picture: Supplied

Lori Baker's letter on Facebook.

Ms Baker’s plea comes after domestic violence advocates called for a royal commission into the “terrifying” surge in deaths.

“Four women dead in seven days is absolutely terrifying,” Adelaide Holly, whose mother Graziella Dailler was killed by her estranged partner in Encounter Bay in 2014, before he took his own life, said.

“It’s infuriating to know that this is still happening in our society.

“It feels no different to 10 years ago when it happened to our family.

“Not much has changed if four more families will suffer that same inconsolable grief.”

Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Minister Katrine Hildyard said the “brutal murders” of the past week were “utterly unacceptable”.

“All of these deaths were preventable (and) we are determined to help advance change that means men do not harm women,” she said.