Abstract
From the oppressed shores of India to a racially charged Fiji, her mother's death at her birth, early adoption, marital abuse, military takeover, and move to Australia, Shirley had already overcome a life of adversity when she was subjected to a nightmare no mother should endure. On April 22, 2003, three of Shirley's children, Neelma, Kunal, and Sidhi, were found murdered, submerged in the spa bath of their home in an affluent Australian suburb.