Joel Cauchi’s double life as a male escort exposed – as new details emerge about Bondi Junction Westfield attack

Bondi Junction Westfield killer Joel Cauchi had profiles on various escort websites offering services to both men and women.

Cauchi, 40, was shot dead after fatally stabbing six people and injuring about a dozen others – including a 9-month-old baby – at the shopping center in eastern Sydney on Saturday afternoon.

He was schizophrenic and police are treating the horrific attack as mental health related.

His distraught family are understood to have frantically contacted police because their son was involved in the Bondi attack yesterday, News Corp Australia reports.

Now new details are beginning to emerge about Cauchi’s life and movements leading up to the devastating mass murder.

Cauchi, who is from Queensland but moved to Sydney in recent months, listed herself on several male escort websites including Australia Cracker, Empire Escorts and Escorts Australia.

All sites allow users to upload their own photos and request their own sexual services.

In his biography, Cauchi described himself as an ‘athletic good-looking 39-year-old’ based in Sydney who was looking for a ‘fun time’.

He offered dozens of ‘closed door services’ which are too graphic to publish.

The profiles, which were created around June 2023, were visible on the websites on Sunday morning, but were later deleted.

The revelation comes as new footage surfaces showing Cauchi buying his last meal – a red chicken curry – at Bondi Junction’s Saigon Noodle around 10am. 12.22am on Saturday – just three hours before his stabbing.

Recordings obtained by The Australian shows Cauchi handing over money to a cashier as she gives him a table number before he leaves and takes a seat in the restaurant.

Queensland Health Authorities have also revealed that Cauchi was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2000, the year he graduated from Harristown State High School.

In an address to the media just after 1pm on Sunday, Commissioner Roger Lowe of Queensland Police’s Security and Countermeasures Command said officers had been with the family since last night, breaking the news and gathering information for their investigation.

“As the family has co-operated with the Queensland Police Service in this regard, we are issuing a statement on their behalf regarding their own condolences and thoughts to the family and friends of the victims involved in this tragedy,” he said. .

“Similarly, they have sent a message to the NSW Police Force regarding support for the police officer who killed their son and expressed their concerns for her welfare.”