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Wednesday 11 December 2024
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‘Kind soul’ Sandra Dobrila (inset) was found dead in Mordialloc on 28 November. She has been remembered for “spreading love and kindness”. Pictures: Gary Sissons, Supplied
Tributes for woman found dead Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au A WOMAN found dead at a Mordialloc home last month has been remembered as a “beautiful, kind soul”. Police found the bodies of a 41-year-old Mordialloc woman and 38-year-old St Kilda man at a house
on James Street on 28 November. After the discovery, they said they were not looking for anyone else in connection to the deaths. The woman has since been identified as Sandra Dobrila. Tributes to her have flowed across social media in the week since her death. A statement on the Red Heart Campaign advocacy group’s Facebook
page read “Sandra is the 89th of 92 Australian women killed this year – and she is one of four women lost to violence in a matter of days.” The social media post read “‘She had the most beautiful aura about her, spreading love and kindness wherever she went,’ her friend told me this afternoon. ‘Sandra was always the first to check on everyone
around her, making sure they were ok. She was a beautiful, kind soul who didn’t deserve what happened to her.’ I cannot agree more with Sandra’s friend. Sandra deserved a long and peaceful life.” A statement from Respect Victoria read “Counting Dead Women Australia now lists at least 71 women killed in 2024 alone, the majority al-
legedly by men known to them. “These deaths were preventable.” Red Heart Campaign is hosting a vigil on 14 December to commemorate the lives of women killed in 2024. The vigil will begin at 4pm at Darling Gardens rotunda in Clifton Hill.