Coroner rules Melissa Caddick is dead and criticises husband for withholding information

Alleged fraudster disappeared in 2020, age 49, from her home in Dover Heights after a police raid

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The New South Wales deputy state coroner Elizabeth Ryan has concluded that the alleged fraudster Melissa Caddick is dead while savaging the credibility of her husband, finding he withheld information from police.

But the court but has been unable to make any definitive findings about her fate, saying suicide was a possibility.

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