Melissa Caddick was a financial magazine covergirl in the early 2000s
It s an example of how she built a reputation of career success . which she then used to sucker family and friends We trusted her because she was Melissa, said one victim, who knew her family personally
Caddick s decomposing foot was found on the NSW south coast on Sunday
Police believe she attempted suicide after an ASIC raid on her home on Nov 11
The discovery of Melissa Caddick s remains - more than three months after she vanished from her Sydney mansion - sent shockwaves around the nation. NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Mick Willing said today it was one of the most high-profile missing persons cases he had worked on in his 30 years on the force as dozens of investigators worked to find the missing conwoman. Ms Caddick, 49, was accused of conning her friends and family out of more than $20 million through her fraudulent investment business Maliver Pty Ltd. Ms Caddick disappeared from her Dover Heights home in the early hours of November 12, hours after investigators from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) raided her house and told her she would need to hand in her passports the next morning.