Coffs Harbour stabbing: Tragic last moments revealed of surfer Kye Schaefer who ... trends now
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A man has revealed the horrifying moment he discovered a surfer stabbed multiple times during an early-morning attack at a popular NSW beach.
Kye Schaefer, 22, was fatally stabbed in the neck and chest after leaving the surf at Park Beach on Ocean Parade in Coffs Harbour shortly after 6am on Thursday.
A local man who had been sleeping rough in the carpark said he saw Mr Schaefer slumped on the ground next to his car before emergency services arrived.
'I put my joggers on to go for a run and I just saw him ... he looked like he was sitting down on the ground up against his driver's door,' he told 7News.
'All I could see was his legs in his wetsuit. He just looked like he was sitting there, and I couldn't see much more of him, except for his legs.
'Then I got back from my jog and there were cops who wouldn't let me into the carpark ... there were all these cops everywhere.'
The family of Kye Schaefer, 22, have mourned the sudden and tragic loss of the young man with a 'heart of gold'
The man said Mr Schaefer had been seen arriving at the beach early each morning over the past week.
The revelations come as Mr Schaefer's family mourn the sudden and tragic loss of the young man with a 'heart of gold'.
His uncle, Ralph, told 2BG radio his nephew had a 'gentle, caring nature'.
'He was a
