WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — A woman in Walker County, Georgia who pushed for answers in her brother’s death for years says justice took far too long.
For nine years, Amanda Shirley pushed for answers in her brother’s death. She sat through hearings, chased documents, and worked with a private investigator as she tried to convince authorities that her brother, D. J. Fickey, did not kill himself.
On Thursday, the man who pulled the trigger was sentenced to life in prison…