She Travelled Abroad For Love And Then Got Murdered - The Ashley Wadsworth story

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Who is Ashley Wadsworth and how did her relationship with Jack Sepple begin?

Narrator 0:00

So this is Ashley and Ashley is about to move overseas to be with the man of her dreams and it's about to go horribly wrong. Now this all starts back when Ashley is 12 and she's a normal 12 year old and she's from Canada and like a lot of kids her age, Ashley likes to chat online with her friends through like social media and stuff and one day she makes a new friend on Facebook. This guy. Jack and Jack is 16 and he lives in England and Ashley thinks Jack is cool. He's a little older, he's from another country, but they're just friends. So then a few years pass and Ashley is 15 now and she and Jack are still friends and they still chat online. But at this point, they've both grown up a little bit and Ashley is starting to think he's kind of fine. And so, boom, they start dating.

Narrator 0:50

And it's a long-distance relationship, and they've never met in person. I mean, he's still in England, and she's in Canada. But still, she really likes him. And a few more years pass. And that is when everything changes. Because Ashley is now 19. So, she's legally an adult. And Jack is like 22 or 23 at this point. And they're still dating and they decide to give this a real shot to see if this relationship can work for real, not just long distance, not just online. And so Ashley, she gets a six month tourist visa and she books a flight to England because she's going to go live with him for six months until her visa expires.

What led Ashley to move to England with Jack?

Narrator 1:28

And of course, her mom is a little concerned that she's going to live with a guy she's never met in person. But unfortunately, there's no stopping Ashley. She is determined to see this through. So she does. She flies from Canada all the way over to the UK. And there, she's finally in England and she meets her boyfriend, Jack, for the first time in person. And this is actually their first photo together. And so they follow through with their plan. She moves into his apartment and they're having a great time together. This is actually a photo of them and this is another photo of them. But then about a month passes and it's Christmas time and Jack, he's being such a good boyfriend.

How did Ashley's life in England initially appear?

Narrator 2:07

He goes out and he gets a tree and he surprises Ashley with a kitten and she really loves cats. And so all of this seems to be going really well, better than they had planned. Until. Okay, here's the thing about Jack. Jack, he's kind of a turd. Like he's unemployed, he lives in public housing on government assistance, he apparently smokes Zaza all day and plays video games.

What were the early warning signs in Ashley and Jack's relationship?

Narrator 2:30

No ambition, no real attempts at getting a job, just not a lot going on for him. And I don't know if any of this bothers Ashley or not, but what does start to bother her is how controlling he's become since she's moved in. Like he'll get mad if he thinks she's talking to anyone else. He'll get mad at her for being on TikTok. Then a few days after Christmas, Jack is going through her phone for some reason, and he finds some numbers that she blocked. And he gets all jealous and he assumes that she blocks these numbers because they're her former lovers or something. I don't know. It's stupid. Regardless, they start arguing and Jack suddenly just snaps and he straight up starts smacking her around.

How did Jack's behavior escalate to violence?

Narrator 3:08

Now, no one should be smacking anyone around. That's horrible in itself, but also he is significantly bigger than her. I mean, you could see them in this picture here. So when he puts his hands on her, it doesn't take much force for him to really hurt her. Now, despite this, unfortunately, Ashley doesn't leave him like I wish she would have. However, from that day, things start to feel different. Like, she still loves him, but maybe Jack isn't the guy she thought he was. Then, a few weeks later, things get crazy again. Like, Jack is all jealous, and he's going through her phone again, and he finds some old messages on her phone, and these are messages that are back from when she lived in Canada, so yeah, they're old. But Jack doesn't care. He gets pissed.

Why did Ashley hide the abuse from her family?

Narrator 3:50

And they start arguing, and he starts yelling. And he picks up a beer mug. And boom, he breaks it over her head. Dude is just trash. And this whole time, all this is going on, Ashley is lying to her mom. Like, no, mom, I'm totally happy here. I don't know. I guess she doesn't want her mom to hate her boyfriend. I don't know. Not only that, as time goes on, Jack gets more and more abusive.