Teen charged over online dating death believed she was a werewolf

Until recently, Ms Dolheguy, who was a ward of the state and lived alone, had two carers with her at all times, day and night.

But it is unclear what - if any - mental health support was provided to her in recent months.

The Department of Health and Human Services has so far failed to respond to questions.

Victoria cuts off support to young people in state care when they turn 18, despite a concerted campaign from social welfare organisations to extend this care to age 21.

Police allege Ms Dolheguy killed Maulin Rathod at her home in Ross Court, Sunbury after they arranged through dating app Too Many Fish to meet there on the evening of July 23.

The 25-year-old Elsternwick man was critically injured and taken to Sunshine Hospital about 9pm, where he died overnight.

Mr Rathod moved to Australia four years ago to study and was in the process of completing his Masters of Accounting. His parents in India are struggling to deal with the loss of their only child.

In public social media posts detailing her tough life, Ms Dolheguy wrote that she wasn’t taken seriously when she told her psychiatrist she was "sick".

“If only they believed me when I said I’m not sane,” she said. “I live in fear, afraid of what’s behind the corner, my heart is black. I no longer feel the emotions of happiness unless I see someone else suffer.”

The 18-year-old wrote 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.”

Even in her cohort of troubled teens, Ms Dolheguy stood out. In her youth she displayed behaviours not usually seen until patients were much older.

The worker said Ms Dolheguy suffered from delusions, which are beliefs not based in reality.

“She probably had a number of personalities over the years,” she said.

Ms Dolheguy was moved to Melbourne from country Victoria in recent years and her only supports became paid workers.

The Age understands until recently Ms Dolheguy lived in the Sunbury home with two carers there at all times for the safety or herself and others.

However, the worker believed the highly-distressed and traumatised teen would not have received adequate psychological help for her needs.

She said this was due to a lack of services in the area and Ms Dolheguy’s volatile behaviour towards her carers.

Then, in recent months her intensive services were largely reduced. She was free to come and go from her Sunbury home as she pleased.

“She cycled through [children's services] until she turned the magical 18 and then state withdrew its intensive support,” the worker said.

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.”

The worker lamented the child protection system, saying more needed to be done to prevent at-risk children from becoming troubled adults.

“The system never found a way to look after her,” the worker said. “We could all see what was happening but there’s nothing we can do about it.”

The worker said she’d never experienced a child coming out of the system as a healthy functioning adult.

“Our society, we create problems with kids,” she said. They fall through the cracks until they hurt someone and by then it’s too late.”

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

Lovepreet Singh, a friend of Mr Rathod, said his parents had been left devastated by his violent and sudden death.

"His parents are in shock," he said. "He was a very nice person. He had a jolly nature and he was a cricket lover. I loved to hang around him. He had a very humble personality and tried really hard with his studies."

One of Mr Rathod's childhood friends in Ahmedabad, India, told The Age the man's grieving family was in complete shock, and wanted answers about his death.

"His parents ... I just can't explain their condition," said the man, who did not want his name published.

"He was the only son to his parents ... And now we are raising funds to get the body back to India so we can do our religious ceremony and funeral.

"Maulin was very charming and pleasing ... he would help anyone in need, if he was his friend or enemy.

The man said his friend loved the Australian culture and had told his family back home he liked living in the country.

The family were now looking for answers about how he died, he said.

"We must know the truth," he said.

MacKillop Family Services’ chief executive Robyn Miller said the agency was contracted to provide residential care at the Ross Court home by the Department of Health and Human Services until almost a year ago.

The Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to questions.

On Monday, Ms Dolheguy sat impassively with her head slightly down as she appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court via a video link from custody.

She is charged with murder, attempted murder, intentionally causing serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury.

She was remanded in custody to appear again on November 19.