The Truth About Amy – Episode 7: Rachael Makiri on Wensley’s death and Facebook post that tagged David Simmons

The young woman who was one of the last to see Amy Wensley alive — in the hours before the mother-of-two died from a shotgun blast to the head — was threatened and abused as a “snitch” by her own sister on the fourth anniversary of her shocking death.

In 2014, Rachael Makiri was the wife of Gareth Price.

Mr Price was best mates with David Simmons, who was the partner of Ms Wensley.

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Ms Makiri was also a good friend of Ms Wensley and on the last day of her life, spent it with her and their children shopping and baking.

She was not there when the shot that killed Ms Wensley was fired.

In the hours after Ms Makiri found out the terrible news, she told police there had been no signs of problems — and there had never been any inkling of self-harm.

“Amy seemed fine and I didn’t notice anything was wrong,” she told them.

However, Ms Makiri’s husband later told police that his wife had remembered something else — Ms Wensley, out of the blue in the middle of a conversation that afternoon, had asked: “Have you ever thought about committing suicide?”

It prompted police to take another statement from her, in which she confirmed that Ms Wensley had asked the question.

It was question Coroner Sarah Linton later placed some significance on, despite it having first been raised by a second-hand source.

“I accept that Amy loved her daughters unconditionally but many people who love their family sadly do commit suicide in moments of despair, without thinking through the tragic consequences,” Ms Linton said.

In their investigations for Seven’s gripping podcast The Truth About Amy, journalists Liam Bartlett and Alison Sandy tracked down Ms Makiri to ask her about the out of character statement made by Ms Wensley.