Australian Story S30E27 - Say My Name – Louisa Ioannidis: Part 2
Summary:
Monday's Australian Story concludes an investigation into the case of Melbourne woman Louisa Ioannidis, who was found dead in a creek in 2011.
A police investigation concluded her death was consistent with drowning and the coroner closed the case, but Louisa's brother Tass always had doubts. So he sought help from Julia Robson, a private investigator and true crime podcaster.
Analysing the police investigation, Robson and fellow podcaster Clare McGrath discovered numerous contradictions in the evidence presented to the coroner in 2012.
"I have not spoken to a single person who believes Louisa drowned of her own accord," Robson tells Australian Story. "There is so much to her story and there are so many inconsistencies."
Following the release last year of the podcast on Louisa's death, a team of pro bono lawyers reviewed the case and asked an independent forensic pathologist to look at the autopsy results and police brief.
"The evidence for her having drowned is slight," the forensic pathologist says. "I recommended that the cause of death should in fact be unascertained."
Australian Story also asked a former NSW police detective inspector and criminologist to review the material.
"I don't think I can say, as a former detective for 22 years, that the police did a thorough investigation," he tells Australian Story.
Louisa's family is now calling for the Coroners Court of Victoria to reopen the case.
