Twin of Bourke St victim Jess Mudie pays tear-jerking tribute with simplest of Facebook posts
Emily Mudie, the sister of one of the five Bourke St victims, Jess, 22, from Wattle Grove, Sydney, posted the simplest of Facebook posts.
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Flowers were laid at the door of Jessica Mudie’s parents today in Wattle Grove as friends and family grieved for the 22-year-old.
The young woman from Sydney was in the wrong place at the wrong time as she was mown down by the driver of a red Commodore in Melbourne on Friday afternoon.
One of five victims of the Bourke Street rampage, the insurance consultant had been visiting the city when she was hit.
Today, Dimitrious Gargasoulas, 26, refused to appear before a judge after being released from hospital after five days of treatment.
The father of four, whose girlfriend, Akiir Laurinda Muo, a Sudanese-born hair braider, is also pregnant, will face five counts of murder.
Along with Miss Mudie, Thalin Hakin, 10, Matthew Si, 33, a three-month-old baby and a 25-year-old man also died.
Members of Miss Mudie’s family were believed to travelling to tonight’s vigil in Melbourne to pay tribute.
Meanwhile, tributes from friends poured in for the pretty blonde, twin to sister Emily, on social media.
Alex Texier wrote on Facebook that he was “devastated” and “in absolute shock.”
Laura Ulrick said: “I genuinely can’t believe it.”
Phil Taylor wrote: “The bond you shared with your family was unbelievable”’while Libby Richie said she was “completely devastated.”
Former flatmate Rossana Porto paid a moving and lengthy tribute writing: “it took around 20 miss to fall in love with this girl ...
“I was looking for a room to rent and her house was the first one I went to see, she was the one that showed me the place and then she sat down and talked about everything for those 20 min.
“In the end I didn’t want to see any other place, even though it was far and over my budget, I just wanted to come back everyday to that place and talk to that girl!
“And I definitely made the right decision, because I ended up living with one of the most amazing people I have ever met! Everyday I would get home and she would be there, eating junk food, bothering Reece (her favourite sport), watching the same movie for the 10th time and then she would stop everything for a second and look at me with that smile, she always had that smile, the one that makes you feel like everything is OK. She was always so happy and full of life that it was contagious, you couldn’t feel bad around.
“ I will always carry you in my heart, my sweetest girl!”
Originally published as Twin of Bourke St victim Jess Mudie pays tear-jerking tribute with simplest of Facebook posts
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