Police launch targeted search for Samantha Murphy, who has been missing for almost three weeks in Victoria. Authorities suspect that her disappearance involves one or more parties.
Woman Samantha Murphy is 'most likely' to have involved 'one or more parties', as police launch a targeted search almost three weeks after she vanished. Murphy, 51, was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street, Ballarat East, at about 7am on Sunday, February 4, to go for a run. The new search will focus on an area in the Mount Clear region, which has been highlighted by intelligence derived from phone data, police said.
Police have started treating her disappearance as suspicious due to the length of her absence and given no sign of her has been found. 'We are keeping an open mind, but believe the most likely scenario is that her disappearance involves one or more parties,' Detective Acting Superintendent Mark Hatt said. Police now suspect others were involved in Murphy's disappearance
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