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0:00Melbourne, Australia, 2010. A young
0:02woman by the name of Phiby Hjack is
0:04discovered lifeless in a location that
0:06is far from being habitual. Her body is
0:09discovered at the bottom of a garbage
0:11chute. Phiby's case is being written
0:14off as a freak accident, but her family
0:16remains convinced, even sixteen years
0:18later, that there is so much more
0:19behind the truth of her death. I would
0:24like to urge everyone who is listening
0:25to the story of Pibi today to pay close
0:27attention to those specific signs which
0:29may indicate that a loved one of yours
0:31is involved in a controlling
0:32relationship. Good evening, how are you
0:44? If you don't know me, hello, I'm
0:46Andrew and this Friday I'm ready to
0:47tell you another chilling story. Today
0:49we're talking about a very special case
0:51that is very important to us,
0:53especially because we reached out to
0:54someone very close to the victim who
0:56kindly decided to share a few words
0:58about the story. This is the first time
1:01we've been able to do something like
1:02this on this channel, so we're very
1:04excited and proud to be able to share
1:05all this with you. The fact that we
1:08spoke with someone so close to the
1:10events has reminded us, and will
1:12certainly remind you, of how real these
1:15stories are and the true impact they
1:17have on people's lives. In all
1:19likelihood, this person will watch this
1:21video. So I invite everyone to be kind
1:23in the comments and to always express
1:25their opinion, always showing the right
1:27respect. But let's not digress any
1:29further. Let's begin. Today we are in
1:32Melbourne, Australia and more
1:34specifically we are in a very beautiful
1:36and wealthy area of the city, in a
1:38luxury building with 23 floors. The
1:40building that looks more like a tower
1:43was built in 2008 at 45 Sand Kilda Road
1:46, an area mostly made up of offices and
1:48luxury shops. Checking online, I saw
1:50that apartment prices hover around a
1:52million or slightly more, so it is fair
1:54to say that those who live in this
1:55complex certainly do not have a
1:56difficult financial situation at all.
1:58The building also has a swimming pool
2:01and a spa open 24 hours a day, as well
2:03as a gym and a video surveillance
2:05system that is active 7 days a week.
2:08Remember this video surveillance system
2:10, please. To access the complex, it is
2:12necessary to use your magnetic key,
2:14both to open the gate to reach the
2:16internal courtyard, and then again to
2:17enter the building itself, and finally
2:19once more, as is clearly required, to
2:21enter inside your own private apartment
2:23. Each apartment is tastefully
2:25furnished, usually with marble, glass
2:27and stainless steel and the walls are
2:29entirely made of windows, creating an
2:31always bright environment. It is
2:33precisely in this context of unbridled
2:35luxury that Pibi Hjack, the protagonist
2:38of our case, lives with her boyfriend
2:40Anthony Hampel. But by the way, we are
2:42finally back on our set. What do you
2:44think? I'm glad we're back here. Quick
2:47aside, I would like to change it
2:48slightly, so if you have any
2:50suggestions I'll read them all, sorry.
2:52So, before we immerse ourselves in the
2:54heart of this story, I must spend a few
2:55words specifically regarding Pibi.
2:58Phibbi Hjack was born on May 9, 1986,
3:00and her family consists of her parents
3:02Len Hjack and Natalie Campbell, and her
3:05younger brothers Tom and Nicolai. Her
3:07father Lenn is a psychiatrist by
3:09profession and is highly regarded in
3:10the city. The family eventually settled
3:13in Richmond, a residential suburb in
3:15Melbourne, and Pibi was described by
3:16everyone as being a very creative and
3:18outgoing young child. In fact, from a
3:21young age, she showed a marked talent
3:23in all forms of art, from writing to
3:25drawing, and her parents always tried
3:27to encourage her to cultivate this
3:28creative and artistic side. In addition
3:31to this, Pibi is also very, very active
3:33, she plays sports, she is athletic,
3:35and it seems that she and her brother
3:36Tom loved to challenge each other to
3:38climb trees. I used to climb on the
3:40swing that was at my grandparents '
3:42house. I don't know how the hell I did
3:43it. In fact, they called me monkey.
3:45Well, with the arrival of adolescence,
3:47something broke. Infibi. In fact, at
3:49the age of 13, she began to hang out
3:51with some not-so-healthy people for her
3:53. Her friends would spend all their
3:55free time doing everything that is most
3:57wrong for a teenager to do, which is to
3:59say drinking and experimenting with
4:01illegal substances. Specifically, Fibi
4:03began drinking alcohol in the afternoon
4:05and smoking marijuana at a young age.
4:08From what we understand, Fibi's friends
4:10did not come from disadvantaged
4:12families; on the contrary, they were
4:13all from good families, so it can be
4:15assumed that this behavior was linked
4:17to some sort of rebellion against her
4:19parents rather than a real need to
4:21escape from a degraded environment. So,
4:24Pibi's lifestyle became quite unhealthy
4:27. She began going out every weekend
4:29with her group of friends to clubs and,
4:31although they were all still minors,
4:32they managed to get in anyway and find
4:34a way to have fun with both alcohol and
4:36drugs. It is a bit of a paradox, but
4:39since Pibe began leading this unhealthy
4:41lifestyle, she has become even closer
4:43to her maternal grandmother, a woman
4:46whose name is Janette. In a short time,
4:48she bonded deeply with her grandmother,
4:49taking her as a point of reference, as
4:51an example to follow, and as a
4:52fundamental pillar within her own life.
4:54For this reason, she confided in her
4:56almost immediately, rather than in her
4:58parents, and told her everything she
5:00was up to at that time and Janette,
5:02with the wisdom of a grandmother, gave
5:03her some advice, but not the typical
5:05advice that any grandmother would give.
5:08In fact, thanks to her past experience
5:10with certain substances, she was able
5:11to give Fibi some excellent advice. She
5:14knew this world well and was aware of
5:16the consequences that these substances
5:17can have on the brain after prolonged
5:19use, especially if the use began during
5:21adolescence. Janet told her
5:23granddaughter that, in her opinion,
5:24some people really ought not take these
5:26substances at all due to their fragile
5:27psyche, and she went on to explain that
5:29using those drugs regularly could
5:30potentially fuel her recent mood swings
5:32even more than they currently do. Pibi
5:34listened carefully to her grandmother's
5:36advice and for a while tried to stay
5:38away from these environments and when
5:40she turned 16 she realized her
5:41potential. In fact, Fibi grew up to be
5:43a beautiful and talented young woman,
5:44and this certainly did not go unnoticed
5:46by anyone at all. She is not only very
5:48beautiful aesthetically, and I know
5:49that it may seem trivial at times to
5:51report some of the praise from friends
5:53or acquaintances, but this time it is
5:55appropriate because according to their
5:57words she truly had an incredible aura,
5:59she attracted people like a magnet.
6:01Everyone who knew her agreed that she
6:03had an extraordinary energy. Pibi was
6:06like a fan fatal who had the power to
6:08attract others to her, but at the same
6:10time maintain that aura of mystery
6:12around her. In addition to this, she is
6:15a very independent girl even at a young
6:16age and this detail is nothing more
6:18than an added value in the eyes of
6:19those who look at her. The fact that
6:21she is charismatic and enterprising
6:23makes her even more beautiful and
6:24magnetic in the eyes of boys who always
6:26fall for her at the first opportunity.
6:29However, this enchanting beauty also
6:31seems to be a condemnation for her who
6:32in adolescence continues to struggle
6:34with mood swings and unfortunately also
6:36substance abuse. Also at the age of 16,
6:44the relationship between her and her
6:45parents becomes complicated. We have
6:47all gone through the adolescent phase,
6:49which is not easy for anyone, and given
6:51that she had so many things on her mind
6:53, it created a definitive break within
6:55her. For this reason, one day, she
6:57decided to run away from home and for
6:59almost a month she went to live in an
7:00apartment with five other girls,
7:02probably running away from a difficult
7:04situation. During this period, Pibi
7:06turned to drugs even more. The
7:08situation at home was not great, as you
7:10can imagine, especially for a 16-
7:12year-old girl who struggles with mental
7:14health. In the end, however, she
7:15decided to return home, but from that
7:17moment on her mental health suffered an
7:19even more intense decline. Her mood
7:21swings became increasingly evident and
7:23Fibia alternated between very
7:25depressive and manic phases. Her father
7:27Len, who I remind you is a psychiatrist
7:29, was obviously very attentive to his
7:30daughter's symptoms and for this reason
7:32he decided to have her start a course
7:34with another professional, also a
7:35psychiatrist. After a few sessions, she
7:37was diagnosed with depression, which is
7:39why she was prescribed antidepressants.
7:41Len, the father, is not very
7:43enthusiastic about this choice. In fact
7:45, he does not agree with the idea of
7:47giving such powerful psychotropic drugs
7:48to a teenager, also because Fibi has
7:50not shown herself to be very consistent
7:51in taking them from the beginning.
7:53However, within this state of apparent
7:55and lacking stability, Fibi begins
7:56attending her classes with greater
7:57frequency, and it is precisely during
7:59this period that she enters into a
8:01relationship with an older boy. In fact
8:02, her boyfriend is a physical education
8:04teacher who, however, I must specify,
8:06does not teach at the same school as
8:08her. In another small detail, he is 10
8:11years older than her. Ouch! Fibia's
8:13mother has stated that her daughter has
8:15always felt a strong attraction toward
8:16boys who are older than she is. This is
8:18certainly because Natalie herself and
8:20Pibi's grandmother, Janette, had always
8:21been with older men, so perhaps she
8:23took inspiration from them. In any case
8:25, the family does not see it as a
8:27problem at all, I must say that. So
8:28much so that Phi continues this
8:30relationship for almost a year. Her
8:31depression, however, continues to knock
8:34on her door cyclically and she
8:35continues to drown her ailments in
8:38alcohol in an increasingly harmful way.
8:41Throughout her adolescence, the girl
8:42struggles with mental health problems,
8:44but also with alcohol abuse, a
8:45substance that she can no longer give
8:47up, that she can no longer enjoy for
8:48recreational purposes. Janet, her
8:50grandmother, is likely the person who
8:52remains closest to her throughout this
8:54difficult period; Pibi considers her a
8:55vital point of reference, viewing her
8:57as that special figure, that pillar who
8:59is always ready to support her and to
9:00understand her even in any moment of
9:02difficulty she might be facing. So,
9:03despite all of these obstacles, Fibi
9:05still manages to successfully complete
9:06the entirety of her studies and finally
9:07obtain her diploma. And for her, this
9:09represented a great victory, a clear
9:10sign that, despite everything, she had
9:12not surrendered and had fought with all
9:13her strength, ultimately achieving a
9:15goal that was nonetheless important.
9:17After her studies, she immediately
9:18started working. She found a job as a
9:20receptionist at a very renowned beauty
9:22salon in Melbourne, Salon 579. Salon
9:24Salon 579. This beauty salon was
9:26frequented by celebrities and important
9:28people from the area and it was there
9:30that Pibi managed to carve out a place
9:32for herself among the Melbourne elite,
9:34attracting the attention of some
9:35important people. And it was right here
9:38that one day, around the middle of 2009
9:40, she met the man who would become her
9:41boyfriend, an individual by the name of
9:43Anthony Hampel. Anthony was older than
9:45Pibi. At this point, she was 23 years
9:48old, while he was almost 40. But as we
9:50have already said, the age difference
9:51was not even something to consider for
9:53her, in fact it was an added bonus. In
9:56any case, Anthony was immediately
9:57struck by Pibi's beauty. As we have
10:00said, she had this magnetic charm that
10:01attracted everyone and in fact he
10:03wasted no time in asking her out to
10:04dinner. She accepted and the two began
10:07dating. Their relationship evolved very
10:09quickly, so much so that after only 5
10:11months he suggested that they move in
10:13together. But before we delve into this
10:16coexistence, and there will be a lot to
10:18say, let's also spend a few words on
10:20Anthony. Antony, as we were saying, is
10:22a man of integrity. He is almost 40
10:24years old, has a very successful career
10:27and, when he met Fibia, he even had his
10:29own agency, the Alive Events Agency: an
10:31agency that deals with the management
10:33of event promotions, as well as product
10:35launches for important brands or
10:37trademarks. When Anthony finished his
10:39studies in the late eighties, he began
10:40working for some Australian television
10:42networks, but he quickly realized that
10:44was not his true path and that he would
10:46much rather prefer to host a program of
10:47his own. Then he realized that
10:50television was not really what he liked
10:51because he would like to work with
10:53important people who also work in
10:55television, but what he wanted was to
10:56create his own brand, his own unique
10:58identity that would make him stand out
11:00among the celebrities of the moment. So
11:02yes, something connected to TV, but
11:04very indirectly, right? In the 90s, he
11:06began to promote major festivals around
11:09Australia and later abroad, such as the
11:11Phoenix Festival, a 4-day music event
11:14held in the United Kingdom that
11:16features internationally renowned bands
11:18. He also promoted other major events
11:20and, after spending a few years in
11:22England, he returned to Australia in
11:24the late 90s and began to organize
11:26concerts, including major concerts by
11:28world-class bands and artists such as
11:29AC/DC, Prince, and Michael Jackson.
11:35Noting the success he achieved, in 1998
11:38Anthony decided to start his own event
11:40organization business, which he called
11:43Think Creative Events. And this period
11:45of his life would prove to be
11:47fundamental in paving the way for his
11:48future agency, because by doing so
11:50Anthony had the opportunity to work in
11:51a completely independent manner and to
11:53define the core values that would
11:54characterize his own brand. At this
11:56point, he began to work on the
11:57promotion of events and the launch of
11:59several luxury brands. An important
12:01collaboration occurred when he had to
12:03design the global launch event for
12:05Kylie Minogue’s first fragrance. What
12:07happened to Kylie Minogue? Well, since
12:09Anthony founded his own business, he
12:11has become one of the most respected
12:12organizers and promoters of Inter in
12:14Melbourne. Everyone in the industry
12:16knows his name, he has his story, his
12:18agency and Anthony himself boasts of
12:21having a super talented team of
12:22coordinators, directors and organizers.
12:25Today, in addition to working with
12:26important people and very famous
12:28artists, he also collaborates with the
12:29wealthiest brands and companies in the
12:31world. We're talking about L'Oreal if
12:33we stay on the subject of fashion, but
12:35also 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney
12:37if we get into the film industry, as
12:38well as other musical artists and
12:40producers. If you search the web, there
12:42are numerous pages dedicated to him,
12:44his story and his work. I won't deny
12:46that I have browsed through these very
12:48pages quite a bit, both to understand
12:50his career path better and to grasp how
12:51this man, Anthony, navigated his life
12:53within this world. We can therefore say
12:55that Anthony is a man who has managed
12:57to make his way into the Australian
12:58elite starting from scratch. You might
13:00think, right? Or maybe not from scratch
13:03. I do not doubt that Anthony worked
13:05hard in order to get to where he is
13:07right now. However, it can’t be said
13:09that he was born into a disadvantaged
13:11or normal background either. His father
13:13, in fact, is not just any man, but a
13:15man named George Hampel. Well, George
13:18served as a judge of the Supreme Court
13:20of Victoria from 1983 to 2000, having
13:22practiced as a lawyer for his entire
13:24professional life. It must be said,
13:26however, that Georgia, unlike Anthony,
13:28her son was not born into a privileged
13:30background. He in fact comes from
13:31Poland, where he was born in 1933
13:33before the outbreak of World War II, so
13:35it was certainly not the most peaceful
13:37of times to be born. For this reason,
13:39his family found themselves compelled
13:40to flee from Poland following the
13:42German invasion, and they took refuge
13:43in Russia for the duration of the war
13:45years. After the war concluded, the
13:46family relocated to France and later to
13:48Australia, where George attended
13:49Melbourne High School; it was there
13:51that he developed a deep passion for
13:52law, which eventually led him to the
13:54decision to enroll at the university
13:55for his further studies. He has held
13:57numerous positions in his life,
13:59including Vice President of the Bar
14:01Council of Australia, Vice President of
14:03the Victorian Bar Institute, and
14:04Chairman of the Victorian
14:06Constitutional Commission. These are
14:08fairly important roles. Since 2000,
14:10immediately after concluding his career
14:11as a judge, he began teaching, becoming
14:13a Professor of Advocacy Practice at
14:14Monash University as well as serving as
14:16Chairman of the Legal Practice Board of
14:18Victoria, maintaining a significant
14:19role in the legal community. He has
14:21also served as President of the
14:22International Institute of Forensic
14:24Studies; furthermore, he is widely
14:25considered a leader in the teaching of
14:27advocacy, and together with his wife,
14:29he has personally trained the various
14:30public prosecutors who specialize in
14:32war crimes at the Hague. All this to
14:34say that he is a highly respected man
14:37in the field. His wife's name is
14:39Felicity Hample and she is a Kurt
14:41County Judge in Victoria. Anthony is
14:44not actually the biological son of
14:45Felicity, in the sense that Georgia
14:47already had Anthony from a previous
14:48relationship, which makes him the
14:49woman's stepson in this family dynamic.
14:51Anthony also has a younger sister named
14:53Cristina, and we shall be talking about
14:54her again later on in our story. Both
14:57Anthony and Cristina, so we get to the
14:58reason why I wanted to talk about their
14:59father, they had the opportunity to
15:00study at the best schools, both high
15:02schools and universities. And I'll
15:04mention it now, the fact of being the
15:06children of two judges has certainly,
15:08let's say, helped these two guys find
15:10some shortcuts, but for now we won't
15:12add anything else. You'll soon
15:13understand what I'm talking about. We
15:20left off in 2009, the year in which
15:22Anthony opened his agency and met Phibi
15:23, who at the time was working as a
15:25receptionist in this rather well-known
15:26and fairly renowned beauty salon. Well,
15:29after only 5 months of dating, Anthony
15:31asked her to move in together and Phibi
15:33was initially quite enthusiastic about
15:35the proposal, which is why she accepted
15:37and moved in with him with all her
15:39things. And what can I say? Anthony
15:41surely does not like simple things, not
15:43even when it comes to the matter of his
15:44own private apartment. He lives in one
15:47of the most luxurious buildings in
15:49Melbourne, the Balensea Apartments that
15:51I introduced you to at the beginning of
15:54the video, the one with the apartments
15:56entirely covered in glass, 23 floors,
15:597/7 video surveillance, a 24-hour
16:01reception, which is like living in a
16:03hotel every day. And from the moment
16:06Phiby moves in with Anthony, she gets
16:07her first real taste of what a true
16:09luxury lifestyle is actually like.
16:11Fully-paid dinners, aperitifs in
16:13incredible places, exclusive
16:14invitations to promotional events and
16:16everything else that goes with it.
16:18During that same period, several
16:19changes also occur in her life,
16:21including within her work environment,
16:22given that shortly after moving she
16:24decides to leave her job there at the
16:26salon. It seems it was Anthony himself
16:28who pressured her to quit that job, as
16:30he felt the role of receptionist was
16:31far beneath the lifestyle he expected
16:33them to maintain and wanted to project
16:34to the rest of the world. Anthony then
16:36decides to find her a job, leveraging
16:38the numerous connections he has within
16:39an advertising agency to secure a
16:41position for her. The agency was owned
16:42by a friend of Anthony's and was
16:44looking for new people to hire. However
16:45, it appears that Pibi likes this new
16:47job; she enjoys the new environment and
16:48finds it pleasant to work in a sector
16:50that does not stray too far from the
16:51field Anthony is in. This, in a certain
16:53sense, gives her a sense of belonging,
16:55makes her understand that she too has
16:57potential and is not just "the girl
16:59from". The thing is, by working only
17:01three days a week, despite the fact
17:03that the pay is very good, Fibi still
17:05can't put any money aside because she
17:07gives almost everything to Anthony to
17:08split the expenses and buy things for
17:10herself. Which, I mean, if he is very
17:13rich and is doing very well and she
17:15works part-time, it doesn't seem very
17:17fair to split the expenses like that,
17:20does it? And in fact this inevitably
17:22leads to a sort of economic dependency,
17:24because if Fibi doesn't have enough
17:26money to live on or has just enough
17:27money to survive, it is clear that she
17:29will rely on Anthony for everything
17:30else and economic dependency is not the
17:32only aspect that emerges after the
17:33first few months of living together. In
17:36fact, beyond this, Pibi also begins to
17:37distance herself from all of her
17:39childhood friends, one by one, as if,
17:40little by little, the world around her
17:42had started to close in, until it left
17:44space only and exclusively for the
17:46presence of Anthony. And if you've been
17:47following me for a while, you already
17:49know that this is a red flag. Crazy. In
17:52fact, even her appearance slowly begins
17:54to change. Fibi, for example, had
17:56always had long, brown hair, but now
17:58with Anthony she completely changes her
18:00look and cuts her hair into a bob and
18:01dyes it black. Suddenly she appears
18:03very different, more elegant, more
18:05sophisticated and with an even more
18:07mysterious aura than before. However,
18:10living together is quite turbulent from
18:12the start. This is because Anthony and
18:14Fibi have two completely opposite
18:16visions of what they call home. For
18:18example, Anthony has a cleaning lady
18:20who comes to his house every Wednesday
18:22and what the lady always says is that
18:24the house seems uninhabited, empty.
18:27This is because he has a fixation on
18:28order and cleanliness. Every time, she
18:31says, it's like walking into a hotel
18:32room and into a suite. Anthony also has
18:35a very minimalist style. His goal, in
18:38fact, is to make the house appear
18:39uninhabited; at least, that is what his
18:41intention seems to be. So there
18:43shouldn't be too many objects on
18:45display, no paintings on the walls, no
18:47colors in general. However, Fibi is the
18:49complete opposite. She's the creative
18:51side of the couple, don't you remember?
18:53She is the typical girl who likes
18:54sitting on the floor to draw, or who
18:56throws her clothes onto a chair, and
18:57she enjoys hanging all of her various
18:59creations around. Fibi needs to feel
19:01alive and to feel that the environment
19:02around her reflects her very artistic
19:04personality. She likes to have chaos
19:07around her, she likes to have her
19:08personal belongings within reach and in
19:10general she feels comfortable in an
19:12environment full of art and life.
19:14Anthony, however, has to maintain this
19:16impeccable aura. He prefers not to show
19:18too much, or he chooses to show only
19:19the bare minimum required. This is also
19:21reflected in his clothing. We always
19:23see him dressed in super expensive
19:25tuxedos and elegant shoes, so it's
19:26clear that he wants everything around
19:28him to reflect a perfect and
19:29well-groomed image. And over time, it
19:31becomes clear that he wants to transmit
19:33this vision to Fibi as well. You can
19:34see it in her aesthetic changes and
19:36then also in her behavior, and her
19:37family also notices it. In particular,
19:39her parents go to visit her every now
19:40and then, right? At Anthony's apartment
19:42and every time they go in they always
19:44think the same thing. This doesn't seem
19:46like Pibi's home. In the house, in fact
19:48, there is nothing of her; there are no
19:50photographs, there are no personal
19:51effects, and there is no trace of her
19:53art or of her energy remaining anywhere
19:55. The contrast is quite evident,
19:57considering that Fibia has always had
19:58the habit of decorating the environment
20:00around her, in her own image and
20:01likeness. Now it is no longer possible
20:04to do so and her family agrees that
20:06seeing her in such an impersonal,
20:07practically anonymous environment does
20:09not reflect her personality at all.
20:12Unable to express herself freely at
20:14home, Phibi gradually stops creating
20:16her art, stops painting, stops drawing,
20:18and stops making a mess in her
20:19environment, eventually becoming more
20:21and more withdrawn. It is as though all
20:24her energy and her colors had been
20:26drained away by the dismal grayness of
20:28Anthony's apartment, and by his own
20:30personal behavior too. She therefore
20:32decides to begin a new path with a
20:33psychologist, a woman named Joanna
20:35Young, with whom she will confide a
20:37great deal, including regarding the
20:38dynamics of her relationship. As we
20:41could have guessed, Phibi is not very
20:42happy in this relationship. In fact,
20:44Anthony gradually reveals himself for
20:47what he is: a controlling man. During
20:49the sessions, Fibi says that he often
20:51belittles her, makes her feel
20:53inadequate and somehow always inferior
20:54to him. The more time passes and the
20:57sessions continue, the more Fibi
20:59describes the relationship as something
21:00suffocating and, as we know, she has
21:02always been a bit prone to addictions
21:04since she was little and now that she
21:05is going through this period of malaise
21:07, she turns to alcohol again. Anthony
21:10is very hard on her, in the sense that
21:12he never misses an opportunity to tell
21:14her that she drinks too much, that she
21:16needs to stop, that she is always
21:17drinking like she doesn't know. At the
21:20same time, he drags her to events where
21:21the only thing they do is drink
21:23champagne in crazy places, dressed in
21:25elegant and super-pretty clothes. So
21:27Fibi, in a certain sense, feels trapped
21:29. On the one hand, he tells her that
21:32she needs to stop, but at the same time
21:34he doesn't support her at all, instead
21:35he takes her to places where her
21:37addiction finds space, making her feel
21:38guilty about this too. And it's not
21:41just the psychologist who notices that
21:43the relationship is taking an unhealthy
21:44turn. Janet, Fibi's ninth, also notices
21:47many details that she doesn't like. We
21:49can see Janet as the wise woman of the
21:51family, right? She has been a
21:52supporting figure for Pibi since she
21:54was a child and she is still now that
21:55she is an adult, perhaps because her
21:57granddaughter reminds her of herself in
21:59the past. It is precisely for this
22:01reason that she is close to her during
22:02this period. She calls her often and
22:03wants to stay informed about the
22:05developments in her relationship with
22:06Anthony. Her mother Natalie is also
22:08very worried. Moreover, on one specific
22:10occasion, she even witnesses a heated
22:11argument between them in person.
22:13Essentially, Anthony was abroad for
22:14work and he had made Fibi promise that
22:16she would not drink a single drop of
22:17alcohol at all during the time of his
22:19absence. She had promised him, but one
22:21evening she went to an art exhibition
22:23not far from her home, and on that
22:24occasion, she had ended up having a
22:26drink. At least she had been honest,
22:27she had told him straight away on the
22:29phone, she could have left him alone.
22:30But he had reacted by going completely
22:33crazy. He called her, bombarded her
22:35with messages, and asked her if she was
22:37with other men. At one point, Natalie,
22:38her mother, went to pick Fibi up from
22:40the exhibition and the two returned
22:42home together. Fibi decided to stay
22:43overnight at her mother's house that
22:45night. That day, Natalie was the one
22:47who heard with her own ears the furious
22:49argument between her daughter and
22:50Anthony, and in her head the idea that
22:52he was not the right person for her
22:54became increasingly solid. And it is
22:56not out of the question that Fiby
22:57herself was also convincing herself
22:59that the relationship was not the best
23:00thing for her mental well-being. In
23:02fact, during the same period, she began
23:04spending more time away from home,
23:05probably so as not to see Anthony too
23:07much and above all so as not to remain
23:09locked up in that house that did not
23:11belong to her and did not reflect her
23:12at all. She also enrolled in an evening
23:15art and writing course in order to keep
23:17her mind busy and rediscover a bit of
23:19that artistic vein that she had
23:20completely lost with Anthony. So she
23:22tried, she tried to come back to
23:24herself. The months passed, it was the
23:31summer of 2010, so not even a year had
23:33passed since Anthony and Fibi had been
23:35together, but things were not going
23:36very well. Fibi had lost weight, she
23:38drank a lot, she dragged herself to
23:40work and she was no longer even
23:41interested in creating art. Furthermore
23:43, there was something that was causing
23:44her a lot of anxiety, namely a trip to
23:46Paris booked for the end of that year,
23:48a trip together with Anthony. Pibi
23:50fears that something bad might happen
23:51during this trip, since she and Anthony
23:53have only been arguing, and her
23:55greatest fear is that she might find
23:56herself in a foreign country, very far
23:58away from home, left entirely on her
24:00own and without a single penny. Yes,
24:02because at this point Pibi has no money
24:04and here we return to the dynamics of
24:06economic dependence. Since Anthony had
24:09found Fibi this job for three days a
24:10week, it is clear that he also knew
24:12full well that she would not have been
24:13able to earn enough money to save any.
24:15In fact, everything that Pibi earned,
24:17she gave to Anthony to cover the
24:18expenses for the apartment, and she
24:20spent whatever was left on her own
24:22personal things. It was therefore a
24:23deleterious and toxic situation, and
24:25Fibi reached a point where she simply
24:26could not take it anymore; for the
24:28first time, the idea of leaving—of
24:30leaving without looking back—came
24:31into her mind, and this specific
24:33thought began to do nothing but become
24:34clearer and clearer. Day after day, on
24:37October 20 of the same year, still in
24:392010, Pibi left the house with one idea
24:41in mind: that she would never return to
24:44that apartment that was suffocating her
24:46. He decides to take a train and go to
24:48his grandmother's house, who doesn't
24:50live in Melbourne but in a city called
24:52Mallacuta. Looking at the map, I saw
24:54that it's about 6 hours away. This
24:56choice of Phi speaks volumes about how
24:57he was feeling during that period,
24:59because Grandma Gianette has always
25:00been his confidant, the one person with
25:02whom he felt truly safe and secure at
25:03all times. And in fact, as soon as he
25:05gets to her house, Phiby opens up
25:06completely and finally confesses that
25:08he doesn't want to stay with Anthony
25:10another day. He tells her that he has a
25:12lot of plans, that he wants to move to
25:13India and do volunteer work, but that
25:15he needs a break. He needs a quiet
25:17place where he can breathe, get his
25:19life back together and clean up after
25:21drinking. So he asks his grandmother if
25:23it is possible for him to move in with
25:25her in Mallacuta, which is a much
25:26quieter place when compared to the
25:28chaotic atmosphere and the frenzy of
25:30Melbourne city life. Janette, without a
25:32doubt, supports her from the start,
25:34lets her know that it's not a problem
25:36and that she can lean on her for as
25:37long as she wants, but she also gives
25:39her another piece of advice, advice
25:41that in this case would have tormented
25:43her forever. She tells her that the
25:45solution is not to run away from
25:46problems, but to face them. She must
25:49first return to Melbourne, quit her job
25:51properly and have a face-to-face talk
25:53with Anthony in order to end this
25:55affair once and for all and as adults.
25:58Fibi obviously takes her grandmother's
26:00advice, but decides to stay with her
26:02for a few days anyway and during those
26:03days she works hard to put down some
26:05roots there, she goes to a few job
26:07interviews, and even manages to get a
26:09job for the season. In short, it is
26:11quite clear that her intention is to
26:13leave, to change her entire life, and
26:14to start all over again from the very
26:16beginning. And in fact, this denotes a
26:18desire to live, a desire to move
26:20forward, to improve one's condition,
26:22and to feel much better overall. Okay?
26:25During those days, Fibi also shows up
26:26at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
26:28because she is truly convinced that she
26:29wants to stop drinking. Janette notices
26:32how her granddaughter is more serene
26:33during those days, but she also notices
26:36something else, something that really
26:37doesn't give her peace, namely her
26:39phone ringing continuously. Ever since
26:41Fibi arrived in Mallacuta, Anthony has
26:43been calling her obsessively and on the
26:46third day Fibi decides to answer the
26:48phone and talk to her. At the end of
26:50the call she speaks to her grandmother
26:52and tells her something that makes her
26:53feel really bad, namely that she wants
26:55to give Anthony another chance, she
26:56explains to her that they talked, they
26:58cleared things up and he only asked her
27:00to cut back on her drinking. And so the
27:02next day she returns to Melbourne and
27:04goes back to her everyday life. She
27:07goes back to a job she doesn't like, to
27:09an apartment she doesn't feel is hers,
27:10to a life that doesn't belong to her
27:12and in fact it doesn't take long before
27:14Fibi falls back into a spiral of
27:15depression. Fast forward to
27:22mid-November, one evening she and
27:23Anthony go to dinner with a couple of
27:25friends, Linda and Arch Cohen, and
27:27during the dinner they argue. After
27:29dinner, Anthony tells Fibi that he
27:31wants to go home right away, but she
27:32tells him she doesn't want to. Instead,
27:34she wants to stay at her friends Linda
27:35and Arch's house, so she does. That
27:37evening, Fibi opens up a lot to Linda:
27:39she confesses that she has tried every
27:40drug, except heroin, that she
27:42occasionally uses cocaine and marijuana
27:43, and that alcohol makes her feel
27:45depressed. She confesses all these
27:47things, and Linda, during that
27:48conversation, understands how bad her
27:50friend really is; she really
27:51understands her discomfort, for the
27:53first time. But Fibi also tells her
27:54something else that evening. She tells
27:56her that she wants to go back to her
27:57original plan, which was to leave
27:58Anthony, move in with her grandmother,
28:00and start a new life from scratch.
28:01Linda listens to her and encourages her
28:03in this. She tells her that leaving a
28:04relationship like that is the right
28:06thing to do, that it is not easy, but
28:07it is necessary for her and her
28:09well-being. She even offers to help her
28:11pack her suitcases and to accompany her
28:13to the train station, or to assist with
28:14anything else she might have possibly
28:16needed. And the next day, November 18th
28:18, Linda accompanies Fibi to Anthony's
28:20apartment. The two of them actually
28:22pack their bags together and then leave
28:24. Fibi spends the night at her mother's
28:26house and the next day goes back to
28:28Linda's, but that same evening Anthony
28:30calls her, the two of them talk and she
28:32goes back to him. Yes, guys,
28:33unfortunately, toxic relationships work
28:35just like that. So Fibi brings her
28:37things back to Anthony's again, but
28:39from that moment on it is a constant
28:40push and pull, a never-ending cycle of
28:42fighting that leads nowhere at all.
28:44Anthony doesn't take the time to notice
28:45Phi's difficulties and doesn't seem to
28:47have the right empathy to pick up on
28:48her signs of discomfort. And this is,
28:50in fact, one of the most difficult
28:51aspects of toxic relationships for one
28:52to understand. The continuous
28:54alternation of crises and
28:55reconciliations, but when you're in it
28:56up to your neck it's really hard to
28:58realize it and fight to get away for
28:59your own good. And so we arrive at
29:01November 29th, it's a Monday. That
29:03morning, Fibi woke up and met up with
29:05her father, Len, for breakfast and to
29:06discuss the party for her birthday,
29:08Len's birthday, which was taking place
29:09that Wednesday. Fibi immediately told
29:12her father that unfortunately she and
29:14Anthony couldn't be there because they
29:15had found tickets for the U2 concert
29:17and that it was an unmissable event.
29:19She reassured him by telling him that
29:21the next day they would go to dinner
29:22together and make up for lost time.
29:25After breakfast, Pibi went to her
29:26psychologist, and the session proved to
29:28be especially intense because Joanna,
29:30the therapist, would later state that
29:32Fibi’s mood was very low,
29:33particularly low, even lower than it
29:35usually was. Keep these words in mind
29:38because they would have a significant
29:39impact on everything that happened from
29:41that moment on. Follow me carefully.
29:43After the psychologist's visit, Pibi
29:45had coffee with her former employer,
29:47the one at the beauty salon where she
29:49worked when she met Anthony, and then
29:51returned to the apartment. That evening
29:53, she and Anthony had dinner, and
29:54before leaving, they had yet another
29:56argument, in which Anthony told Fibi
29:57that he didn't want to see her drink.
29:59She tells him she won't come, but then
30:01when they are there she drinks more
30:02than expected and starts talking to
30:04some of the people there. On this
30:05occasion she opens up, tells of her
30:07illness, tells of how for years she has
30:09felt depressed about the fact that she
30:11suffers from depression, something that
30:13Anthony doesn't like at all, so much so
30:15that he tries to silence her the whole
30:16time, perhaps because he is even
30:18embarrassed by her behavior. Without
30:21understanding, however, that behind
30:22this behavior there was a terrible
30:24malaise and in the end Anthony,
30:26overcome with anger, decides to
30:27interrupt dinner and go home with Fibi.
30:30But as we can easily imagine, the mood
30:31once back home is certainly not the
30:32best at all. Fibi locks herself in a
30:34room and starts making a round of calls
30:35. First she calls Linda and asks her if
30:37she can stay with her for the night,
30:39but Linda tells her that the next day
30:40she has to get up early and therefore
30:42she won't be able to stay up late to
30:43talk. And from that moment on a series
30:45of events begin to happen that will
30:47unfortunately lead to the tragedy of
30:49this story. The following day, Phi is
30:52unable to go to work, so during the
30:54morning she makes a call to the Crisis
30:55Center at Alfred Hospital, which is a
30:57facility for psychiatric emergencies,
30:58and subsequently she contacts her
31:00psychologist to ask if it is possible
31:01for them to have a session on that very
31:03same day. Johan, however, doesn't have
31:05a slot available that day, so they talk
31:06on the phone for about half an hour.
31:08During this phone call, Pibi's sense of
31:09distress becomes quite evident, as does
31:11her clear intention to bring an end to
31:12the current relationship. After the
31:14phone call, Pibi makes several
31:15impulsive choices. For example, she
31:17writes to a boy who had been a part of
31:18her past and asks him if they could
31:19meet up for a cup of coffee together.
31:20The two do indeed meet, and she opens
31:23up to him about her entire situation.
31:25Then she asks him to go and buy some
31:26drugs, and that is what they do. It
31:28seems that Fibi took an anxiety
31:29disorder that day. Anyway, they head
31:31over to his place to keep on chatting,
31:33but here Fibi starts having such
31:34evident mood swings that it reminded me
31:36a little of that movie, Obsession. A
31:38bad comparison to make. You know the
31:40mood swings that the protagonist has.
31:43It is possible that Febby at that
31:44moment, besides feeling sad, also felt
31:46frustrated and angry because she was
31:47unable to put her life in order in the
31:49way that she had truly desired to do.
31:51On this occasion she also reacted
31:53aggressively and it seems that she
31:54starts to become physically violent, so
31:56much so that her friend has to hold her
31:57back to prevent them from hurting each
31:59other. Remember this episode too
32:01because it will come back later. This
32:04boy, therefore, decides to take her
32:05back to his apartment, where Phibi
32:07continues to be high and aggressive and
32:08around 9:00 pm she asks him to leave
32:10her somewhere. Fibi then gets out of
32:13the car, but we know that she will not
32:14return to the apartment until midnight,
32:163 hours later. The next morning is
32:18Wednesday, December 1st. Anthony wakes
32:20up and sees Fibi still in bed. He
32:21decides to let her continue sleeping,
32:23and then he heads out to go to work.
32:25When he leaves, however, he takes with
32:27him two things that he usually never
32:28takes, namely Phibi's iPhone and a box
32:30of Steelnox, the sleeping pills
32:32prescribed to him. Anthony will later
32:35claim that he took Phibi's iPhone
32:36because he noticed it was chipped and
32:38wanted to have it repaired. But keep in
32:40mind all these actions, keep in mind
32:43every little detail. At approximately
32:4510:30 that morning, various members of
32:47Phibbi's family, including Anthony as
32:49well, receive a text message directly
32:50from him. Hi family, I'm in bed and I'm
32:53going to sleep. When I wake up, I'm
32:55going to be the most incredible human
32:57being you've ever seen. I'm going to
32:58the hospital, it's safe there. And I
33:00think today's special is tomato soup.
33:02Delicious, nutritious. I love you all,
33:05but not enough to send you each a
33:06message. Sorry, but it's time to sleep.
33:09I have to go happily, happily, happily.
33:11Life is just a dream. Exo. Now, it is
33:14true that Fibi was struggling with her
33:16mental illness and it is true that she
33:18had significant mood swings. However,
33:20this message is really strange. Natalie
33:22, the mother, tries to contact her, but
33:24noticing that she was not receiving a
33:25response, she decides to contact
33:27Anthony to ask him to check if
33:28everything is okay. Pay close attention
33:30to this part, you need to take notes
33:31for this video. Anthony therefore
33:32claims he returned to the apartment
33:34around noon, in order to check that
33:35Fibi was doing well, and according to
33:36his version of the events, he would
33:38have found her in bed while she was
33:39sleeping in total serenity. Fibi then
33:41would have woken up because Anthony was
33:43making noise inside the apartment, and
33:44she would have revealed to him that she
33:46had taken two of his sleeping pills,
33:48the Stilnox, in an attempt to try to
33:49get some sleep. Anthony then makes sure
33:51that everything is okay and then tells
33:53her that he would be back at work. So,
33:55according to Anthony's version, he
33:57would have returned home at lunchtime
33:58and only then would he have brought the
34:00bottles of sleeping pills with him, so
34:02only after he had left after lunch. So
34:04we arrive at the beginning of the
34:06afternoon, and it is precisely at this
34:07moment that a very important person for
34:09the case enters the scene, a figure who
34:11in certain cases always reveals herself
34:13as the one who has seen or heard
34:14something she shouldn't have seen or
34:16heard. The cleaning lady. Anthony, as
34:23we were saying, always wanted the house
34:24spotless, right? Here is the lady who
34:26came to clean his house every week. Her
34:28name is Shelly. Shelly arrives that
34:30Wednesday at 2:17 p.m. and we know the
34:32exact time because she has her own
34:34personal key card, which allows her to
34:36be independent and to arrive or leave
34:38without the presence of Anthony or
34:40Phibi. Shelly knows that building and
34:41that apartment like the back of her
34:43hand. Every Wednesday she goes in there
34:45and spends a few hours cleaning,
34:46polishing, and fixing every single
34:48detail to achieve the result Anthony
34:49wants. But that Wednesday, after a
34:51short time there cleaning, she realizes
34:53she is not alone. In fact, Phibi is
34:55home and gets up to keep her company
34:57for the entire cleaning time. Shelly is
35:00very fond of Fibi, she feels genuine
35:02affection for her because she has
35:03always been very kind to her. The two
35:05then chat a bit. Shelly notices that
35:08Fibi, despite her exhaustion, appears
35:09quite calm, so at about 5 pm she
35:11finishes her cleaning and leaves the
35:12house, never suspecting that this would
35:14be the very last time she would ever
35:16see her. Two and a half hours later, it
35:18is nearly 7:00 pm, Anthony returns home
35:20from work, and from this moment forward
35:22everything we know about that evening
35:24comes primarily from his own version of
35:26events and his personal testimony.
35:28During the evening Fibi calls her
35:30father to wish him a happy birthday.
35:32Remember, it was his birthday that day,
35:34but Fibi had said she would not be able
35:35to attend the party, because that same
35:37evening she was planning to go to the
35:38U2 concert together with Anony. Well,
35:40something happens here, however. The
35:43first strange thing is that in the end
35:45the two of them don't go to that
35:46concert and it's really strange because
35:47it was Fibia who told her father that
35:49she couldn't wait to go, they couldn't
35:50miss it. It was a unique opportunity.
35:52The two of them stay on the call for
35:54about 10 minutes. Fibia is very tired,
35:56you can tell by her voice, but she
35:58seems quite calm and tells Len that
35:59Anthony seemed particularly thoughtful
36:01and attentive that evening. He hadn't
36:03pointed out anything wrong to her yet,
36:05nor had he made her feel guilty. All
36:07the details to keep in mind. And so we
36:09arrive at the next day. It's Thursday,
36:11December 2, 2010. That morning Anthony
36:14gets up, like every day, and goes to
36:15work, while Fibi stays in bed. That
36:17morning something quite unusual happens
36:19in the building, as the fire alarm goes
36:21off twice, but on both occasions it
36:22proves to be a false alarm caused by
36:24some workers who are currently
36:25performing renovations inside the attic
36:27of the residential structure. The first
36:28alarm goes off at 11:30 in the morning
36:30and the entire building is evacuated
36:32immediately. The complex's CCTV footage
36:34shows Fibi leaving the building at
36:3611:43 a.m. accompanied by his dog,
36:37Yoshi. He is wearing large sunglasses,
36:39has his black bag over his shoulder,
36:41and is holding his dog on a leash. Some
36:43individuals who have carefully viewed
36:45the footage have claimed that Pibi was
36:46swaying as he walked, but this can be
36:48mistaken for the fact that he was
36:49walking his dog, or perhaps simply
36:51because the overall quality of the
36:52images was not exactly among the very
36:54best. In any case, Fibi re-entered the
36:56building at 11:50 a.m., as confirmed by
36:58the footage, and stopped in the lobby
37:00to chat with the firefighters, then
37:02took the elevator back to the 12th
37:04floor. We know that he used his Mac
37:06shortly afterward. A subsequent
37:07analysis of the computer will confirm
37:09that Garage Band, the program for
37:10recording and creating music, was
37:12accessed at 12:01 and again at 12:02,
37:13providing clear evidence of his
37:15activity at those times. It has also
37:17been confirmed that the programs
37:19running at that time derived from the
37:20computer being used by a person, rather
37:22than from automated processes operating
37:23within the system. So that means that
37:25Pie was actually in the process of
37:26using her Mac at that specific moment.
37:27At 2:19 p.m., another activity is
37:30recorded, but experts believe that this
37:32recording is more likely to be related
37:34to automated system activity.
37:36Furthermore, between 12:02 p.m. Also,
37:38between 12:02 and 18:18, no files are
37:40being created or modified on the
37:41computer. What does this mean? It means
37:44that since 12:02 p.m., which marks
37:45Phibi's last recorded activity, no one
37:47can know what she did or what it is
37:48that has happened to her. The afternoon
37:52passes, and 6 p.m. arrives, at which
37:53time the night porter arrives, a woman
37:55named Betul or Ozolup, whom we will
37:57call Bet. When Bet arrives at the
37:59building, she finds several notes left
38:01by the day manager, a man named Enrico
38:03Gianmario, with things to do written on
38:05them. Among the tasks, Enrico had
38:07written to clean the elevator, which
38:09was very dirty due to the general
38:11traffic of the day, and also to check
38:12the building's trash compactor, which
38:14had recently been repaired. This
38:16information might appear to be
38:17irrelevant at first, but it will
38:19eventually become the very center of
38:20this case. At 6:30 p.m., Bet begins
38:22cleaning the lobby and the elevator,
38:24then after polishing everything she
38:26takes the vacuum cleaner to clean the
38:28floors. However, when she tries to turn
38:30it on, she realizes it does not work,
38:31so she decides to use the broom and the
38:33dustpan, which are kept inside the
38:35trash room. Bet heads towards the trash
38:36room, but when she attempts to open the
38:38door, she finds that something is
38:39blocking it from the inside of the room
38:41. She thinks it's a trash can that has
38:43tipped over, so she pushes her shoulder
38:45as hard as she can and when the door
38:46swings open and the light inside comes
38:48on, Bet finds herself in front of a
38:49nightmarish scene. There on the ground,
38:52among the trash cans, is a lifeless
38:54body, a battered body, covered in blood
38:56, full of bruises. It is the body of
38:58Phiby Hjuk. The authorities are
39:10immediately alerted and arrive on the
39:12scene, cordoning off the scene. At this
39:14point, it's past 7 p.m. and you might
39:15be wondering, "Shouldn't Anthony be
39:17back by now?" Well, yes, his key card
39:19indicates his entry into the building
39:21at 6:09 p.m., so he had already arrived
39:23by the time that Bet discovered Fibi's
39:25lifeless body. But let's take it one
39:26step at a time and first figure out
39:28what happened to Fibi and how she ended
39:30up in that garbage room. In the
39:31building, every broken floor is
39:32equipped with a type of hatch which,
39:34once it has been opened, reveals a
39:35chute behind it. A disposal chute where
39:37you can deposit your household trash,
39:38which then travels directly down into
39:40the garbage collection room on the
39:41ground floor. So, as soon as the police
39:43arrive on the scene, they are able to
39:45confirm that Fibi did not enter through
39:46the door; instead, she slid down twelve
39:48entire floors, subsequently landing
39:50directly inside of the room used for
39:52garbage disposal. In fact, as we said,
39:54her body is devastated. Fibia is
39:56covered in blood, has bruises and
39:58abrasions, especially on the upper part
40:00of her body. And there's an even more
40:03macabre detail to this discovery: her
40:05right foot is practically amputated,
40:06almost completely. This is because at
40:09the end of the chute there is a
40:11compactor that had recently been
40:12repaired and is equipped with a blade
40:14that is activated automatically when it
40:16detects something large, something that
40:17needs to be cut. For example, if
40:19someone throws a bulky object, then the
40:21blade is activated automatically to
40:22shred it. But it is a real shame that,
40:24in all probability, the blade had
40:26completely severed Fibi's foot. So to
40:28give you an initial idea of how the
40:30accident happened, according to the
40:32very first reconstruction, Fibi fell
40:34down this chute. She reportedly fell 12
40:36floors, then landed in the middle of
40:37the garbage, where she ultimately lost
40:39her life. The police wrote this in the
40:41first report and in the midst of all
40:43this commotion, among curious residents
40:45and police officers, Anthony also
40:46arrives. He arrives there completely
40:48bewildered and asks what the hell is
40:50going on, why are all these police
40:51officers there. When he arrives in the
40:53hall, he makes his way through the
40:54people, approaches the spot that was
40:56attracting the attention of all those
40:57curious onlookers and there he sees
40:58Fibi's lifeless body. Seeing such
41:00horror, he puts a hand on his chest and
41:02collapses to the ground in pain in a
41:04scene of utter despair. The police then
41:06ask him if he knows this woman, and
41:08Anthony, as one would expect, answers
41:09them with a yes. He says that she is
41:10his girlfriend. The authorities let him
41:12know that they need to ask him a few
41:14questions and ask if it is possible to
41:15move to his apartment, while the
41:17forensics team remains on the scene to
41:18carry out various checks. But
41:20unfortunately this investigation is
41:22probably one of the worst disasters in
41:24Australian investigative history in
41:26recent times. I don't know how else to
41:28describe it. A real disaster. First of
41:31all, when the authorities and emergency
41:33services arrive, a paramedic also
41:34arrives on the scene, a woman named
41:36Christie Cook who is supposed to be in
41:38charge of verifying that the victim is
41:40actually dead. The fact is that
41:43Christie stated that she tried to go
41:44into the trash room as soon as she
41:46arrived. This is because she had been
41:48taught that this was the protocol. When
41:51you arrived at a scene, the first thing
41:53you did was check if there was still a
41:55pulse in the person you suspected was
41:57dead. However, the police who were
41:59already there prevented her from
42:00entering, or rather, they blocked her
42:01precisely because they reported that
42:03the victim was already lifeless and
42:04therefore had to limit themselves to
42:05observing her body from the door.
42:07Christie, visibly shaken, remained
42:09there on the doorframe observing Fibi's
42:11body and immediately thought that there
42:13were many ambiguous aspects to that
42:14scene, including several cuts on her
42:16thigh and shin. These scratches are not
42:18exactly consistent with a fall down the
42:20garbage disposal chute. Christie also
42:21noticed another detail, a detail that
42:23you must keep in mind, another one.
42:25Today you really should make a notebook
42:27with all the notes. When she was found,
42:30she was wearing a gray T-shirt and
42:32jeans pulled down to her knees that
42:33were completely soaked in blood, in
42:35addition to the fact that she was
42:36barefoot and, as we said, her right
42:38foot was practically amputated. Her
42:41body was taken away under the shocked
42:43gazes of all the residents, officers,
42:45paramedics and even Anthony. Anthony
42:47does not hide his shock at the moment;
42:49he is in fact visibly shaken by the
42:51death of Pibi, which was, it must be
42:52said, a truly horrific death for him.
42:55However, his behavior and the things
42:56that will happen during this
42:57investigation, which will not even be
42:59real investigations, well, it will
43:00raise many questions for many people.
43:03The police ask him to go up to the
43:05apartment with them to ask him some
43:07questions and Anthony replies that it's
43:08no problem. As soon as the officers
43:10enter, they make their way through the
43:12rooms and when they get to the kitchen
43:13they immediately notice something very
43:15out of place. They see broken glass on
43:17the floor and blood. I would say that
43:19it's not a good impression to give,
43:21especially considering the fact that
43:23his girlfriend has just been found dead
43:25in a way that to call it bizarre would
43:27be an understatement, right? The
43:29officers then proceed to ask him how he
43:31spent the last 24 hours. So Anthony
43:34starts to tell his story. He says that
43:35he and Pibi were together the night
43:37before and that they had planned to go
43:39to an O2 concert, but that in the end
43:40they preferred to stay home quietly.
43:42The first absurd detail is that he
43:44claims to have gotten up early the
43:45following morning, the same day the
43:47discovery was made, to visit the
43:48condominium gym before eventually
43:49leaving for his place of work at
43:51approximately 8:30 in the morning. When
43:53the officers asked him where Fibi was
43:55at that moment, he replied that he was
43:57sleeping soundly in his room with his
43:58dog Yoshi. So Anthony was not present
44:00at the building at the time the fire
44:01alarm went off. In fact, the cameras
44:03only show Fibi leaving the building
44:05that morning, but from that moment on
44:07no one saw or heard from her again for
44:08the rest of the day. Anthony told the
44:10officers that he returned home from
44:12work at about 6:00 p.m., because that
44:14evening he and Pibi had planned to have
44:16a birthday dinner with Len, who is the
44:18father of Pibi. The plan was to meet up
44:20around 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Triangle
44:22, a restaurant in the area. But when
44:24Anthony entered the house he noticed
44:26that Fibi was not there. He also
44:27immediately noticed the presence of the
44:29dog and, among other things, he didn't
44:31miss the opportunity to point out to
44:32the officers that the dog had destroyed
44:34an expensive pillow, but apart from
44:35that, there was no trace of Fibi.
44:37However, according to his story, all of
44:39her belongings were inside the kitchen,
44:40which also included her own personal
44:42bag and her keys. Which seemed a bit
44:43strange to him, he says in his
44:45statement, because Pibi usually never
44:46left the building without her bag and
44:48the fact that her keys were there
44:50suggested that she hadn't left the
44:51building at all, because then she
44:53wouldn't have been able to get back in.
44:55Anthony then tells the officers that he
44:57had tried to call Fibi several times on
44:58her second phone during the day, but
45:00without success. He specifies that he
45:02called her on her second phone because,
45:04if you recall, she had taken her iPhone
45:06away the day before to have it repaired
45:07. So that is the reason why he
45:09emphasizes the fact that he called her
45:10on her second phone. A bit too much
45:12detail, right? When he then went into
45:13the house and noticed that she was not
45:15there either, he attempted to call her
45:17again, but without any success
45:18whatsoever. So for me, this behavior
45:19should already seem ambiguous in the
45:21eyes of the authorities. I mean, you
45:23have a girlfriend who is suffering from
45:24depression and going through such a
45:26difficult time, she doesn't answer you
45:27all day, then you come home and find
45:29the apartment empty and broken glass
45:30with blood on the floor, but doesn't it
45:31even cross your mind that you should be
45:33worried? Doesn't it make you panic?
45:35Don't you think that something could
45:37have happened? Strange, but it's not
45:38the strangest thing. You have to fasten
45:41your seatbelts, I warn you. And the
45:44officers, fortunately, find it strange
45:46too. They seem a bit dubious about the
45:48story of the windows and ask him what
45:49he thinks could have happened. But
45:51Anthony seems to already have the
45:53answer ready. He tells the police that
45:55when he arrived he found a glass
45:56resting on the counter, a glass that he
45:58thought contained water, but when he
46:00sniffed it he noticed that it was vodka
46:01. He tells the officers that Fibi was
46:03likely drinking, that she dropped a
46:05glass on the floor, accidentally cut
46:06herself, and that she then proceeded to
46:08pour herself another glass. But even if
46:10that were the case, then why would Fibi
46:12leave broken glass on the floor,
46:13especially considering that she had a
46:15dog that could have gotten hurt? Many
46:17things don't add up right from the
46:19start. Now let's imagine that at this
46:26point it's almost 7 p.m. and the scene
46:28is this: Anthony enters the house, Fibi
46:30is not there, there is broken glass on
46:32the floor and blood. And what do you
46:34think is the first thing Anthony thinks
46:37of to do? Order some take-out food.
46:39Yeah, weird, right? Also because, let's
46:41remember, he and Fibi were having
46:42dinner with Len that night. This is
46:44where Fibi's father, Len, comes into
46:46the picture and gives his version of
46:48events, a version that is slightly
46:49different from Anthony's. Len says that
46:51he tried to call Fibi on his iPhone at
46:536:51 p.m. The reason he was calling her
46:56was to let her know that he would be a
46:58little late. However, the call went
46:59unanswered, and no one answered. This
47:01is because, in theory, the phone was
47:03being repaired. However, when Len spoke
47:05to the police officers, he said
47:06something quite suspicious: after that
47:07call to his daughter, about 5 minutes
47:09later, he had received a phone call
47:10from Anthony himself. Len replied, and
47:12Anthony told him something rather
47:13worrying, which was the fact that he
47:15was unable to locate Fibi anywhere at
47:16the moment. This also crossed my mind
47:18just now as being a bit strange,
47:19because right after he called Fibi's
47:21cell phone, which was theoretically
47:23being repaired, Anthony called him as
47:24if, in reality, that phone was not
47:26actually being repaired at all, but
47:28rather, he was the one who had it in
47:29his possession. I don't know why,
47:31though, I couldn't find any certain
47:33information as to whether this damn
47:34phone was being repaired or not. So
47:36this is a reflection born from the fact
47:39that we don't know some information.
47:42Okay, let's take it with a grain of
47:44salt. In short, during this phone call,
47:46Anthony acted a little bit like the one
47:47who was worried. He told her that it
47:49seemed strange to him that she had left
47:51all her things there and that he had no
47:52idea where they could be. During this
47:54phone call, Len explains that he had an
47:55extremely bad feeling for two specific
47:57reasons. First of all, Anthony had
47:59never called him, and when I say never,
48:01I mean never. Usually, it was Natalie
48:04who called him every now and then to
48:06check on Phibi, but with Len it was not
48:08at all usual, in fact it had never
48:09happened at all. However, the second
48:11thing that struck him as quite odd was
48:13the total calmness present in Anthony's
48:15voice. Len, on the other hand, was
48:17deeply concerned right from the very
48:18beginning and even told Anthony that he
48:20must call the police to report that she
48:22was missing. Considering that Fieby had
48:24suffered from depression for years and
48:26that he was often unpredictable, Len's
48:28proposal seemed more than trivial to me
48:29at that moment. But here Anthony's
48:32strange behavior resumes, and in
48:33response he told Len that it was
48:35absolutely not necessary to call the
48:37police, also because the authorities
48:39become active about 48 hours after a
48:41disappearance, and this is not true. I
48:44mean, there are cases in which the
48:45police take action after 48 hours, but
48:47if the missing person is a minor, has
48:49psychological or physical problems or
48:51there are suspicious behaviors and
48:52circumstances, then obviously they
48:54intervene immediately. Also because in
48:56all these cases, which are special
48:58cases, the first 24 hours are crucial,
49:00they are the most important. Len says
49:02he noticed Anthony's slightly
49:04overindulgent attitude and immediately
49:05took control of the situation. On the
49:07other hand, I can imagine this poor
49:09father, who already spent his birthday
49:10without his daughter because he had to
49:12go to a concert with her boyfriend and
49:14in the end they didn't even go. Excuse
49:16me for calling him that, I'm imagining
49:17things from his point of view, from the
49:19father's point of view. Anyway, then
49:21the day comes when they can finally
49:23meet for this blessed dinner after her
49:25birthday and he discovers that his
49:26daughter is missing and that her
49:28boyfriend is not the least bit worried.
49:30I mean, Len's frustration must have
49:33been out of this world. It is
49:35frustrating for me to recount this, so
49:37I cannot imagine how difficult it must
49:39have been for him to have to face all
49:40these pieces of news and emotions
49:42within such a very restricted space of
49:43time. In any case, after all of this,
49:45he began with a round of phone calls. I
49:46first called his son Tom, who is Pibi's
49:48brother, in order to ask him if he had
49:50any news. Then Natalie, Pibi's mother,
49:52who in turn called Janette. However, no
49:54one had seen or heard from Pibi in the
49:56previous hours, a fact that further
49:57reinforced the concern of Len, who also
49:59tried to call some of his daughter’s
50:01friends, but they all confirmed that
50:02they had not seen or heard from her
50:03either. At this point, Len tried in
50:05some way not to give in to panic and
50:07let Anthony know that he would continue
50:08getting ready for dinner anyway,
50:10telling him that Fibi would surely show
50:12up at any moment from one second to the
50:13next. At this point, Anthony apparently
50:15said a couple of reassuring words to
50:16him, but what was it that he ended up
50:18doing afterwards? He ordered take-out
50:20food. But do you want to know the
50:22craziest thing? He ordered dinner from
50:25the Golden Triangle, the restaurant
50:28they had booked at. I don't know, you
50:31can think what you want, okay? But no
50:33one can reasonably dispute the fact
50:35that these actions are at least quite
50:37strange. Okay. And now let's connect to
50:39Anthony's statements. He tells the
50:41officers that he ordered take-out food,
50:43which arrived around 8 p.m. The
50:44officers then ask him why he made that
50:46decision if Len had let him know that
50:47he would be preparing dinner regardless
50:49, questioning the reason for his choice
50:50under those specific circumstances.
50:53Menton vaguely replies that at that
50:54point in the evening he was convinced
50:55that Fibi was out getting drunk with
50:57someone and that she had certainly
50:58forgotten about dinner with her father
51:00and therefore he had bought food
51:01because they clearly weren't going to
51:03dinner with her father, since she was
51:04out drinking. Then he says that when
51:06the rider arrived in front of the
51:08apartment, he apologized to him for the
51:10food that was probably lukewarm, but
51:11explained that he had a hard time
51:13getting in because it was full of
51:14police and ambulances, so everything
51:16was blocked. The rider also added that
51:18he had had to leave his bike outside
51:19the complex, lock it up and then go up
51:21on foot. Anthony continues, stating
51:23that the moment the rider delivered the
51:25news, he was overcome by a bad feeling,
51:26which led him to leave the bag of food
51:28on the table so that he could go and
51:30check it out. And when they informed
51:32him downstairs that the body of a young
51:34woman had been discovered, well,
51:36Anthony declares that in his heart, he
51:39somehow knew that it was Fibi. He knew
51:41it even before he saw her. The police
51:43listen to Anthony's entire statement
51:45and then take a look around the
51:46apartment. Aside from the broken glass
51:48and blood in the kitchen, the rest of
51:49the apartment seems spotless.
51:50Everything is tidy and clean. In the
51:52bedroom, there are several lit candles,
51:54a detail that the investigators point
51:56out to Anthony, that is, they ask him
51:57if by chance the candles were already
51:59lit when he arrived and he says yes. He
52:01says that Fibi had a habit of creating
52:03a relaxing atmosphere by lighting
52:04candles. The officers then continue to
52:06inspect the landing, even though
52:08inspecting is not exactly the right
52:09word to describe the work of these
52:11police officers. First, the authorities
52:13find blood. And there, more
52:15specifically, they discover a
52:16bloodstain on the handle of the chute
52:17door that subsequently leads down into
52:19the waste disposal room. But that's not
52:20all. One of the detectives in charge of
52:23the case, Detective Garrett Howells,
52:25who has already arrived on the scene,
52:27also notices something else on the
52:29landing. There are several shoe prints
52:31leading away from apartment 122, which
52:33happens to be the apartment belonging
52:35to both Anthony and Pibi. And this is
52:36an interesting detail for two reasons.
52:39First, the space between the prints was
52:41very wide, which suggests that the
52:42person was probably running, right?
52:45Secondly, the building was cleaned and
52:47tidied several times throughout the day
52:49, so the fact that these obvious
52:51footprints were present at that moment
52:52suggests that someone had just run out
52:54in a hurry, don't you think? While some
52:57officers remain on the 12th floor to
52:58carry out the investigation, two other
53:00detectives in charge of the case,
53:02Detective Justin O'Brian and Detective
53:03Andrew Heiley, want to review the
53:05footage from the surveillance cameras,
53:06which in cases like this could turn out
53:08to be a gold mine, right? Then we
53:10mentioned that in that building there
53:12were cameras active twenty-four hours a
53:13day, seven days a week. Perfect, we can
53:15finally discover what the hell actually
53:17happened. However, when the building
53:19manager Enrico Gianmario actually
53:20showed the footage of the lobby to the
53:22officers, in addition to viewing it at
53:24that moment, they did not investigate
53:26further, that is, they did not even ask
53:27for the hard drive in order to keep the
53:29footage. And this is another mistake in
53:32this investigation, because Enrico
53:34actually explained to the authorities
53:36that the footage was saved for only 48
53:38hours before being deleted, so it was
53:40necessary to request the hard drive in
53:42order to keep it. In addition to this,
53:44the authorities did not analyze the
53:45fingerprints or the blood found on the
53:47door handle on the 12th floor and did
53:49not even take Fibi's PCs to analyze it.
53:51All these elements lead one to believe
53:53that the authorities immediately
53:55treated the case as more than an
53:57accident, or perhaps as something even
53:59more serious, such as a homicide. I
54:02think you understood when I said, well,
54:04in any case, the authorities will
54:05contact Enrico again in this regard and
54:08when they contact him to find these
54:09blessed footage two days later. And in
54:12fact, Enrico will tell them that he was
54:14clear about it and that he no longer
54:15has the footage from December 2nd. Of
54:18the 16 cameras located within the
54:19complex, only four still retained
54:21recordings from that day; however,
54:22these were just random images, like a
54:24section of the corridor or the lobby,
54:26but nothing that actually showed what
54:27was really taking place on the 12th
54:29floor. It's crazy that they requested
54:32the videos just two days later, knowing
54:34that they were automatically deleted
54:35after 48 hours. Now let's go back for a
54:42moment to the evening of the discovery
54:44of the body and then return to the
54:45matter of the videos. We left off that
54:48some of the detectives were watching
54:49the videos, while other investigators
54:51were on the 12th floor busy making the
54:53checks. In the meantime, Anthony is
54:56standing on the doorstep, pacing
54:57nervously back and forth, and at that
54:59very moment he informs the officers
55:00that he needs to make a round of calls
55:02to explain what is currently happening.
55:04And I would say that nothing strange so
55:06far, also because at that moment
55:07Anthony is the only person who can and
55:09must tell Fibi's family the horrible
55:11news. And yet, do you want to know who
55:13the first person she calls is? Her
55:15mother, a woman named Susan. And she
55:18first gives her the terrible news. She
55:21can, I mean, I can understand it. Only
55:23later does Alen finally call and tell
55:25him everything. And we cannot even
55:27begin to imagine the pain that Fibi's
55:28family was feeling at that very moment.
55:30I mean, I imagine Len, for instance,
55:32who had pictured himself spending an
55:34evening sitting at a restaurant table
55:36with his daughter and now has to come
55:38to terms with the news of her death. As
55:40the terrible news spreads, her maternal
55:42grandfather, a man named Lorn Campbell,
55:44immediately wants to take charge of the
55:46situation. He hasn't told you anything
55:49about Fiibi's grandfather yet, but it's
55:51time to bring him into the picture
55:52because Lorn was a retired police
55:54detective. As soon as Lorn hears about
55:58his granddaughter's absurd death, he
56:00imagines multiple scenarios in his head
56:02, but suicide is not one of them. As he
56:05himself stated two years later in an
56:06official statement, from the very
56:08beginning I considered the idea that
56:10Pibi took her own life to be highly
56:12unlikely under any circumstances and in
56:14the unlikely event that she had been
56:16determined to kill herself. I believe
56:18that she would never have chosen to do
56:19such a thing by climbing inside of a
56:21garbage disposal chute to get it done.
56:22If she had truly decided to end her own
56:24life by falling, she would have simply
56:25jumped off from the balcony of the
56:27apartment to her death. He has spent
56:29his entire life studying cases of
56:32murder, accidents and even cases where
56:34people, and for him that absurd death
56:37simply cannot be traced back to a case
56:40of, um, sorry, I can't say because
56:42unfortunately YouTube has problems with
56:45this, um, particular topic. However,
56:47when I say, um, you know I'm talking
56:49about taking her own life. However,
56:51according to the orn, there is
56:52something else going on. The man then
56:54reached out directly to the department
56:56handling his case, but when he asked if
56:58they had thoroughly reviewed all the
57:00footage and the detectives admitted
57:01that they had failed to bring the hard
57:03drives along with them, he was
57:04completely overcome with rage. He then
57:07decided to personally contact Enrico,
57:09the manager of the building, to ask him
57:10if the hard drive from the footage was
57:12still there and he replied that yes, it
57:13was in the storage area. However,
57:16another twist. It turns out that this
57:19hard drive is missing. It had
57:22disappeared, it was not there, it had
57:24simply vanished. An investigation into
57:26the matter was launched and the staff
57:28who worked in the building were also
57:30questioned, but nothing ever came of it
57:32. And another thing, the second phone
57:34belonging to Pibi, a Nokia, has also
57:36never been recovered. So, excuse all
57:38the confusion, but the investigation
57:40into this case got off to a very bad
57:41start. The context is what I am
57:43describing to you and unfortunately my
57:45impression from the very beginning was
57:47that someone wanted to cover something
57:49up. They were hiding crucial evidence
57:51for solving this case. Fibi's body was
57:53taken for analysis anyway, and the
57:55doctor who performed the autopsy was
57:57Dr. Matthew Lynch. The autopsy
57:59confirmed that Fibi's injuries are
58:00entirely consistent and compatible with
58:02a fall occurring in a very confined
58:03space. In fact, the injuries sustained
58:05to his lower body are found to be more
58:07extensive when compared to those
58:08located on his upper body. Fibi had a
58:10fractured right femur and right foot,
58:12as you already know. Furthermore, there
58:15were no signs of sexual assault. The
58:17toxicology report revealed something
58:19else. The results, in fact, indicate
58:21that his blood alcohol level was 0.16,
58:23in addition to revealing the presence
58:25of several different medications in his
58:27system. Traces of Zolpidem, which is
58:29known as Stelnox in Australia, were
58:31found, along with the antidepressant he
58:33was in the habit of taking, which was
58:34Simbalta. In the meantime, the next day
58:37, Anthony wrote a post on Facebook to
58:39commemorate Fibi's death, and he did so
58:41by writing a truly heartbreaking
58:42message. In this post, Anthony writes
58:45that his partner Fibi was struggling
58:47with a terrible depression that
58:48unfortunately ended on Thursday.
58:52Anthony's sister, Cristina, will also
58:53write a post dedicated to Fibi to
58:55remember her, also emphasizing how
58:56fragile a soul she was. The first few
58:59days following her absurd death pass by
59:01, and while the family mourns the
59:02terrible loss, investigators must work
59:04with the medical examiner to understand
59:06how she actually ended up in that chute
59:08. On December 7th, five days after
59:11Fibi’s death, Dr. Lynch went
59:12personally to the building to see the
59:14garbage chute with his own eyes,
59:15wanting to verify that her physical
59:16injuries were indeed consistent with
59:18such a fall. Let's start from the
59:20assumption that it is not known at what
59:22time Phi entered that chute. The
59:24detectives indeed identify a time gap
59:26between 12:02 and 19:11. Dr. Lynch
59:29suggests that Phibi entered the chute
59:30feet first, a conclusion that he has
59:32drawn based on the nature of the
59:33injuries that she sustained. The door
59:35which provides access to the chute is
59:38obviously 54.5 centimeters wide and
59:40exactly 30 centimeters in height. It is
59:44positioned 1 m above the floor and once
59:46opened it has an opening of 20.22 cm.
59:50The chute is made of brushed steel and
59:51has a diameter of 53 cm, therefore
59:53relatively narrow for a person. After
59:56analyzing the structure in detail, Dr.
59:58Lynch describes the accident as a
59:59complex fall and makes a reconstruction
1:00:01. According to him, Phiby entered the
1:00:04chute feet-first, slid down twelve
1:00:06floors, and landed in the waste room
1:00:07after the compactor had nearly
1:00:09amputated her foot; once she was inside
1:00:10that room, she dragged herself along
1:00:12the floor while desperately searching
1:00:13for a way out. It was very dark, too
1:00:16dark to see anything. Investigators, in
1:00:19fact, found trails and bloodstains in
1:00:21various points of the room, which
1:00:22suggests that Phiby was completely
1:00:24disoriented also because of the
1:00:25darkness. Enrico, in fact, together
1:00:27with Protinin Diabet, reports to the
1:00:29officers that the waste room has an
1:00:30automatic light that turns on whenever
1:00:32the door is opened; it is therefore
1:00:34almost certain that if the door was
1:00:35closed, then the room had no light at
1:00:37that specific moment. A detail worth
1:00:39highlighting is that Dr. Lynch was
1:00:41unable to establish the exact time of
1:00:42death, as he could not precisely
1:00:44determine how much time would have
1:00:46elapsed before Fibi lost consciousness
1:00:47and eventually succumbed to the effects
1:00:49of hypovolemic shock. The injury to the
1:00:52foot, in fact, was too important and at
1:00:54that moment Dr. Lynch states that Fibi
1:00:56should have kept the bleeding under
1:00:57control to avoid dying of blood loss
1:00:59within a maximum of 10-15 minutes.
1:01:01Although the dynamics that surround
1:01:03this accident are still shrouded in
1:01:05mystery, it is now the task of the
1:01:06coroner to establish whether what took
1:01:08place was in actual fact a tragic
1:01:10accident or, instead, a case of
1:01:11homicide. To establish that it was a
1:01:14morynch, one must be convinced that
1:01:17Fibi performed the act that ended her
1:01:19life and that, by doing so, she was
1:01:21intentionally seeking to bring about
1:01:23that very result. Excuse me for using
1:01:26these words, it really offends me too.
1:01:27However, there are several elements
1:01:29that support the theory of the morynch
1:01:31and they are more or less all those
1:01:32mentioned so far. Phibi suffered from
1:01:34depression since her adolescence, and
1:01:36in parallel she had also developed
1:01:37issues with alcoholism, in addition to
1:01:39abusing various substances and making
1:01:41use of antidepressant medications. In a
1:01:43statement made to the police, Pibi's
1:01:44grandmother, Mrs. Campbell, made
1:01:46specific reference to a cut on Pibi's
1:01:47well, approximately nine months prior
1:01:49to her death. Although she had said
1:01:51that at the time she was not trying to
1:01:52harm herself and that she had no bad
1:01:54intentions towards herself or her life.
1:01:56But among the other reasons that would
1:01:58push towards the first theory, this one
1:02:00here, there is also the famous message
1:02:02sent on December 1st, the one sent to
1:02:03her family and to Anthony that I want
1:02:05to reread to refresh your memory. Hello
1:02:07family, I'm in bed, I'm about to fall
1:02:09asleep and when I wake up I will
1:02:10transform into the most incredible
1:02:12human being you've ever seen. I'm going
1:02:14to the hospital, it's safer there and I
1:02:16heard that tonight's special is tomato
1:02:18soup, delicious, nutritious. I love you
1:02:20all very much, but not enough to send
1:02:22you each a message. Excuse me, but it's
1:02:23time to sleep. I have to go happily,
1:02:26happily, happily. Life is just a dream.
1:02:28If we analyze this situation as a whole
1:02:30, we will be led to think that Fibi was
1:02:33really intent on ending it all. In
1:02:35short, however, we are aware that many
1:02:36contradictions are emerging with regard
1:02:38to all of this. First of all, we know
1:02:39that in all probability it was not
1:02:41Fibia who wrote that message. Several
1:02:43witnesses, in fact, state that Anthony
1:02:45was already in possession of Pibi's
1:02:47iPhone when he was sent, since he had
1:02:49brought it with him to have it repaired
1:02:50. In addition to this, as the evidence
1:02:53is gradually processed and put to the
1:02:55test during cross-examination, it has
1:02:56emerged that Pibi had recently
1:02:58repeatedly expressed his desire to
1:02:59travel to India and clean up his
1:03:00alcoholism. In addition to the fact
1:03:03that he was considering some evening
1:03:05courses with the aim of undertaking
1:03:06studies in the field of creative arts,
1:03:08he also had the idea of moving in with
1:03:09his grandmother and, last but not least
1:03:11, he had a birthday dinner with his
1:03:12father on the evening of December 2,
1:03:14and this was very important to her. His
1:03:17psychologist, Mrs. Young, was
1:03:18questioned at length in the days that
1:03:19followed; naturally, having been his
1:03:21therapist throughout recent years, it
1:03:22was of the utmost importance that we
1:03:24learned her perspective regarding the
1:03:25entire situation. Well, Mrs. Young will
1:03:28speak at length with the officers and
1:03:30will always state that in her opinion
1:03:32Pibi had no intention of ending it all.
1:03:35She suffered from depression, of course
1:03:36, but it was a depression that was
1:03:38mostly fueled by her difficult
1:03:39relationship situation and her alcohol
1:03:41abuse. Even her primary care physician,
1:03:43who will provide all of her medical
1:03:44records to the detectives, confirms
1:03:46that Fibi was determined to get her
1:03:48life back on track and was very
1:03:49responsive in trying to feel better.
1:03:51But then, guys, she had gone to some
1:03:53job interviews to work in her
1:03:54grandmother's hometown. She wanted to
1:03:56start over, and friends and family
1:03:58confirm the same thing. They state that
1:04:00Fibi had been having several relapses
1:04:02in the last period, but they also all
1:04:03agree on the same view, that is, that
1:04:05the malaise was mostly fueled by her
1:04:07turbulent relationship with Anthony and
1:04:09the difficulties she was encountering
1:04:11in other areas of her life. Everyone
1:04:13around her expressed shock and
1:04:14disbelief when faced with the idea that
1:04:16she had taken her own life. There is
1:04:18also a detail that I have thought about
1:04:20, to which I would like to draw your
1:04:21attention: namely, the fact that Fi was
1:04:23a very passionate writer. In fact, she
1:04:25kept a diary in which she would write
1:04:26anything and everything at any time; In
1:04:28this diary, no note or phrase
1:04:30expressing the will of Mh was found,
1:04:31nor was any message from God discovered
1:04:33; there was not even a single thought
1:04:35or any hint suggesting she had reached
1:04:36this extreme decision, which is
1:04:38something that is not at all usual to
1:04:39encounter in these specific types of
1:04:41situations. So we arrive at Wednesday,
1:04:48December 8, the day on which the
1:04:50homicide squad, in charge of
1:04:51investigating Fibi's death, classified
1:04:53the case as Mh. The family reacted very
1:04:56badly to this news and could not find
1:04:58peace. And this is where Pibi's
1:04:59grandfather, Laurn Campbell, whom we
1:05:01have already mentioned, comes into
1:05:03action and begins to conduct his
1:05:04private investigations. He is convinced
1:05:06that there is a third party involvement
1:05:08in his granddaughter's death and this
1:05:10theory is supported by multiple
1:05:11elements. Several bruises were found on
1:05:14Fibi's body and there was broken glass
1:05:15and blood in the apartment:
1:05:16circumstances that have never been
1:05:18fully clarified. But also the
1:05:20mysteriously disappeared video camera
1:05:21footage and, another important detail,
1:05:23the uncertainty about whether the front
1:05:25door of the apartment was locked or
1:05:27open when Anthony returned home on the
1:05:29evening of December 2. In short,
1:05:31according to him and not only him, it
1:05:32is too early to close the case. There
1:05:35is definitely something wrong. The
1:05:36issue of the bruises has opened up
1:05:38another big debate. Dr. Lynch himself
1:05:41was unable to determine the age of the
1:05:43bruises based on their color, but he
1:05:45was able to state that those hematomas
1:05:47indicated, and I quote, "some form of
1:05:49compression", but I would be cautious
1:05:51about attributing them specifically,
1:05:53for example, to the application of a
1:05:54hand to the neck. One possible
1:05:57explanation would be the application of
1:05:58a hand, but there could also be other
1:06:00ways in which he could have suffered
1:06:02injuries. This statement got me
1:06:03thinking, because the doctor says he
1:06:04would be cautious about attributing
1:06:06those marks to the application of a
1:06:07hand to the neck; but then he does not
1:06:09explain what else they could have been
1:06:10due to and does not rule out that
1:06:12possibility either. So you might be led
1:06:13to believe that the marks were caused
1:06:15by exactly that: the pressure of a
1:06:16human hand upon her neck. And if you
1:06:18remember, a few days earlier, Phibi had
1:06:20met with a guy from her past with whom
1:06:22she had taken exasperation and after he
1:06:23had rejected her advances she began to
1:06:25be physically violent, so much so that
1:06:27his friend had to physically restrain
1:06:28her. Well, clearly this friend was
1:06:30questioned by the authorities to
1:06:32determine if, during this episode, he
1:06:33had exerted a certain amount of
1:06:35pressure upon her in order to stop her.
1:06:36He categorically denied having put his
1:06:38hands on her neck, or in any case
1:06:39having exerted such a degree of force
1:06:40as to leave behind those very obvious
1:06:42bruises that were observed. So how is
1:06:44it possible that Fibi had those marks?
1:06:46Lorn, with his decades of experience in
1:06:47cases of this type, intends to conduct
1:06:49his own investigations in parallel,
1:06:51hoping to shed some light on a few
1:06:52remaining points. The first point that
1:06:54he really can't accept is the blood
1:06:56alcohol level found after the
1:06:57toxicology tests. Everyone close to
1:06:59Fibi knew very well that after a couple
1:07:00of drinks she was already drunk. This
1:07:02was well known. Despite having been
1:07:03drinking since adolescence, Fibi
1:07:05paradoxically had a poor tolerance for
1:07:06alcohol. Her alcoholism was marked by
1:07:08long periods of complete sobriety and
1:07:10then periods in which she would start
1:07:11drinking again, but this meant that her
1:07:13tolerance for the substance was
1:07:15generally low. So with all that alcohol
1:07:18in her system, how could she have
1:07:19managed to climb up the door which I
1:07:21recall was a full meter high on the
1:07:23wall, and get in from the foot end,
1:07:25then enter feet first and finally slide
1:07:27her entire body all the way into that
1:07:30small space? Fibi was known for
1:07:32becoming clumsy and uncoordinated when
1:07:33she drank, so the very idea that she
1:07:35might have been able to do all of this
1:07:37is simply out of the question. But the
1:07:39orno remains stunned even when he
1:07:40discovers that on the door handle no
1:07:42fingerprints had been detected, not
1:07:43even a single one. And this is strange
1:07:45for an object that tends to be used
1:07:47several times during the day by
1:07:48multiple people. It makes no sense that
1:07:50it doesn't have a single fingerprint.
1:07:51Conversely, one would have expected to
1:07:53find the fingerprints of all the
1:07:54tenants who had used the door at some
1:07:55point throughout the course of the day.
1:07:57Someone may have cleaned it, but
1:07:58certainly not Phibi. And since Lorn
1:08:00just can't seem to find peace, he
1:08:02decides to conduct his own
1:08:03investigation. He goes to the building
1:08:05in person with an assistant and gets
1:08:07help from a friend of Fibi's. This girl
1:08:09had more or less the same physical
1:08:10build as his niece, and this is
1:08:12important for understanding how she
1:08:13managed to get in there. The result of
1:08:15the experiment is the following. It
1:08:17soon becomes clear that it is very
1:08:19difficult, if not almost impossible, to
1:08:22get into the slide feet first by
1:08:24yourself, especially if you are very
1:08:26drunk. The coroner's report, in fact,
1:08:28emphasized that Fibera had fallen into
1:08:30the slide feet first, remaining upright
1:08:31with her arms positioned straight down
1:08:33along her sides. But if we consider the
1:08:35fact that there were no handholds on
1:08:37the wall and that the door was quite
1:08:39high, it is hard to imagine that a girl
1:08:41with alcohol and sleeping pills in her
1:08:43system could have managed to perform
1:08:45this move and then with her arms at her
1:08:47sides. So she fell in this way, it is
1:08:49not all that hard to explain, given
1:08:50that even with the reconstructions it
1:08:52is still difficult to enter with the
1:08:54arms raised in order to make oneself
1:08:55slide inside through the door. In short
1:08:57, if we abandon for a second the idea
1:08:59that she did it all intentionally by
1:09:01herself, many things do not add up.
1:09:03Someone might have grabbed Fibi by
1:09:04force and pushed her into the chute,
1:09:06which would explain the numerous marks
1:09:08that are currently visible on her body.
1:09:09The experiment concludes that the
1:09:11presence of another person or persons
1:09:13would have explained how Pibi got in
1:09:15there, as well as explaining the marks
1:09:17on her body. However, despite the
1:09:19presence of clear evidence that this
1:09:21death cannot be attributed to either an
1:09:23accident or a mien officially
1:09:25classified as a complex accident or m
1:09:26l'orn, it remains the case that the
1:09:28grandfather will later choose to
1:09:30provide this statement. Based on the
1:09:33evidence available and my personal
1:09:34knowledge of Pibi's character, it is my
1:09:36firm opinion that her death was not a
1:09:38case of suicide, accident or
1:09:39misadventure, but that she was instead
1:09:41killed by one or more people,
1:09:43intentionally causing her end. It is a
1:09:45very hard blow for Phibi's family, yet
1:09:46its members remain unconvinced by this
1:09:48specific version of events. His mother
1:09:50Natalie, grandmother Janette, father
1:09:52Len, and grandfather Lorn are all
1:09:54convinced that there was something very
1:09:56strange about his death. Moreover, the
1:09:57way Anthony has been behaving in the
1:09:59days and weeks following Phibi's death
1:10:00certainly does not help to make them
1:10:02change their minds at all. According to
1:10:04some testimonies from people close to
1:10:05Anthony, including a friend named
1:10:07Vanessa, everyone's impression was that
1:10:08after the loss of his girlfriend he
1:10:10only seemed to be unwell when he was in
1:10:11the presence of many people. During
1:10:14those moments he would enter despair
1:10:16mode, closing himself off entirely, and
1:10:17he would literally sit in a corner to
1:10:19weep by himself. However, during the
1:10:21moments in which he was alone with
1:10:23another person, such as when he was
1:10:24alone with his friend Vanessa, he did
1:10:26not seem at all troubled by the
1:10:27terrible loss that he had suffered
1:10:28regarding his girlfriend. He would
1:10:30answer emails, answer calls, walk
1:10:32around the house calmly, and he didn't
1:10:34seem upset. Furthermore, it appears
1:10:35that in the period immediately
1:10:37following the death, Anthony even
1:10:38refused to meet with Phi’s family
1:10:40members because he was far too
1:10:41distraught by everything that had
1:10:42actually occurred. His mother Natalie,
1:10:44who has released many statements to
1:10:46keep the case in the spotlight, has not
1:10:48for a single second hidden the fact
1:10:49that, to her, the entirety of
1:10:51Anthony’s behavior seemed to be
1:10:52extremely strange. Also because, if he
1:10:54is so devastated by the death of Pibi,
1:10:56what should his parents, and in general
1:10:57the entire family, be expected to say
1:10:59about it? Anthony was her boyfriend, of
1:11:00course, but they had been together for
1:11:02less than 2 years. Fibia had been in
1:11:03her life for a relatively short time,
1:11:05at least if we compare it to the many
1:11:06other relationships that the girl has
1:11:08had. Therefore, Natalie's distress is
1:11:09legitimate. I think anyone would lose
1:11:11their mind in this situation. Imagine,
1:11:13your daughter has just lost her life in
1:11:15truly unusual conditions. The police do
1:11:17not seem to want to investigate the
1:11:19incident and her boyfriend, in all this
1:11:21, refuses to talk. Simply absurd. But
1:11:29it doesn't end there, guys, because in
1:11:31addition to Anthony's strange behavior,
1:11:33in the period following Fibi's death,
1:11:34some of his moves also raise questions.
1:11:37For example, just a few days after the
1:11:39accident, Anthony finds himself having
1:11:41to take care of some bureaucratic
1:11:42matters regarding the death. On this
1:11:45occasion, he requests what in Australia
1:11:46is known as a Superannuation Fund,
1:11:48which is essentially similar to our
1:11:50pension fund, but in this specific
1:11:51instance, Anthony would have claimed it
1:11:53as a death benefit. And guess who
1:11:56signed many of these documents?
1:11:58Anthony's father, George, the famous
1:12:00and renowned former judge of the
1:12:01Supreme Court of Victoria. Anthony
1:12:03eventually receives the grand total of
1:12:06$ 113,000. Following this, of course, a
1:12:09great many controversies and a formal
1:12:10dispute arise as a direct consequence.
1:12:12In fact, Fibo's family is shocked by
1:12:14what happened. According to some
1:12:16unofficial reconstructions, Anthony
1:12:17would have returned the money to Fibi's
1:12:19family, but this information should be
1:12:21taken with a grain of salt because
1:12:22there is no official proof that this
1:12:24happened. I really don't know. Every
1:12:26single detail of this story seems
1:12:28extremely suspicious. On December 16th,
1:12:32however, Fibi's family held a private
1:12:35and modest funeral. Even after the
1:12:38funeral, the parents continued to be
1:12:39disheartened by what had happened and
1:12:41wanted to push the courts to continue
1:12:43with the investigation; but,
1:12:45unfortunately, every time they tried,
1:12:46they were rejected, and the reason
1:12:48given was that the coroner had already
1:12:50established the cause and manner of
1:12:52death: therefore, nothing else could be
1:12:54done. And unfortunately, every time
1:12:56Fibi's family tried new avenues, looked
1:12:58for new lawyers, tried everything, they
1:13:00always found themselves with doors
1:13:02slammed in their faces. Very sad, isn't
1:13:04it? And I would like to remind you once
1:13:07again that George Hampell, Anthony's
1:13:09father, had been a judge of the Supreme
1:13:11Court, while his wife Felicity was a
1:13:12judge of the County Court of Victoria,
1:13:14the second-tier court of the state of
1:13:16Victoria. Coincidence? I'm not saying
1:13:18anything, but it's certainly strange
1:13:20and makes you think. Anyway, more than
1:13:22two years pass, and we thus arrive at
1:13:23August of 2013. Despite everything,
1:13:25Fibi's family continues to keep the
1:13:27attention on the case high,
1:13:28periodically attempting once again to
1:13:30exert pressure to further investigate
1:13:31the death. Eventually, a new
1:13:33investigation is indeed opened, but
1:13:35Anthony's lawyer enters the scene
1:13:36almost immediately, formally opposing
1:13:38the decision to reopen the
1:13:39investigation into the matter. The
1:13:41coroner then reiterates what he had
1:13:42already said almost 3 years earlier,
1:13:44namely that Fibia's death was an
1:13:45accident. The girl was half asleep and
1:13:47drunk; she walked over to the counter,
1:13:49crawled inside that space, and
1:13:50unfortunately, she ended up losing her
1:13:51own life. This time, one of the
1:13:54detectives who was present that evening
1:13:56, Detective Justin O’Brien—who, if
1:13:57you recall, had been among the very
1:13:59first to arrive—has decided on this
1:14:00occasion to come forward and share a
1:14:02truly interesting statement regarding
1:14:03the specific behavior that Anthony had
1:14:05exhibited throughout the course of that
1:14:06fateful evening. He remembers certain
1:14:09details quite well; he recalls that
1:14:11Anthony cried the entire time like a
1:14:12child that evening, but despite this,
1:14:14he had not seen even one single tear
1:14:16run down his face, not one. At the time
1:14:18, he hadn't given it much thought, also
1:14:20because the way we react to a loss is
1:14:22subjective. However, in hindsight and
1:14:24given the fact that many doubts had
1:14:26emerged about this suspicious death,
1:14:27the detective couldn't help but think
1:14:29that it was very strange. It had seemed
1:14:32to him like a charade, rather than a
1:14:34real reaction to a loss. Furthermore,
1:14:36when the officers informed him that
1:14:37they required a written statement from
1:14:39him, it seems Anthony told them that he
1:14:41could easily take care of the matter by
1:14:42himself without any assistance. He told
1:14:45them he would write the statement
1:14:47himself, since he was very fast at
1:14:48writing, and Detective Brian could not
1:14:50help but notice how he had composed
1:14:51himself, so to speak, in the very
1:14:53moment that he had started to write;
1:14:55almost as if, in 2 minutes, he had
1:14:56forgotten that his girlfriend had just
1:14:58been found in that condition. So,
1:15:01starting that very same evening, even
1:15:02the police officers present had the
1:15:04opportunity to notice that Anthony's
1:15:06behavior was, to say the least, quite
1:15:08unusual. And here too, I mean, if it's
1:15:10just one person saying it, it's fair to
1:15:12give them the benefit of the doubt, but
1:15:14if there are 5, 10, 15 people saying
1:15:15that something is strange, maybe it's
1:15:17right to clear up some doubts, right?
1:15:19But all of his behavior throughout the
1:15:20following days was also quite strange
1:15:22indeed. For example, the fact that he
1:15:23would only start crying desperately in
1:15:25the presence of many people, while he
1:15:27was calm in more intimate situations, I
1:15:29don't know, as if he wanted to arouse
1:15:30passion by playing the role of the
1:15:32desperate boyfriend, but only when it
1:15:34could actually be useful to him, when
1:15:35many people were there to see him. In
1:15:37short, let me know what you think. I
1:15:39would like to emphasize that Fibi's
1:15:41death is currently classified as
1:15:43accidental or intentional by Fibi
1:15:45herself and no one is suspected or
1:15:47found guilty and obviously we are no
1:15:49one to challenge the law, but it is
1:15:51right to ask questions and to formulate
1:15:53theories. For me, it is really hard to
1:15:56believe that there isn't something
1:15:57going on and that there isn't the hand
1:15:58of some powerful person. Further
1:16:00lending credence to this theory is an
1:16:03event that happened the following year,
1:16:05in 2014. Do you remember Cristina,
1:16:11Anthony's sister? Well, it appears that
1:16:13in 2014 she was caught being involved
1:16:15in the running of a major cocaine
1:16:16trafficking ring. However, just look at
1:16:18this: while any other person facing
1:16:20these charges would have received at
1:16:21least 30 years, since it was apparently
1:16:22a major criminal ring, Cristina instead
1:16:24came out of the entire situation
1:16:25completely clean. But again, I do not
1:16:28want to assert that this was possible
1:16:29thanks to the parents, who simply chose
1:16:31to sweep even more dust underneath the
1:16:33rug once again. I just want to say that
1:16:35they all seem like strange coincidences
1:16:37to me, all too strange to be
1:16:39coincidences perhaps. And now we come
1:16:41to the part that shocked me as much as
1:16:43everything else. Following the death of
1:16:45Pibi, Anthony decides to sell his
1:16:46apartment and move to a new home, so he
1:16:47continues on calmly with his
1:16:48professional business and his life in
1:16:50general, moving forward with his days.
1:16:51In 2018, he continued to date a girl
1:16:53who was much younger than him, for at
1:16:54this point Anthony was 50 years old,
1:16:56while the young woman he had started
1:16:58seeing was 25, which was roughly the
1:16:59same age that Phibi had been. This
1:17:01girl's name was Bailey Schneider and
1:17:03when she started dating Anthony she
1:17:05worked as a dental assistant and also
1:17:06as a model for the agency Country Girl
1:17:08Management. The two began seeing each
1:17:10other, but on June 24 of that year
1:17:12something happened. Bailey was
1:17:13discovered lifeless inside of her
1:17:15family home located in Melbourne. The
1:17:17circumstances surrounding her death
1:17:19immediately seemed very strange. Bailey
1:17:21was found with a golden cord that was
1:17:23tightened around her neck. However, the
1:17:25cord was not attached anywhere. There
1:17:28was no point of contact in the house.
1:17:30There were no beams and the ceilings
1:17:32were very high. But guess what happened
1:17:35? Guess what? Melbourne police
1:17:38immediately classified this death as a
1:17:40m. Bailey's parents, Caveron and Sabine
1:17:42Schneider, along with her sister Lilly,
1:17:44have never believed that she took her
1:17:45own life, and they have now launched a
1:17:47fundraising campaign to pay for an
1:17:48investigation into the circumstances
1:17:50surrounding her death; but to date
1:17:51there have been no significant
1:17:52developments in either of these two
1:17:54cases. Furthermore, if you search the
1:17:56articles on the web there are few, in
1:17:57the sense that there has been very
1:17:58little talk about the story. It has
1:18:00made little noise, too little to be a
1:18:02story of this kind connected to Pibi's
1:18:03story. By the way, I love coincidences
1:18:06and I love talking about coincidences,
1:18:08but I can be honest. It's hard for me
1:18:10to think that this time too it's just a
1:18:13coincidence. However, the law has
1:18:15decided this way. As promised, I would
1:18:21like to dedicate this last space to
1:18:23Phibi's mother, Natalie. Remember that
1:18:25she will probably watch this video, so
1:18:27I invite you again to be kind in the
1:18:29comments, but I know you, so I know
1:18:30that you are always very careful and I
1:18:32don't worry. Anyway, we had the great
1:18:34pleasure of getting in touch with
1:18:35Natalie, who was incredibly helpful
1:18:37from the very beginning and decided to
1:18:39answer our questions and speak openly
1:18:40with us about her daughter's case. We
1:18:42were struck by her sensitivity, but
1:18:44also by the determination she shows in
1:18:46keeping the memory of the Fibys alive
1:18:48and burning bright at all times. We
1:18:50wanted to ask her a few questions to
1:18:52get her perspective, right? And we want
1:18:54to read her answers. Looking back now,
1:18:56what hurt you the most about the way
1:18:58the whole situation was handled?
1:19:01There were several different things
1:19:02that hurt me regarding the way in which
1:19:04this situation was handled. The first
1:19:06was the theory put forward from the
1:19:08beginning by Anthy's father that Phiby
1:19:11had taken her own life. He and his son
1:19:14immediately told the police that she
1:19:16was a very disturbed young woman,
1:19:17suffering from alcohol and drug
1:19:19addiction, and that she had died
1:19:21because of the strong influence exerted
1:19:23by George Hampel, who is a retired
1:19:24judge of the Supreme Court. The police,
1:19:27rather than investigating what was in
1:19:29every respect a very unusual death,
1:19:30were instead subjected to significant
1:19:32outside influence. As a general rule,
1:19:34if someone’s partner dies under
1:19:36suspicious or unusual circumstances,
1:19:38that partner is regarded as the primary
1:19:40suspect, at least until such time as a
1:19:42suitable alibi has been fully
1:19:43established. Additionally, the police
1:19:46staged a crime scene that prevented the
1:19:48paramedics from examining Pibi to see
1:19:50if she was still alive when they
1:19:51arrived at the scene. She arrived
1:19:53almost at the same time as the police.
1:19:55It is possible that she was still alive
1:19:57, and this usually never happens. The
1:20:00police are never allowed to prevent the
1:20:02paramedics from checking vital signs.
1:20:05It was confirmed in court that the
1:20:06paramedics could have easily examined
1:20:08Fibi to check for signs of life without
1:20:10having to disturb the crime scene in
1:20:12any way. In addition to causing us
1:20:15immense grief, this also prevented us
1:20:17from knowing the time of death which
1:20:18would have been crucial to the
1:20:19coroner’s inquest and could have led
1:20:21to a different outcome. Pibi was not
1:20:24pronounced dead until 4:30 a.m. the
1:20:26following morning. No one touched her
1:20:29body until it was finally placed on a
1:20:30stretcher to be carried away many hours
1:20:32after the moment she was first
1:20:33discovered. Also, when we were called
1:20:36to the morgue on Friday morning,
1:20:38December 3rd, she had been found at the
1:20:40bottom of the garbage chute on Thursday
1:20:41, December 2nd at around 7:10 p.m.,
1:20:43well, when we were called to identify
1:20:45Fibi, we were only allowed to look at
1:20:47her through a glass window at a
1:20:48distance and not to touch her. Her body
1:20:52was covered by a white sheet pulled up
1:20:53to her neck, and her face revealed
1:20:55signs of bruised cuts as if she had
1:20:56been severely beaten by someone else.
1:20:59We were rushed through by the officers
1:21:01because we were told that an autopsy
1:21:03would be performed and that it would
1:21:05start in about an hour. The rest of our
1:21:08family, her siblings, and her
1:21:09grandparents, were also rushed through
1:21:11quickly, and none of us were able to
1:21:13say a proper goodbye to her. The whole
1:21:16situation was surreal and the shock of
1:21:18those hours will stay with all of us
1:21:20forever. Subsequently, after the wake,
1:21:23my husband—Fibi’s father—and I
1:21:25were led into a small, windowless room,
1:21:27where an employee from the coroner’s
1:21:29court proceeded to explain to us the
1:21:30necessary steps that would follow
1:21:32thereafter. We had not authorized an
1:21:35autopsy and when we asked for an
1:21:37explanation we were told that it was
1:21:38not up to us to decide. The decision
1:21:41had in fact already been made by her
1:21:43next of kin, who, as we were later told
1:21:45, was her de facto partner Anthony
1:21:47Hample, with whom she had, however,
1:21:49been living for a period of less than
1:21:51one year. As it would later be
1:21:53discovered, he held total control over
1:21:55her remains, and he would subsequently
1:21:56refuse to hand over the body to us.
1:21:59Following that, Anthony and his family
1:22:01hastily arranged a memorial service
1:22:03separate from ours, which was held in a
1:22:05chapel situated near the location where
1:22:06she had resided for the vast majority
1:22:08of her life. Our service was attended
1:22:12by over 500 people, including family,
1:22:14friends, and teachers. They were a
1:22:17family who had known Fibi for just
1:22:19under 2 years. It was terribly painful
1:22:22for us to be controlled by such an
1:22:24unjust law and to have to fight to have
1:22:26her body handed over so that she could
1:22:28be cremated as she would have wished.
1:22:31After all these years, what are you
1:22:33still hoping for? And what would you
1:22:34like to say to the people who are
1:22:36listening to Fibi’s story today? I
1:22:38still hope that the truth about what
1:22:40really happened to Fibi that terrible
1:22:42night will finally come to light and
1:22:44justice can be served. I would like to
1:22:46tell all the people listening to the
1:22:48story of Fibi today to pay close
1:22:49attention to those specific signs that
1:22:51might indicate that a loved one is
1:22:53currently involved in a controlling
1:22:54relationship. During the early stages,
1:22:56control can easily be mistaken for a
1:22:58sign of genuine attention or deep care.
1:23:01Anthony would almost never leave her by
1:23:02herself whenever they were far apart
1:23:04from each other. He would call and send
1:23:06her messages continuously, keeping
1:23:08track of every single move she made and
1:23:10everything she did. Phoebe shared
1:23:12almost nothing of this behavior with me
1:23:14or our family because she was so deeply
1:23:16and intensely attached to the
1:23:18relationship she was in. This is often
1:23:21the case, or deep down she was afraid,
1:23:24as is the case with many other women.
1:23:28What was Fibi like in everyday life,
1:23:30beyond the case itself, what would you
1:23:32like people to remember about her as a
1:23:33person? Fibi was a sensitive, creative,
1:23:37empathetic person with strong
1:23:39friendships and unwavering loyalty. She
1:23:42loved her family and was very close to
1:23:44her siblings, especially her maternal
1:23:46grandmother with whom she had formed a
1:23:48bond since birth. Like many young
1:23:50people, she was struggling to find her
1:23:52way in a complex and often cruel world.
1:23:55She suffered from social anxiety and
1:23:57when things got too tough,
1:23:58unfortunately, she would turn to
1:24:00alcohol and other substances to get by.
1:24:03But when Fibia loved, she did so with
1:24:05all her heart and this was often
1:24:07painful for her. She had good friends
1:24:10and a playful and cheeky sense of humor
1:24:13. She was a prolific writer of diaries
1:24:15and poems and created much art in her
1:24:18short life. She was passionate about
1:24:20helping those less fortunate and I am
1:24:22sure that if her life had not been cut
1:24:24short so early she would have gone on
1:24:26to do many good things in the world.
1:24:29This is what I truly hope that people
1:24:31will remember when they hear these very
1:24:33words and read about her. As her mother
1:24:36, I often wonder what she would have
1:24:38been like in her 40s and I think she
1:24:40would have been incredible.
1:24:43Now I want to thank Natalie from the
1:24:45bottom of my heart for her kindness and
1:24:46willingness to answer our emails. as
1:24:49well as for her concern in keeping
1:24:51Fibi's memory alive. I hope that this
1:24:53story can one day have a sort of happy
1:24:55ending, if there is one, and that the
1:24:57family can finally be healed in peace.
1:24:59Let's try to express our solidarity in
1:25:00the comments to Natalie, who will most
1:25:02likely read them, and let's make her
1:25:04understand that she is not alone and
1:25:06that her family is not alone. I think
1:25:08that helps a lot in these cases. In our
1:25:10own small way, we can indeed make a
1:25:11difference, I can assure you of that.
1:25:13Having said all this, let me know what
1:25:15you think about today's case. It's a
1:25:18really hard story, I know, but as soon
1:25:20as we found out about it and contacted
1:25:21Natalie, we thought it would be right
1:25:23to continue to remember Fibi and to let
1:25:25as many people as possible know about
1:25:26her, in the hope that perhaps one day
1:25:28things can be clarified and, above all,
1:25:30in the hope that events like this-with
1:25:32too many unresolved issues, too many
1:25:33doubts and too many things that don't
1:25:35add up-won't happen again. Having said
1:25:37that, thank you very much to you too
1:25:39for staying this far. As always, see
1:25:42you next Friday with another file. What
1:25:45?

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