Young mum, 21, raged online about domestic violence before she was stabbed to death in her home – soaking her toddler son in blood


Young mum, 21, overcame a meth addiction and raged online about domestic violence before she was stabbed to death in her home – soaking her toddler son in blood at a scene that shocked hardened cops

  • Mackenzie Anderson, 21, died from stab wounds at her Newcastle unit on Friday
  • Police found a toddler at the bloody scene, called ‘horrendous’ by senior officer
  • The woman’s ex-partner, Tyrone Thompson, 22, is under armed guard in hospital 
  • Ms Anderson’s friends posted online tributes expressing shock at her death 

A toddler was soaked in his mother’s blood at horrific alleged murder scene so grisly it shocked hardened senior cops.

Mackenzie ‘Max’ Anderson, 21, died outside her home after an alleged domestic violence attack in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield about 10.40pm on Friday. 

He is being held under guard in hospital after seriously injuring his hand, allegedly in the attack, and has not been charged over Ms Anderson’s death.

Mackenzie Anderson, 21, has died in a brutal alleged stabbing that left her toddler soaked in blood and shocked hardened police and emergency services

Mackenzie Anderson’s ex-boyfriend Tyrone Thompson was arrested at the scene

The young mother posted on social media that she was a recovering drug addict, having used meth from the age of 16.

The ‘horrendous attack’ soaked Ms Anderson’s toddler in blood and shocked police and paramedics.

Thompson is understood not to be the father of the child.

Police said they found the young mother lying on the landing last Friday outside her Crebert Street unit with horrific injuries.

The dreadful scene shocked first responders and left a seasoned senior police officer severely shaken
The dreadful scene shocked first responders and left a seasoned senior police officer severely shaken

Ms Anderson died outside her unit despite desperate attempts by paramedics to save her

The dreadful scene shocked first responders and left a seasoned senior police officer severely shaken.

Newcastle City Commander Superintendent Wayne Humphrey confirmed the child at the scene was found ‘covered in blood’.

‘I’ve just spent the last 20 minutes or so viewing body worn footage and it was a horrendous scene, horrendous,’ he said.

Ms Anderson died outside her unit despite desperate attempts by paramedics to save her. 

Police confirmed her son, 3, was found ‘covered in blood’ but was not injured. 

Ms Anderson often used her Facebook account to comment on or forward reports of alleged domestic violence, such as the recent alleged killing of Charlise Mutten, 9, in NSW.

She once posted a comment above a photo of some young men sitting on a wall, saying ‘highly embarrassing, I had a baby to someone like this.’

A bloodied three-year old child was rescued by Newcastle police from a Mayfield unit where a 21-year-old woman died from stab wounds late on Friday night

Mackenzie Anderson, 21, is pictured right alongside Tyrone Thomspson, 22, pictured left
Mackenzie Anderson, 21, is pictured right alongside Tyrone Thomspson, 22, pictured left

Ms Anderson responded to another commenter, saying ‘I’m not really being funny… this is his friend group… kill me.’

She also posted a cartoon comparing male and female parenting, implying that women had a much harder job in being considered a good parent. 

Ms Anderson had battled drug addiction from the age of 16.

On May 25, 2019 she posted on Facebook that ‘addiction is a real thing, addiction is a disease that makes you too selfish to see the havoc and mess in your life that you created or care about the people’s who’s lives you shattered and hurt.

‘I’ve been clean from ice for three years now and I still count myself as a person in recovery, only in the process of fixing myself from being an addict is when I found out who I really was.’ 

Thompson is under police guard at John Hunter Hospital. 

He is not expected to be charged until he is released from hospital, which could take another two days, Daily Mail Australia understands.

Mackenzie Anderson (pictured) was stabbed to death on Friday night at her home in Newcastle
Mackenzie Anderson (pictured) was stabbed to death on Friday night at her home in Newcastle

Four ambulances and a specialist care team tried to save Ms Anderson but to no avail. 

Superintendent Humphrey confirmed the child found at the scene was ‘unharmed’ and is now safe with relatives. 

‘Police arrived to find a 21-year-old woman critically injured lying outside her home. Police and NSW Ambulance paramedics rendered assistance but the woman died at the scene.

‘She had suffered a number of stab wounds.’ 

Police initiated Strike Force Slant to investigate her death and the circumstances.  

Ms Anderson’s shocked family and friends began to pay tribute on Saturday after hearing of her death.

‘We will love and miss you always beautiful girl… fly high gorgeous,’ Naomi Anderson wrote.

Mackenzie Anderson (pictured) wrote on Facebook that taking drugs 'makes you blind to who you are when you are high'
Mackenzie Anderson (pictured) wrote on Facebook that taking drugs ‘makes you blind to who you are when you are high’

A friend of Ms Anderson’s commented: ‘How many more lives need to be lost for people to take DV (domestic violence) serious. The system well and truly failed you. 

‘My heart is with your baby and family at this traumatic time… Your son will be protected for you.’  

Another wrote: ‘I’m gobsmacked. This world is such a dark, terrible place.’ 

A male friend said he ‘got a call this morning you were gone. I couldn’t believe it. 

‘I guess God needed another angel. Shine bright up there beautiful, you’ll always be my best friend, on my mind is where you’ll stay with them memories.’

A female friend said she was ‘sick of losing my close friends to either drugs or violence. This world has to change.

‘You had such a beautiful life ahead of you with your beautiful boy. My girl I’m gonna miss you dearly. 

‘My heart is broken… I’ll miss you every day. I love you so much. Your son will always remember how beautiful his mother was.’


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