Murderer Alex Tsakmakis linked to missing restaurateur Willi Koeppen
THE daughter of a notorious killer apparently tried to reconcile with the widow of a man her father allegedly killed more than 30 years ago.
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THE daughter of a notorious killer apparently tried to reconcile with the widow of a man her father allegedly killed more than 30 years ago.
Karin Koeppen came face-to-face with the young woman, daughter of one of Victoria's worst killers, Alex Tsakmakis.
Tsakmakis is strongly suspected of involvement in eight killings, but was convicted of just two.
Willi Koeppen was a television chef and the wealthy owner of the Cuckoo Restaurant in Olinda when he mysteriously disappeared in the early hours of February 29, 1976.
Nothing has been found of him.
Tsakmakis has been strongly linked to the killing, and, according to Mark "Chopper" Read, the psychotic killer talked of his involvement during their time as prisoners in Pentridge.
Read said Tsakmakis was "up to his neck" in Koeppen's disappearance.
"I can't remember whether Alex said he did that one or had it contracted out," Read said years later.
Koeppen's son, Andrei, told the Herald Sun True Crime Scene that "a year or two back" Tsakmakis's daughter contacted his mother to "kind of apologise". "We think she also wanted to reconcile the history of her father," Mr Koeppen said.
In July 1988, Russell St bomber Craig Minogue savagely beat Tsakmakis to death in Pentridge.
The Koeppen family want police to review the Koeppen file.
The exclusive case file on killer Alex Tsakmakis
Andrei Koeppen was a young student boarding in Adelaide when his father disappeared. He said after years of reflection, he believed the only possible connection his father had with Tsakmakis could be the six escorts (prostitutes) who arrived at the restaurant the day after he vanished.
Mr Koeppen said his father had arranged for the prostitutes to go to the restaurant.
"He was going to take one to his island off North Queensland, according to the record of interview with the brothel madam in the police files," he said.
"I think that could be a link between Tsakmakis and the prostitutes.
"Unusually, my mother took the takings home with her. Maybe, my father had gone back to the restaurant and found the safe empty.
"If Tsakmakis was there at the time and for some reason wanted cash, and the money wasn't there, that could explain the killing."