Date | 4 February 2024 |
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Location | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Missing | Samantha Murphy |
Accused | Patrick Orren Stephenson |
Charges | Murder |
Publication bans | Initial court suppression of name of accused |
Samantha Murphy was a 51-year-old Australian woman who went missing on 4 February 2024.[1] She left her Ballarat, Victoria, home for a morning run, but failed to return home.[2][3][4]
Searches carried out over several days failed to find any evidence of what happened to Murphy. Victoria Police treated the disappearance as suspicious, later stating that they believed she was dead. On 6 March, a man was arrested in connection with her disappearance and was subsequently charged with murder. Murphy's body has not been found.