![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/my-wife-was-a-multi-millionaire-but-hiding-a-scandalous-secret-then-she-vanished-and-i-was-blamed-for-her-murder/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23153435-1690201144388.jpg&description=MILLIONAIRE MYSTERY My wife was a multi-millionaire but hiding a scandalous secret – then she vanished and I was blamed for her murder SHE was dubbed the 'con artist of the century' who fleeced her friends, family and even her own parents for cash - only to disappear into thin air. Multi-millionaire Melissa Caddick mysteriously vanished from her £5.1million clifftop mansion in Sydney, Australia, just a day after cops raided the property on suspicion of fraud in November 2020. 8 Con artist Melissa Caddick with her husband, Anthony Koletti Credit: ITV 8 Caddick's foot was found washed up on a beach in Australia months after she went on the run Credit: 7 News As police hunted her down, it emerged the businesswoman, 49, had siphoned over £16million from more than 50 people to fund a five-star lifestyle that included Aspen ski holidays, private chefs, Louis Vuitton watches and Christian Dior clothes. But the mystery only deepened when four months later, a lone ASICS trainer, with the remains of a foot inside, was found by campers 400 kilometers south of her home. DNA tests confirmed the human remains that had washed ashore were Caddick's. Now an upcoming documentary called The Real Vanishing Act: The Missing Millionairess, will re-tell the extraordinary story through the eyes of investigators, close friends and her loyal husband, Anthony. For those who entrusted 'financial planner' Caddick with their life-savings so that they could set their children up for a bright future, the saga is almost still too painful to talk about. An inquest in May confirmed only that the mother-of one was dead. The most popular theory is that she took her own life by jumping from nearby cliffs, but darker theories have swirled that she cut off her own foot to put investigators off her trail. In his first UK interview, Anthony tells The Sun that his name was "blackened" after being suspected by officers over Caddick's disappearance - and insists he only received $1.95 of her fortune. 'I believ){kind=link}
SHE was dubbed the ‘con artist of the century’ who fleeced her friends, family and even her own parents for cash – only to disappear into thin air.
Multi-millionaire Melissa Caddick mysteriously vanished from her £5.1million clifftop mansion in Sydney, Australia, just a day after cops raided the property on suspicion of fraud in November 2020.
As police hunted her down, it emerged the businesswoman, 49, had siphoned over £16million from more than 50 people to fund a five-star lifestyle that included Aspen ski holidays, private chefs, Louis Vuitton watches and Christian Dior clothes.
But the mystery only deepened when four months later, a lone ASICS trainer, with the remains of a foot inside, was found by campers 400 kilometers south of her home.
DNA tests confirmed the human remains that had washed ashore were Caddick’s.