Amy Lee Wensley was murdered in June of 2014. Detectives refused to investigate her death properly, ruling she ended her own life.
Since then, Amy’s family have been fighting for justice and railing against the terrible decision-making of the detectives who did not care enough to hold her killer or killers to account.
WA Police has finally apologised, with Commissioner Col Blanch meeting Amy’s mum Nancy Kirk and other relatives to personally say sorry.
“Not one commissioner has ever agreed to sit down, meet, apologise … so I appreciate Commissioner Blanch doing that, it meant so much to me and to the family,” Nancy told the ABC.
“There are police commissioners that will acknowledge the failings of their staff.”
Commissioner Blanch said WA Police was committed to solving Amy’s case.
“During that meeting, the commissioner acknowledged shortcomings in the initial police investigation and apologised to the family,” WA Police said in a media release.
Amy had her children in the car and their bags packed. She was moments away from leaving her abusive partner David Simmons when she went back into the house for something.
She was shot to death. Simmons and another man present.
Responding officers believed her death was suspicious and conveyed this information to detectives when they arrived.
Those detectives decided she ended her own life. As a result, the property was not forensically examined and vital evidence not collected.
Her family fought hard to have the case re-opened and for police to acknowledge their failures.
A $1m reward is now available for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for ending Amy’s life.
Listen to Amy’s story on the She Matters Podcast
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