Former detective Bob Coad has been retired for nearly 20 years. But he remains as dedicated as ever to solving the missing persons case of young German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt, who vanished from Tasmania’s East Coast two years before the murder of Victoria Cafasso in the same area. Bob explains the two crucial pieces of evidence that prove Nancy wasn’t murdered.

Twenty-five years have passed since the brutal murder of a young Italian tourist on one of its remote and beautiful beaches in Tasmania.

Twenty-five years have passed since a peaceful Tasmanian seaside community was shattered by the brutal murder of a young Italian tourist on one of its remote and beautiful beaches. Still to this day, no-one has ever been charged with the murder of Victoria Cafasso. But Victoria’s death wasn’t the first disturbing event along that picturesque coastline — young German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt had disappeared from the same area two years earlier. With the anniversary of Victoria’s death, the Mercury revisits these two mysteries to find out what the police detectives and the locals think happened — and if they’ll ever be able to put these ghosts to rest.

Twenty-five years have passed since a peaceful Tasmanian seaside community was shattered by the brutal murder of a young Italian tourist on one of its remote and beautiful beaches.

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