Tributes paid to Australia comedian ‘raped and murdered’ when walking home from a gig

Tributes are being paid to an Australian comedian who was raped and murdered while walking home from a gig.

Eurydice Dixon was found at a Melbourne football field in the early hours of Wednesday morning. She had been performing in a local bar not long before. BBC reports that a 19-year-old male has been charged with the comedian's death. People have been paying tributes to Dixon since her death, saying that she was "entitled to feel safe" while walking home alone at night. Alex Lee wrote on Twitter:

"My first stand up set when I was the same age as Eurydice Dixon, was about being afraid walking home at night. "Making jokes about it was a way to feel slightly empowered instead of small and frightened. Mourning for this young comedian who was entitled to feel safe."

https://twitter.com/alex_c_lee/status/1007150804116090880 Others have also been sharing clips of Dixon's sets, remembering her work, and calling for blame to be placed on the attacker instead of the victim. https://twitter.com/pjhelliar/status/1007235762985660416 https://twitter.com/chloebooker/status/1007106801639145473 https://twitter.com/HarryCook/status/1007142548349976576 https://twitter.com/Meshel_Laurie/status/1007122220420755459 https://twitter.com/paulaferrari_oz/status/1007191508410224640 Jaymes Todd handed himself into the authorities on Wednesday night. The 19-year-old was charged with rape and murder and will face court on October 3. Dixon was 300 metres from her home in Melbourne when she was attacked.