Introducing | Tammy's Story

Madison Connaughton· Host0:00

[gentle music] As a kid, Tammy Shipley loved netball and poetry.

Speaker 1· Soundbite0:05

Very athletic. She was in a team that was New South Wales state champions.

Madison Connaughton· Host0:11

As a mother, she made her kids smile.

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:15

She was always the really funny type. She just always put the kids first.

Madison Connaughton· Host0:20

But Tammy's had challenges. At times, she's believed someone was out to hurt her.

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:27

You came and said you wanted to be locked up.

Tammy Shipley· Soundbite0:29

Yep. I thought someone was after me, and I wanted to just be safe.

Madison Connaughton· Host0:32

And then one day...

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:34

I tried to get in contact multiple times ...

Madison Connaughton· Host0:36

she's in jail under 24-hour surveillance.

Tammy Shipley· Soundbite0:40

[alarm beeping] Yeah, I just need to make a phone call. Nobody knows where I am.

Madison Connaughton· Host0:44

Then something strange happens.

Speaker 5· Soundbite0:47

She just drank and drank and drank and had something like 20 liters of pure water.

Speaker 6· Soundbite0:51

Ambulance, emergency. What town or suburb?

Speaker 7· Soundbite0:54

I've got a woman unconscious. I just put the defib on her. She's not responding.

Madison Connaughton· Host0:58

She was being monitored, so how did Tammy die from drinking too much water and no one noticed?

Speaker 1· Soundbite1:05

You ask yourself, "Have you done enough? Did you do enough?"

Madison Connaughton· Host1:09

Tammy's Story, a new series by Background Briefing, coming later this month.