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Police estimated that over 50 people would have visited the beach between 8:30 am and the time her body was discovered, partially in the water, at about 1:30 pm. She was partly undressed (probably due to the scuffle) and had probably died between 11:30 am and 12:35 pm. Signs of a violent scuffle, and
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Cafasso had been violently attacked on the beach, initially defending herself from a blunt object which broke three of her teeth, but not from the following knife attack, suffering 17 stab wounds. The police response was also criticised as the scene was not
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some of her belongings, were found 50 metres further up the beach. Other items, such as her missing bikini bottoms, towel, t-shirt, or the murder weapon, were never located.
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in broad daylight on 11 October 1995. As of 2020, nobody has been identified as her killer. A reward of
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