A Melbourne father has slammed the Australian Federal Police investigation into his daughter s horrific death while she was volunteering overseas in Africa ahead of an inquest that will examine what happened to her. The Coroners Court of Victoria will examine the death of Elly Warren in Mozambique in 2016, when the 20-year-old was found lying facedown in sand with her bikini bottoms around her knees in the beach town of Tofo. She was there volunteering in marine conservation when she died of asphyxiation from choking on sand, with bruising on her mouth and abrasions on her neck. Melbourne woman Elly Warren was found dead in suspicious circumstances in Mozambique in 2016. Picture: Supplied
Elly Warren died while volunteering in Africa in 2016.
The 20-year old, who had hopes of being a marine biologist, was found dead by fishermen behind a toilet block in the coastal town Tofo on November 9 that year.
20-year-old Elly Warren had aspirations of becoming a marine biologist.(Nine)
Paul Warren wants answers about his daughter s untimely death in 2016.(Nine) I have asked the coroner today to take it to the next level, we need the Australian authorities to diplomatically demand that we receive the investigation file, her father Paul Warren said.
Ms Warren died from asphyxia according to several forensic examinations, with abrasions found on her neck, bruising on her mouth and her lungs filled with sand. There were no drugs in her system.