There is something so particularly sleazy SYdneyish about this whole story . The brazen display of stolen money, in the house, the jewels, the cars, the kids school, the mum and dads apartment, the relentless social climbing, as the Manhattan crowd would say, an alpinist, ever clawing upwards, as she saw upwards to mean.
And watching that clip of 60 min, one can see how hard it was to believe what had happened to the people so affected, not so much by Melissa's death but by her life. One thing that struck me was Anthony' lying to the police etc, I think he just was in the habit of lying , it came naturally, I would find it hard to believe that he would kill off the goose that was laying all these golden eggs. He was totally dependent on her for walking around money.
I do think there is a connection between who knew what and precisely when it was known about the scam in its entirety. Some people had suspicions and removed their money early. Not many, I think maybe two , which leaves about 56 who didn't. There was only about 8 - 10 hours after the raid which blew the scam apart, and her disappearance. Not a lot of time, really.
This circus about the divvying up of the remnants after everything has been liquidized, all the junk made portable and all the claims competing for being the winner of the ' Really Idiotic Investors' race, ( I see the Grimleys as being about 20/1 on form ) will show that all that's left is a silent son and a couple of bereft spaniels, god alone knows where they are, in some good home, I hope.
