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

[iamshadow21]

Is there a possibility as well of an accidental death from someone, e.g she got bit by a car on her run as from my understanding it was beside a road her running route. And this person wanted to cover it up and dump the body somewhere therefore turning the phone off as such ?

I think until she's found, there's the possibility of almost anything from natural to accidental to deliberate harm and/or obfuscation of harm. There's just so little to go on.

MOO

 

[Witness 28]

Is there a possibility as well of an accidental death from someone, e.g she got bit by a car on her run as from my understanding it was beside a road her running route. And this person wanted to cover it up and dump the body somewhere therefore turning the phone off as such ?

You make a good question, there that's a big possibility accidentally kill someone you cover up the crime, but they would be evidence glass blood or something even when you cover up a crime to that magnitude you're always miss something unless there's nothing there

 

[The man]

You make a good question, there that's a big possibility accidentally kill someone you cover up the crime, but they would be evidence glass blood or something even when you cover up a crime to that magnitude you're always miss something unless there's nothing there

Agreed I came to that same thought process. It just feels like this has foul play written all over it

 

[Nikynoo]

What time was the last phone ping?

 

[Sarahlou]

Only just seen about this case. I really hope there's some answers soon as to what happened to her.

 

[Waverider]

What time was the last phone ping?

5pm Sunday

 

[Curiousobserver]

5pm Sunday

Wow- that definitely wasn't her running at 5PM. Police will need to get her full maps history to see what the dot plot looks like and where she was and when.

 

[Knitty]

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[Chimera]

Following.
Sounds like a stalker and not an animal attack, for her to disappear without a trace.
Animals leave drag marks, and possibly blood or bits of torn clothing ?

Hope the very distraught family has answers soon !

Camper recalls strange man lingering near where mum disappeared from

Rebecca Agheli and her partner Michael, had rented a caravan for a weekend away in Ballarat, northwest of Melbourne , last Thursday in the hopes they may come across some gold.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Camper saw Samantha Murphy on day before disappearance
She saw 'strange, disheveled' man in forest earlier

Both Ms Agheli and her boyfriend said they heard strange sounds overnight on Friday, prompting Michael to even sleep with a cheese knife under his pillow.

'On Saturday morning Michael said ''I don't feel comfortable here, we should go, I kept hearing things last night, let's pack up and go'',' she said.

'It takes a lot for a man to be scared.'

Possibly related ?

Last February, Sissy Austin, 29, was battered unconscious by an unknown man as she jogged through nearby Lal Lal State Forest.

The photo at above link is sickening.
Someone is targeting women.
My first thought was robbery, but it doesn't sound like their belongings were taken ?

Wondering if it's the same person -- if foul play happened to Samantha ?
Omo.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Sounds like a stalker and not an animal attack, for her to disappear without a trace.
Animals leave drag marks, and possibly blood or bits of torn clothing ?

Australia doesn't have many big animals capable of dragging an adult.

Apart from Crocodiles and there are none in the area that Samantha went missing from.

 

[Annamarie777]

Doesn’t sound like she even went for a run. Is it actually proven? Do police know for sure eg security cameras that she ran somewhere? No one seems to have seen her running on Sunday.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Doesn’t sound like she even went for a run. Is it actually proven? Do police know for sure eg security cameras that she ran somewhere? No one seems to have seen her running on Sunday.

This has been my lingering issue as well
I really hope LE will verify the remarks made by the couple camping in the area

 

[green leaves]

Doesn’t sound like she even went for a run. Is it actually proven? Do police know for sure eg security cameras that she ran somewhere? No one seems to have seen her running on Sunday.

This is what I can’t get past. I suspect the same. No sightings on that morning is too strange. Based on what we know (very little) and the actions of the search being scaled back (somewhat suddenly) my suspicions are that police are much closer than has been let on. Feel terribly for so many. IMO

 

[jjleroche]

wondering why she was reported missing so quickly and what it was that made police respond so quickly?

IIRC she had a brunch to attend at 11 am on that day with family members. She was a no-show - totally out of character, so was reported missing to Vic police almost immediately. MOO

 

[jjleroche]

Yes. I was just thinking today about all of the kerfuffle to do with accessing Theo Hayez's GPS data. IIRC Theo's family ended up getting the GPS access.

The police in this case sure could use Samantha's GPS data right now, if not yesterday.

imo

Maybe they have that data, and are checking it out. IMO investigators won't necessarily release all information which they have to the public. IMO, apart from checking out Samantha's GPS data, they'll also be checking out phone numbers of anyone else whose phone pinged in the same locations. JMO

 

[they'll get you]

Australia doesn't have many big animals capable of dragging an adult.

Apart from Crocodiles and there are none in the area that Samantha went missing from.

What do you think Toots?

Allison & Gerard, Karen & Borce?
Neither went for a walk/run.

 

[BGirl88]

Missing people have been found only metres from a track after more than 2 searches. SES have stated this is one of the largest areas they've scoured.

I remember the recent disappearance of Samantha Bulley in the UK. Whilst she was found in the river, the police had decided to stop searching the river days before she was found saying it had already been extensively searched.

I wonder also what types of wild animals live in these forests and if they’d be large enough to be able to move a body? IMO

 

[Eloise]

disagree. I would be in hospital on meds if anything like this happened to my DH.

I wouldn't be. I have kids to worry about. They take precedent. I'd hope he'd be the same if I was the one who went missing. Don't worry about me worry about the kids!! All I'd be thinking about was how my kids were and that they were being taken care of if I was unable to.

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/samantha-murphy-couple-describe-scary-encounter-with-man-close-to-time-mum-vanished/news-story/2ab165e22a021d79fdd5c1e541d19881

A couple who were camping in Ballarat at around the same time that mum Samantha Murphy vanished have said they came across a man in bushland who “scared the hell out of us”.

 

[Nikynoo]

5pm Sunday

Is it possible that she made her way there on foot by that time? Is it possible that she chose to disappear?

 

[BGirl88]

Is there a possibility as well of an accidental death from someone, e.g she got bit by a car on her run as from my understanding it was beside a road her running route. And this person wanted to cover it up and dump the body somewhere therefore turning the phone off as such ?

I had thought this too re hit by a car, cover up, dump the body and dump the phone.