Missing scammer Melissa Caddick could be hiding in Canada, according to a fanciful claim about the footless scammer’s whereabouts posted on a Facebook group, but many have cast doubt.
A man claims to have seen Caddick ‘limping’ at a wedding in Gatineau, a Quebec city, almost four years after he disappeared from Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
‘I was at my cousin’s wedding when a homeless woman showed up that no one seemed to know. “She was leaning over the food table, eating like she hadn’t in days,” the man explained in the unverified report.
“She had bleached blonde hair clearly out of a box, walked with a limp, perhaps due to a prosthetic, and had obviously had plastic surgery.
‘After meeting Melissa Caddick and seeing her photo, I had an immediate flashback. It was her. No matter how much plastic surgery you have, you won’t be able to change the shape of your big head.
“I’m waiting for my cousin to send me candid photos from the wedding to cross reference, but he hasn’t responded yet.”
Caddick, who ran a fake financial services company, disappeared in November 2020, a day after ASIC investigators and Australian Federal Police officers raided his Dover Heights home.
The 49-year-old misappropriated about $23 million from investors, mostly family and friends, and was pronounced dead by a coroner in May last year.
Missing scammer Melissa Caddick (pictured) could be hiding in Canada, according to a fanciful claim about the footless scammer’s whereabouts posted to a Facebook group
A man claims to have seen Caddick ‘limping’ at a wedding in Gatineau, Quebec. Pictured: a property in Gatineau.
In February 2021, Caddick’s right foot, matched by DNA, was found in a shoe washed up on a beach south of Tathra, about 500 kilometers from where she was last seen alive.
Caddick’s possible sighting generated a flurry of responses on users’ Facebook page, with most dismissing the idea.
“Unless you have photos to prove it, I’ll treat this post as unverified,” one said.
Another added: “Why do I feel like you’re talking absolute shit?”
A third said: “I don’t think she would have run out of money or go hungry, she is a master manipulator and planner, she would have been very well organized and planned things well in advance.”
However, others supported the idea.
‘That’s a crazy development. Thanks for letting us know. He doesn’t seem to be doing well.
A second added: “Not surprised, can’t wait to see the photos.”
A third joked: “Did he try to sell you financial services?”
Caddick is pictured with her husband, hairstylist and DJ, Anthony Koletti, in happier times
Pictured is criminal psychologist Dr Tim Watson-Munro. He said it was unlikely Caddick was still alive.
Regardless of whether Caddick was seen in Canada, many Australians continue to wonder if she could still be alive and intentionally avoiding detection.
However, criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro told Daily Mail Australia she is most likely dead.
“The shoe may have been placed to show that she had died or had gone to sea,” he said.
‘Who knows? Most likely he has died. That’s my opinion. How did he die? That is speculative, whether it was suicide or foul play.
Watson-Munro said that while losing a foot may seem extreme to some people, it pales in comparison to serving a 10- to 15-year prison sentence.
“She could afford a good surgeon who could perhaps remove the foot and give her a prosthesis that would be suitable and comfortable,” he said.
“Now, to some that may seem pretty drastic, but when you look at what she was facing in terms of probably decades in prison, certainly more than 10 to 15 years, you would think that for that amount of money, it’s a softer option.” “. .
“She was the queen of the scam, the queen of the Ponzi scheme.”