The Truth About Amy

Why this is so important to me.

A message from Anna Davey, Amy's aunt

What happened to Amy is very personal to me for the obvious reason - she is my niece, my sister’s first-born daughter.

I strongly believe Amy’s life was taken from her. I know the police failed her.

At the forefront of my mind since we lost Amy has always been the immense pain her loss has caused Amy’s mother, Amy’s sisters but most of all Amy’s two little girls who lost the most important person in their lives.

My love for Amy is great and I could not stand by and allow two things to happen.

1.      Those responsible not to be held to account.

2.      The condemnation of Amy by high-ranking police officers and their disgraceful attack on her good character, a person they did not know.

I was not and am not going to allow anyone to get away with their appalling treatment of a young woman, a mother fleeing a violent situation and trying to get herself and her two young children to safety.

The past ten years has been a battle on many fronts and it has been far from easy to advance Amy’s case.  I have been ignored, paid lip service, had information reiterated to me instead of an actual response to my enquiries. I have been disappointed, heartbroken, frustrated, deflated, drained and exhausted but I keep going, I keep fighting and I will not back down.

It is important to me to have Amy’s story told, for people to know about it and to prevent her story from being swept under the carpet and ignored by the very people tasked with the role of helping the innocent.

I hope Amy’s story will help others who may be going through something similar to find the strength to keep going and fighting for their loved one. It can be a very lonely road to travel and it is not an easy one to go down, especially when your obstacles are sadly the authorities.

I have been extremely fortunate and feel blessed and I have tremendous gratitude to all the astonishing people I have met since I started this lonely journey in 2014; to the people who believe in Amy and joined me in this fight for her. I no longer feel alone and I will forever be so appreciative to each of you. You know who you are x

I would like for Amy’s story to inspire people in a domestic violence (DV) relationship to find the courage to leave, find safety and live! To rebuild their lives, their confidence, their strength. Perpetrators are very good at making a person feel worthless and unloved, that is their instrument of control, their lie. I'd like people in a DV relationship to know, your life is worth so much, that you are worth loving, that you can rebuild your life, that you are worth fighting for and you deserve so much more.

I have a strong sense of justice, of what is right and what is wrong and this whole ordeal is wrong on so many levels. I stand up for what I believe in and what I believe to be true. I believe in Amy and I believe in the truth about Amy.