Cassius Turvey was trying to stop fight before 'racist' murder

Australian Community Media

Cassius Turvey, a Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after he was deliberately struck to the head in Perth's eastern suburbs on October 13, 2022.

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00:00Cassius was not just part of my life, he was my future, my family and my home.

00:05The day he was taken from us is the day my world shattered. He was murdered.

00:13That truth is something I live with every single day. It's not just the absence of his presence,

00:19it's the silence where his laughter used to be, the emptiness in moments we were supposed to share

00:27and the unbearable way of knowing he didn't get to live the life that he deserved.

00:33The pain is constant and the grief is immeasurable.

00:38When Cassius was assaulted I asked him why he was going to look at a fight

00:47and because it's not Cassius to rock up at a fight and he said I was hoping to either talk them out of it

00:53or get them to have a fair fight. So I think that's a testament to Cassius and his mentorship and leadership.

01:04Well we don't hear that laugh no more. That laugh was so loud he just, the moment he walked into a room,

01:11you know, the room changed and even when there was sadness going on, Cassius had the knack of just

01:18you know, making us laugh or just getting us to look in a different direction.

01:27You could talk all day about Cassius and his values as a young man.

01:31He's definitely an old soul.

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