An angry volatile controlling man. A high-powered car.  It's a deadly combination we don't often talk about - until it is too late.
Her name is Elizabeth Pearce. She was killed by a man she had never met - Rhys Bellinge - on February 15, 2025, in Dalkieth, Western Australia. She was only 24.
Bellinge killed Elizabeth by using his vehicle as a weapon - he drove the car in a drunken rage at extremely high speeds in the streets. 
Elizabeth was sitting in a rideshare vehicle that evening - a young woman going about her life. 
When he hit the other vehicle, he critically injured Elizabeth and rideshare driver Muhammad Usman. Elizabeth could not be saved. Muhammad is recovering from his injuries. 
Bellinge has just been sentenced to 10.6 years in jail. 
The reporting around Elizabeth's death focuses on Bellinge, his career and his powerful family, often  sympathetic with emotive words describing his marriage breakdown and his mental health. 
Another dead woman relegated to a footnote by media focused on clicks and time-on-page.  
If men fired guns into crowds randomly and they killed people, they'd be done for murder. But not so when they kill with cars. 
Elizabeth was the 11th of 78 Australian women killed in 2025. 
The young marine biologist was a deeply loved daughter and sister and an adored friend.
After the sentencing, Elizabeth's dad told media she was a beautiful young woman who deserved all the good things.
"She was smart, she was witty, empathetic, all those good qualities of a decent human being," he said.
"She didn't deserve this at all."

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