'Justine Was A Beacon To All Of Us'

Australian Justine Damond was just weeks away from marrying her soul mate when her life came to a shocking end in the US

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Justine Damond should have been abuzz with nerves and excitement as she prepared to marry her longtime love, Don, in an intimate ceremony in Hawaii next month.

But in a shocking turn of events that has outraged Australians and the rest of the world, Justine’s dreams of becoming a bride were destroyed on July 15 when she was fatally shot in the stomach by a police officer in her adopted home of America.

‘PERFECT TOGETHER’

After the meditation teacher and life coach met her fiance through a shared interest in healing, the besotted 40-year old gave up her life on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and followed her heart to join Don – who she described as the “amazing, handsome, hilarious, rock-star love of my life” – in Minneapolis more than two years ago.

The tireless charity worker was so excited about her impending nuptials she had already taken on the 53-year-old’s surname. And she was thrilled to become stepmother to Don’s 22-year-old son, Zach, who called her his “mum” and “best friend”.