“Her body was found six days later (Thursday,February 17,2005),concealed under palm fronds at a sportsground less than 100 metres from the caravan park,” NSW Police said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
Local detectives established Strike Force Howea in February 2005 to investigate the homicide with assistance from the homicide squad,and counterparts at the Wuerzburg Criminal Police and the Prosecutor’s Office in Wuerzburg,Germany.
At the time Moran,who has always maintained his innocence,was flown home to Germany with Strobel’s body on a flight funded by the Lismore community.
A 2007 Coronial Inquest found there was insufficient evidence to lay charges over Strobel’s death.
“In October 2020,the NSW government announced a $1 million reward for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for Simone’s homicide. The Bavarian Office of Criminal Investigation had also announced a €10,000 reward for residents of both Germany and Australia back in 2014,” NSW Police said.
Moran has since married a West Australian woman named Samantha Moran and has taken her name.