Young Mother Killed by Partner's Abuse Takes Her Own Life

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Young Mother Killed by Partner's Abuse Takes Her Own Life
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Kiena Dawes, 23, tragically took her own life after enduring severe domestic abuse from her partner, Ryan Wellings, who is now facing trial for her manslaughter and other charges. Dawes left a suicide note blaming Wellings for her death and pleading for her story to prevent such tragedies in the future.

A young mother, Kiena Dawes, tragically ended her life by throwing herself in front of a train due to suffering from domestic abuse . In her suicide note, she blamed her partner, Ryan Wellings, for her death, saying he 'killed me'. Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend before driving to a railway line and lying across the tracks as an express train approached at 110mph.

Wellings, 30, is standing trial for the manslaughter of Dawes, controlling and coercive behavior over a two-and-a-half-year period, and assault causing actual bodily harm. Dawes' final note was a plea for her story to save others and to draw attention to the severe abuse she endured

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