Australia Samantha Murphy, 51, last seen leaving her property to go for a run in the Canadian State Forest, Ballarat 100km NW of Melbourne, 4 Feb 2024 #3

[SouthAussie]

He can't comment on whether anyone saw Sam in the forest.

Presser over.

 

[Moonchild90]

Can't watch this one, reporters are so obviously focussed on only one scenario, and asking questions that, obviously, the police aren't going to answer.

JMO

Totally, I had to stop.
It infuriates me, they ask these questions when they know they can't be answered!!!! Ugh

 

[Black-Cat]

Just watched the press conference

here's the link

 

[BoysTown]

Samantha's home has been searched to a "certain extent".

They have looked at some vehicles, none seized.

I found the police officers facial expression when this question was asked interesting. His reaction was different compared to other questions IMO

 

[BoysTown]

Samantha’s husband is not a suspect but everyone in her life is a POI…

Make what you will of that comment

 

[drsleuth]

Where are you Sam ?

 

[whitelilac]

He can't comment on whether anyone saw Sam in the forest.

Presser over.

why not? if the next question was 'who" then he could have said "can't comment".

 

[TootsieFootsie]

When they say she reached the Mt.Clear area, was that part of her normal route, or would it be an area that most people would avoid.

 

[Cedars]

I found the police officers facial expression when this question was asked interesting. His reaction was different compared to other questions IMO

Perhaps he was trying to prevent himself from rolling his eyes.

JMO

 

[SouthAussie]

Now we need ABC to upload that presser, so we can watch it again and catch everything we missed in the live broadcast.

Oh, thanks @Black-Cat. Looks like your link will replay it.

 

[Voluspa]

Samantha’s husband is not a suspect but everyone in her life is a POI…

Make what you will of that comment

Does that mean we can speculate on people in her life/business? If they're all POIs... Or do they need to specifically be named?

 

[nightrider17]

They believe she would have reached Mt Clear about an hour after she left home.

About 7km away.

What they are looking for today are "smaller items" that might tell them what happened to Samantha.

Does that mean - she was walking rather than running - if it took 1 hour to reach the site - 7km away? Trying to work this out? MOO

 

[Dotta]

I found the police officers facial expression when this question was asked interesting. His reaction was different compared to other questions IMO

Isn't it strange?
I've always thought that Police officers are "poker faced"

 

[mamamama9873]

Samantha’s husband is not a suspect but everyone in her life is a POI…

Make what you will of that comment

He said “He is not a suspect … at this stage”

Not that he has been ruled out as a suspect

 

[Cedars]

why not? if the next question was 'who" then he could have said "can't comment".

IMO, so as not to reveal to the perp what evidence they have in any form.

IMO, catching and prosecuting criminals takes priority over satisfying public curiosity.

JMO

 

[nightrider17]

So if there was damage to a vehicle - then they didn't see this car on CCTV with the damage then???

Maybe they have the car on CCTV going towards this area but not of it coming out? with the damage??? MOO

Somebody visiting someone who lives in this remote area?? MOO

 

[TootsieFootsie]

What we need is one of those body language experts have a look at the press conference.

 

[SouthAussie]

Does that mean we can speculate on people in her life/business? If they're all POIs... Or do they need to specifically be named?

I think they need to be named. imo


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[whitelilac]

Samantha’s husband is not a suspect but everyone in her life is a POI…

Make what you will of that comment

bbm
(besides husband)
does this exclude strangers then?
or was question pertaining to someone she knows ?

 

[Dotta]

Samantha’s husband is not a suspect but everyone in her life is a POI…

Make what you will of that comment

There is this AVO person....