A heartbroken father collected broken earrings and damaged bracelets from the police, all that remains from his only daughter's last night alive.

"They were like her body - broken, scarred and distorted," Michael Hodder told a court while holding back tears.

His youngest child, Melbourne model Elise Hodder, suffered a violent death last year at the hands of a drunk and high driver.

The 24-year-old was on the cusp of a successful career, having just featured in fashion magazine Vanguard and was due to head to Sydney for a well-paid job when her life was cut short.

After celebrating her best friend's birthday, Hodder was hit by Connor Mathiasson and became stuck under his Commodore until she fell unconscious and died.

Two police officers talked to her as she lay under the vehicle "fight

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