A German backpacker told her dad being in Australia was a 'dream come true' just a day before she was brutally murdered. The naked body of Simone Strobel, 25, was hidden under palm fronds on ...

Detective Sergeant Dave Mackie told the inquest that despite a lack of evidence, he believed Tobias Suckfuell killed Ms Strobel before his sister and friend helped hide her body. The detective in ...

Mr Moran, who left Australia after Ms Strobel's alleged murder and led a carefree nomadic existence surfing the world's top beaches, met Samantha in South Africa. They moved back to Perth and ...

The detective in charge of investigating the death of German backpacker Simone Strobel has told a coronial inquest that it is "probable" her boyfriend killed her inside a caravan. Ms Strobel ...

Ms Strobel, 25, was found dead and her naked body discovered under palm fronds in the heart of Lismore, northern NSW in February 2005. The kindergarten teacher was on a backpacking trip in ...

Ms. Strobel had been on a night out with Mr. Moran and friends and was last seen at Lismore Tourist Caravan Park on February 11, 2005. The kindergarten teacher’s naked body was found six days ...

It comes after WA homicide detectives this week arrested Ms Strobel’s former boyfriend Tobias Moran over her murder in Lismore, NSW, more than 17 years ago at his City Beach home. Following the ...

His lawyer, Tim Game SC, argued no further evidence had come to light to implicate Mr Moran in Ms Strobel’s death since investigators failed to link him to the crime over a decade ago.