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So, for me, what police think and say amongst themselves, and what they say officially, in public press conferences, are completely different things. IMO, a press conference is when police say only what they believe the public needs to know at that time - and the public, in their minds, always includes a potential perp. They are not transparently revealing the real state of the investigation.
“The case may be further along if police had acted soon, Bezzina said.
Samantha Murphy went missing one month ago. Here’s everything we know — 7NEWS.com.au
The mother-of-three was captured on CCTV leaving her home at 7am on Sunday, February 4. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.apple.news
Everything we know about the disappearance of Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy
Some extracts:
“One month, 29 days or 696 hours.
That’s how long Ballarat mother-of-three Samantha Murphy has been missing.”
“While it appears there are no standout suspects in Murphy’s disappearance, Hatt said police were looking into “a number of people” as a result of information they had received.
“All I can say is that our avenues are taking us down directions and we’re following everything,” he said.
Hatt said at this stage, Murphy’s husband Mick was not a suspect, but that everyone known to Murphy was a “person of interest”.”
“Former Victoria Police homicide detective Charlie Bezzina told 7NEWS.com.au the fact that police have said they believe one or more people were involved in Murphy’s disappearance suggests they do have suspects in mind.”
“The case may be further along if police had acted soon, Bezzina said.
“Evidence is so crucial,” he said.
“It’s the old (saying) about solving a crime within the first 24 hours.””
It is so sad Samantha has been missing for so long without a trace. I feel so sorry for the family not knowing what has happened.
Yes, and the other reason people use some form of Findmy, is just to avoid losing their expensive and essential devices, for eg, having it fall off while you're running.
Some more context for what Bezzina said:
Some more context for what Bezzina said:
Samantha Murphy went missing one month ago. Here’s everything we know — 7NEWS.com.au
The mother-of-three was captured on CCTV leaving her home at 7am on Sunday, February 4. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
Bezzina told 7NEWS.com.au he believes police, namely detectives from the Missing Persons Squad, did not take Murphy’s disappearance as seriously as they should have at the start of their investigation.
“The uniform police did (take it seriously) because they started the search immediately,” he said.
“Missing Persons weren’t on the ball straightaway. They didn’t take over until ... days later.
“They may have been aware of it but they weren’t on the ground from the Monday doing their investigation.”
He said he was “bewildered” that police had been so firm on the fact that the case was not suspicious for so long, only changing their lines of inquiry after the chief commissioner’s comments.
“(The police) were saying ‘it’s not suspicious, it’s not suspicious’ until the chief commissioner came out ... and said well it is suspicious.
“It’s absolute nonsense. It sounds like it was (an) investigation that they didn’t treat seriously enough.”
The case may be further along if police had acted soon, Bezzina said.
“Evidence is so crucial,” he said.
“It’s the old (saying) about solving a crime within the first 24 hours.”
I believe that there was a window of opportunity to save Sam, several days probably, maybe longer. 8amish on a Sunday morning on the outskirts of Ballarat ... it was hardly Sydney peak hour. Vehicles that could have been used to transport her would have been few and far between. They wouldn't sit an abductee in the passenger seats of an average car.Some more context for what Bezzina said:
Samantha Murphy went missing one month ago. Here’s everything we know — 7NEWS.com.au
The mother-of-three was captured on CCTV leaving her home at 7am on Sunday, February 4. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
Bezzina told 7NEWS.com.au he believes police, namely detectives from the Missing Persons Squad, did not take Murphy’s disappearance as seriously as they should have at the start of their investigation.
“The uniform police did (take it seriously) because they started the search immediately,” he said.
“Missing Persons weren’t on the ball straightaway. They didn’t take over until ... days later.
“They may have been aware of it but they weren’t on the ground from the Monday doing their investigation.”
He said he was “bewildered” that police had been so firm on the fact that the case was not suspicious for so long, only changing their lines of inquiry after the chief commissioner’s comments.
“(The police) were saying ‘it’s not suspicious, it’s not suspicious’ until the chief commissioner came out ... and said well it is suspicious.
“It’s absolute nonsense. It sounds like it was (an) investigation that they didn’t treat seriously enough.”
The case may be further along if police had acted soon, Bezzina said.
“Evidence is so crucial,” he said.
“It’s the old (saying) about solving a crime within the first 24 hours.”
This Age article says ...
The mutli-agency search started in an area behind the Bunninyong Golf Club, due to the fact that it was the last known place Sam’s phone had pinged.
It also says that at the dinner the night before, with Mick and friends, Sam mentioned that she had worked her way up from a keen bushwalker to a capable runner. It does not mention where the dinner was. I have never seen or heard the location of the dinner mentioned in MSM.
For all we know, Mick and Sam could have been invited to their friends house for dinner (or vice versa) - as it seems no restaurant staff have leaked a location to the press.
A CCTV snap, a morning run, then nothing. The search for Samantha Murphy
Her husband Mick said no one vanishes into thin air, but after six days of searching, there’s been no sign of the 51-year-old after she went for a run.www.theage.com.au
imo
Not odd if MM had that location from FindMy, which is the first thing I’d check.
