Indian Community in Australia

A teenager girl, named Jamie, who killed Mr Rathod last week believed she was werewolf. She has an acute psychiatric illeness.

The carers say Jamie Dolheguy, 18, who once snarled and tried to bite people while suffering the werewolf delusion and had always been a danger to the public.

“Everyone is scared of her,” a carer said.

“No one was surprised [she allegedly killed the student]. We were all heartbroken but not surprised.”

Police allege Ms Jamie killed Maulin Rathod at her home in Ross Court, Sunbury.

Ms Jamie wrote in her social media profile that she believed “demons are real and ghost are too, they live inside us and sometimes they win.”

“Sometimes when no one is looking, my demon comes out to play. I try and fight her but she just gets stronger.”

The carer, who wishes to remain anonymous, said Ms Dolheguy’s behaviour in the years prior to Mr Rathod’s death was “extreme”.

“She was extremely disturbed,” she said. “She was extremely high risk for her entire adolescence.”

Another person familiar with Ms Dolheguy’s case said: “Jamie should never have been in our community and left on her own to [allegedly] harm another person.

“The police, ambulance … everyone knew the risk she posed to the community and herself, yet that risk was not taken seriously.”

A third person said: “Everyone knew she was dangerous.

“The fact that she was in unsupervised contact with the public is a disgrace.”

Police have not released details about how Maulin Rathod was allegedly killed.