Overview
- Officers found the 48-year-old in a blue Toyota Yaris outside Lake Illawarra Police Station on Friday, with paramedics noting advanced decomposition after days of extreme heat.
- Security footage shows Moriarty engaged with officers in the station foyer on Tuesday before returning to her car that night, with police yet to confirm the nature of that contact.
- Her father says she went to the station to make a stalking report, adding uncertainty about whether she received appropriate help.
- A critical incident investigation is underway, monitored by the Professional Standards Command and the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, with a coroner’s report to follow and an inquest ordinarily held.
- NSW Police said it appeared she had been living in the car, a point her family disputes while noting she had been staying at a property in Kiama; tributes recall her work as a journalist, author and former councillor.