Detective Sergeant Michael Foscholo told an inquest on Friday he took over the case more than a week after she disappeared.
He discussed lines of inquiry with his team to follow up which included obtaining Ms Caddick’s toothbrush for a DNA profile and some data checks on her phone.
A new detective was brought in a week after Caddick’s disappearance, to put “fresh eyes” on the case. (9 News)
Apple’s data had raised questions about whether someone was trying to access their account externally, he said.
They were also “tracking a possible pin data point at Sydney Airport” on November 13, at 12.45pm, which was located on his Uber account.
It is not yet known what NSW Police officers found after investigating this data point.
Detective Sergeant Foscholo replaced Detective Sergeant Michael Kyneur on November 23 as the investigation “could benefit from a fresh set of eyes”, Detective Inspector Gretchen Atkins said of her decision.
The last verified sighting of Ms Caddick was when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Federal Police raided her Dover Heights mansion on November 11, 2020.
Anthony Koletti, Melissa Caddick’s husband, arrives at the inquest into her death. (AP)
The next morning he is supposed to have been heard leaving early to go jogging. Ms. Caddick’s husband, Anthony Koletti, reported to police that she never returned about 30 hours later.
His Ponzi scheme victims, mostly family and friends, lost between $20 and $30 million that he used to fund his lavish lifestyle.
Many of the people defrauded by the conwoman only found out she was missing after a media appeal on November 20, “or that their eggs may be at risk”, barrister Lachlan Gyles SC said.
Senior crime scene officer Ellen Konza was brought in to forensically inspect the eastern suburbs home 19 days after Ms Caddick disappeared.
“I didn’t see anything that indicated any sign of blood, or blood cleaning, nothing of particular interest,” he said.
Melissa Caddick’s foot washed up on a south coast beach more than three months after she disappeared. (NSW Police Force)
And his subsequent search for the luxury sports cars indicated that they were also intact.
“Your observation of the vehicles appeared to have not been cleaned for a period of time … for the most likely 19 days,” said barrister Jason Downing SC who was assisting the coroner.
After Friday’s hearing, the two-week investigation will break before Mr. Koletti must testify on September 26. However, the current witness list is running overtime.
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