\u201cI\u2019d answered her call and she\u2019d said, excuse my language, but this is her quote, \u2018Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all that s**t\u2019,\u201d Mel recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I said, \u2018Same to you, Darl, sorry I hadn\u2019t called in a couple of days.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then there was just this loud noise, just like somebody was running through grass is the best way to describe the noise … it was just this loud whooshing and the phone cut out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Alicia Little and Charles Evans Credit: 7NEWS![\"Alicia](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7a24182b9f96e41b1f77084a5f6125490920b470.jpg\")
Alicia was hit by her partner\u2019s car and killed in 2017. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n
That was the sound of Alicia\u2019s partner of four years Charles Evans hitting her with his Toyota Hilux outside their Kyneton property situated about an hour north-west of Melbourne.<\/p>\n
After fleeing the scene with Alicia\u2019s phone, Evans called Mel\u2019s husband Mick to tell him Alicia had attempted suicide.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Mick said to me that Charlie had rang him and said \u2013 that Alicia had tried to kill herself, obviously my reaction to my husband was, \u2018well she can\u2019t of, I was just talking to her\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMick\u2019s response was, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on, but Charlie\u2019s just rang me and the cops are on their way and they\u2019re trying to resuscitate her.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then obviously I started (to get) just hysterical. I was just bawling my eyes out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mel and Mick would spend the next two days with homicide detectives but didn\u2019t realise exactly what had happened until the end of the questioning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until they asked me a question – when was the last time you seen Alicia on her own? And that question, that stuck with me forever because Alicia and I spent a lot of time together, early days. The last six months, I think I\u2019d only seen her on her own once,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey then asked me to explain the sounds I heard. I was trying to, know, in my head, as far as I could comprehend, the phone call just disconnected.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mel said police asked her for a minute-by-minute breakdown of the phone call.<\/p>\n
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Mel Sell was speaking with Alicia Little when the phone cut out. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then they asked me if I heard a car. Could I say it was a car? And that was the first realisation I had that he\u2019d killed her with his car,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it was two days afterwards that I found out and then the realisation that the newspaper had said she died at approximately 3.45.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was the biggest kick in the guts I\u2019ve ever felt in my life \u2013 to realise that my phone call to her was 3.45.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was talking to her when he killed her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Victorian Office of Public Prosecution has come under fire for its decision to downgrade the murder charge to dangerous driving causing death and failure to render assistance.<\/p>\n
Evans served left than three years in jail.<\/p>\n
For all the latest, head to 7news.com.au\/kissandkill<\/a><\/p>\n Kiss and Kill is available across Seven\u2019s full suite of broadcast, digital and audio platforms, with exclusive investigations on 7NEWS at 6 and the full vodcast available at 7plus<\/a>, on LISTNR<\/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au.<\/p>\n In an emergency, call 000.<\/p>\n Advice and counselling for men concerned about their use of family violence: Men\u2019s Referral Service, 1300 766 491.<\/p>\n Please support:<\/p>\n The Red Heart Campaign and Australian Femicide Watch: www.australianfemicidewatch.org\/support<\/a><\/p>\n The Allison Baden-Clay Foundation: www.allisonbadenclayfoundation.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n Beyond DV: www.beyonddv.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n The Red Rose Foundation: www.redrosefoundation.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n White Ribbon Australia: www.whiteribbon.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n