Intelligence from multiple sources led police to narrow the search for Samantha Murphy's body to a reserve near Ballarat but it was called off within hours.
Highly trained police dogs with the ability to sniff out mobile phone SIM cards are among the tactics being used in the renewed search for missing Victoria woman Samantha Murphy's body. Victoria Police have launched more targeted efforts near the Buninyong Bushland Reserve, 11km south of Ballarat, on Thursday, according to chief commissioner Shane Patton.
" Wednesday's efforts focused on Sandys Hill Road, which is about 6km from the Mount Clear site where Murphy went missing. The operation involved specialist officers from the Missing Persons Squad, Search and Rescue Squad, the Mounted Branch and the Dog Squad, Public Order Response Team and local police. The 51-year-old was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street to go for a run in the Canadian State Forest on the morning of 4 February.
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