Coroner rules Melissa Caddick is dead and criticises husband for withholding information

Melissa Caddick, who went missing from her home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, is dead, a coroner’s inquest has found Photograph: SUPPLIED/PR IMAGE

The New South Wales deputy state coroner Elizabeth Ryan has concluded that the fraudster Melissa Caddick is dead while savaging the credibility of her husband, finding he withheld information from police.

But the court but has been unable to make any definitive findings about her fate, saying suicide was a possibility.