Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Suspected killer, Paul Thjissen, seen driving through a path to dump murder weapon, hammer, in a bin after he killed his ex girlfriend, Lilie James, in Australia.
“In all of my dealings with Lilie, she was full of vitality, energy, enthusiasm and a natural fit in our community.”
McGonigle also released a note from some of James’s closest colleagues.
“Lilie’s bright, bubbly personality will be dearly missed,” they said.
“She was a vibrant, smart, compassionate young lady who impacted the lives of many at our school and we are utterly heartbroken by this news.”
McGonigle said that the priority for the school was to support the sports assistant’s parents, brother and extended family.
“We all stand with them in their pain,” she said.
“The horrors of evil do not and will not define us. We will have to all strongly commit to that truth every day, and sometimes every moment of the day, to make it a reality. I know we can.”
Students will be able to return to school on Monday, with a number of precautions being taken for safety and wellbeing, including providing extra counsellors.
The gymnasium will be out of bounds and one of the libraries will be transformed into a drop-in counselling centre.
Murdered water polo coach Lilie James’ family believe her killer “wouldn’t take no for an answer” when she broke up with him just days before her death.
The beloved 21-year-old was found at St Andrew’s School in Sydney’s CBD in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Police believe she was murdered by colleague Paul Thijssen, who she had just ended a brief relationship with.
His body was later found at the base of cliffs near Diamond Bay Reserve in the city’s east.
Daniel Makovec, a friend of the family who launched a GoFundMe in Lilie’s honour, said Thijssen had “stolen everything from us”.
“She broke it off by the sounds of things, so he stole her from us, he took away everything, ripped us to piece”, he exclusively told the Daily Telegraph.
In a note to parents on Friday afternoon, the head of the school, Dr Julie McGonigle, said police had assured her that the killing was unforeseeable and vowed not to let the “horrors of evil” define the school community.
“Based on [a representative of NSW police’s] extensive investigation, he assured us that this was a completely unforeseeable event,” McGonigle told parents.
“There are no words for what has occurred. It is like entering a foreign land which possesses no words.”
The school was shut to all students on Thursday and Friday other than for those completing their year 12 exams.
McGonigle said James was a “much-loved” sports assistant. Just days after losing their loved one, the 21-year-old’s parents and brother are still “numb by the non-understanding of why”, the publication reports.
On Friday, Lilie’s dad was visibly upset and crying while speaking about his “vibrant, outgoing” and loved daughter. Reading out a statement to NCA NewsWire inside their family home in Sydney’s south, Jamie said the family was “devastated and heartbroken by the loss of our beautiful Lilie James”.