Inquest into the death of Simone Strobel

Case Number: 2005/373850

Date of Findings: 6 November 2025

Magistrate: State Coroner, Teresa O'Sullivan

CORONIAL LAW – fresh inquest – unsolved homicide – death of German national in 2005 – previous inquest held in 2007 – ongoing police investigations in NSW and Germany – multiple persons of interest – new evidence since previous inquest – whether any known person or persons caused the death – new findings as to cause and manner of death

Responses

Recommendations 

To the NSW Commissioner of Police:

1. I recommend that the death of Simone Monika Strobel be referred to the NSW Homicide Squad, Unsolved Homicide Team (UHT) for assessment and monitoring in accordance with their operating procedures; and I suggest that the UHT should give particular consideration to:
   •  reviewing the exhibits, in particular the male DNA profile recovered from Simone’s black top, to determine whether there are any further items or DNA profiles of individuals that should be forensically tested and whether any DNA profiles can be matched; and
   • conducting further analysis of the mtDNA profile recovered from Hair A; and
   • whether further expert opinion regarding the cause of Simone’s death can be obtained.