'Heartbreaking': Tributes paid to comedian who was killed as she walked home

Eurydice Dixon (22) was found dead in Melbourne.

TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid to a comedian who was killed as she walked home in Australia.

The body of Eurydice Dixon (22) was found at a football field in Melbourne on Wednesday.

She was allegedly raped and murdered, BBC News reports. A 19-year-old man, Jaymes Todd, has been charged by police.

Local media have reported that Dixon’s body was found a few hundred metres from where she lived.

According to The Age, she had sent a text message to a friend saying: “I’m almost home safe, HBU [how about you].”

Fellow comedian Julia Morris said the news was “beyond heartbreaking”, tweeting: “An important and funny voice has been extinguished.”

I am absolutely shattered to hear of the despicable death of Eurydice Dixon. Our comedy community is like a family & this news is beyond heart breaking. My deepest condolences go to her family and friends. An important and funny voice has been extinguished. Vale Eurydice Dixon Jx pic.twitter.com/aqXAxISePW
— Julia Morris (@Ladyjmo) June 14, 2018

Julia Morris / Twitter

Radio and TV presenter Ash London and comedian Peter Helliar also paid tribute, with the latter saying Dixon seemed to be “a funny, friendly, warm woman with the world at her feet”.

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My thoughts with friends & family of Eurydice Dixon. Never met but from all accounts a funny, friendly, warm woman with the world at her feet. This feels close to home & it breaks my heart. Time for courts to get tough on murderers/sex offenders & for men to take responsibility.
— Peter Helliar (@pjhelliar) June 14, 2018

Peter Helliar / Twitter

A vigil in Dixon’s honor is set to be held at Princes Park in Melbourne in the coming days.

In a few days, women across Melbourne will hold a vigil in Princes Park for the life of Eurydice Dixon. They will do so firm in the knowledge that Eurydice died because of her attacker's decisions – not because of her own. They're right. And we need to accept that fact, too.
— Dan Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) June 15, 2018

Daniel Andrews / Twitter

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