"I am so heartbroken": Tributes flow for bride-to-be stabbing victim
Family and friends of Dawn Singleton are in mourning after the 25-year-old was one of the six people stabbed to death by Joel Cauchi in Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday.
The 25-year-old was planning her wedding at the time of the stabbing, and was in the shopping centre looking for wedding makeup.
Dawn, daughter of Aussie millionaire businessman John Singleton, had purchased her wedding dress just days before her life was tragically cut short.
“Dawn, I should be writing your wedding speech, but instead I sit here sobbing,” Friend Jade O’Connor wrote on Facebook.
“This year you were meant to get married to the love of your life — I’m so heartbroken and (I) can’t believe this reality.”
Friend Emmi Shannon told 7News, “She was just the most perfect human being that I’ve ever met. She’s so sweet, so humble, so down to earth.”
Dawn was engaged to her high school sweetheart Ashley Wildey, a police officer who had reportedly been on the scene at the shopping centre, attending the scene after finishing another shift.
"He had arrived at Westfield when officers realised his fiancée was one of the victims," a source told The Daily Telegraph.
Mr Wildey was then allowed to leave the scene to be comforted by family and friends, as is procedure.
Singleton worked at White Fox Boutique, with colleagues saying they were “devastated” by her death.
“We are all truly devastated by this loss,” the company said on social media.
“Dawn was a sweet, kind-hearted person who had her whole life ahead of her. She was really amazing."
“We send our love and deepest condolences to her partner, the Singleton family and her friends.”
Dawn was one of six women killed by Joel Cauchi in the callous attack, which left several others injured.
Cauchi's victims included Pikria Darchia, 55, Ashlee Good, 38; Faraz Tahir, 30; Dawn Singleton, 25; Jade Young, 47; and Yixuan Cheng, 25.
A dozen others – mostly women – were also injured, including Good’s nine-month old baby girl.
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