Wednesday 5 October 2022 05:06 AM 'Rest easy little soulja': Family mourns mystery death of boy, 12, as vile ... trends now
The family of a 12-year-old who died from horrific injuries in mysterious circumstances say even they don't what killed their 'little soulja', as friends rally together against vile trolls posting racist comments.
Wayne Russell, who died on Tuesday after being found at a friend's house 30 minutes after a mystery car crash just a few streets away, has been remembered as a 'polite' schoolboy with 'a cheeky smile'.
But friends of the boy's family posting tributes to him also slammed the racist remarks about his indigenous heritage.
'Beyond disgusting comments!!,' posted one woman.
'A lot of these ppl need serious help from a psych. Sick in the head.
'Racist pieces of s**t some of them always gotta bring up the fact (he's) Koori.'
Another angry Facebook user wrote that the 'comments on this is absolutely heartbreaking, people are so friken nasty!'
The mother of two boys who were schoolfriends of Wayne's at Woonona East Public School posted a photo of him in class with one of her boys holding up a school project, saying that Wayne was 'a polite' boy
Wayne's (right) smile 'lit up a room', but even his family are bewildered about what happened to the 12-year-old to cause the horrific injuries which resulted in his death early on Tuesday
Police rushed to the Towradgi Road crash (above) after the sound 'like a bomb going off' reverberated through the streets, but found the car empty, its doors open and the occupants had fled
'Absolutely broken, so many emotions and questions and... can't even explain. Poor baby he will be missed.'
Wayne , 12, was found in the Wollongong suburb of Balgownie south of Sydney about 2am after emergency services responded to the report of a boy suffering 'significant injuries'.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated Wayne, who was rushed to Wollongong Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
At the same time, police were investigating a major traffic accident after a black Holden Barina crashed into a traffic light at about 1.35am at Towradgi, a three minute drive from Balgownie.
When police attended the crash scene they found the Barina wrapped around a telephone pole with the driver's and passengers' doors all open, and no one inside the wrecked car.
