Convicted murderer Alicia Schiller’s surprise prison proposal before IVF controversy

Convicted killer Alicia Schiller said “yes” to her jailbird lover in a maximum security prison proposal before she was given the green light to undergo IVF treatment.

Rhiannon Dunn with Alicia Schiller. Picture: Supplied

Convicted murderer Alicia Schiller said “yes” to her jailbird lover in a maximum security prison proposal before she was controversially given the green light to undergo IVF treatment.

New photos reveal inmate Rhiannon Dunn asked Schiller to marry her while both the women were incarcerated at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne’s west.

The images, posted to social media in December, show Dunn kneeling on a bended knee while holding a blue ring box towards the callous killer.

Dunn proposing to Schiller while at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. Picture: Supplied

Other photos show the loved-up prisoners smiling and kissing each other while standing in front of a blue and black wall.

“When I proposed to Alicia,” Dunn captioned the images.

Dunn was thrown behind bars after she stabbed a man and a woman near Flinders St on September 8, 2022.

The then 28-year-old, who was on bail at the time, was high on methylamphetamine and cannabis during the frenzied attack.

The couple met while they were both in prison. Picture: Supplied

The couple started dating nine days later and have continued their relationship since Dunn was released from prison in December.

The Herald Sun understands Dunn, who got Schiller’s name tattooed on her finger, regularly visits and video calls her jailed fiancee.

In a gushing Facebook post, she said the murderer was an “amazing woman” who made her life “better”.

“Had the best zoom with my beautiful wife to be Alicia,” she said.

“I love her so much, I’m going to visit her tomorrow I’m keen,” she said.

Schiller on a zoom call with Dunn. Picture: Supplied

Dunn also posted about feeling “empty” without her “Mrs”.

“F*** that visit was good but f*** it ripped my heart when I had to leave … I miss her so much … it hurts,” she wrote.

“I miss my Mrs. It’s lonely without her … not to mention being on my own when I’m used to being surrounded by others … such a weird feeling.”

Schiller was sentenced to 16 years in jail in 2017 after she was found guilty of murdering her housemate Tyrelle Evertsen-Mostert in a drug-fuelled rage three years prior.

Schiller entering court in November 2016. Picture: Mark Stewart

The Herald Sun revealed in November that Schiller was approved to receive fertility treatment while in prison but abandoned her plans after a huge community backlash.

It is believed Schiller told authorities the child could live with her mother once it turned five.

Under Victorian laws, children can be raised inside prison until they reach that age, but then should be cared for in the community.

But Kathryn Footner, a lawyer for Schiller’s mother, said her client would not care for the infant if the IVF treatment was successful and her daughter fell pregnant.

Dunn was contacted for comment.

Originally published as Convicted murderer Alicia Schiller’s surprise prison proposal before IVF controversy