It’s December 2, 2010, and the concierge at a luxury Melbourne apartment tower is making her way to the garbage room.
She is looking for a broom. But something blocks the door. She gives it a shove with her shoulder and catches sight of a young woman lying in a pool of blood among the fallen bins.
The concierge panics, praying the body is a mannequin. Then she braves a second look.
Phoebe Handsjuk was 24. Complex and beautiful. She lived 12 storeys above with her boyfriend Antony Hampel, a son of Melbourne's legal establishment.
But on that night, Phoebe died the most horrific death.
Read the full story and listen to the podcast series, here.
Fairfax Media’s six-part special investigative podcast, “Phoebe’s Fall”, starts today across Fairfax Media websites and the iTunes store.
The series details a new investigation into the short life and brutal death of 24-year-old Phoebe Handsjuk in Melbourne in December 2010. The courts said she put herself feet first into a 12th floor garbage chute. Her family do not believe it. They are still fighting to find the truth.
