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In July 2022, Tobias Moran (formerly Tobias
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Strobel's nude body was discovered on 17 February 2005 by the NSW Dog Unit on a bocce court less than 100 metres from the campsite where she had disappeared, covered by palm fronds. Her cause of death is unconfirmed; investigators told the 2007 inquest that they believed her cause of death to be
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The following morning at 10:45am, Suckfuell and Martin reported
Strobel missing at the Lismore Police Station, telling the police that she had left the campsite during the night after an argument had broken out between the Suckfuell siblings. The police subsequently put out a public appeal for
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Prior to her murder, Strobel - a German national from Würzburg, Bavaria - had been backpacking through
Australia with her boyfriend, Tobias Suckfuell, Suckfuell's sister, Katrin, and their friend, Jens Martin. On 11 February 2005, the group checked in to the Lismore Tourist Caravan Park. That
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face court in Sydney. Upon his extradition, Moran was charged with murder and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Further arrest warrants were issued for Katrin
Suckfuell and Jens Martin, in relation to allegations of being accessories after the fact.
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Bavarian Office of Criminal Investigation announced a €10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest or conviction. In addition, on 15 October 2020, the New South Wales Government and police announced a $ 1 million reward.
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The charges against Tobias Moran were due to be certified in the
Lismore Local Court on 14 June 2023 but the court was told the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had decided not to proceed and the charges were withdrawn.
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evening, they spent the night drinking at the Gollan Hotel, before being ejected at 11:10pm by the bar manager. The group reportedly returned to the caravan park to continue their evening.
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