With Stephanie Gosk as the host, Dateline: The Last Day's Episode 4 explored the mysterious murder of Amy Allana. The episode was aired on June 21, 2022, in the United States. The show had Liz Cole and David Corvo on board as executive producers.
Dateline NBC has portrayed all the details of Amy Allan murder case that reportedly took place on September 14, 2018. Around 9 p.m., a 911 emergency call was received from Amy's husband Jimmy Allan. The recording of the call that Dateline retrieved revealed the voice of the misfortune-struck husband as he screamed saying,
"My wife tried to kill herself. She’s in the f***ing basement,
According to reports, harrowing details were unearthed as the case was further explored. What was initially reported as a suicide was not exactly that in its entirety. Statements came in from Amy's family members following some information from her past that might have been related to the case.
After converging the primary deductions and evidence gathered from the crime scene, the Michigan Police Department ruled out the possibility of a su*cide. To know more about the Amy Allan murder case, follow this article.
5 harrowing details about the Amy Allan murder case on Dateline:
1) Amy Allan's husband, Jimmy, reported the crime himself
The deceased Amy Allan from Dateline: The Last Day | Image source: Apple TV+
As shown on Dateline: The Last Day, Amy's husband, Jimmy Allan, was the first person to make the 911 call, and he reportedly sounded very disturbed. The call was made around 9 p.m., right after Jimmy had gone down to the basement of their house to check on his wife.
According to Jimmy's first statement, Amy was discovered hanging from the ceiling, and the tool used was an extension cord. As Officer BJ Horn from Tecumseh Police arrived at the scene, he did not hear any noises from the house; instead, it was quiet all around, as per reports. Officer Horn further added,
"It wasn’t until I yelled a couple of times, you know, ‘Police, police,’ that I heard somebody,
Later, Jimmy's scream was heard from the basement, where he was discovered performing CPR on his wife. That evening earlier, the couple had been caught on CCTV cameras as they were drinking beer at a nearby pub. As investigators continued their work, Jimmy divulged further information to the police, saying they fought earlier. What we learn from Dateline: The Last Day is that Amy has kept herself restricted to the basement since then.
(2) Jimmy was 'surprised' when paramedics found Amy alive and 'fighting'
An investigating officer from the murder case of Amy Allan on Dateline: The Last Day | Image source: Apple TV+
As investigators working the case were left speculating on what exactly transpired between Jimmy and Amy Allan at the pub, the former was made to go to the kitchen. According to reports from Dateline: The Last Day, the paramedics were at work when Jimmy was heard moaning loudly as he kept insisting that Amy's death was a s*icide.
In a turn of events, Jimmy was left surprised and kind of in shock when the paramedics discovered that Amy was still alive. Dateline: The Last Day further reveals that Jimmy was reportedly not in tears in his display of emotional drama. He was heard by witnesses reacting strangely as he said,
"Dude, what in the f---ing hell?
The sense of shock in his words later raised doubts. As the investigating officers further questioned Jimmy, he said that he and Amy had dropped off their daughter at a school game, after which they went to a local pub. There, the couple had a heated argument over Jimmy's plans to go someplace else than Michigan.
According to Jimmy's statement, Amy did not want to move. She got upset and angry, left the bar, and walked home. Jimmy had gone back in his car. Once they reached home, Jimmy watched TV while his wife remained in the basement, reports. He had supposedly tried talking to her, but she lashed out and swore at him.
Later that evening, when Jimmy went to check on Ammy once again, he saw her hanging with a cord around her neck. He reportedly tried to knock her back to senses by performing CPR on her, but nothing worked.
(3) Amy was stuck in an abusive relationship with her husband
Dateline: The Last Day revealed more surprising information as further details of the Amy Allan case were explored. The show takes us back to Amy Allan's past, even before Jimmy was in the scene. When Amy was in her eighth grade, she went through a teenage pregnancy, and the child was born—quite a lot for a 13-year-old, as her family members mentioned in their statements.
However, later in her life, she met Jimmy, who was very supportive of the entire situation. The two fell in love and had their first child when Amy was 19. Jimmy helped her raise the two children. But Amy's mother, Jeane Winchester, had reported about a toxic and abusive side of Jimmy, who always kept his wife under his control.
Jeane added in her statement on Dateline: The Last Day that Jimmy was always controlling and dominating. Amy had to get his permission to see her family or have dinner with them. Their first child (son) Caleb Winchester has said in a statement that,
"There was just a bunch of little rules that I had to follow. We couldn’t eat without asking. We basically had to ask to do anything,
As mentioned on Dateline: The Last Day, Jimmy even made Caleb move out of their house once he was an adult. So, the young boy went on to live with his grandparents. Amy was forced to cut off all ties with her son—Jimmy never wanted her to be a part of the outside world, reports.
(4) Amy had an online affair outside of her marriage with Jimmy
The authorities found further evidence that led the investigation in a different direction. As per reports, Amy Allan was having an affair outside of her marriage with Jimmy.
Dateline: The Last Day revealed that the man's name was George and they had been dating for three years then. Attorney Angie Broders had confirmed their relationship was not only virtual by saying,
"It was fairly significant amount of communication between them and we also learned that they had met up a couple of times,
Amy Allan was a different individual while interacting with George, who had reportedly helped to bring out her positive side. The investigating officers initially deduced that the confrontation between Jimmy and Amy might be related to the former discovering his wife's affair.
But while being questioned, Jimmy's reaction to the revelation seemed like a shock—as if he had no prior idea about his wife's involvement with another guy. He added that Amy would never do that to him, as per Dateline: The Last Day reports.
(5) Physical evidence at the scene did not add up
According to reports, the physical evidence at the scene did not make sense. As mentioned in Jimmy's statements, he found Amy hanging from the ceiling, but the authorities found it too low for a person to be hung.
One of the officers mentioned,
"With the extension cord and the height of this basement, it just didn’t add up that she could have hung herself in the way it was described by Mr. Allan,
A dummy test performed later confirmed that it was not possible for Amy to hang herself from a ceiling that low without her feet touching the floor. From what we see on Dateline: The Last Day, reports from a pathologist further ruled the whole incident out as a suicide. Consequently, it was concluded as a homicide, and Jimmy Allan was charged with the murder of his wife, Amy Allan.
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