She is a mum. She is a sister. She is a friend. She is someone.  She is a victim of our femicide epidemic.
She is a victim of the system designed to to give her justice.
And yet you do not know about her. And you do not know that the person who ended her life still walks our streets.

Her name is Kelly Williams (Duffy). She was only 31.

After 23 years of inaction from police, the media and political leaders, Kelly's sister Paula Duffy is doing the one thing no grieving relative should have to do - campaigning for authorities to recognise the importance of her sister's life, the impact of her murder and the need to get the person who killed her into a prison cell.

Paula and Kelly's children deserve answers from police and the Victorian Coroner’s Office.

The RED HEART Campaign and Australian Femicide Watch are launching the Justice for Kelly Williams Campaign on behalf of Paula and her family.

We are calling on the Victorian Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny, the Victorian Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins, the Victorian Police and Victims Minister Anthony Carbines and the Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush to:

• Re-open the investigation into Kelly's suspicious death;
• Have her death examined by the coroner at a public inquest; 
• Approve a $1 million reward for information about Kelly’s death; and
• Meet with Kelly's family to learn about why this woman is valued.

KELLY MATTERS

Kelly was killed on February 27, 2002, in Hawthorn, Victoria.  She had four young children. Their lives were devastated and irrevocably shaped and changed by this.

Paula is the person who found Kelly dead.

The smell of the decaying body of her sister still sits deep in Paula's memory.

"I went into her room and found her murdered," Paula says. 
"It never leaves me. Every time I think of her, that's the last image - she was completely unrecognisable.

"So much so that when the police came I said to them 'I have to go back in because I just can't believe it's her'."

Kelly's short-term partner was charged.  He was acquitted. 

No one else has been charged over Kelly's death despite other suspects being flagged throughout the trial.

"Our hearts had been ripped out all over again because we were told from the homicide squad, with all the evidence, they had it in the bag," Paula says. 

Kelly's daughter Bianca was only three when her mum died. She says:   "I want people to understand that her death didn’t just end her story, it changed the course of my life forever. I deserved answers, and she deserved justice."

PLEASE SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION SO WE CAN GET JUSTICE FOR KELLY!

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The RED HEART Campaign and Australian Femicide Watch document the stories of killed women and children, campaign for change and provide support for families impacted by homicide. The work is unfunded by government and the sector.