The family of Gold Coast woman Shelsea Schilling are in a desperate search for answers.

The questions they have about a fateful Wednesday in November 2016 when their daughter’s life was brutally taken away from them by her ex partner Bronson ‘Lizard Man’ Ellery, eat away at them.

They are seeking answers about their beloved daughter’s death, who was just weeks away from her 21st birthday, when she was beaten to death by former bikie enforcer Ellery, while two people cowered in the bathroom of his Southport unit.

When it was all over another person would allegedly show up, hold Ellery and comfort him while Ms Schilling lay dead in the living room.

Ellery killed himself, while lying next to the woman he had just murdered.

But more than 18 months later, Ms Schilling’s family still have no clue about the circumstances of how she came to be at his unit.

Was she forcibly taken there by Ellery or did she go of her own free will?

The family of Shelsea Schilling are calling on the Coroner to open an inquest into their daughter’s murder.

They need their questions answered, they need to know how Shelsea got to Ellery’s unit, and they need to look those three people in the eyes as they take the stand and answer questions about that day that have been burning them up for more than 18 months.

In October last year, Ms Schilling’s mother Bonnie Mobbs wrote a letter to the Coroner asking for an inquest into the deaths.

“Why is it a criminal offence to leave the scene of a car accident, but it’s not a crime to leave the scene of a murder,” the letter reads.

“Shelsea was not treated with dignity, no respect for her life by the witnesses.

“(They) disregarded Shelsea as a human being.”

The letter reads of the emotional heartache the family has gone through since their daughter’s murder.

“We are asking for further investigation to our beloved daughter Shelsea Sky Schilling who had her life callously taken away from her in November last year,” the letter reads.

“We are emotionally and physically devastated by what has happened to our beautiful, precious daughter Shelsea.

“Our family life has been impacted considerably by the pain and grief for the loss of our daughter Shelsea, this has had detrimental psychological impacts to Shelsea’s younger sister and best friend.”

The letter details how terrified Ms Schilling was of Ellery.

Mrs Mobbs goes on to write that the three people in the unit during and after the attack on their daughter should have to answer questions about that day.

“(We) are asking for an inquest to be held into Shelsea’s murder.

“There are too many unanswered questions and unexplained whys.”

Mrs Mobbs ends the letter asking for justice.

“Why was our daughter hunted down like an animal? Why did she fight so hard for anonymity and a normal life away from Bronson Ellery? Was our daughter’s life in vain?

“Please help us to get justice for our beloved, beautiful Shelsea Schilling.

A spokesman for the Coroners Court of Queensland told the Gold Coast Bulletin a decision to hold an inquest had yet to be made.

“The South Eastern Coroner, Mr James McDougall, is continuing his investigation into the death of Mr Bronson and Ms Schilling,” the spokesman said.

“At this stage a decision whether to hold an inquest had not been made.”