The new girlfriend of slain cop Matthew Arnold was excitedly planning her next date with the country constable before his tragic murder at the hands of an evil doomsday prepper trio.
Devastated Arli Trevanion has shared the poignant last message sent by her young constable sweetheart just five days before he was shot dead – telling her she’s ‘absolutely amazing’ and eagerly planning their next date.
Constable Arnold, 26, was gunned down at point blank range alongside his colleague Rachel McCrow, 29, while attending a call-out for a missing person at a rural home in the Queensland town of Wieambilla on Monday.
Arli Trevanion (above in Brisbane) had been dating Tara cop Matthew Arnold for about three months and the young couple had met up five days before his death and were just two days off being reunited again before Christmas.
In a poignant last message between the sweethearts posted by the young constable just fuive days before he was shot dead point at blank range, Matt told Arlia Trevanion, ‘I think you’re absolutely amazing … I’ll be back Wednesday’
Conspiracy theorists Nathaniel Train, 46, his brother Gareth, 47, and his wife Stacey, 45, ambushed the pair before shooting a neighbour dead, with two fellow officers narrowly escaping with their lives.
Now grieving the shocking loss of her young boyfriend, who she had been dating for three months, Ms Trevanion shared a heartbreaking series of messages alongside an emoji of a police officer and a white dove.
‘I had an absolutely amazing day with you today, I always do. I’m so glad I got to share it with you,’ Constable Arnold told her just days before he was murdered.
‘And I’m glad we could talk about everything and you felt comfortable and safe enough to talk to me about everything as well.
‘Don’t know how I’m going to go 7 whole days without seeing you! But I’m already looking forward to seeing you when I get back. I hope you had as good a day as I did!.’
Chillingly, Constable Arnold added: ‘And I’ll be back Wednesday morning next week.’
But his life would be cut short two days shy of his next day with Arliah – known as Arli – in Brisbane and reuniting with his family in the lead-up to Christmas.
The devastated young girlfriend of Constable Arnold shares this tribute to him on social media, saying she ‘wish that had more time together’ and saying he made her ‘so happy’
Arli TGrevanion is a hiking and outdoors enthusiast with a passion for life and friendship, her Instagram page reveals, as the young cafe worker grives with her family the loss of her cop beau, Matthew Arnold
She wrote alongside the Instagram post, saying ‘you were meant to be with me today’, and also shared a series of poignant tributes.
Posting a picture of Constable Arnold enjoying a sunny bushwalk, she wrote: ‘I wish we got more time together, you made me so goddamn happy.’
In another post, she wrote: ‘RIP Matt, I loved our time together. I’ll miss you so much.’
Ms Trevanion works at a Brisbane a cafe and is understood to have done some child safety car work in the Western Downs out of Toowoomba when she met Constable Arnold in about August.
During her romance with the 26-year-old police officer, Tara townsfolk said they believed the young couple had planned a bright future together even from early on.
Ms Trevanion is said to be heartbroken as she grieves with family members in central Queensland.
She is the daughter of preachers Bonnie and Michael Trevanion, who lead the New Life Church in the Queensland rural town of Mundubbera.
Her mother declined to comment to Daily Mail Australia about her daughter’s loss, and a friend said ‘she’s not doing well at the present moment’.
A nature lover and hiker, Ms Trevanion is very close to her father Mike who she calls ‘my best friend’.
She had clicked with Constable Arnold, who had been working to tackle the town of Tara’s methamphetamine drug crime issues and make it ‘a better place’.
‘There’s a drug problem here in Tara and his mission was to clear the town of drugs,’ the woman said.
Constable Matt Arnold told his new sweetheart Arli Trevanion: ‘Don’t know how I’m going to go 7 whole days without seeing you! But I’m already looking forward to seeing you when I get back’ . Tragically he would die two days before they could meet again
Childcare worker Jodie Eckhart said Constables Arnold and McCrow had visited her childcare centre on the morning of the day they were later shot dead in the afternoon.
She said a man had been speeding past the centre and when police were called to investigate, the police partners turned up on what would be their last shift.
Ms Eckhart said when she became aware of something happening 30km up the road at Wieambilla that afternoon, she felt trepidation and then when Ms McCrow’s blue heeler began howling from the yard of the police houses where she and Matt lived: ‘I just knew something was wrong’.
The two constables, who were among five police officers based at Tara, had been living in police houses out the back of the Tara police station in Queensland’s Western Downs – Constable MCrow for only eight weeks – when they were shot dead by the family of deranged conspiracy theorists.
Arli Trevanion, above with her father Mike, a preacher in the country town of Mundubbera, is said to be heartbroken about the tragic death of Matt Arnold, her sweetheart of just three months
Constable Matthew Arnold, 26, (pictured) was already preparing to go home to see friends and family at Christmas
Brothers Nathaniel and Gareth Train, and Stacey Train – who had been married to both brothers – were themselves shot dead later on the same night during a 90-minute gun battle with police who descended on the family’s remote farmhouse three hours northwest of Brisbane.
Matt Arnold already had his car packed at the house to go home for Christmas when he got the call to go to work.
He and Constable McCrow, 29, were shot in the head soon after arriving on the property just after 4.30pm on Monday.
They were conducting a routine check for missing school principal Nathaniel Train with two other colleagues, Constable Keely Brough and Constable Randall Kirk when they were attacked by Nathaniel, his brother Gareth and Gareth’s wife Stacey.
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A close friend of Constable Arnold told Daily Mail Australia the young cop’s car was packed, ready to drive the four hours home to Brisbane to see his parents on Tuesday for the Christmas holidays.
‘He was meant to come home today and start his Christmas holidays with friends,’ she said.
‘He would already be driving back home if he never got that call yesterday.’
Constable Arnold’s triplet sister Hayley took to social media on Tuesday night to pay tribute to her brother.
‘I can’t begin to explain the love and bond we had,’ she wrote.
Constables Rachel McCrow, 29 (pictured) and Matthew Arnold, 26, were both stationed at Tara police station
‘As triplets, we were born together and were meant to grow old together.
‘One third of me is gone, and in place is a physical heartbreak pain I’ve had since we received that knock on the door.
‘You were meant to come home today and stay home for Christmas. You should’ve been able to come home.’
Constable Brough managed to flee into nearby bushland and sent a series of frantic texts to colleagues and loved ones. Constable Kirk also managed to escape, despite a gunshot wound to the leg.
Alan Dale heard the commotion from a neighbouring property and ran out to help, but he was tragically was killed in the massacre.
Ms Trevanion (pictured) is said to be heartbroken as she grieves with family members in central Queensland
The town of Wieambilla, just south of Chinchilla in Queensland, has a population of about 100
Constable Kirk lives in Chinchilla with his pregnant wife and toddler.
He and Constable Brough are recovering in hospital.
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll paid tribute to the officers in an emotional press conference late Monday.
‘In my opinion, those officers didn’t stand a chance,’ she said.
‘Matthew and Rachel were highly respected and much loved members of the Queensland Police Service. They were both committed and courageous young people who had a passion for policing and for serving their community,’ she said.
‘Both under 30 years of age. Both had wonderful careers and lives ahead of them.
‘We have dedicated family liaison officers in place supporting their families. I will be visiting their families in the very near future. Tara is small station within a very tightknit community.’
Police had attended the Queensland property as part of inquiries into missing man Nathaniel Train (pictured), last seen in Dubbo in central-west NSW a year ago
Faces of the dead: Matthew Arnold, 26, was killed upon arriving at the property, as was Rachel McCrow, 29
Constable Brough, who managed to escape unharmed and hide in surrounding bushland, sending frantic text messages to loved ones as the trio set fire to the bush to smoke her out.
The young officer didn’t want to comment when contacted by Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday, but loved ones flocked to her Facebook page to send their condolences.
‘She did not know whether she was going to be shot, or she was going to burnt alive,’ Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers told the ABC on Tuesday.
Keely Brough (pictured), 28, was just eight weeks into her service when she was caught up in the shooting near Wieambilla, three hours west of Brisbane, on Monday
Constable Randall Kirk (pictured), who is 28 with a toddler and a pregnant wife, was shot in the leg but managed to escape
‘I do know she was sending messages to loved ones saying she almost thought it was her time. What was going through her mind, one cannot comprehend.
‘She was in contact with her other colleagues trying to assure them we could get support to go and assist their fallen colleagues at that point in time.’
Constable Brough was later rescued by a specialist police tactical team which had scrambled to the scene.
Mr Leavers described her as an ‘amazing young woman’, and pointed out that she was only sworn in as a police officer eight weeks ago.
‘And when she believed her life was about to come to an end, she never stopped trying to do the right thing and communicate with her colleagues. She tried to do what she possibly could,’ he said.
‘She was in contact with her other colleagues trying to ensure we could get the support to assist their fallen colleagues at this point in time.
‘They were just brave, brave people who put their lives on the job.’
Four officers were at this Wains Road property at Wieambilla when they were ambushed by Nathaniel Train and his brother
An aerial shot of the property on Tuesday morning shows a burnt out police car
