Simone Strobel inquest hears boyfriend of backpacker found dead ‘twigged’ to undercover police officer
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6S654)
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Police sent undercover officers to elicit a confession from the former boyfriend of backpacker Simone Strobel, but the lead detective on the case believes the then murder suspect twigged" to their efforts.
Strobel's naked body was found hidden under palm fronds at a sports ground in Lismore, in the New South Wales northern rivers region, in February 2005, six days after she was reported missing.
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