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– When Australian businesswoman Melissa Caddick disappeared in November, hours after police raided her Sydney home, it was speculated that her disappearance had been stolen millions of dollars from investors. The speculation ended when his foot was found washed on a remote beach. Authorities said Friday that DNA tests had confirmed that the decomposed foot found by campers 250 miles south of Sydney belonged to Caddick, who was reported by her missing husband and teenage son after not returning from a race in the morning on November 12th. Inform the BBC. Investigators believe Caddick stole up to $ 30 million from investors, including friends and family, and used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Earlier this month, police said they believed the 49-year-old was still alive. New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Willing said on Friday that the foot was in a shoe and that the drifting model suggests it is possible that Caddick will enter the water near his Sydney House, the Guardian “It remains a mystery as to when and how he entered the water,” he told reporters. “At this time we cannot rule out anything. We have kept an open mind, although given the circumstances of his disappearance … we have always taken into account the possibility that life may have been taken.” Willing said the “manner, time and cause of death are exact to the coroner.” (Read more stories from Australia.)