The sister of accused murderer Tobias Moran is being sought in Germany over an alleged cover-up following the smothering death of Simon Strobel in the NSW coastal town of Lismore 17 years ago.
Tobias Moran led a charmed life as the surfer boy husband of a wealthy Perth woman in her luxury beach shack where police handcuffed and deported him back to Sydney charged with murder.
Tobias Moran, the former boyfriend of German backpacker Simone Strobel, has been extradited to NSW and charged with murder 17 years after she was killed in northern NSW.
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Subscriber only The name Simone Strobel first crossed the desk of German journalist Manfred Schweidler 16 years ago, and he s been determined since then to find the answer to the question, What happened to Simone? .
The Northern Star has liaised with Mr Schweidler on the case since 2005, sharing a commitment to find out what happened to the 25-year-old kindergarten teacher, who died while on holiday in Lismore. Mr Schweidler is the crime reporter for Main Post, a newspaper from Wurzburg near Simone s home town of Rieden. Manfred Schweidler, a journalist from Germany, has been writing stories about Simone Strobel since she went missing in Lismore in 2005. Photo Contributed
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