Jo Duflou News Today

Four artworks worth thousands of dollars each are missing from dead fraudster Melissa Caddicks $6.1 million Sydney home. Investigators who trawled through the fake financial advisers home and contents insurance policy, which listed 19 artworks, noticed four key pieces were missing after she disappeared in early hours of November 12. Two works by Israeli artist David Gerstein were gone, including bright metal wall sculpture Exotic Birds, which is worth more than $5,000. Diver by Australian artis...

Melissa Caddicks grieving family face wrenching decisions in the coming days as a financial timebomb looms - as a senior forensic expert reveals what will happen to her remains.

“One of the theories is that those running shoes, by virtues of the air pockets in them, are quite buoyant,” Dr Orde said. It comes as scepticism mounts within police circles as to the time and manner of the Dover Heights woman’s death. Advertisement Assistant Commissioner Mick Willing said on Friday modelling of tides and drift patterns by police indicated it was possible Ms Caddick’s remains could have drifted to Bournda Beach, near Tathra. Campers made the gruesome find o...