Backpacker’s Body Was Found Naked Under Palm Fronds — 20 Years Later, No One Knows Who Killed Her

NEED TO KNOW

Simone Strobel, 25, was found six days after she vanished during a night out with friends in Lismore, New South Wales

Tobias Moran (formerly Tobias Suckfuell) was charged in 2022 with her murder, but the charges were withdrawn the following year and he denies involvement

Two unmatched DNA samples from the scene — a hair and male DNA on her top — remain under investigation and a A$1 million reward is still on offer

Six days after she vanished from a campsite during a night out, her body was found hidden under palm fronds — and two decades later, a coroner has formally ruled German backpacker Simone Strobel was murdered. But her killer remains unknown.

This week, New South Wales state coroner Teresa O’Sullivan ruled Strobel, 25, “died as a result of homicide by a person or