Secrets caught up with murder suspect

Plunged to his death ... Elliott Coulson / Pic: Royal Australian Navy Media Library Source: The Daily Telegraph

Kate Malonyay's apartment in Mosman / Pic: Virginia Young Source: The Daily Telegraph

The search for answers over the murder of a talented young Mosman executive Kate Malonyay may have ended just a short time ago when her ex-boyfriend plunged to his death on the Gold Coast

Kate Malonyay, 32, was found dead in a unit in McLeod Street, Mosman / Pic: Facebook. Source: Supplied

THE jilted ex-lover and prime suspect in the murder of Mosman finance employee Kate Malonyay plunged to his death from the 26th floor of a luxury Gold Coast hotel yesterday as detectives tried to arrest him.

Elliott Coulson, 32, a combat systems officer with the Royal Australian Navy, died instantly when he crashed through a metal awning, landing in a fountain outside the foyer of the Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort at 11.40am.

His death came moments after a team of detectives knocked on the door of his $500-a-night suite, which had been secured with a chain.

Last night police were trying to piece together Mr Coulson's movements from the time Ms Malonyay's body was found inside her ground floor unit of her McLeod St, Mosman, apartment about 1.30pm on Monday.

Friends of Ms Malonyay described Mr Coulson as "deceiving and conniving" who fed the vivacious 32-year-old a pack of lies during their relationship, which ended in December.

Ms Malonyay was a popular and much-loved senior employee with finance firm Challenger Limited.

But The Daily Telegraph can reveal new details of the police investigation, including the fact that Ms Malonyay's phone had been used to send text messages to friends hours after her body was found. Police made an operational decision to keep the discovery of her body a secret due to the developing situation with her phone, which they say was vital in their probe.

The last text message was sent from her number on Tuesday - the day after she was found.

A long-time friend, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Daily Telegraph: "There were text messages coming from her phone responding to messages (from friends) and it was as though she was still alive and just trying to arrange a catch-up with some girls."

The Marriott Surfers Paradise / Pic: Richard Gosling Source: The Daily Telegraph

Police have ruled that she had been lying in the apartment for between three and four days after her body was located on Monday afternoon when a close friend raised the alarm.

The previous Friday, as colleagues wondered why she had not turned up for work, another close friend received a text saying: "Hey honey I've just got a migraine I'm taking stuff for it I'm just at home relaxing'."

Friends have opened up about the couple's relationship, saying Malonyay was a trusting soul who saw the best in people, while Coulson was a compulsive liar.

This included convincing her for 18 months that he lived "on base" with the navy, which subsequently turned out to be false, and claims of being overseas for "months" on deployment.

The Daily Telegraph has been told that despite their break-up, Coulson held a set of keys to her apartment.

"Basically he was a really deceiving, conniving individual who met a beautiful girl who unfortunately liked to see the good in everybody and (he) just took advantage of that," one friend said.

"Kate was of the belief that he was a contractor to the Navy and the reason that we kind of were speculating around whether (that was true) was he told her he lived on base and we found out he didn't." No one, including Kate, knew precisely where he lived, the friend said.

"For her friends that were able to look at the situation from the outside, it was those things that really raised quite extreme alarm bells," the friend said.

A defence spokesperson refused to comment on the case, saying it remained a police matter.

Horrified guests and staff who witnessed the dramatic death plunge were offered counselling.

Police yesterday wrapped up their canvas of the murder scene after spending three days at the site.

Devastated friends also continued posting tributes on Facebook as funeral arrangements for Ms Malonyay were being prepared.

Challenger CEO Brian Benari said Ms Malonyay had been a valued member of his finance firm for three years and was extremely well-liked by staff.

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