In 2011, 24-year-old Louisa Ioannidis was found dead, in a creek in Melbourne.

Thirteen years later, her family is calling for a coroner’s inquest, driven by new evidence uncovered by former police officer turned private investigator, Julia Robson.

“The finding has been that Louisa most likely drowned due to entering elevated water levels,” said Julia Robson to Neos Kosmos.

Robson saw a problem with this theory.

“They did not appear to confirm the depth of the Creek at the time she entered the water,” she said.

Although the death was ruled “non-suspicious,” Robson had doubts and initiated an independent investigation in 2022.

Robson found that “the creek was only recording levels of around 40 centimetres, which would have been nowhere near above her airways.”

She said the original investigation’s theory of drowning “due to elevated water levels” was “incorrect” and “implausible.”

“They have to put everything back on the table and have a think about what else could have caused her death.”

Despite the police’s findings, questions remain.

How did she end up there?

Robson found fresh leads and launched “Troubled Waters,” a 10 part investigative podcast.

“I started researching as much as possible, but the problem was that no information was out there, so it was about just putting together a timeline and just seeing what fits and what doesn’t fit, trying and try to make sense of it really.”

Family’s growing concerns

On October 11, 2011, Louisa’s body was discovered by two strangers walking by Darebin Creek.

Eleni Andrianakis, a mental health professional, was in contact with Louisa’s brother, Tass (Anastasios).

When Andrianakis went to the house searching for Louisa, she was “really concerned” by what she saw.

“The house was like a mess.”

Andrianakis said Tass, reported his sister missing to the police, as his worries grew.

“He said ‘there’s something not right here because, Louisa will always contact us.’ […] We knew that something wasn’t right.”

Last seen alive

During the investigation, police relied in part on her partner known as Joe, which is not his legal name.

Joe was facing a domestic violence charge at the time that did not proceed after Louisa’s death.

Robson tried to contact Joe, but he refused to comment or take part in her podcast interview.

There are no suggestions Joe is responsible to what happened to Louisa Ioannidis.

According to Robson, Louisa was last seen by a neighbour who said, “she popped over” at their house “at around 8:45 p.m. to make a phone call.”

“That was the last time she’d been seen alive by anyone other than Joe.”

Robson said a neighbour also claimed they noticed blood near Louisa’s left ear (in the morning).

Calling for justice for Louisa

Robson began her investigation after Tass reached out for answers, surrounding his sister’s death.

Until then “no one heard about this story,” said Robson.

With information obtained from Tass’s collected paperwork, Robson found fresh leads and launched “Troubled Waters,” a 10 part investigative podcast (https://shows.acast.com/troubled-waters).

“I started researching as much as possible, but the problem was that no information was out there, so it was about just putting together a timeline and just seeing what fits and what doesn’t fit, trying and try to make sense of it really.”

Her efforts, along with a Change.org petition, have gained support for a coroner’s inquest into Louisa’s death.

Andrianakis has also created a Facebook page for Louisa called “Justice for All – Louisa.”

Andrianakis said the police said, “they would do a welfare check” but “they really didn’t pay any attention.”

She questioned, “Where’s the justice? Where’s the system?”

“We’re noticing in the system more and more of this happening constantly…When will it end? Will it ever end? Will things ever change?”