Tammy Shipley asked to be arrested so she could feel safe. After she was placed under 24-hour surveillance, something terrible took place. 

A new three-part series by Kirstie Wellauer and Joanna McCarthy investigates how it unfolded.

A loving mother of five, Tammy could really make her kids laugh.  

But she'd started to believe she was in danger — that someone was out to get her.  

A couple of weeks before Christmas, she walked into a Sydney police station looking for protection. She asked to be arrested and just wanted to feel safe. 

She was put under 24-hour surveillance. 

Then, over the course of several hours, something terrible took place. Something no one noticed. 

Tammy's Story is a three-part investigation into how this could have happened.