The Case of Vicki Lays

Vanessa Stewart was 16 years old at the time of Julianne Lays murder. She and her half-sister Margaret had been raised in New South Wales by their grandmother, as their mother wasn't in a position to take care of them. After just three months of living with her sister, Margaret abruptly left to go and live with her boyfriend. Vanessa adored her nieces and nephew, and was extremely close to them. Alan Lee became a kind of father, though he could be domineering and controlling. But everything abruptly changed in February 1991 when Vanessa was 15. One day while Julianne was in hospital giving birth to her youngest child, Vanessa was folding laundry in the