Father-in-law says Melissa Caddick may still be alive despite foot discovery

Fraudster Melissa Caddick’s father-in-law believes she could still be alive despite the grisly discovery of a washed-up Asics trainer containing her foot, asking, ‘How much of it was in the shoe?’

The father-in-law of Melissa Caddick believes she could still alive despite the grisly discovery of a washed-up Asics trainer containing her foot, asking, “How much of it was in the shoe?”
Tax agent Rodo Koletti say the findings on Bournda Beach on the NSW south coast on February 21 pose more questions than answers and, even though his family has contacted the fraudster’s parents to express their condolences, he believes she may still be alive and in hiding.

“There are still too many unanswered questions, how much of the foot was in the shoe? How was it severed from the rest of the body?” Mr Koletti told the Daily Telegraph.

Melissa Cadduick left her home hours after ASIC officers and police raided it on November 11.

Melissa Caddick’s badly decomposed foot.

“Why did the forensic scientist say that the shoe did not appear to be more deteriorated if it had been in the sea since November? Alive or dead, suicide or murder... who knows? The proof will come out eventually.

“My wife has contacted her parents to pass on our condolences but it may be premature.
“It’s a very long and sad saga. We may never know what happened to Melissa and her family and victims may never get full closure.”

An international aquatic forensics expert revealed the condition of the rogue trainer suggests she was alive long after she disappeared.

Husband Anthony Koletti and Melissa Caddick Melissa, 49, who went missing from her Dover Heights home on November 11

The unspoilt running shoe containing part of the foot of the 49-year-old was found by surfers three months after the alleged fraudster left her home in Dover Heights, 400km away.

Murdoch University expert Dr Paola Magni told The Daily Telegraph the entire shoe should have been festooned with plankton within two weeks of entering the water.

“Barnacles can attach on a shoe in 15 days in my experience,” Dr Magni told the paper.

NSW Police are now assembling a team of forensic experts to prepare a report for the coroner.

Melissa Caddick MD and Financial planner, at her former home in Paddington. Picture: Andy Baker.

No further remains have been found despite extensive searches in the ocean below the Dover Heights cliffs in the shadow of her $7 million home.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has acknowledged there are several conspiracy theories circulating about the fate of Mrs Caddick, who disappeared form her home after ASIC and Federal Police officers raided her home on November 11.

But he remains insistent she is dead.

“There’s always a chance she cut her foot off and is still alive but that’s pretty fanciful but nevertheless we haven’t closed this case,” he said.

“We are still looking for her remains and we’re still looking of where the funds may be.”