Police divers are at Dover Heights inspecting ocean conditions before a possible search in a bid to narrow down what might have happened to Sydney businesswoman Melissa Caddick.
On Tuesday, police determined remains found at Mollymook Beach on the NSW South Coast last Friday do not belong to Ms Caddick.
Police divers are at Dover Heights inspecting ocean conditions before a possible search in a bid to narrow down what might have happened to Sydney businesswoman Melissa Caddick.
NSW Police on Tuesday said the remains “have been determined to be human, as belonging to a man” but do not belong to a 39-year-old man missing from the Batemans Bay area since January 25.
The remains, reportedly a piece of flesh including a belly button, were found at Mollymook about 6.30pm on Friday.
A search on Wednesday will be conducted, pending the ocean conditions.
Ms Caddick’s badly decomposed foot in an ASICS running shoe was found at Bournda Beach, near Tathra, on February 21.
The 49-year-old disappeared from her Dover Heights home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in mid-November.
“Scientists were able to extract DNA from the foot and match it to a sample of DNA that we had already obtained from a toothbrush belonging to Melissa and from her relatives,” NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Mick Willing said last week.
Remains were also located at a beach at Cunjurong Point about 5.40pm on Saturday, and Warrain Beach, Culburra about 10.45am on Sunday.
Officers established a crime scene at each location. DNA testing on both samples continues.
Another set of remains, found at Tura Beach on February 27, “have been deemed to be animal”.
Ms Caddick was last seen by her husband in the early hours of Thursday, November 12. Two days prior, on November 10, ASIC obtained orders in the Federal Court freezing Ms Caddick’s bank accounts and properties and preventing her from leaving the country.
The following day AFP officers arrived at her house to execute a search warrant on behalf of ASIC. Documents tendered in court have since revealed that Ms Caddick allegedly misappropriated millions of dollars from her clients.
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