article_snippet.sent: Her family are hoping to finally find out the truth about how Student Britt Lapthorne died.
article_snippet.sent: Croatian police never solved the mystery of how Her body came to be in nearby Boninovo Bay, where Her body was found almost three weeks after Student Britt Lapthorne disappeared on September 18.
article_snippet.sent: Her family believes Ms Lapthorne was murdered, Ms Lapthorne weighted down and dumped at the Adriatic Sea.
article_snippet.sent: In 2009, Ms Lapthorne’s father, Dale Lapthorne, said the only information State Coroner Ian Gray would release from one of previously unreleased reports prepared by both the Australian Federal Police and Croatian authorities was that Britt's body was in the water the whole time Britt's body was missing.
article_snippet.sent: State Coroner Ian Gray was confident Britt's body had been weighted down before being dumped into the Adriatic Sea because there was no other explanation for Britt's body not coming to the surface.
article_snippet.sent: Britt's body parents (pictured) believe Ms Lapthorne was murdered, Ms Lapthorne weighted down and dumped at the Adriatic Sea .
article_snippet.sent: Ms Lapthornewas found in nearby Boninovo Bay, where Britt's body was found almost three weeks after Britt's body disappeared on September 18 .
article_snippet.sent: In 2009, Ms Lapthorne’s father, Dale Lapthorne, said Britt's body was in the water the whole time Britt's body was missing . '
article_snippet.sent: Britt's body's the reason for the rapid decomposition of Britt's body, and the fact it was only found 18 days later in a high visibility area, virtually out the front of a hotel and only a kilometre from the club,' Ms Lapthorne told AAP in 2009.
article_snippet.sent: At the time, the coroner confirmed Ms Lapthorne should have surfaced within two or three days.
article_snippet.sent: Croatian authorities suspect Ms Lapthorne died due to 'misadventure', though in 2013 Croatian authorities conceded it was unlikely Britt's body death was a suicide.
article_snippet.sent: The Lapthorne family, including Britt's body mother Elke, father Dale and brother Darren, were not told The Lapthorne family, including her mother Elke, father Dale and brother Darren daughter was missing for six days after their daughter disappeared, despite Australian officials being aware their daughter had vanished.
article_snippet.sent: They also suffered the terrible news of being told  a body had been found, only for police to say just hours later that a body couldn’t be Ms Lapthorne’s because it was so badly decomposed.
article_snippet.sent: Police then confirmed after DNA analysis that it was indeed Ms Lapthorne’s body.
article_snippet.sent: According to DNA analysis, Britt's body found in the sea on October 6th belongs to the missing Australian, Ms Lapthorne.
article_snippet.sent: I have to admit that I had, based on the state Britt's body was in, really thought that Britt's body was not Britt and that this case would result in a happy ending.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Lapthorne’s body had been found, Ms Lapthorne’s father Mr Lapthorne told the Sydney Morning Herald:
highlights_snippet.sent: Student Britt Lapthorne body was found almost three weeks after Student Britt Lapthorne disappeared .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Student Britt Lapthorne was found badly decomposed in Boninovo Bay .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Student Britt Lapthorne family believes Student Britt Lapthorne was murdered and dumped at sea .
  