Police investigating the disappearance of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick considered an experiment involving dead pigs fitted with tracking devices — and some wearing running shoes — being thrown into the ocean, an inquest has heard.
Key points:
- An inquest is examining when and where Ms Caddick died
- It heard from Detective Sergeant Steven Morgan and various experts
- One expert says she was likely in the ocean “no more than one week, and no less than two to three days”
Ms Caddick vanished in November 2020 as the corporate watchdog, the Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC), investigated her alleged Ponzi scheme which involved fraud of between $20-$30 million.
Three months later, a running shoe containing the 49-year-old’s decomposing foot washed up on Bournda Beach, on the NSW south coast.
An inquest into her suspected death has heard from Detective Sergeant Steven Morgan, who acted as a Homicide Squad consultant for six months until September 2021.
Documents detailing his activities in relation to the investigation contain reference to the proposed experiment.
The court heard it was to involve several pig carcasses being cast into the ocean after being fitted with tracking devices.
Some were to also be fitted with running shoes.
One of the aims was to ascertain the behaviour of sharks, the inquest was told.
Asked whether that experiment ever took place,…
