❤️HER NAME IS: AMY WENSLEY!❤️
No mum should ever have to fight for the truth about her child’s death.
And yet, this is normal across Australia.
Nancy Kirk and Anna Davey have spent 11 years trying to convince the WA Department of Public Prosecutions to charge and prosecute the man suspected of killing their daughter and niece.
Her name is Amy Wensley. She was shot to death on June 26, 2014. She was only 24 years old.
On the day of her death, Amy made the choice to leave her abuser and to take her children to safety.
Her daughters were in the car. The engine was running. Their bags were packed.
She had to go back into the house where she lived in Serpentine, WA.
Shortly after, a shotgun blast killed her.
From the get-go, police and the prosecutor’s office claimed she ended her own life.
Her partner, David Simmons, remains uncharged despite mounting evidence that he killed Amy.
Nancy has three daughters – Amy is her firstborn.
“Amy was a calm and content baby,” her mum says.
“She hardly cried or screamed. She was a very sweet baby, she made caring for her so easy.”
One of her mum’s favorite memories is the day Amy bravely jumped into a pool. She was only three years old. She dove in with no floaties and no lessons. She was born to swim.
She also remembers Amy’s happiness at starting school and her joy at learning to ride a bike.
Though quiet and shy, the little girl was inquisitive, observant and creative with a love for art and craft.
Her favorite role in life was being a big sister.
“If she went anywhere, there would always be one or both of her sisters with her,” Nancy says.
In her teens, Amy really blossomed.
“She was funny, loveable, easy to talk to,” her mum explains.
“She still loved to draw and was happy being with her friends.”
And Amy was an amazing mum.
“When she had her daughter, it was all about working to provide for her,” Nancy says.
“When she had her second child, she stopped working to care for her children.
“Her world revolved around her daughters.”
It’s clear to see, Amy would never have chosen to end her life.
“Amy would never have left her daughters like that,” Nancy says.
“She would not have put them in the car and left them there to go back inside and commit suicide with the risk of them finding her that way.”
Since the day of her death, Amy’s family have traversed a legal system which has failed them at every turn.
First police making assumptions based on their perceptions of Amy’s heritage.
Then the suicide ruling and a coronial inquest where her reputation was sullied throughout.
And now a government that refuses to act.
Her family is working with journalist Alison Sandy to expose Amy’s story.
The first coroner who looked into Amy’s case told the Truth About Amy Podcast that the young mum did not kill herself.
More evidence has come to light during the series.
Amy’s Aunt Anna is the driving force behind the campaign.
“I could not sit back and watch an incredible injustice unfold without doing something,” she says.
“The injustice and poor treatment Amy has received since her death, along with the inaccurate portrayal by authorities of who Amy was, fuels me to keep fighting.”
The fight for justice is exhausting but her mum refuses to give up.
“I have no choice but to keep moving because I’m raising Amy’s daughters,” Nancy says.
“I think of my granddaughters and if I break what would happen to them, what would they do and what would they think after losing their mother and then losing me to a break down.”
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