# Cover-up fears over murder of young Aussie killed in Mozambique – as her father turns on government watchdog after his devastating dossier into her death was dismissed by the AFP: ‘Not a complaint’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cover-up-fears-over-murder-of-young-aussie-killed-in-mozambique-as-her-father-turns-on-government-watchdog-after-his-devastating-dossier-into-her-death-was-dismissed-by-the-afp-not-a-complaint/
- Published: 2026-10-25T21:30:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T22:08:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16219687/elly-warren-father-ombudsman-afp-mozambique.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Elly Warren’s 2016 murder in Mozambique remains unsolved.
- Her father disputes the Ombudsman’s handling of his AFP concerns.
- He is seeking a reasoned review, not a criminal investigation.

## Summary

Paul Warren says the Commonwealth Ombudsman has not properly examined his concerns that the Australian Federal Police mishandled or concealed information about the investigation into his daughter Elly’s unsolved murder in Mozambique. The dispute centres on whether his correspondence should have been treated as a complaint and how the watchdog assessed the conduct issues he raised.

Elly, 20, was found dead near a toilet block at Tofo Beach in 2016, days before she was due to return to Australia. Her father has questioned the use of a blurred crime-scene photograph, the late release of an AFP action sheet, the absence of a prosecutor’s report and the failure to retrieve her clothing. Mozambique’s autopsy recorded homicide by suffocation on sand; Australian findings later changed the cause of death to aspiration of sand and removed the homicide reference. Warren says he is seeking a reasoned review, not a determination of who killed her or a new criminal investigation.

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