{"id":35433,"date":"2023-08-03T16:37:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1866084"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:40:00","slug":"what-happened-to-melissa-caddick-as-seen-in-vanishing-act","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-happened-to-melissa-caddick-as-seen-in-vanishing-act\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Melissa Caddick, as seen in Vanishing Act?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The Australian true crime drama is available to watch now on ITVX. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Abby Robinson\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 03 August 2023 at 14:37 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Vanishing Act is an Australian true crime drama now airing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tag\/itv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ITVX<\/a> about <span class=\"s1\">Melissa Caddick, a<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> millionaire from Sydney who went missing in November 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old left the house to go for a run but 30 hours later, her husband Anthony Koletti,<span class=\"s1\"> a hairdresser and part-time DJ,\u00a0<\/span>contacted the police after she had failed to return.<\/p>\n<p>Two days prior to her disappearance, her home in the <span class=\"s1\">affluent neighbourhood of Dover Heights was raided by the authorities as part of an investigation into fraud. It was alleged that Caddick had misappropriated<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> between $20m and $30m from investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Caddick had falsely posed as a financial adviser by using a friend\u2019s licence to gain access to funds from more than 60 individuals. A number of her targets were family and friends, as well as other acquaintances, including an elderly couple who were neighbours of Caddick, and had been conned out of almost $600,000 in superannuation.<\/span><\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6332183527112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Some of the money Caddick took from her victims was used to pay dividends to other clients, but the vast majority of their funds were pocketed and spent on a mansion,<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> expensive jewellery, luxury holidays, fast cars and designer clothing and accessories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMs Caddick\u2019s clients were shocked and felt a profound sense of betrayal when they discovered the money they invested with her had gone,\u201d said New South Wales<span class=\"s2\"> deputy state coroner Elizabeth Ryan (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/may\/25\/alleged-fraudster-melissa-caddick-is-dead-nsw-deputy-state-coroner-concludes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201c<\/span>The financial and emotional harm they have suffered will continue to reverberate for many years to come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What happened to Melissa Caddick?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" 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image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/vanishing-act-itvx-e0ba1f4.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"A photograph of Melissa Caddick smiling next to her husband Anthony Koletti\" title=\"vanishing act itvx\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Melissa Caddick with her husband, Anthony Koletti. <em>Naked\/Fremantle<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\">In May 2023, coroner Elizabeth Ryan <\/span><\/span>ruled that Caddick had died.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">A foot inside a trainer, which was linked to Caddick by DNA, was found by surfers on a beach 250 miles south of Sydney in February 2021. <\/span>But there was still no clarity on what exactly had happened \u2013 with murder, a grisly mishap and suicide all posited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI have concluded that Melissa Caddick is deceased,\u201d said <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Ryan. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"s1\">However, a more problematic issue is whether the evidence is sufficient to enable a positive finding of how she died and how and when it happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of those conned by Caddick believe she had removed her own foot to outwit the authorities and remains at large, a theory which was described as \u201cmost unlikely\u201d by Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>Others, including her family, believe she had died after jumping from cliffs near her property.<\/p>\n<p>The police enquiry was criticised for being inadequate in the initial stages, with Ryan highlighting the decision not to involve the homicide squad after that possibility was dismissed. She also criticised the length of time it took to review the CCTV footage from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Conflicting accounts from Caddick\u2019s husband and the length of time it took him to contact the police also raised eyebrows. Koletti has denied any <span class=\"s1\">knowledge of his wife\u2019s illegal activities and any involvement in her disappearance, and there was no evidence to suggest otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI regret that positive findings cannot be made as to the cause and manner of Ms Caddick\u2019s death,\u201d said Ryan. \u201cMs Caddick\u2019s husband, son, parents and brother must surely feel a strong need for finality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMelissa Caddick was a wife, mother, daughter and sister. 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