An autopsy has confirmed Victorian traveller Elly Warren was murdered while on a diving holiday in Mozambique, News Corp reports.
Ms Warren, of Mordialloc in Melbourne’s southeast, was found dead near a toilet block at Tofo beach on November 10. Early reports from local police alleged their investigations came to the conclusion the 20-year-old did not meet with foul play.
Local authorities believed Ms Warren collapsed onto the sand and died of asphyxiation while on the volunteer and diving trip.
However, the results of an autopsy conducted by well-known Johannesburg pathologist Dr Patricia Klepp, released to News Corp, contradict this.
They claim Ms Warren was murdered while travelling overseas, with her facial injuries suggesting she was held face down in the sand resulting in her death.
Speaking to News Corp about the report’s findings, Ms Warren’s father Paul Warren said the autopsy clearly showed his daughter met with foul play.
“Dr Klepp told me she was very surprised to see how much sand was still in Elly’s mouth, through both bronchi tubes leading to her lungs,” Mr Warren said.
“Any qualified doctor knows that this was not an accidental death. She was murdered.”
The results also found no drugs in her system, nor signs of rape or sexual assault, despite early media reports believing this could be the case.