Overview
- State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan found Strobel was killed on February 12, 2005, by an unknown person and issued an open finding on cause of death and perpetrator.
- The coroner recommended the case be allocated to the NSW Homicide Squad’s Unsolved Homicide team with priority on DNA analysis and fresh expert opinion on the manner of death.
- She overturned aspects of the 2007 inquest, noting current legislation prevents coroners from identifying an offender in their findings.
- O’Sullivan said it was unlikely Katrin Suckfuell and Jens Martin were involved, declined to find it “very unlikely” that Tobias Moran was involved, and found it unlikely he could have acted alone in the killing and disposal.
- Her findings noted a likely sexual motive and the probable removal of clothing, while stating she could not determine whether a sexual assault occurred or the precise cause of death; charges laid against Moran in 2022 were withdrawn in 2023.