Simone Strobel death: Man arrested in Australia over 2005 murder of German backpacker
Strobel was 25 years old when she disappeared from a caravan park after a night out with her boyfriend and friends.
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Strobel was 25 years old when she disappeared from a caravan park after a night out with her boyfriend and friends.
A breakthrough in the 17-year hunt for the woman's killer came on Tuesday with the arrest of a man in Western Australia in connection with the death of a German traveller, as reported by AFP. Two years after authorities issued a US$695,000 reward for information regarding Simone Strobel's death in 2005, the 42-year-old man was apprehended at a residence in Western Australia, according to police.
German kindergarten teacher Simone Strobel was murdered in Australia in 2005. No one has ever been charged over her death. Australian authorities hope a huge reward will help solve the case.
NSW police to extradite Tobias Friedrich Moran, 42, over death of Strobel who was 25 when she was found dead
Some 17 years after a German woman was murdered in Australia, police have now made an arrest in the case. Simone Strobel was 25 years old when she disappeared after a night out with her boyfriend and friends.